Had the opportunity to go to a gala at the Cabrillo Pavilion recently and it was fantastic…read more Situated across the street from the Mar Monte hotel, the Cabrillo Pavilion is located on a more quiet and beautiful part of the beach. Views during the late afternoon are incredible. Overall ambiance and vibe is colonial Spanish style (typical of Santa Barbara and Montecito). Food was excellent. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Excellent place I went up to Santa Barbara for a week and I went by the Cabrillo pavilion on East…read moreBeach and they remodeled the bottom part of it. where they have an exercise room, new shower's new locker rooms a wonderful facility to work out they're charging five dollars for seniors and $10 for anybody who wants to work out. I recommended it they must've spent about three to $5 million dollars remodeling that whole bottom floor, now it has a nice restaurant you can rent the top floors for a wedding and reception so if you're in Santa Barbara and want to have a good workout I recommend it. On East Beach Cabrillo pavilion ArtCenter main floor exercise room and facilities.

I'm a wedding coordinator and worked at Fairview Gardens in October of 2019. It was a fantastic…read moreexperience! The actual space was perfect for my vegan couples vibe and the feeling they wanted for their wedding day. Kristiné was so responsive to all of my endless questions and even popped in the day of to check on things. My couple was so happy with how everything turned out and it was the perfect celebration outside with their family and friends.

The Santa Barbara Club is a hidden gem of a venue, one that my husband and I were fortunate to…read morediscover through word-of-mouth! From contract signature to the wedding day, we were met every step of the way with the kindness and professionalism of Alejandra and her team. This dream of a venue provides high-quality catering, linens, tables, chairs, place settings, space to get ready, and so much more. We didn't have to bring in any rentals, which was a huge relief. With the Santa Barbara Club you receive the unique aesthetic balance of a classic country club and a beautiful English Garden all in one space. We had 130 guests roughly. I also want to take a moment to say that the food served at the venue is so good, that we received very very high praise from our guests (some saying it was the best meal they'd ever had at a wedding ever)! My husband and I are foodies and so quality of food was a top priority for us. We will always have a special place in our hearts for The Santa Barbara Club. They helped to create a dream wedding for us and we will always have such positive memories of the day.

We had our daughter's wedding last weekend at the club. Of course, the original thought was a…read morevintage garden theme with chandeliers in the trees, hundreds of candles, dancing under the stars to our favorite band the academy, a cigar bar...what beauty under all the twinkle lights!!! So romantic!! Pivot. There is rain in the forecast? We need a Plan b Then...no rain... great back to plan a. What? Rain again? What? Rain for 4 days, 3 inches on Saturday? Ok. Plan b again, but let's change plan b 4 times to make it as perfect as we can. The club was absolutely amazing accommodating all our needs. They were so patient with all our changes prior to the wedding. I think I was in there every other day coming up with ideas with the weather change. The day of the event, everyone was so helpful and professional. The food was fantastic, service impeccable and our guests had a blast. Thank you to all for pivoting so graciously to make our daughter and now son in-laws day fantastic. The event was so warm and cozy. Special shout out to Julie Steele, Alexandra, and chef!!!

We recently attended a wedding here with over 200 people. I was the only vegan and I was met with…read morethe most beautiful vegan dish( and even vegan and gf dessert) which was amazing because I have many dietary needs. I was nervous when I saw the buffet menu that I wasn't going to be able to eat and we asked. The dish was beautifully crafted. The venue was stunning, staff was beyond prompt and super helpful. The ambiance was relaxing, cozy and private.

This venue is so pretty for a beach wedding! And the…read morereception room is gorgeous too. Only negative is that there weren't signs to direct guests from the main event hall to the beach ceremony site, and it's a bit of a walk so guests were confused. Otherwise a beautiful spot!

I was in town for a couple of days and needed a spot to work out of, so I searched around and…read morelanded on Kiva. They had a $5 off day pass if you check in on Yelp, so I walked in and was greeted by a friendly person who let me know my visit was on the house since it was my first time. They gave me a tour of the space and I was pretty impressed with all the amenities and work spaces. They even have booths for taking private zooms/calls. The kitchen was nice and stocked up with coffee and kombucha on tap--I was just overall amazed and the experience really brightened up the day. I got a bunch of work done and I can't recommend this spot more for people looking to cowork among other friendly folks. Thanks Kiva!

Amazing space! Very kind receptionist. I love the people and the atmosphere and the very helpful…read morestaff.

