Kianti's Pizza & Pasta Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

1. Kianti's Pizza & Pasta Bar

7.3
1100 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Italian Restaurant · Downtown Santa Cruz · 43 tips and reviews

MCMC: Garlic cheese bread! Rocks!

Mickie R.Mickie Rat: The marinara here is amazing, as is the garlic bread and the jalapeño breadsticks. Also, Will is an excellent waiter!

Tammie Lou V.Tammie Lou Van Sant: Spinach salad and garlic cheese bread

Pizza My Heart is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

2. Pizza My Heart

8.2
1116 Pacific Ave (at Lincoln St), Santa Cruz, CA
Pizzeria · Downtown Santa Cruz · 44 tips and reviews

Stephanie G.Stephanie Grant: Didn't think it would be very good just looking at it but was pleasantly surprised! Don't forget the garlic powder.

Dana Jene M.Dana Jene Macnab: Big Sue with all that roasted garlic is delicious!

Cristina B.Cristina B.: Get the Gilroy only if you LOVE copious amounts of whole cloves of garlic in your pizza. If you do-it's amazing!

515 Kitchen & Cocktails is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

3. 515 Kitchen & Cocktails

8.2
515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, CA
Lounge · Downtown Santa Cruz · 56 tips and reviews

Cathy N.Cathy Nguyễn: Best Bloody Maries I've ever had! You get a ton of garnish AND you get to choose your vodka! Cucumber, garlic, or bacon. That's right: bacon. I recommend cucumber, though. Delish!!

Carrie B.Carrie Browde: Best brunch in town. Try the Bloody Bloody with half cucumber and half garlic vodkas...awesome.

Danielle O.Danielle Olsen: If your mind wanders, let it lead you here.....Quiet Village (one of the best cocktails on the menu).

Shun Feng Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

4. Shun Feng Restaurant

7.5
420 River St (highway 1), Santa Cruz, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Central Santa Cruz · 7 tips and reviews

SarahSarah: The garlic chicken chow mein is delicious!

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: vegans: this is a veg friendly menu. They have mock chicken which is desirable because it's got more protein than tofu.. Try the eggplant curries🌶 or chow fun rice noodles‼️ ask for Singapore style!

Ryan R.Ryan Renard: The pot stickers are fantastic...

Bantam is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

5. Bantam

8.0
1010 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Pizzeria · Westside · 16 tips and reviews

Peter M.Peter McQueen: Excellent new artisan pizza restaurant in Santa Cruz. The dungeness crab salad was outstanding. Also enjoyed the clam, garlic, and parsley pizza.

Shannon M.Shannon Madison: Probably my favorite Santa Cruz restaurant. Great wine, great snacks (the olives are addictive!), great pizza

Jamie P.Jamie Pagels: What’s good: Chickpea farinata pizza with ricotta and rocket pesto, soppressata pizza with mozzarella and spicy honey

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Parking is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

6. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Parking

7.7
400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, CA
Parking · 5 tips and reviews

@JPSmithNYC@JPSmithNYC: Garlic fries are a must have

Robert H.Robert Hernandez: You can drink on the boardwalk, and good boardwalk food

Melanie B.Melanie Bettencourt: Bring LOTS of $$$!! Make sure to print out the coupons online...

Charlie Hong Kong is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

7. Charlie Hong Kong

8.5
1141 Soquel Ave (at Seabright Ave), Santa Cruz, CA
Noodle Restaurant · Eastside · 30 tips and reviews

Trisha L.Trisha Liu: Seasonal treat: spicy garlic green beans. They are delicious - get them!!

KaiKai: My favorite fast food stop in town! Need something fast and healthy? Stop here for a noodle or rice bowl, or a salad.

Chris R.Chris Record: Great spot for vegan food!

Seabright Brewery is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

8. Seabright Brewery

7.7
519 Seabright Ave (at Murray St), Santa Cruz, CA
Brewery · Eastside · 50 tips and reviews

Jaclyn B.Jaclyn B.: Sacrilicious and garlic fries. Just do it.

