Hitching Post Ii - Buellton

Terrible. We have dined here many times on our annual wine country trip and we were looking forward to our meal at this highly acclaimed steak house. The order of ribs was inedible and we should have sent them back. There was so little meat on the ribs, they were tougher than shoe leather and horribly salty. By far the worst ribs and meal I have ever had dining out. Take them off your menu! Two orders of NY steak. One was pretty good, the other was so marbled with far too much fat. The food quality has plummeted and we will not return. Nicky provided excellent service. We ate their Monday, Oct 2.

Always great to be here. It has gotten quite pricy but food is still excellent. My third visit in 30 years

I arrived 10 minutes early for my 1 person reservation and no fewer than 3 service folks walked right past me at the reception desk — not one of them made eye contact with me. Finally one said the hostess would be back soon and I told him he was the fourth person who had walked by and ignored me. The hostess showed me to a table for two tucked into a back corner right in the entrance/exit to the kitchen. Seriously. I could not believe it for a second, I kind of thought maybe I was in some weird parallel universe and someone was behind a two way mirror laughing at me. They actually thought that seating the 55+, grey haired woman who was dining alone at the crappiest table in the place would be okay. Wow. At first, I put my coat on the back of the second chair and got ready to sit dutifully in the seat which every service person would pass by for the time I would be there. Then I decided not to. I interrupted (politely) the server who was at the next table of 5 and said “I need to be reseated. I can’t sit here.” To her credit, she was very polite and accommodated me. I told her I felt invisible, upset, and completely marginalized. Like seriously what kind of a restaurant does this?! I said that as a woman travelling on her own, being seated at the worst table in the restaurant was more than a little insulting especially when there were many other free two top tables, and seats at the bar too. I was re seated, and then ordered an $80 bottle of wine and some food. The food was average, the wine excellent. My server was great. I would recommend Hitching Post II, but with the obvious caveat that you make sure you don’t get the crappy table — and if you do, make them move you! Miles would have!

Lucio was an excellent bartender. Food was great. Drinks were great. 18th wedding anniversary dinner success.

I’ve heard about this place so we decided to try it. It was very good but definitely overpriced