By far one of the best places in town to eat. The owner has crafted the menu meticulously, and it shows! This restaurant also has great atmosphere. Go here if you want some delicious food in the heart of Santa Barbara.
Jessica F.
The location in gran central market is always packed, The pizza is great . Fast service.
Michael M.
Legit, pizza. Like Napoli. Honestly best place I've been outside of southern Italy. Highly recommended.
Alexis
Absolutely loved , amazing experience amazing food ! went here with my family for my 20th birthday and it was amazing they sang happy birthday to me and it was the sweetest and got an amazing chocolate muse dessert ☺️.
omnivore
This is a charming room and patio. We shared caprese salad and a sausage and mushroom pizza. Both were delicious. You can watch the pizza baking in the oven. Our server was very attentive.
Aus Y.
We really enjoyed this meal, even more than next door. Two pizza were excellent and the past was delish. Tiramisu was solid but the apple tart was good but not great. Still enjoyed everything about this meal.
MargotFonteyn
Most delicious pizza ever! Waiter forgot our salad which we ordered before the pizza. The pizza was so delicious we were okay without the salad. Glass of Prosecco was generously filled.
Sawyer G.
Service was terrible. Got seated and waited over 30 minutes of being ignored at our table before flagging down someone and having to guilt them into serving us. No apologies from their higher staff, only sarcastic remarks. Food was good but not worth the shit service.
Omri Lavi
The food was great, we got the burrata with tomatoes which was delicious. I got the salmon with pesto which was amazing. The food is good but rather expensive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sally G.
The fontina cheese bread is to die for! Love their pizza Best in Santa Barbara Great area to shop after dinner
The food was great, we got the burrata with tomatoes which was delicious. I got the salmon with pesto which was amazing. The food is good but rather expensive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
We were at this wonderful restaurant again yesterday! We love the Manhattan cocktail there, and also the cucumber and rosemary cocktail! What a gorgeous selection of different cured meats! Seabass in white wine - just melts in your mouth! Insanely delicious shrimp! And actually, we specifically traveled from Beverly Hills to eat the unique Carbonara pizza. Ask to add another egg to it and it's just a culinary madness! Great wine selection! Amazing atmosphere! We will be back again and again! That's for sure!
Stoney S.
My wife and I called in to make a dinner reservation for 7:30pm. We arrived a few minutes before our reservation. The hostess ignored us and we had to get her attention (even though we were right in front of her and the restaurant was not very busy). We were seated a few minutes later in a corner table that felt very isolated from the rest of the guests. We waited for approximately 10 minutes and were ignored after attempting to get the attention of the staff. We decided to leave and were not acknowledged as we left the front door. We were very disappointed as we have been to Olio's Pizzeria in the past and the service was prompt and warm. We happened to be the only people of color in the restaurant at the time, so I'm not sure if this was a factor or not. However, it seems past low reviews have made similar comments about race. Very sad that this might be the case if you are a minority.
MollyK
We had a wonderful date night at Olio Pizzeria! We are pretty casual people, so we sat at the bar and chatted with Rose the bartender- she was lovely, the service was quick, and the food was DELISH! We definitely hope to add this spot to our "repertoire". As locals, we always forget about this cute spot tucked away behind Oli e Limon, but it is so welcoming and yummy inside, we won't forget it again!
Aida F.
This was my niece's choice, as it is one of her favorite place to eat at. For the appetizers there was: meatballs in marinara sauce, shrimp done in red sauce, pizza bread with olive oil & garlic, & fried calamari. Lots of good, tasty bites of food. The mains were: the house calzone, 2 different pizzas, an order of freshly sliced tomatoes & mozzarella aka a Caprese salad, & a Caesar salad. My pizza was on the salty side, could have been too much capers or? All the rest of the food seemed to disappear; it was the table of the fast or be hungry. Lastly there was cappuccinos & 1 order of tiramisu with 5 spoons. Service was on point. Our server attentive, as the place got busy, he didn't forget us. Ambiance is loud, yet very cozy. There's an upstairs; could be rooftop sitting, forgot to check. Definitely a place to return to when in town. So busy catching up with family didn't take pics, rather enjoyed the company & the food.
