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Dinner Menu: Rack of Lamb, Pistachio Dijon Crust. - Inn at Tres Pinos, Tres Pinos, CA

Inn at Tres Pinos

4.8
4.8
679 Reviews
$31 to $50
Continental
Built in 1880, The Inn was at one time a brothel, until it was raided by federal officers. The Inn was a favorite site of cowboys and teamsters, who appreciated the fine foods and jovial atmosphere.
Over 100 years later, the Inn at Tres Pinos is now a San Benito County Historical Landmark, carefully restored by owner, Mike Howard. The ambiance is intimate, rustic, and elegant. It’s country with a touch of class, and decorated in a style that is a reflection of Mike’s personal interest. Mike's grandfather taught him the the art of fly-fishing, and every year the family still fishes together at the Big Wood River in Sun Valley, Idaho. Mike married Mary along the Big Wood River in 2010, and the Inn has become a true family affair. Mike’s philosophy is “Keep it fresh and keep it simple.” His staff is personally hand picked and will make every effort to meet your expectations. The Inn at Tres Pinos is the only four-star restaurant in San Benito Country.

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2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 19 times today

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Fine Dining
  • Cuisines
    Continental, American, Contemporary Italian
  • Hours of operation
    Wed–Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (831) 628-3320
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Owned/operated by
    Women
  • Catering
    For Private Events & Carte Blanc Catering, visit our website - Catering Options - https://trespinosinn.com/catering/
  • Private party facilities
    For Private Events & Carte Blanc Catering, visit our website - Catering Options - https://trespinosinn.com/catering/
  • Neighborhood
    Hollister
  • Cross street
    Third Street
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Dog Friendly, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Indoor Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Firepit, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, View, Wine

What 679 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.8
4.8 based on recent ratings
  • 4.8Food
  • 4.8Service
  • 4.7Ambience
  • 4.6Value

NoiseModerate

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  • San Jose / Silicon Valley

    Best Overall

  • San Jose / Silicon Valley

    Best Food

  • San Jose / Silicon Valley

    Best Service

  • San Jose / Silicon Valley

    Best Ambiance

  • San Jose / Silicon Valley

    Best Value

679 Reviews
  1. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great dinner as usual, celebrated my parents 51 anniversary. Server Adrian was awesome!!!!

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  2. TrishL

    Central Coast

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent way to celebrate an anniversary or any occasion! Absolutely LOVE dining at the Inn! You won’t be disappointed. Make a reservation!❤️❤️

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  3. RobertE

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall4food3service5ambience5
    It's a great place of the beaten path, so what a wonderful surprise. Such historic Inn with a great menu and excellent service by Adrian. Very helpful suggestions with the menu and a wonderful host throughout our visit. Highly recommend and definitely coming back with friends.

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  4. ChadB

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Food was delicious! Service attentive and friendly. Lights flickered on and off (ghosts?) and was a lively Saturday night

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  5. Casador

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Incredible place to have a great meal, terrific servers, and a very relaxing atmosphere. This beautiful indoor/ outdoor Inn in a small rural community is the ideal way to celebrate birthdays (I celebrated mine in March this year) and just to enjoy a memorable good time.

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  6. Farmor

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We always get good food and service each time we are there. So grateful for this local gem.

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  7. RicP

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent food and service. Their seafood specials are always right on the mark!

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  8. NatalieK

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 8, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Celebrated our anniversary. Great food, great experience.

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  9. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on September 4, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience5
    Nice little gem in Hollister. The food has been good so far and service has been great. Looking forward to another visit and update to my review!

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  10. Foxylicious

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 4, 2023

    overall1food1service5ambience3
    Restaurant was out of clams by 7:30pm Files were of really poor quality and overcooked for both orders Creme brulee was super disappointing

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  11. HenryR

    Denver

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on September 4, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great food and service. Clam sauce linguine is awesome. My only complaint is that my martini was a bit watered down. Dining room was slammed so it took a little long to get our dinners but it was well worth the wait.

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  12. YolandaF

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The food was great, you can’t beat the price!! The dining room has a cozy feel. We would definitely go back.

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  13. Baron

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on September 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food and service were amazing as always. Just wish there was outdoor seating because inside can get a little loud. BUT you will not be disappointed in the food.

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  14. DonaPam

    Central Coast

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on September 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Delicious food, good wine, appropriately attentive staff. Very respectful of my food allergies.

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  15. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 1, 2023

    overall3food4service2ambience3
    Our waiter seemed to be new to the job, not very attentive, infrequently checking back; didn’t volunteer information re: additional menu items, available dessert menu left it to customers to ask. Ie. Didn’t ask if I wanted salad served with my entree, etc.

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  16. CatherineS

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Wonderful restaurant in the country south of Hollister, CA. The staff are attentive, and the menu is excellent. Ask to sit in the bar, patio outside or on the front porch area. Inside voices carry and, if you are seated near a boisterous group, it can be difficult to have a conversation. Otherwise, a great place to have a gourmet dinner with friends or to celebrate a special occasion.

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  17. Garbear

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We had a great night, was a big surprise when we got the wine room. A very private setting to celebrate my wife’s birthday and our anniversary with the family. We had a great time the waiter was great. The food was great as always

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  18. RicP

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Amazing food and service! I always order their seafood/fish specials, and they never disappoint.

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  19. stacyc

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 21, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience4
    Nice surprise. Very good food. Helpful host moved our reservation to inside since it was so hot. Calamari app was a hit and everyone in our party of 5 loved their main dishes.

