Kyle's Kitchen - Goleta, California

Jason L.

I had a very frustrating experience at this location. We placed an online order to ensure our food would be ready upon arrival, but the entire process ended up being a mess.

When I arrived, I checked the pickup area where orders are typically bagged and stapled. Given our previous bad experience at the Hollister location—where they got our order wrong—we always make a point to double-check. Sure enough, upon inspecting our order, I immediately noticed both of our burgers were incorrect. We had ordered two Cali Club burgers with crispy chicken on a brioche bun, but instead, we received two beef burgers with eggs? green chilis of a sort? various types of cheese? and bacon? I don’t know what this burger was but it wasn’t any version of a california club. I didn’t even know their restaurant served eggs, it is a burger place.

I brought this to the front counter, and they assured me they would remake the burgers. While waiting, I decided to check the rest of the order just to be sure. Unfortunately the entire rest of my order was also incorrect. I was not only missing multiple food items and sauces but also had been gifted a starve salad with peanuts and cabbage, as well as a wheat roll? again this is a burger place, why do you have bread rolls. instead of emptying your strange food no one wants into my bag, please just give me my order.

At this point, given the multiple mistakes, I decided to ask about the salad in the bag double check, if I was hallucinating in thinking a farmhouse salad did not if fact come with crispy onions, peanuts, cabbage, chicken and more. A staff member checked and confirmed it was, even mentioning they had given us a large size instead of the regular. Trusting their word, I put everything back in the bag and waited for our corrected burgers. How sorely mistake I made as in believe the word of a child.

Once I received our food, I took the bag to the car, where my significant other started unpacking it. That’s when she realized the salad was actually the wrong one—it was a Thai Peanut Salad, which contained peanuts, and she has an allergy. Now they trying to kill us, i just wanted a chicken sandwich.
I had to go back inside again, and they apologized, admitting they had given us the wrong salad. where was this energy five seconds where they congratulated on my free large upgrade of a farmhouse salad. They remade it, and we finally left with what we thought was our full, correct order.

After a 20-minute drive home, we sat down to eat—only to find that the remade chicken sandwiches were still incorrect. Both were missing the bacon and garlic aioli. At this point, we were beyond frustrated. If i was reading this review i wouldn’t believe this happened, because it’s comically how completely and utterly ridiculous this situation has been. I feel like i must be on impractical jokers or something, when is merve coming out for the gothca moment . still waiting, maybe he’ll bring me my missing bacon.

While the food at Kyle’s Kitchen is great, the service is so unreliable that I don’t feel comfortable coming back. The lack of attention to detail is just too frustrating to deal with. 1 star ( the farmhouse salad does indeed slap, and can attest it does not include peanuts.)

Cesar T.

Im going to give this place a “D” for Delicious and Delightful. The food was so good. My twin sons devoured their food didn’t share. My wife had the Cob Salad, I had the Burger and Thai Salad. Yuuuuummy. A must visit.

Ricardo C.

Quite honestly one of the best food experiences I've had the burger and the chicken sandwich were on point I tried there chocolate chip 🍪 cookies and they were awesome there mini cinnamon rolls were really good the cashier went above and beyond they gave us a complimentary Sunday and definitely makes the experience much much better 😋

Krystal W.

Nice atmosphere with great staff!

I got a chocolate malted cruch shake with malt and it was amazing! Super creamy and not too sweet!

I also got the spicy chicken avo with fries and I couldn't stop eating it! I was a little sad it wasn't very spicy, despite the jalapeños, but would totally order it again.

Emily L.

We love this place and try to stop in whenever we stay in the area. The food is fantastic and we love their overall ethos as a business. Please open a location down in LA!
The veggie burger is wonderful, love their salads and regular burgers and fries as well! I keep wanting to try the ice cream treats there but always get too excited with the other food lol

Steven B.

Food:
Mountain climber is good. It has a slight kick. The brioche bun is very soft. All the ingredients seem to mix well with the burger. Their tomato soup is delicious. I would go here for just the soup alone. Their fries are good. Not the best fries I had ever had. The cookies are hard. If you are into hard cookies. I prefer soft cookies. The ice tea was refreshing and the lemonade was super sour to me.

Service:
The service is quick. They get your food quick, however they forgot my drink twice. This is where they need to work on. Ruben, the second cashier had rectify the drink problem for us by offering cookies for our troubles. The first cashier had offer us food recommendation. The bust guy had excellent service. He got me a to go box.

Seating:
There are booths and tables indoor. The outdoor has plenty of space. Indoor was not available during COVID.

Amenities:
There is restroom available and parking is plentiful and free. The restroom is exceptionally clean. There is free wifi. Music plays indoor only.

Jessica B.

I always order the buffalo chicken sandwich, hold the buffalo sauce, lettuce wrap and with extra ranch. Then I eat it like a salad! It is delicious. Kyle’s kitchen is the best.

Emily S.

Caroline’s review:
They have delicious strawberry lemonade!

Their fries are delicious but their onion rings are a little strange - the onion rings are really thing and not ring shaped, just call them fried onions rather than onion rings.

The kids chicken sandwich is delicious and tastes best with only ranch! The ranch is delicious - unlike store bought ranch!

They have a cool chalkboard that you can draw on while waiting. You don’t have to bring your own chalk, they have a cup of chalk that anyone can use!

Emily’s review:
Their jalapeño ranch is the most wonderful thing I’ve ever tasted!! It’s AMAZING! (If you like jalapeño and if you like ranch)

I love love LOVE their kickin’ cowboys salad - it comes with jalapeño ranch and jalapeños. The jalapeño ranch comes on the side so you can add as much as you want. I personally ask for extra ranch because I LOVE their jalapeño ranch.

They have great vegetarian options - you can swap out their meat patty for a veggie patty in any burger. I love the mountain climber burger because it has jalapeños and onion strings - YUM! I also customize it be asking them to add jalapeño ranch to the burger. SO GOOD!

Their fire fries are great and also come jalapeño ranch!