These guys have amazing food! I have not tried one bad meal. Their meat is always the highest…read morequality and seasoned to perfection. Very moist chicken and tri tip. Pastrami sand which and breakfast burritos are also to die for. Check them out if you are thinking of having an event catered

Live Oak catered my wedding. We originally chose this caterer because we felt that the food was…read moregood, the pricing was competitive, and the caterer was willing to be flexible both in terms of menu and venue. However, things did not go so well for us. We had our wedding and reception on the beach. However, our cocktail hour was to be on a patio by the property that we had rented. The house and the beach were a short walk away from each other, but certainly presented a bit of a challenge in terms of getting things between the two. It was about a 5 minute walk. I know this is not the simplest set-up, but I assure you that I paid through the nose for this service and they charged us extra because of that 5 minute walk. Originally the caterer asked if they could just do wine and beer during the cocktail hour. This made no sense to us because it's called "cocktail hour" and we bought all the alcohol necessary. So, we asked them to actually serve cocktails and gave them a recipe for a signature drink. When we got up to the patio, there was a HUGE line waiting for drinks. Instead of premixing some of the signature drink so they could hand things out quickly to the crowd, every single drink was being made to order and the line was ridiculous. For me, that was a strike against them. It's an open bar- there's no reason why someone should be in line for 20 minutes to get a drink! Have they not heard of making pitchers?? Next, it turns out that the caterer hadn't split the alcohol supply between the patio and the beach. They had everything up on the patio, including things that really didn't need to be there, like the bubbly and the wine- things not being served at cocktail hour. So, they had to carry everything down with them. That took them a very long time. This meant that no one got any alcohol at the actual reception until after everyone had already eaten dinner!! Not to mention that the bubbly was never served, nevermind that it wasn't available during the big toasts. It gets better though. By the time they drag all the alcohol down, everyone's done eating and they are once again incapable of figuring out how to serve the crowd. Again a large queue forms. At this point I can't take this anymore and I just grab the bottles and start opening them and handing them out to various tables. Honestly, a wedding for which you bought all the alcohol and where you intended to have an open bar, is not so much fun when after all that it's pretty much a dry wedding! No one is feeling courageous enough to get on the dance floor. Now to finish the bar story- on top of everything, they run out of glasses!! They're talking to me about this issue and I'm amazed that they run out of glasses. You would think this would be just one of the most basic things a caterer does and prepares for. To top it off- the staff suggests picking up people's dirty glasses and reusing them, dirty! I was appalled. My wedding coordinator had to go drive to a supermarket and pick up plastic cups. Now on to the food. We had a buffet - with metal trays that were heated from the bottom. The food tasted good. However, after the last table was called to get their food, the caterer started taking food away. They made no announcement that they were taking away the food. When I asked him what he was doing he said that food couldn't be out for too long or it would go bad and then he'd be liable for making people sick. Folks, I'm a lawyer and here to say that if that were true, then you'd see waiters coming to take people's plates out from under them if they didn't eat fast enough. So, no one got to get seconds, even though people had taken little in the first round to make sure everyone got enough. And because the bar was so slow in opening up, now I have a bunch of guests who are drinking but no longer eating. That's a great recipe for alcohol poisoning. They hauled away tons of perfectly good that I paid good money for. I have never ever seen anyone do that before at any event. ADDITIONALLY the waitstaff went around to all the tables and took all the plates away for anyone who was dancing or not in their seat. So, without any indication that someone was actually done, they took their food away and they closed the buffet. We had a lot of hungry people!! The food was good, but the service was absolutely abominable. I really wouldn't recommend this company to anyone trying to do an event that requires any serious planning or foresight. These people showed themselves really incapable of problem-solving and really did not care at all whether the guests were getting everything they needed. When they ran out of cups, instead of figuring something out, they just didn't serve people! They also did not give a damn about my protestations with regard to the food. To think- picking a fight with a bride on her wedding day! If I knew that's how they were going to do things, I would have never in a million years signed up for this caterer

I worked with the Liquid cult team for a wedding recently, and I cannot recommend them enough! As a…read morewedding planner, I was so impressed with the team's professionalism, efficiency, kindness, hard work and adaptability. For a large wedding, there we'd never long lines and the drinks were well loved. I would work with them many many times again!

Liquid Cult provided the bartending services for our recent wedding in Santa Barbara. PJ and his…read moreteam were amazing to work with, both professional and extremely creative and collaborative. They executed our wedding bar vision and went above and beyond to make sure everyone at the wedding had the best time and the drinks came out delicious and beautiful. Thank you team!! Highly recommend.

My daughter took her WSET Level 3, and we chose this spot in San Ynez, famed for red wines, to…read morerelax post-test Opting for white wine added a fun twist. Sommelier Jessica not only knows her stuff but also makes the experience enjoyable. The overall vibe here is comfortably inviting.