By far one of the best places in town to eat. The owner has crafted the menu meticulously, and it shows! This restaurant also has great atmosphere. Go here if you want some delicious food in the heart of Santa Barbara.
The location in gran central market is always packed, The pizza is great . Fast service.
Legit, pizza. Like Napoli. Honestly best place I've been outside of southern Italy. Highly recommended.
Absolutely loved , amazing experience amazing food ! went here with my family for my 20th birthday and it was amazing they sang happy birthday to me and it was the sweetest and got an amazing chocolate muse dessert ☺️.
This is a charming room and patio. We shared caprese salad and a sausage and mushroom pizza. Both were delicious. You can watch the pizza baking in the oven. Our server was very attentive.
We really enjoyed this meal, even more than next door. Two pizza were excellent and the past was delish. Tiramisu was solid but the apple tart was good but not great. Still enjoyed everything about this meal.
Most delicious pizza ever! Waiter forgot our salad which we ordered before the pizza. The pizza was so delicious we were okay without the salad. Glass of Prosecco was generously filled.
Service was terrible. Got seated and waited over 30 minutes of being ignored at our table before flagging down someone and having to guilt them into serving us. No apologies from their higher staff, only sarcastic remarks. Food was good but not worth the shit service.
The food was great, we got the burrata with tomatoes which was delicious. I got the salmon with pesto which was amazing. The food is good but rather expensive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The fontina cheese bread is to die for! Love their pizza Best in Santa Barbara Great area to shop after dinner
Restaurantji Recommends
The food was great, we got the burrata with tomatoes which was delicious. I got the salmon with pesto which was amazing. The food is good but rather expensive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
We were at this wonderful restaurant again yesterday! We love the Manhattan cocktail there, and also the cucumber and rosemary cocktail! What a gorgeous selection of different cured meats! Seabass in white wine - just melts in your mouth! Insanely delicious shrimp! And actually, we specifically traveled from Beverly Hills to eat the unique Carbonara pizza. Ask to add another egg to it and it's just a culinary madness! Great wine selection! Amazing atmosphere! We will be back again and again! That's for sure!
My wife and I called in to make a dinner reservation for 7:30pm. We arrived a few minutes before our reservation. The hostess ignored us and we had to get her attention (even though we were right in front of her and the restaurant was not very busy). We were seated a few minutes later in a corner table that felt very isolated from the rest of the guests. We waited for approximately 10 minutes and were ignored after attempting to get the attention of the staff. We decided to leave and were not acknowledged as we left the front door. We were very disappointed as we have been to Olio's Pizzeria in the past and the service was prompt and warm. We happened to be the only people of color in the restaurant at the time, so I'm not sure if this was a factor or not. However, it seems past low reviews have made similar comments about race. Very sad that this might be the case if you are a minority.
We had a wonderful date night at Olio Pizzeria! We are pretty casual people, so we sat at the bar and chatted with Rose the bartender- she was lovely, the service was quick, and the food was DELISH! We definitely hope to add this spot to our "repertoire". As locals, we always forget about this cute spot tucked away behind Oli e Limon, but it is so welcoming and yummy inside, we won't forget it again!
This was my niece's choice, as it is one of her favorite place to eat at. For the appetizers there was: meatballs in marinara sauce, shrimp done in red sauce, pizza bread with olive oil & garlic, & fried calamari. Lots of good, tasty bites of food. The mains were: the house calzone, 2 different pizzas, an order of freshly sliced tomatoes & mozzarella aka a Caprese salad, & a Caesar salad. My pizza was on the salty side, could have been too much capers or? All the rest of the food seemed to disappear; it was the table of the fast or be hungry. Lastly there was cappuccinos & 1 order of tiramisu with 5 spoons. Service was on point. Our server attentive, as the place got busy, he didn't forget us. Ambiance is loud, yet very cozy. There's an upstairs; could be rooftop sitting, forgot to check. Definitely a place to return to when in town. So busy catching up with family didn't take pics, rather enjoyed the company & the food.