* dnainsb

This iconic restaurant is a must stop if you're in the area. It's been around for a long time. When you enter there's a gift shop and the area that's just full of Christmas decorations. The food is down home cooking classic diner food. But you must try the split pea soup. I was surprised to learn that it's vegetarian.

+5

Brenda

I have always loved Andersen's Pea Soup! Even as a kid I loved it! It was fun visiting, since I hadn't been there in over 40 years, and taking pictures of the novelty signs on the outside! The food is delicious! We ordered traditional pea soup with cheese toast. In the gift shop, they had some sample cheese and onion toast with cheese spread which was absolutely delicious! Of course we bought some to take home. We also browsed through the gift shop and bought some cans of the pea soup and some Andersen's seasoning, to take home as well. It wasn't very crowded, for a summer day, mid week, so we didn't have to wait long. Everyone was friendly and inviting except for our waitress who was NOT friendly and in fact seemed to not enjoy her job at all... that was the only downside. Overall, we enjoyed our visit and of course the food. I definitely recommend you visit and don't forget to bring home some cans of traditional Andersen's Pea Soup!

+4

Hector Gonzalez Custodio

Wow, wow, wow, this place is full of everything, if you are traveling on US 101 this is a fantastic place to stretch your legs for a minute or really spend a day or a night. You will find a beautiful bed and breakfast and a real country experience specially a Pea soup 🍲 the food is fantastic and the customer service is very good. A must stop!!!!

+27

Darlene Smith

It's soup season!!! Had to make a stop while on our little road trip. I love historic, quirky restaurants and this one delivers. The atmosphere, service and food was great. Except for the chilli :( do not try... It really tasted bland, yet expired. But other than that a fun, family lunch was enjoyed.

+6

Kyle

It's seriously like stepping back in time, such a cool spot/experience. The restaurant hosts a travel store, bakery, and the town's historic society. You get to learn about the significant history of this Pea Soup destination, and the highway it used to rely on, long before you even sit down to have your meal. The dining room looks like it hasn't changed in 50 years, and playing music just as old it's a pretty fun vibe that augments the experience. I got the travelers special with unlimited pea soup, bread, and a shake. My first time eating split pea soup and I absolutely loved it! Very filling, especially after a few bowls, and the shake was delicious as well. My partner's fish and chips was an amazing portion, just know it won't travel well if you aren't ready to eat it all right there. Prices have definitely changed a lot over the years... That's my only ding of a star - they aren't outlandish, but a bit more than you'd hope for an old timey roadside cafe.

Iris Starker

I have been to Split Pea many times over the last 35 years when traveling up to my grandparents place and the food is good I always get the split pea bread bowl. Although my son and my dad wanted the fried chicken this time and they said it would be like 25 minutes and we weren't wanting to wait that long. I notice each time we have stopped over the last 3 years that things have started changing a bit each time.

+2

Caitlin Krause

Pea soup. Underrated everywhere but here. Andersen’s is approaching their centennial and this location smells like it’s been fastidiously cleaned with industrial products for at least that long but an underlying tinge just won’t budge without some real renovations. Not sure how much longer these authentic American highway diners will exist but this place makes me think it would be ok to move on in this century. The chicken pot pie crust was wildly good, the stew good. The toppings for the pea soup came in sad little plastic cups - ham AND bacon for some reason? Made me chuckle. The breads were not good. I love pumpernickel but theirs was bland, and the onion and cheese bread tasted like neither. Overall, if you go to a place like Andersen’s you know exactly what you’re getting in to. Luckily, they know how to deliver on the nostalgic, slightly sad and creepy but still hits-the-spot greasy spoon vibes. I think the kitchen is moving further from their roots at this location and I hope they can do a little wiggle back toward more flavor.

Sergio Zermeno

My wife and I travel to Buellton,CA to relax and also going to see the Gabriel Fluffy Inglesa Show at the Chumash casino resort. We were very hungry from our long trip from Los Angles,we headed to Pea Soup Anderson's it's world famous many people travel to Bueliton,CA to tryout their world famous Pea soup. The restaurant is very nice it feel like traveling to Denmark and feel like a diner. We both order a half sandwich and soup. The sandwich we decided to was the chicken salad sandwich also including their Pea soup. The waiter bought food it looks very good first I tasted the Pea soup it was very good light and full of flavor in the soup. They make the everyday and fresh the chicken sandwich was very so much flavors in the sandwich my wife and I enjoy it very much then we order dessert we got the Honey bread pudding it was very good. We enjoy the food.

+20

Mukshya “Mumu” P.

Try the soup!! Creamy and not salty~!! We didn't have much of a wait and got seated in an area that made me think of a garden salarium instead of a diner. Dated but we'll kept tables and chairs. Food was delicious and fresh veggies. Only complaint was this weird smell that wafted in every so often.

+1

Ray Cole

Pea soup was good. Bread and bakery great! The meatloaf was horrible-not sure if it was that day or what. It was swimming in gravy and it didnt taste like meat. It was gummy and bread like as if too much filler was used. Other items were okay. If you are into pea soup, it's a must stop location!

+2