Welcome to The Reef Bar & Restaurant

Brand new Bar & Restaurant in downtown Santa Cruz with island vibes mixed with some SC style. Locally owned and influenced this Bar offers authentic Hawaiian food, specialty cocktails, as well as provide a space for local artists and musicians to showcase their talents. A fun and spacious environment with our huge outside patio and vaulted ceilings inside make this the perfect place to celebrate your reception, private party, birthday, or any other special event. The high ceilings and enormous space provides a unique and fun dinning experience for all our patrons. There is a full bar with specialty cocktails like Mai Tai’s, Dark n Stormy’s, and Hawaiian Cosmo’s, or you can try a drink from our very own “I DARE YOU” drink menu. Our venue offers live music every night featuring jazz, rock, blues, reggae, funk, bluegrass, folk, americana, and acoustic bands along with local unique art, films, and events weekly. We are the only place in town with 160 inch projection screen inside where we feature surf films, sports games, and movie premiers from our local artists, We have a heated outside patio with plenty of seating and a ping pong table for all to use, couches inside for day and night time lounging, and plenty of art and surf memorabilia to catch your eyes right when you enter. Don’t forget about our Authentic Hawaiian food from Pono Hawaiian Grill serving up huge plates of food that won’t break the bank. So come on in, relax, and let your mind take a vacation for a few hours while our food and drinks melt your problems away.