Monte’S

One of the best Asian fusion restaurants around. - Great tequila/mezcal cocktails (Agave y Pepe + estadio nuovo wereas good as cocktail specific bars): 7.6/10 - Shrimp toast: 8.5/10 best seafood sandwich anywhere. Texture and flavor were as good as it could be. Lobster rolls don’t hold a candle to this. - tuna + tomato crudo: 7/10 fine, like the seaweed cracker crunchiness but not enough flavor in the crudo world, not too top tier compared to some places in socal - soy chicken wings: 7.7/10 crispy and flavorful. Top tier, highly recommended, but there’s room for slight improvement: need a signature dip to compliment/augment the sweetness of it. Texture could be improved. See La Pabla in Ktown La for the best example. - corn cabbage: 7/10 loved the idea but texture was a bit off (needed crunch) and flavor needed something. So close but something was missing. Perhaps a crispy shiitake would’ve been better than soft. - dry aged chicken: 6.7/10 not bad but disappointed. Slightly dry, sauce was weak, not unique or powerful. Texture was poor. Slightly tough, not fall off the bone. - kimchi side dish: not memorable. - carrot cake: 7.4/10 excellent. Slightly sweet. Needed more walnuts/crunch. Overall, very very good. Highly recommended!! Service was a standout.

Flavors were good and presentation was beautiful, but dishes were unnecessarily greasy/fatty given the lovely produce and ingredients. Better menu descriptions might have helped avoid this disconnect from what we were expecting.

A beautiful restaurant with a lovely concept! The outside seating is very romantic with the fairy lights. A great atmosphere for a date or a bussiness dinner! I do want to say, as a big girl some of the seatings do feel a bit close and sometimes your neighboring table may laugh at your jokes as well! Great way to make connections as well! The service was very attentive, our server Oliver was very calm and timmed all the food to come out perfectly without crowding the table which I appericiated a lot! Brian was also great at explaining each dish as he brought them out! The dishes were very simple and brought out the natural flavors but at the same time very creative like the prawn toast with the furikake on top. The highlight of the night for myself was the carrot cake! I would order a whole cake by myself if I could!

A surprisingly delicious experience! I wish I would’ve taken pictures of what we ordered. The crispy Shrimp mousse toast is to die for! Everything we ordered was absolutely fabulous. I will say that the service was just a bit on the slow side to actually get us our drinks after we ordered them but all in all, it’s my new favorite restaurant in Montecito now.

Made a last min reservation for dinner. Was greeted immediately by the hostess. Lovely outdoor seating. Ordered sourdough bread and beets salad. Both were great. Wagyu steak was heavenly. It’s a fairly new restaurant but I’m sure people will hear about it plenty.