La Santa - Santa Ana

Club/venue review. I 'll try and hit a lot of points. Started bad. Got there at 645 because doors open at 7. Come to find out they changed the time to almost 9! The guy was like check the website. Wtf? They changed it less than six hours in advance. Whatever don 't know if that 's the venue or show fault The place is pretty trash starting with what looks like management. While in line, what looks like a manager, was smoking and just throws his nasty cigarette on the ground when done. 95% of staff doesn 't have any emotions or smiles. Only one server and bartender had a smile. Stage Security? What security? Guest started getting a little out of control with one of the female acts, to the point where the drummer had to throw not one but two drumsticks at him. Sound manager? Doubtful. You couldn 't hear the vocals at all, so it made that part of the show a disappointment. Light controller? Maybe, but only after the performer asked 3 times to turn things on. Oh and make sure you don 't try and sit on a booth. Because they will say you can 't because it is bottle service. No signs or hey are we having bottle service tonight. they just assumed or maybe someone is supposed to guide you) we didn 't want it.

Soo good ! Been in Downtown Santa Ana for a while now and never came across a venue that does an octopus dish quite like this. Went in for a quick lunch and paired with some tacos. They have an array of mezcal and tequila selections too. Will definitely be back

The WORST security in the entire city. Literally tried to fight me .. as I tried to enter the building to PLAY a show there w my band. Mind you it was an all ages show. They wouldn 't let me in to play the show, until they realized how dumb that sounded . Then they had the owner the main manager he claimed come and then he apologized to me and at that point I was in no vibe to play for the venue. BADD VIBES .. They then created a fake Instagram account to try to insult and fight me. They are unreal. I hope no one ever goes in here. Sound man was on drugs for sure .. like heavy drugs .. and they were all cool with it. La santa is plain garbage .

So when we came for brunch, Juan, our server told us hey you should come for dinner. It 's really good especially if you like fish tacos . So we did just that today. We had the shrimp tacos and fish tacos as well as the fish and chips and calamari. I had the shrimp tacos and OH EM GEE these had to be the BEST shrimp tacos I 've ever had. The sauce on them was so delicious! My husband had the fish tacos and they were so good. We also had the calamari and for me I 'm not a fan of calamari due to an incident in SD. The calamari didn 't taste like calamari! It was so good and the mole sauce that pairs with it was chef 's kiss! We ordered two of those because it was so good! We also ordered cocktails. My sister loved her Moscow Mule, I had the Margarita Tropical. So yummy. We thanked Juan (he was cooking this time) for telling us to come back and have dinner. Definitely gonna keep coming back for sure!

I drunkenly left a review for the wrong La Santa last time. They have both a restaurant and club, and my dumb ass left one for the club when it should 've been for this place. I only gave a 4 out of 5 last time, but after eating here again, I 'm moving it up to where it properly belongs. And, no, I am not drunk this time. Although I had already eaten prior to coming I today, I did order some chips and guacamole. As you can see in the picture, the guacamole was amazing. It was so quickly devoured that I forgot to take a picture until after the fact. Fresh avocados with some tomatoes, sliced tortilla chips and some sprinkled cheese, it was overly delicious! My Cadillac, as poured by bartender Juan, was simply amazing. This place would be overcrowded if it were on 4th street. But it being one block over, on 3rd, I consider this a hidden gem!