Plow Angel - Montecito

Amazing ambiance, excellent service and well prepared food. Order carefully, or the bill will ruin your evening.

I love San Ysidro Ranch and the Plow and Angel. Ambiance, food and service usually all wonderful. Very pricey, but wonderful! So I chose the Plow and Angel for my birthday dinner (and it was a BIG birthday!! : . I have to say it 's the first time I have been disappointed. Don 't get me wrong, the food was fabulous, as usual. The service was very nice and although attentive, not overwhelming. The big problem was with the wine. My friend and I were quite shocked with the prices for a bottle of wine! We searched the wine menu for quite a while until we found a nice sounding wine at $90. And that 's what we thought we ordered. But, when the bill came, the wine cost was billed at $175!!!!! Almost twice the cost of what we thought we ordered. We questioned this and the sommelier came to our table with the wine menu and insisted we had ordered the more expensive wine. We both said that we thought we had ordered the less expensive one, but he was insistent that we did not! We could have argued with him, but that would have ruined what was a lovely birthday dinner. So we didn 't argue and just paid. What 's particularly galling is that the wine was just 'ok '! Both of us put that down to it being the $90 wine... but for a $175 bottle, it was not very good! And then, the final thing was that the restaurant and staff knew it was my birthday. They didn 't even offer a complimentary dessert or after dinner drink. For such an expensive establishment, you would think they could spare a dime to celebrate a birthday!! I am so sad to only give a 2* review of this wonderful restaurant. But their service really let down the food and ambiance this time around. Probably be a long time before I return.

Gorgeous buildings and gardens. Friendly and professional staff. Delicious food. Highly recommended. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $50–100 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options Valet

Outside during the day and great indoor sone walls, wood burning fire place , fantastic drinks. Bring a good company

We came here to celebrate getting married; the patio seating was beautiful, it is such a romantic spot! The service was poor and the food was pretty good but one would expect more than that for the price point. There were several slip-ups with the service but one example stood out: between courses I went to the rest room and so did my husband. When we came back, our next courses (hot dishes) were sitting, cold, on the table. I’ve been to diners and pizza joints where they won’t serve food if no one is sitting at the table. It was bizarre for what is supposed to be fine dining. Save your money, this place isn’t worth the hype, but take a tour of the gardens if you want!