Bella Vista Restaurant Review
Four Seasons Resort, The Biltmore Santa Barbara
1260 Channel Dr. (Olive Mill Rd.) 
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Montecito, CA 93108
805-969-2261 | Menu
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Bella Vista Restaurant is one of our 2012
| Top 10 Santa Barbara Romantic Restaurants
| Top 10 Santa Barbara Food Rating Restaurants
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Cuisine
Open
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner daily, Brunch Sun.Features
- View
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Romantic setting
- Full bar
- Outdoor dining
- Valet parking & parking lot
- Casual
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 Bella Vista is an amalgamation of the Biltmore’s erstwhile fine-dining establishment, La Marina---which was closed as part of an extensive remodel---and the hotel’s decidedly more casual eatery, The Patio, now also defunct. Italian chef Alessandro Cartumini thrives on the California coast, making use of regional seafood, as well as produce from local farmers markets and his onsite garden. His recipe for success is based on quality ingredients and proper execution rather than razzmatazz; his rigatoni, for example, is made fresh and served simply with local-tomato sauce and basil from his garden. Cartumini’s Italian kitchen staff helps assure authenticity, and on Monday evenings the crew prepares an Italian buffet comprised mostly of traditional dishes. Each new season ushers in a fresh selection of culinary creations, and few locations can rival this seaside Shangri-La as a setting for a first-rate dining experience. The sausage ravioli with cherries, brown butter and sage will please even the most captious epicure, and the service is reliably professional. Appetizer highlights include crispy calamari with watercress and Meyer lemon, and grilled bruschetta with wild mushrooms and burrata. On crisp evenings, Bella Vista’s outdoor terrace---aglow in the amber hue of a wood-burning fireplace and heat lamps---embodies the prototypical California good life.
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