Santa Barbara Shellfish Co

11/01/09

I've got crabs

by sixthsense1955 at Citysearch

Basically a dive with great food. Don't expect to be pampered, it's not a fancy pants restaurant. There's just a small bar that runs around the perimeter facing the wall and the stools unfortunately had no back support so I suffered from a really bad back ache about halfway through my meal. But the dungeoness crab was worth it. Maybe you figure 'well how do you screw up crab anyway?' That's what I figured and then I ate some at this more traditional style seafood restaurant in Pismo Beach and it was no where near as good as the one I had at the Shellfish Co.

In summary I really recommend it and I can't wait to go back.

• Pros: Best dungeoness crab I've ever tasted
• Cons: REALLY uncomfortable stools

08/20/07

BAD SERVICE,BAD FOOD

by vitalkathy at Citysearch

I saw this restaurant on the food network and decided to try it out. Well, I was very dissapointed at their service and their food. The waitresses lack customer service skills while the chef had to point them to the window where we had been waiting for over ten minutes to order food. Thats when she finally came to take our order and still was very unpleasant. When we went inside the restaurant , no one greeted us either. The food was overpriced for what we received and the odor that filled the air was very unpleasant. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone!

• Pros: None
• Cons: BAD SERVICE, BAD FOOD