Osteria Monte Grappa - OJAI

Absolutely love this place! For quality, atmosphere, service and price, my favorite restaurant in

I’ve been to this restaurant a decent amount over the years. It’s gone up and down but we went again over the weekend and it was unbelievably bad. Wine was all bad and tasted sour. Food took literally 50 minutes to come and it was early. We were seared at 5:30! The kale salad tasted like nothing. The butternut squash in the salad was rock hard. Risotto was undercooked and came out 10 min after the rest of the food. Spaghetti squash also very hard, but this is usually how it’s served here. The first salad was out a full 30 minutes before any of the other food (it was not an appetizer). We brought out of town guests from NYC and were embarrassed by the experience. Never going back to OMG.

We drove up from Ventura and had one of the best meals of any restaurant we have dined at not only in Ventura but Paris, New York, Amsterdam, and more. I an in the travel business and I can say that the experience was better than we have while traveling.The atmosphere is quaint and unpretentious and my wife loved the food. Have a glass of wine, relax and enjoy the simple and delicious food.It looks like the owners and staff take great pride in their work.On our way back this weekend.

Used to eat here regularly, but not coming back: their price increases are just out of control, e.g. just recently 40% more for the ravioli while reducing their portion size almost twice as expensive as before. None of the other restaurants in Ojai are this audacious.

Can you really eat a bad or so-so meal in Ojai? we were craving Italian on a Friday night and this place had availability for 6 people. ordered a variety of pasta and seafood/meat dishes. they were all good. like could I have made this food at home? probably. but sometimes you don't want to cook and deal with cleaning up afterwards. the only odd thing that evening was we had to pay for bread. don't let that be a deal breaker since it does come out very warm and crispy on the outside while soft in the inside. indoors the ambiance is warm and there is plenty of space between tables. overall a good place for Italian food