Category: | Restaurant, |
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Address: | 1324 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA |
Zip code: | 93101 |
Website: | http://www.carlitos.com/ |
Opening hours (Edit) | |
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Monday: | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
Tuesday: | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
Wednesday: | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
Thursday: | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
Friday: | 11:00 AM – 10:30 PM |
Saturday: | 11:00 AM – 10:30 PM |
Sunday: | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
Got here at 5PM on Thursday May16th for pre-show dinner before seeing Gabriel FLUFFY Iglesias at the Arlington Theater, which was literally across the street. Prime location. Made a reservation but I think we got there just in time to beat the rest of the dinner show rush. Live music. I got the Rock Shrimp Soft Tacos, I think my Mom got the Tacos El Carbon. We both read reviews beforehand and wanted to try something different from the usual Mexican food we order. The mango salsa was delicious. The food was very tasty and not too spicy. Our waiter was great at recommending what we were looking for and although the place really started to fill up as we were leaving, we were not rushed into vacating our table. Pro tip: The bathrooms are very very small and there are only two unisex ones, so plan accordingly. Otherwise everything else was great.
Excellent Mexican food with their own flavor. Salsa was delicious too. Service is fine.
Excellent food, but the best part was our server Cynthia. She was ridiculously attentive, gave wonderful menu recommendations, and was really excellent about threading the needle between pushy and focused. She really made our dining experience something I'd like to repeat.
Great, fresh food. Large portions. The best Chicken Mole I've ever had. Really fast service and friendly wait staff. The only negative was a ridiculously expensive margarita that was quite small (but tasty.)
Decently good food although it is very expensive. I would recommend sitting outside here. The main reasons for the lost stars is that we had to ask 3-4 times for water before getting it. The portion sizes were also enormous which I felt could have been lowered with improved quality of ingredients.