Austen's At The Pierpont Inn

Angel and Jesus made my friends birthday breakfast the best it could be!

We enjoyed a delicious lunch with an ocean view. The grilled veggie sandwich was perfect and so were the crisp sweet potato fries and tart dill pickle wedge. We will be back !

Always good food and service.

Great food and service. The salmon tacos were cooked perfectly, an easy one to over cook. Martin took great care of us. Thanks, we'll be back

Outside on the patio the freeway traffic was loud. Inside the restaurant it was very quiet. The only thing I can think to recommend would be music. We were the only ones there initially and soft music would have been nice.

Martin our wait person was a 10.
Attentive.
The waffles took longer to prep so without asking he gave us a 10% discount
Even with all the remodeling still going on the
Ambiance 10

The food was excellent: great fish dish, nice vegetables obviously cooked fresh in a creative and tasty way for me; a good solid steak for my partner. Cocktails were good, but one was marred by being served in a chipped glass. The service was attentive and pleasant. Cozy dining by the fireplace made for a pleasant evening.

Austens is a true gem, a fitting companion for the Pierpont Inn which is well on the way to becoming the premier destination in Ventura. The setting is a garden spot with breathtaking views of the coastal strand and Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands. The food is good with generous portions of a broad range of entrees.

Be careful going to this restaurant with someone with any mobility issues until it is completely remodeled. Would be a lovely place to go if you're staying at the hotel and when it's light out and you can enjoy The view.

The Pierpont Inn has been a favorite of mine for (are you ready?) 60+ years...a mandatory stop between my then home in Los Angeles, and school in the Bay Area. Over the years it has gone through several downturns and upsurges, one that it is experiencing today. Austins is still a work-in-progress at the moment, yet still a wonderful destination. Part of me wants it to achieve the success it deserves, another wishes it to be a hidden jewel and genuine bargain to boot.

Small restaurant, with a large patio. The Brussels sprouts appetizer was huge and delicious. Sea bass was creative and fabulous. I took half of it home and the leftovers were great. My husband's fillet was cooked to perfection. And we both loved our desserts: bread pudding and lava cake.

We have ordered Austen Burgers. Great quality meat, great house salad, crispy and tasty fries, very good tortilla soup. Since we dined at 3pm on Sunday, we had the whole place to ourselves. Enjoyed the quiet and fabulous ocean and island view.

Our server was wonderful that was the best part of our evening. You need to tell anyone who is scheduling a reservation that you do not have the restaurant open and that you will be sitting on an outdoor patio in November or in a hallway made into a dining room. Parking is not made for an older adult as we were bringing my 85 year old mother. All in all the server made this work although as the person who made the reservation I was extremely disappointed that you advertise knowing your restaurant is not open.
The city I found out after this closed the restaurant due to remodeling that was not approved.
You should make any holiday parties aware of your situation so they can make other plans.

very nice, good food, a little bit hard to find but worth the walk

Thanksgiving turkey dinners were cold and missing a menu item. No management anywhere to address the issue. Very disappointed and NOT recommended.

The ambiance is poor due to the temporary nature of the dining room. Management must resolve their differences with the City, and get this place back to what it was. Food excellent and server very hospitable.

We have dined for breakfast in the past and this time we did an Anniversary, pre-theater dinner with friends. We had a private table, with a view of the ocean, that they had reserved for us and it was a lovely night with a slight cooling breeze. Food was well presented and very good with ample portions. We brought a wine with and we were pleasantly surprised that a corkage was not charged. Service was good and overall we all agreed we will be back.

We went for my birthday we just went last month for my boyfriend's birthday it's one of our favorite restaurants!! Britney was our way server and she is/was amazing great service ...shes so sweet and on top of everything...we even gave her a piece of my birthday cake ...we love her shes the best !!

