Reviews

Overall Total Score
4.1 out of 5
Impressive | 4984 reviews

What Vicki Harrell A likes about Cool Hand Luke's Santa Maria:
Delicious steak tri tip dinners. Ste in the bar Donald was exceptional even though it was full of football Sunday fans! Meat was cooked perfectly. First serving of tri tip was a bit chewy and quickly replaced with no problem. Always happy with CHLs. View all feedback. What Modesta Gusikowski doesn't like about Cool Hand Luke's Santa Maria:
The staff is awesome. Otherwise this would be a one star review. Went with a big party for a bday. Not one of the 5 steaks was cooked right. The ones ordered medium came out rare and ones ordered rare, or medium rare, came out medium to medium well. Ribs were shared by many and all noted they had a weird chemical after taste. They weren?t great otherwise. Prime rib was good. Fillets were okay. The rib eye cuts they u... View all feedback.

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Menulist
4.2 ★ from 5 reviews
Tevin
28.04.2023 - 05:45

Great portions, good food. Excellent Specials Su-Thu until 6:00. Drinks were good. Steak was cooked to order. The desk was a bit messy and the staff came a bit...

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Carson
28.04.2023 - 05:45

We were on Saturday night. Wait for the restaurant, but open seating in the bar, so we choose the bar. Delicious food, excellent service, great overall experien...

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Maya
28.04.2023 - 05:45

We had a party of 12 on Thursday night 8/25/2022. Our server JJ was great. She was polite, efficient and very attentive. We all ordered drinks and a Combo Nacho...

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Alexzander
28.04.2023 - 05:45

This place is exactly what you would expect from a steak house on the central coast. The dusty device that is hidden from the dimming lights put to the side is...

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Modesta
28.04.2023 - 05:45

The staff is awesome. Otherwise this would be a one star review. Went with a big party for a bday. Not one of the 5 steaks was cooked right. The ones ordered me...

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Google
4.4 ★ from 1491 reviews
Frank
21.01.2024 - 00:53

Visited on Black Friday. Surprisingly it wasn’t busy yet but that didn’t last too long. Server was solo on the floor but still did a great job. Hot foods were o...

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Call
21.01.2024 - 00:53

Had the Cobb Steak Salad. Great size enough to split or as I did take 1/2 home. Service was good, but the person who took our order left and someone else took c...

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Vicki
21.01.2024 - 00:53

Delicious steak tri tip dinners. Ste in the bar Donald was exceptional even though it was full of football Sunday fans! Meat was cooked perfectly. First serving...

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Zach
21.01.2024 - 00:53

I like this place decently enough. It's your average steakhouse but for the area it's pretty nice. I have never had bad food here. I would say on occasion the s...

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Ryan
21.01.2024 - 00:53

One of my favourite restaurants to visit whenever we're in Santa Maria. Great food and atmosphere. The baked beans (complimentary appetizer) are terrific!

Yelp
3.7 ★ from 349 reviews
Linda
05.03.2024 - 06:23

Our experience was excellent. Food was delicious, the service was exceptional and the ambiance was lovely.

Dominic
05.03.2024 - 06:23

This place was pretty darn good! Great steaks and hearty side dishes done just the way we ordered them. The atmosphere was exactly what you'd expect from a...

Adam
05.03.2024 - 06:23

Not happy with the service to start. The staff took more than 15 minutes to get to taking our order. They neglected to ask everybody for their choice of...

Facebook
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Tripadvisor
3.9 ★ from 240 reviews
INT Restaurants
4.0 ★ from 1850 reviews
Sirved
4.0 ★ from 877 reviews
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4.1 ★ from 729 reviews

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