"The most important factor: the food was GREAT. I ordered the 20oz ribeye steak and it was perfectly seasoned and cooked to my desired doneness. The garlic bread was good but not special, like most Santa Maria style barbeque. The meal came with a salad, a relish tray, salsa (for crackers? , Garlic bread, beans, and ice cream. But all of the sides really do play second fiddle to the steak, not sticking out at all. I ordered the fried calamari as an appetizer and was pleasantly surprised to find breaded and fried strips of calamari steaks instead of rings. The texture was perfect and the breading was good. The old fashioned I ordered was mediocre. The only reason Jocko's doesn't get 5 stars from me is guest and table management. We had a reservation for 7:30. At 8:00 we hadn't been seated so we chose to sit in the bar (luckily we found a table for four open . The bar staff was inundated with customers and so understandably slow. Jocko's bar is also packed with TVs which means it functions as a sports bar with loud and rowdy customers, which was not the vibe I was looking for while eating expensive steak."