Since my wife Sanjua and I arrived in Santa Barbara, our dream was to open a restaurant. Thanks to the support of our families and friends, we were encouraged to open the first El Sitio Restaurant on Salinas Street in 1989.
Thanks to you, our valued clients, we now have three more locations serving authentic Mexican food in Santa Barbara and Goleta: De La Vina Street, Fairview Avenue, and Calle Real.
We invite You – our distinguished
clients – to try our Tortas, Tacos, Burritos, and Specialties.
Our wish is that after tasting our food, you come back to El Sitio!
Pepe & Sanjua
Based on 271 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
2830 De La Vina St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Phone: (805) 682-9747
Website: http://www.elsitiorestaurantsb.com/
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Hours
| Friday | 8 AM–8:30 PM |
| Saturday | 8 AM–8:30 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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8 AM–8:30 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 8 AM–8:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM–8:30 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM–8:30 PM |
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Reviews
Diego Adolfo Santamaria Razo
Some places deserve to be recognized for the quality of their food, for the effort to make it as authentic as possible, for the capability of their employees to make you feel at home, and for the taste.
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Paul
Fantastic no-frills Mexican restaurant featuring Mixteco favorites. Lunchtimes are packed and finding a plastic chair & table inside or outside will be challenging. Call ahead and pick it up to go if you don’t want to wait but the food is worth the hassle. Breakfast burritos are hearty and loaded. Their torta is one of the best in town even though very simple. And their street tacos are incredible and they offer at least a half-dozen different meat options. Freshly grilled jalapenos generally available to augment your meal and their horchata is respectable. If you want good solid Mexican food at reasonable prices and you’re in a hurry or not trying to impress a date, this is a wonderful little place to visit.
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Rolando X
A burrito is severely overpriced almost at $13 when all it is just meat, rice and beans. After paying I told them no rice, I’d prefer grilled onion inside my burrito as a substitute and I was told it would cost extra, so I angrily said I wasn’t going to pay more for their already overpriced burrito. I was asked if I still didn’t want rice and I asked them if it cost less if I get it without rice and they said no… I told them to keep the rice in my burrito since I was going to be charged for it no matter what. The person after me ordered a burrito and wanted extras but was told it would cost more to which they refused. Moments later a cook asked her if she wanted cheese in it and was told they weren’t going to charge her extra…nice to witness double standards. This is why I prefer Mexican street food vendors instead of brick and mortar mom and pop Mexican restaurants bcoz street vendors give you way more portions, liads variety of toppings at no extra cost, flavors and bang for your buck.
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Zach M
The food here was excellent – some of the best I had during a recent trip to CA. I especially loved the salsas!
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* dnainsb
Very small with a unique menu. It’s located in a small shopping mall across from grocery outlet. Lunch can get very busy with to go orders. I had the chicken mixto. It’s chicken grilled on a flat top with bell pepper,onions, mushrooms,then topped with cheese. It is served with four corn tortillas and some chips. My wife had the chicken floutas, which is essentially taquitos using flour tortillas. They were ok, very basic. They came with beans and rice. They have a small salsa bar that fits one person at a time. The menu is mainly breakfast burritos,soft tacos and tortas. The have specials like sopes and enchiladas listed. This place does have a following of regulars who love it. Personally I liked it but wouldn’t come running back.
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Chipper Clouser
The food was excellent. the only issue was that I didn’t receive what I ordered . Instead of two tacos and a burrito. I received 3 tacos . Still can’t figure that one out since I was the only customer at the time.
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REDESIGN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIOS
Breakfast burritos are always my favorite outside on a quaint table for 2
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Azul Sierra
My burrito was fresh and hot nice service
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Aura Leiva
Times are sooo hard that they are still charging the same price but slicing your burrito in half. Hubby said this is the last time he is coming here. I actually laughed at him because he is a big guy and the burrito did look alot smaller. What a bummer.
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The kids
Great food ang good portion for the price
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