There was no one at the front desk when we arrived. We did see two different people who were not very friendly. One took one look at us and went in the back; the other asked us to PLEASE give them a few minutes and disappeared. As we were about to leave, the server came out with a bubbly attitude and was welcoming, so we stayed. She was wonderful and attentive. The food was very good. The location pleasant and view excellent.

If we weren't so hungry, we would have left after the first worker ignored us.

Pro: Excellent food and very good service. Con: Difficult to find on the property. There was no decor, it looked like a converted conference room.

Been there many times. Always outstanding

Service was horrible and my food was cold. Great drinks and lovely view.

Martin and Jimena were fantastik! Food was the best, and service was top-notch. We went there to start our anniversary celebration, as the location holds many memories. Awesome job all the way around! Give those two a raise!

Food and service both very good. Our only issue was no airflow on the outdoor patio, no air conditioning inside, the evening was too warm for neither place to be cool. Otherwise, we would go again!

Small and intimate. Went for breakfast. Food and service were excellent. Table overlooking garden was nice. Waitress on patio was very helpful . We will be back for dinner.

Not the menu that was on there website. Chief wouldn’t step out of the menu on the table.

I thought the restaurant was now open after the remodel, I was wrong. This is just a baquent room, nothing more, and after sitting there for 10 minutes with no one greating us, we left. It was our wedding anniversary and looking for something special - it's not here. Sorry to report this and I hope someday it returns to a great place.

The food and service were very good. They appear to be operating temporarily out of a meeting room as the original restaurant is under renovation. We were told that it has now been 2 years. A good restaurant for every day dining but not a place for a special occasion.

While the food was tasty, the whole ambiance and experience of the old Austen's is gone. Very disappointing.

We were surprised to see that the restaurant had moved to the back for remodeling and that there was only one table besides ours at 7 pm. The service was excellent as always— nice to see staff members we’d seen 2 years ago. Dinner menu is a little tough for vegetarians, not a ton of options. But the fried artichoke appetizer, red pepper bisque, and beet salad were very good. Dining companions enjoyed their salads as well. The cheesecake dessert tasted a little freezer-burned under the fresh berries, though.

We love having breakfast at Austin's but Sunday Brunch on Father's Day was awful! Service was slow and food quality was very low.

Great service, food was amazing, and the view was spectacular! Jimena was our server and did an excellent job taking care of us! Will definitely return

We went to Austen’s for breakfast on Father’s Day and the experience all-around was exceptional.

Looks like lots of remodeling going on throughout the property, this might be a temporary location but it was still a nice quiet place with a great view of the ocean and a lawn to go outside and enjoy. The service was very slow, things seemed a bit disorganized or perhaps they were short a few hands. From the time we were seated till the time our food arrived was over a hour but when we did get service it was very good and when the food arrived it was also very good.

The main dining room is under construction so they moved to a room with a patio area that was spartan at best. Lacked ambience. Food was good but not great; pork chop over cooked.

Food was good but server seemed very inexperienced. Tom Collins my wife ordered was poor.

Angel, our waiter, was really lovely and very helpful!

We were disappointed to see that the old restaurant still hasn't completed its remodeling yet. My dad and I weren't aware of where the temporary "new" location for the restaurant. As he is on a walker, it was a little ways for him, but the staff was very accommodating and let us take a bit of a shortcut. The food was really good and I heard the other patrons comment on how good theirs was as well. It will be nice when the old restaurant is up and running as there will be more window seats for people to enjoy. It's really a plain room, but the chairs are comfortable. More of a hotel restaurant than the old restaurant was. We will still go back though. The service was very good and Liz and the other server were very nice.

The temporary location was not advertised, so it was a surprise. Was nice enough, but a let down from the former location. The wine we ordered was kept in the original wine cellar so it took 20 minutes to get. The wait staff was upbeat and friendly but wasn't as polished as they should be for a "nice" restaurant.

Food was very good.

Had a wonderful experience for a family gathering. Service was awesome and the food was fabulous!