515 Kitchen & Cocktails
Santa Cruz, CA · New American restaurant
- Address
- 515 Kitchen & Cocktails, 515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
- Phone
- (831) 425-5051
515 Kitchen & Cocktails is a restaurant located in Santa Cruz, CA. It is one of 334 restaurants listed in Santa Cruz. Its 4.4-star rating is above the Santa Cruz city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.
Customer Reviews
The outdoor seating was heated and protected overhead from elements. The table style was awkward for sitting next to my husband, but they were open to moving people around if you don't like the table. The wait staff was attentive and pleasant. I was disappointed that the indoor seating was not open. I really love the vibe inside and hope that indoor seating will return soon. We mostly had the vegetarian options - peanut noodle bowl (delicious flavor, tangy lime, scrumptious), grilled veggie plate (the mushrooms were so good!), and Dragon Fries (delicious, spicy, and fish flakes are Bonita tuna). The drinks are always excellent, strong, and unique. My husband enjoyed the Cinder and Smoke (he enjoys spicy and smoke), and I had the Quarter After Five (it was a beautiful mix of orange a
Wonderful bar and great Asian appetizers such as their version of Lumpia, and their version of Korean fried chicken. Their Korean fried chicken was So Crispy and Crunchy! It was soooo yummy! They have great drinks too! I recommend the "Ain't life Grand" it was a nice smokey whiskey drink. We sat on the patio which had heat lamps. Their patio is dog friendly. They have restrooms. Staff incredibly friendly.
Great atmosphere, nice people, fun music. Great food, great drinks. High on the price side, but a great place to go once in a while with friends! Nice restaurant downstairs and a really cool Lounge upstairs. Couches and comfy seats and a really nice outdoor area. They are really fun. They bring you your check in an old book from the 70s. You always get a different book.
Ordered Korean wings, Thai chicken with steam rice and peanut noodles. All three dishes were not pleasing at all. Even our classic margaritas was a fail. Don't let the pics fool you. Does not taste as good as it looks.
I would not go back to this place. While our waitress was pleasant there seemed to be a huge miscommunication with the kitchen but before I get to that let me say the outdoor area is pleasant and they are following covid protocols strictly even after CDC easing restrictions so you can take that as you'd like. We went there because the menu says they offer "rotating ramen" we showed up after 5pm, we ordered drinks then attempted to place our order for ramen we were informed the kitchen didn't have the ramen ready and it would be another at least 50min. After a few back and forth of communication between the kitchen and our waitress she said they may be able to do it sooner or maybe not and it ended up being tofu and prawns ramen...we ended up ordering fries and drinks and leaving. Just not
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