Jeannine's Restaurant & Bakery — Restaurant in Goleta

Updating my review Dec 2024.

Things have changed here. Food mediocre. Ordered a breakfast sandwich. Eggs were dry, avo, very slim slices were unripe, tomato unripe. Lots of spinach which was not tasty. Clumpy cheese, outside of the sandwich rather than in it??? Tried to eat this but just couldn't. I picked at it as I'm hungry. Bread was dry and flavorless.

Ordered to go. While I was waiting I saw my meal sitting unattended. Server finally picked it up but instead of handing it to me, my meal was dropped off behind the front counter where it sat again. Finally after I stared at it awhile trying to get someone's attention it was given to me. I didn't know, of course, that it would be so disappointing.

Also thought this used to come with some fruit, there was none.

Very disappointing expensive meal. Latte seems ok, but also not much taste other than the milk.

Will not return for a long time. Perhaps will improve? Used to be delicious. Sigh. Feel cheated when food is handled like this.

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Enjoyed this location for Jeannine's. Easy parking, outdoor tables. I ordered to-go. Staff happily adjusted my order/changes to my liking. I had a breakfast sandwich on a croissant with no meat, extra veggies, onions and avo. Spinach was very fresh, tomato and everything else. Eggs made to order. A little messy but so nice to have "real" prepared food.

Very nice oat cap. Friendly service. It might be a location that gets very busy. I was there early.

Easy to get in and out of. Almost no shade in the parking lot however which if sunny and hot is a big issue for my dogs. Maybe it's OK to bring dogs in with you when ordering, not sure. It's okay at other locations.

Some of the other Jeannine locations can be far more difficult to park with super long lines. Am not fond of the Cliff St location (SB near the beach) but I...

I AM DISGUSTED at the ownership here. A very kind, quiet, respectful African American man who happened to be homeless came and sat at the table next to us, having paid for his own food, but this was immediately followed by his removal from the restaurant. He had done nothing wrong or belligerent, he paid for his food, and received his food in a to-go bag despite having ordered to dine-in. The police arrived shortly after and the owner pointed to the customer as to signal to the cop on who to kick out. The police came up to him and ordered him to leave. When we asked why he was removed, they simply gave the reason that he was not allowed to eat here, with no particular justification for it. I am never eating here again. If I could give negative stars I would. I am also proceeding to spread the word via social media and word of mouth that “Jeannine’s” hates black homeless people. Disgusted isn’t even the right word to...

Food was good. Service was incredibly untimely. We went here on Mother's Day, and understandably it was busy. We decided to do an online order, and get the food to go. They gave us an estimate that it would take about 20 minutes. Actually, It took over and hour, AND they forgot one of our items. I understand it was busy. What I don't appreciate was the absurdly inaccurate time estimates. Every time we went in to get our food, they said "its going to take 10 more minutes". This happened about 4 -5 times before we got our order, which was missing an item. If your busy, just say so, and if anything, overestimate the time. We could have gone back home and waited for the food, but because we were told it would be ready in 10 minutes, we waited in the parking lot for an hour and ...