Great Lunch Specials, 10/10/2012
Reviewer: Austin Mera
from Goleta
The food was great, I had the Tuesday lunch special, and the soup was homemade chicken fideo, so good!! My girlfriend had Bacon avocado cheeseburger with french fries, we both had the homemade custard for dessert, it was really good. The server had a beaming smile which made our experience most enjoyable, always brought refills for our drinks, we like eating at The Farmer Boy restaurant, we go there quite often, and always tell them to eat an oyster and we well see you tomorrow, inside jokes are the best! I've never had a bad experience there, the atmosphere is very 50's thats what I like about it.
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The most disgusting place I've ever eaten
Reviewer: Brooke
from Santa Barbara, CA
My boyfriend and I went there for breakfast earlier in the week and right when we walked in the door it felt as though we weren't wanted there. We got a snicker and a glare from the older waitress and another one from one of the employees sitting at the counter. Our waitress served all of the regulars before us and I caught her rolling her eyes at us twice. I would never recommend this place to anyone, and from working in the hospitality industry I know the quality of the food, the cleanliness of the restaurant are entirely unacceptable. My boyfriend got huevos rancheros which seemed to look like they were out of a can, and I got a French dip where the meat was green.... I think that's all I have to say about the quality of the food there as well. The waitress messed up our order twice and was extremely rude when we confronted her about it, we also had to ask for our check 3 times before she got up from filing her nails at the counter and actually brought it to us. I would never eat here again and would never recommend it
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So Sad
Reviewer: Jan
from Santa Barbara, CA
The thing I liked best, was that going there brought back happy memories of eating here years ago. Happy memories were dashed. Sadly, this old, tired (service too)and dirty restaurant must be on it's last leg. The food was quite possibly the worst I have ever paid for in my life. I don't want to go into details to save your appetite...for another restaurant. There are so many good places to eat in S.B. Time for this one to R.I.P.
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Filthy!
Reviewer: Charlotte
from Goleta
Met a friend for breakfast at F.B. (not my choice) and the minute I walked iny stomach turned! This place was not just dated and hideous but filthy! Even out waitress was a mess! I was waiting for Gordon Ramsay to come out with a film crew at any moment( Kitchen Nightmares). The plates were chipped, flatware and glasses were still dirty and previous lipstick on my water glass (waitress didn't even bat an eye when I complained) I don't even want to think about what kitchen is like!!😳now the food/slop.... I had the highly recommended corned beef hash and eggs poached....what I got was something that resembled a can of dog food and 2 greasy over easy eggs (poached???) I just lookedat my plate in disbelief (this was highly recommended? And then I realized the source...what was I thinking asking our disheveled server for any kind of advise!). I took it back and ended up going to Via Maestra for some real food! As for my friend....she's not allowed to pick the restaurant anymore!
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Don't get the Guac
Reviewer: Ty
from Santa Barbara, CA
It has to be that lemony Guacamole that they sell at the store. We live in a place known for its Avocado production and you still use store bought premade junk?
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Worst service I've ever had
Reviewer: Christy Jones
from Santa Barbara, CA
My friend and I went in there for breakfast last weekend and had the worst service of our life. The woman taking our order served everyone else she was helping first, even though they all sat down after us. She then finally gave us our food and never talked to us again. I had to ask the man pouring water for a to-go-box and the check. after I got my box, 15 minutes went by and the check never came... My friend and I politely went up to the front of the restaurant to try and pay and the woman saw us, quickly wrote up a receipt, and pretty much threw it at the man handling the register to ring us up. I am never going back there and telling all my friends that you will be treated poorly and neglected.
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Needs a good cleanup
Reviewer: Nivek Lane
from Santa Barbara, CA
Still a great old diner - but the place needs a top to bottom cleaning . It should smell like a diner, not like something is rotting in the corner. Heck - even when it was smoke filled the smell was better. Doubt I'll return if a good lysol application and clutter cleanup isn't performed soon.
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Old and Tired
Reviewer: Jack Kaplan
from Santa Barbara, CA
I stopped going here years ago, even though it's in my neighborhood, because after waiting forever for simple spaghetti it came half cooked and looked fried! How could they do that? But I thought I'd give it another try for the window-featured two-tamale,rice/beans/soup special. After waiting a long time, again, the tamales came and were like no tamales I've ever seen. The corn masa was undercooked, crumbly, and simply not made properly. Worse, the tamales were barely warm on the outside and actually refrigerator-COLD on the inside! Even the chile verde sauce was cold. This is a very tired 50-year-old retro-restaurant which needs new staff and management. The prices keep going up but the food doesn't get any better. Amazing!
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Thank you for the Saturday special!!!
Reviewer: Mike
from Santa Barbara, CA
It pays to look at all the options in this place. They have the regular menu but be sure you check out the specials that are offered. I asked about the Saturday special which was the Obama burger for $5. I guess it changes every Saturday and today it was a bacon cheeseburger with fries, all for a price of $5! It was great. Not some skimpy little burger either. It must have weighed a half pound. Good stuff! Thanks again!
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Ok food and service
Reviewer: Glenn
from Buellton
Food was Ok. Server was Ok. This is basically a diner. It been there since 1958 apparently. A nice place for folks to come by and get a diner type meal. Only open until 2pm.
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Great Breakfast
Reviewer: Nicole
from Goleta
This place has really great breakfast food! The place looks like an old diner and the service is truly wonderful. Great for families!
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Time Warp Wonder
Reviewer: Oswald
from Santa Barbara, CA
Great place to go back in time, which I enjoy. And the paintings on the walls done by Trudi Mazzetti! Wow, wonderful to see. I have not been in the Farmer Boy Restaurant since the 60's and I can say it has not changed, except for the computer in the front. Food was very good and lots of it.
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