The Ranch House

What a splendid choice for an exquisite dining experience in such a picturesque setting! 🍽️🌷 It's an absolute delight to rate both our delectable cuisine and our exceptional staff at a glowing 5 stars. 🌟 Speaking of the food, our cocktails were nothing short of extraordinary, while the appetizers, especially those scrumptious crabcakes, left us truly impressed. 😍🍸 As for the entrees, they were executed to perfection, a true culinary masterpiece. 👌 And let's not forget our attentive and knowledgeable wait staff who added an extra layer of charm to our evening. 🙌 Their warm and hospitable service was the icing on the cake. Without a doubt, we're eagerly looking forward to returning to this enchanting haven of culinary delights. 🍽️🌟 It's safe to say that we've found our culinary oasis, and we can't wait to savor more of the same exceptional experiences. 🥂🍽️

This is one of those places that is so incredibly delicious, that I got annoyed because I don’t live closer. If you’re in the ojai area, this is a must. They have two options, either 3 or 5 course prixe fix menus. This isn’t one of those places that have small portions either, if anything, the mains were huge. The absolute highlights for me were the watermelon fizz cocktail and the porchetta entree. The staff were so sweet and incredibly helpful with picking drinks and food when we got stuck. And this place is essentially a lush garden.

One star for the overgrown garden, one for the friendly staff, one for my courtesy, zero for the food. My friend and I ordered two 3 courses for our dinner. My friend had a cold soup with mango sorbet. It sounds interesting but tasted just like cucumber/celery smoothie with a scoop of mango sorbet😅. I had a tomato soup but without any tomato flavor, and it was sweet🤔. The bread came with rosemary butter, but the rosemary was too strong, bread was supermarket grade. Appetizer for my friend was a fish cake with veggies and some crackers, same fish as they used in the main course as you can see on the pictures. It tasted okay first, then when the main courses came, we realized the fish they used in the main course was exactly the same as what they used in the appetizer just in different sizes. The steak that I ordered was over cooked, and we never touched the fish. The sautéed veggies on our main courses were same, all the sauces tasted the same and way too sweet! We asked for the check without waiting for the dessert, the waiter didn’t bother to ask the reason why we didn’t touch the fish or if we want the dessert. I wouldn’t recommend food for the Ranch House, the garden is not well maintained either. The owner should know the truth and make improvement if they want to survive in this world.

As a wedding vendor, I can’t rave enough about this place. Tara was extremely helpful and accommodating. She let me set up early and worked together with me the entire night. The garden was stunning, it was like walking into a fairytale. The food was absolutely hands down some of the best I’ve ever had. That’s coming from someone who eats catered food almost every weekend. Despite the groom requesting to delay the food after it was already made, it came out hot. The chicken was moist and perfectly seasoned. There was a delicious brown sweet sauce that completely made the dish for me. Highly recommend The Ranch House!

A perfect meal in a perfect setting. We both got a five course and had a splendid time munching down on delightful food. Every plate that came our way was delicious and somehow better than the last. Shout out to the chefs! Our server Natalie was attentive and sweet and she was able to anticipate our wants/needs before we had to say anything. Next date night save up some money and come here, you won’t regret it at all.

It was our date night in Ojai again and we decided to try The Ranch House for dinner. Surprisingly, We were able to get reservations the same day. The atmosphere is amazing! It was really a special place. The food was very good and the set menu and price was fair. My only issue, which isn't that big was the price on the "mocktails". Otherwise is was a wonderful experience.

Pre- fixe, five course dinner. The Ginger Carrot soup was as smooth as velvet with perfectly blended flavors, the lamb shank meat fell off the bone. It was moist and had really deep,rich flavors. Very romantic spot but I could see going with a small group as well. We had a lovely table, secluded amidst the bamboo and foliage. Enchanting place. Excellent menu.

I can count on one hand the number of restaurants I have had to walk out on in my life and The Ranch House is now one of them. We arrived a few minutes after 7 for a 7:00 reservation and had to wait in the lobby for 5 minutes before they could seat us. We were then seated at at able overlooking the beautiful gardens, however this was probably the only positive of the night. The service was probably the worst I have experienced in my life at any restaurant. It took 25 minutes to get our orders in and we did not have our drinks and appetizers until 8:15 pm, an hour and 15 minutes into the meal. We had the fried ravioli and cauliflower steak. Both items were extremely cold. The ravioli had no flavor at all and the cauliflower was extremely hard and difficult to chew. The sauce that came with the cauliflower tasted very off and we could not get through either dish. The waiter came by 10 minutes later and without asking apologized for the drink delay and offered to comp them. We were nervous about getting food poisoning and did not want to stick around for a 3-4 hour experience so we asked if they could halt the rest of the 5-course order and allow us to just leave. She brought the manager over who was deeply apologetic and offered to take care of us and comp the entire meal. We opted to just take the out and leave while we could which she was happy to allow. Honestly we were pretty happy that she was so nice to let us just leave and avoid what could have been a really bad night for our first night in Ojai. It's a shame that such a beautiful restaurant with a seemingly great reputation has fallen so far. I hope ownership or management changes soon so this place can get itself back together.