Mizza - Santa Barbara (CA)

5 /5 Tianling Wan: The Chicken Marsala is great. The wine sauce is slightly heavier than I thought and the knife is somehow difficult to cut, but overall I like it a lot. Will come back to try other dishes. Comfortable outdoor seating too and nice service.

4 /5 Kelly Fairley: Food was great, lobster risotto and short ribs were amazing. One star off is bc when we paid we found out that credit card surcharge — we didn’t see that on the menu nor did we get notified about it. it’s pretty sad that this is clearly a management failure. I’m sure a lot of customers felt kick into the gut when they were paying after a lovely experience. I would happily tip 20% but not with this. PS I didn’t even use credit card to pay and this is NOT a standard feature for restaurants in California.

5 /5 Kim Nave: We were walking down the street when we passed a place called Mizza, and we just couldn’t stay indifferent. And as you already know me… spontaneity and intuition are always the name of the game - and this time, it worked perfectly. Our server, Raphaela, was incredibly sweet. Service was a solid 10/10 - warm, attentive, effortless. The atmosphere was lovely, with soft classical music in the background and warm, elegant wooden decor. And then the food arrived… wow. Wow. Wow. We ordered the Butternut Squash Pasta and the Wild Mushrooms Pizza. What can I say other than that it was amazing? Every bite was a delight - high-quality ingredients, perfectly cooked al dente pasta, and beautifully balanced flavors. The ravioli needed just a touch of Parmesan for a bit more saltiness, and that made it absolutely perfect. At the end, we ordered the tiramisu. It wasn’t a wow moment, just cute (I would recommend trying something else), but it definitely didn’t take away from the rest of the wonderful experience. Thank you so much for the lovely hospitality. More impressions from this visit - and others - can be found on my social: @kimnave

1 /5 michelle luo: I had an extremely disappointing experience at this restaurant and I hope the owner addresses it. Service: The worst service Ive ever experienced from the two hostess working on December 6th (7pm -9pm) which completely RUINED our night. We were told by the two female hostess (one brunette and one blonde) that there would be a 25 minute wait time which we completely understood. We entered the wait list at 7:16pm but we were seated at 8:13pm. We were informed that it may take a bit longer because we wanted to sit inside which we understood. However, when we were informed by Yelp that were first in line, we continued to wait another 20+ minutes. What made it worse was the fact that the hostess led two parties INSIDE whom had just arrived. This makes no sense as we were first on the waitlist. The two hostess, especially the blonde one from the beginning of the night did not have a good tone or attitude towards my party. After waiting for over an hour, the brunette hostess led us inside to a dirty table that was meant for a party of 6. This made me question the restaurants staff training, why would they have not checked if the table was cleared and cleaned before bringing us there? Furthermore, we were a party of 2, being seated at a table of 6 would not make sense. The hostess said that she could seat us OUTSIDE after we had already waited another hour. If we were going to be seated outside at the end of the night, what was the point of waiting more? The table was extremely rocky and on a slope. I am BEYOND disappointed and will not be returning. Our server (another blonde girl) was amazing but the hostesses ruined our night. It seems like many customers have had terrible experiences with their hostesses based on the reviews. I hope the management addresses this because no one deserved the treatment that we received. Food: The food was not bad but the crust/dough was very rough.

5 /5 Enrique Cafaro: Stopped in wanting some good California artisan pizza and found it here. We started with an appetizer of shrimp in a garlic and hot chile sauce that was spicy and tasty, accompanied by delicious ciabatta toast. We ordered two pizzas as main courses, one a pepperoni the other a ham, artichoke and black olive, both came out bubbling hot from their oven with tasty fresh ingredients and a crispy, not too thin crust that could hold the toppings and sauce well and a nice flavor to it. The service here was friendly, professional and efficient.