Bluewater Grill Santa Barbara

I love Santa Barbara and getting seafood from there. My mom was looking for a restaurant that served scallops and the closest one with good reviews was this one.Atmosphere: the restaurant is beautiful inside and out. Well designed with a good color balance. The one thing I didn't love was feeling like the servers were right behind me worth them having their conversations. Otherwise it was a good placement (adjacent to the pier and nice looking.Service: The staff seemed nice. We were seated quickly. The server introduced himself initially. It took another server to ask of we needed bread and it felt a little like a shuffle since a different server brought out the food. It took awhile for the server to return to thr table so we sat for awhile after finishing our food before we were able to find him again to box our food and get the check. We had to ask for a bag for our two boxes instead of them offering. I also felt like this was medium price but it would help if the servers helped to put the food into the boxes instead of making the patrons do it themselves. It would make it seem more like a higher end restaurant.Food: (1st I know Fiesta Fest was last week but I found a piece of confetti on my bread plate. It's just not a good look. Also the look of my dish when it got to me was a little messy.The pasta that we had was good but not great. The sauce felt like it needed a bit more of a bold flavor and a bit thicker (it had a bit of a watery pesto taste and didn't taste like it utilized the umami taste that the mushrooms could have given it. The shrimp were great and the pasta was perfect texture. (I always wish that shrimp in pasta dishes didn't require me to work and use my hands to take thr tail off but that's not specifically just this restaurant .Overall, it was a good experience but there were just a few things that kept it from feeling like a great experience.

Meal consisted of crab artichoke dip, pasta with shrimp and scallops, lobster tail with scalloped potatoes and spinach. Everything was excellent, great atmosphere on outside patio and great service.Food: 5/5

Great location and fantastic view from the terrace. We were lucky and got placed outside with a view of Stearns Wharf with the palm trees and Carbillo Boulevard as a backdrop. Great service with super friendly staff. We got our drinks and food really quick and there was a very nice atmosphere with the other guests.Would really recommend this place, but be sure to book a table in advance. There were several people waiting in queue for a table without a reservation.Parking: The parking lot is behind the building, so you need to take Helene or State to access the parking lot

Great service but food was mediocre to poor. Don’t get the crab cakes they were the worst I have ever had.

Amazing place to taste variety of seafood.We visited on Sunday night close to their closing time and they were able to accommodate us even without a reservation.We were happy with all our drinks and food. I was blown away by Idaho Trout Amandine and this dish wasn’t even very pricey for their menu! Highly recommend