Timbers Roadhouse — Restaurant in Goleta

A friends trip home was postponed due to Dallas Airport being closed. So 5 of us got together and went to The Timbers. I had been there once when it was still open yrs ago. The service was amazing, and the atmosphere was great. It's big enough to be busy, yet not have you on top of one another. The food choices... omg, seriously, you could go there for days and not have to have the same thing twice. We got appetizers, the pretzel, the zucchini, and artichoke something. We all shared, and there was plenty. One was just as good as the other. For dinner, we had t bone steak, some fish(I don't recall what type they ordered), a beef dip, and I think our vegetarian friend got some type of veggie burger. Every one of us enjoyed our meal. One person with us is picky about his food and doesn't like things that most people I know do. So the fact he loved his was beyond amazing. His was the fish. The zucchini was so good that we've actually ordered some to go a couple of times since the day of the dinner. It was just as good as the night we had it with dinner. We all commented on how it was one of the best meals all the way around several times. I know I've recommended The Timbers to a bunch of people. Lastly, the prices are good. I paid $19 for the beef dip, which came with a mountain of amazing fries. Fries was what I chose. You have a few items to choose from. I feel that was a good price. I pay the same amount at a bbq place in town. I walked away from dinner and thought this place was perfect. It's just a down-home feeling type of place. It's as if it's your family's place. If say if you wanted to know on a scale of 1 through 10. I'd...

My friends and I went to the Timbers for a high school reunion. It had been years since I had been there last. The restaurant has been through many changes over the years... "After years of turnover, new names, new owners & even being used as a place of worship for a Lutheran congregation The Timber’s name was resurrected some 40 years ago as a popular Goleta eatery. Closing once again in 2003. In 2021 Kim and Gino Stabile, 5th generation Santa Barbarians with over 50 years combined hospitality experience, reopened this historic restaurant and local Landmark as Timbers Roadhouse, continuing the original dream that was started over 60 years ago." If you go to their website on Google, you can read the history of this site for yourself. It's a good place for comfortable dining. The food is good, the atmosphere inviting, and the staff will make your visit worthwhile. It's out in the far reaches of Goleta, CA off the Winchester Exit. There is plenty of free parking. We didn't get a chance to dig into the menu as we were there for an event and the menu had been predetermined. One of these days, I will return to enjoy their new menu. This place is an excellent location to have your event, big or small. Granted, it's a bit 'out-of-the-way' and 'off-the-beaten-path' however, the Timbers Restaurant is worth the trip....

Timbers likely carries a lot of nostalgia for long time Goleta / UCSB community members. But the food and service were "just ok".

Each dish was fine, but left me thinking: "at this price, I can get this same dish prepared better somewhere else in town."

I kept looking for something so tasty and wonderful that it would be the reason to come back. But I didn't find it on our plates, or see it on anyone else's.

The service was also "just ok" or maybe a little less than ok.

My husband and I typically get one appetizer and one main dish and then share, because otherwise the portions are just too big, particularly if we want to save room for dessert.

Normally this isn't a problem; but our server seemed to give us some serious attitude about it. She scrunched up her face and said: "I don't think that's going to be enough food for you."

I smiled and said: "thanks, but I think we'll be fine.'

Reader: it was plenty of food. 12 oz of tri tip is plenty for two people, especially two folks that are trying not to gain weight.

But from that point on, every time our server spoke to us, it seemed as if she was barely concealing her disappoinment in us as customers and as human beings.

It actually started to get funny because it...