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  20. RickD

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Julie did a great job. She was very personable and efficient.Fran andI were celebrating our retirement and Julie had the dessert plate decorated. A very special night.

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  21. LilC

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We had the best Waitress, EVER! She was fun, helpful with the menu, had a great sense of humor, and checked on us often. Dinner was so delicious! This may not be a very accurate review of dinner, we both live alone, now, and we admit our dinners are no where close to yours. I’m ashamed to tell you just what they can consist of! 😂

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  22. KerriK

    San Francisco

    14 reviews

    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on August 18, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Jalapeno pork loin and Calamari dinners were both amazing! Our server, David, was very professional and friendly 👏

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  23. DavidB

    San Diego

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We loved our dinner at Tres Pinos Inn! Very cute vintage building with amazing ambiance. The food was excellent and the service even better! Our server, Devin, was extremely courteous and professional and he was really fun to talk with! We will definitely return for another visit when in the area. Highly recommend this restaurant to everyone!

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  24. JimF

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent service, the food was outstanding. Even my picky mother in law enjoyed the food. Our go to place.

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  25. JamesE

    Tahoe

    10 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on August 14, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great service and great food. Look forward to our next visit

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  26. Lovetoeat

    San Francisco

    28 reviews

    5.0

    28 reviews

    Dined on August 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We chose patio dining with fire pit tables. What a treat. Since we were outdoors it was very easy to keep up our conversations without repeating things. Food was, as always, wonderful. Special scallops appetizer. Special cocktails; lavender margarita, butterfly cloud, pear blossom. Special halibut dinner. And birthday celebration memories.

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  27. ElizabethB

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 13, 2023

    overall5food4service5ambience5
    I chose this restaurant to celebrate my husband's 67th birthday. We have been here before, and really enjoyed the experience and wanted to return. It's such a delightful establishment, the food is very good and the service is excellent.

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  28. JoshB

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 12, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Cottage type atmosphere, cozy and quaint, excellent service, and food as good as anywhere else in Hollister. A+

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  29. ErikB

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    First time there for my anniversary. I was pleased when I walked in. Reservations perfect. Sat immediately. Our server did well - but I would say for a fancy place like this he should have been more on point with specials and general memory. Wife had the filet mignon steak. Perfect. I had the scallops. Eh - they were ok. Lacked some flavor. I loved the lasting wait for the food - gave a real feeling of romantics which enabled me and my wife to talk and laugh without feeling rushed. I would have like to sit inside not next to a window to keep it a little darker and More romantic. But the seat next to a window was still beautiful. All in all - definitely going back. I’d say 4.67 stars out of 5

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  30. UnlandJ

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on August 10, 2023

    overall5food4service4ambience5
    Just such consistently good food with an even better old world charm. The staff couldn’t have been more helpful or friendly. Always a great experience.

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  31. MrsM

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on August 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    This is my favorite restaurant in the Hollister Area. It is the place to go for a special occasion. I almost always order their house salad and their sautéed calamari. It is the best I have ever had.

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  32. Robd

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Had a great meal with the family once again.Thank you for the wonderful food and service.

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  33. CristenM

    San Joaquin

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on August 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We have been several times but this time was by far our best yet! We love that they have new things to try. Love this place!!

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  34. FlorD

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent food and service every time. The ambience is perfect.

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  35. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 5, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We met our friends there for their first experience. We were not let down, everything was great! This restaurant has been consistently good in every way

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  36. Ranger

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on August 5, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience5
    My family dines at the Tres Pinos Inn regularly. We love the atmosphere, and it truly is the nicest restaurant nearby Hollister. I had the lamb and my wife enjoyed the pasta. I find there is only one short coming with this restaurant. Unfortunately, they do not serve bread with dinner. My wife and friends have in the past brought bread with us to eat during dinner. Unfortunately, the Inn will now ask you to put the bread away, not allowing you to bring bread and consume it with your dinner. The one disappointing aspect!

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  37. KrissC

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on August 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great choice of entrees. Calamari was a delicious appetizer. Our server was very personable and attentive. Great evening as usual.

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  38. NicoleS

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on July 30, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent food, and prompt friendly service, definitely recommend

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  39. IlonaL

    Central Coast

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on July 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Delicious and able to accommodate multiple food allergies. Only disappointment was the size of the crème brûlée.

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  40. Lik2eat

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on July 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Our waitress made the difference. She was so attentive and professional. Sweet Ryan

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Safety precautions

  • Cleaning & sanitizing

    • Surfaces sanitized between seatings
    • Common areas deep-cleaned daily
  • Screening

    • Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

FAQs

Inn at Tres Pinos is rated 4.8 stars by 679 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 19 times today
Google Map for Inn at Tres Pinos

6991 Airline Hwy, Tres Pinos, CA 95075

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Third Street
  • Neighborhood
    Hollister
  • Hours of operation
    Wed–Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Cuisines
    Continental, American, Contemporary Italian
  • Dining style
    Fine Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Owned/operated by
    Women
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Dog Friendly, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Indoor Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Firepit, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, View, Wine
  • Phone number
    (831) 628-3320
  • Catering
    For Private Events & Carte Blanc Catering, visit our website - Catering Options - https://trespinosinn.com/catering/
  • Private party facilities
    For Private Events & Carte Blanc Catering, visit our website - Catering Options - https://trespinosinn.com/catering/
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