Julia P.Julia Parker: The "Blur" IPA does not quite have the floral hop of a Pacific NW ale, but if you're into a med. bite bitter, you'll enjoy. Good w/ baked Brie & carmelized garlic appetizer

Eric M.Eric Mitchell: Dog friendly patio, beer, and delicious burgers. What else do you need?

Parish Publick House is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

9. Parish Publick House

8.2
841 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Dive Bar · Westside · 25 tips and reviews

Ann Marie B.Ann Marie B: Incredible food (even for an Irish pub, the veg options were delicious). Kale, cauliflower, garlic soup was amazing. Local beer. Service was so-so.

Paul G.Paul Griffith: Santa Cruz is an early town, which is fine with me. But if a late night nosh--or a late night hang--is what you need, this is the place. Warm, inviting, great burgers, great beer selection--home run.

FoodspottingFoodspotting: Try the Deep Fried Pickles

Blaze Pizza is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

10. Blaze Pizza

7.6
1901 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA
Pizzeria · Westside · 4 tips and reviews

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: “popcorn” protein is gone. Order your vegetarian pie w/red sauce, Daiya cheese, kalamata olives, roasted red peppers, roasted garlic & jalapeños. This is the best places you’ll ever go for vegan 🍕🤗

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: As of July 17 blaze pizza has a cauliflower pizza crust. whaaaaaat? yum! it costs a bit more but worth it

Phillip P.Phillip P: The pizza crust is the best of the West

Woodstock's Pizza is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

11. Woodstock's Pizza

7.3
710 Front St (at Cooper St.), Santa Cruz, CA
Pizzeria · Downtown Santa Cruz · 43 tips and reviews

Hannah R.Hannah Rouley: Try the garlic bird. Really good and worth it!

McWishopMcWishop: Garlic bird...ke buena!!

Rebecca T.Rebecca Tpuah: We shared half/half vegetarian and the all meat pizza. Both alright but not the best in town. Service was very good and i like that you can choose between white and wholemeal dough.

Malabar is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

12. Malabar

7.2
514 Front St #B (Soquel Ave), Santa Cruz, CA
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Downtown Santa Cruz · 18 tips and reviews

Gus B.Gus B.: Best Garlic Noodles period! Read more.

Michael A.Michael Alba: Garlic masala dosa was superb. Kadir asparagus was really flavorful. Jalapeno pakoras were great. All around fantastic food.

Martin H.Martin Hecko: The Tahu Java is simply divine. Have the caramel shake with it. The rose water flavor complements the whole meal.

Crow's Nest Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

13. Crow's Nest Restaurant

8.3
2218 E Cliff Dr (at 5th Ave), Santa Cruz, CA
American Restaurant · Eastside · 112 tips and reviews

Tara W.Tara Walker: Try the Swordfish - With sundried tomatoes, olives, roasted garlic cream sauce

David C.David Crowe Sr: The sunshine and beach. Heard the food and drinks aren't bad either. La palma is also near and good, plenty of choices in one place.

Irene K.Irene Kimmel: Sunsets are beautiful and during the holidays the sail boats in the harbor are decorated and make it very festive.

Bagelry is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

14. Bagelry

8.0
320 Cedar St. (Birch Ln), Santa Cruz, CA
Bagel Shop · Downtown Santa Cruz · 22 tips and reviews

Chris R.Chris Record: Try the Tofuti Moxie on A Garlic Bagel!

Debra W.Debra Wareness: Best egg salad. Get it on a slug (AKA everything bagel) with sliced vine ripened tomatoes! A killer breakfast or lunch!

Johnny U.Johnny Urquijo: As of January 2013....they now accept VISA/MASTERCARD!!! No more ATM withdrawals!

Companion Bakeshop is one of The 15 Best Places for Garlic in Santa Cruz.

15. Companion Bakeshop

8.7
2341 Mission, Santa Cruz, CA
Bakery · Westside · 21 tips and reviews

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: Try the gnarled up "Epi" everything bread sticks. Best baguette anywhere? Me say yes. Chocolate sourdough and the banana walnut breads both come highly recommended

Michael P.Michael Phillips: Blue Bottle coffee pour over bar!!!

Susan C.Susan Cannon: Brick oven pizzas Tuesdays between 4:30-6:30pm