Moby Dick - Santa Barbara

We have eaten here previously and enjoyed the food and the experience. This time we clearly made the wrong choice the shared mixed seafood platter. It was horrible! Everything (even the shrimp with their tail shells still on) was covered in batter! The clam chowder we started with was tasteless! The service was very good. The location and ambience are very good.

Clamchowder bread bowl was awesome and the Watermelon Margarita was even better

Wait staff was excellent. Lobster roll was so very tasty. Celebrated mom's birthday and she was made to feel very special. Thank you for a wonderful evening. Looking forward to seeing you again.

A 3.5 would be an appropriate amount of stars for this restaurant. The view really is excellent, the experience fun but the food was mid-level and the prices really expensive. We got a variety of plates some of them were specials so I can’t remember the names but the rest are highlighted in the menu. There was nothing that really stood out for us. I paid $90 for one main plate, an appetizer and a kid menu item. I got charged an 18% tip since we had a group of 10 so I know that added to the overall price but paying $90 I would have expected the food to taste good/great and make me want to come back, unfortunately I will not be coming back as it was too expensive and nothing tasted “great” everything was “ok”.

What a change from 2 years ago! More changes are coming according to the manager, but we had to visit the new Oyster Bar, which did not disappoint. One thing that chaps my Hyde, if you're a local and buy the Waterfront parking pass at now, $150.00 annual per year, you would think they are valid for parking on the Wharf. NOPE, NOT VALID! What gives SB City Waterfront Parking managers????