The Red Zone Sports Bar & Grill

This is one of the only places we will go in Lompoc. We come mostly for the service, but the food and drinks are pretty good too if you know what to order. Patty is an excellent waitress - lunchtime during the week - we love her to pieces and come there often to enjoy her company. The owner is really great as well and hosts some fun events for charity.

They have Figueroa Mountain Brewing company on tap which is awesome. The cocktails are a little steep though.

I love the grilled fish tacos! They are excellent and I get them every time I come with a side of onion rings which are also really great! The buffalo balls, potato skins, and jalapeno poppers are good starters. The salads and pizza are terrible. The calzones are huge and delicous as an alternative to pizza. Friday's they feature an amazing clam chowder.

It's usually very quiet and enjoyable for a meal, clean tables, lots of tvs if you're there for sports. There's also a great room for private parties, and a huge back patio for events.

Ate here the other night with a big party.
The service is really great, for the most part. They forgot one persons food and he sat for an hour watching everyone eat. Finally they realized what happened and got his food out right away and comped him it. So at least they make it right when they mess up. Sadly, that's rare. So props to them for that.

The food was decent. My meatball sub [everything has weird sports names...which is actually kind of annoying. I get that it has a theme but I don't really want to have to literally read every single description to figure out what the heck something is.]
, it was alright.
The bread was disappointly plain though. I mean, you would think it could have been garlic bread or something toasted?
The meatballs were a little plain for me and I like plain food. It basically tasted like homemade hamburger spaghetti sauce put onto a white bread roll.
It wasn't bad, per se, but it was kind of missing something, especially for how much they charge.

I wish the side with it was different as well. The curly fries were awesome. I would definitely get those again, just not with something "italian" flavored. It was just a strange combo to me.
I'd rather have had something else, although trying to think of what that is leaves me clueless. Maybe some kind of veggie?
But that was my fault for ordering the fries with it, even though they're super good and totally worth it.
They also have good ranch! it's not all watery or the gross dill kind. This is good ranch perfect for dipping the yummy curly fries!

Our refills were kept full which is another awesome thing.

I did not like the drink I ordered though. It was basically mint vodka and it was not good. Everything comes in big glasses.

All in all this place is a good hang out place and the food is good and the staff are all really nice and check on you.

It's a litlte over priced for the quality of the food, but I would definitely go back and try something else. and maybe get some more fries!

Personally, I thought that three stars was generous, but then realized that only 16 people had reviewed this place.

Like a lot of restaurants in Lompoc, this place is a converted-used-to-be-something-else establishment. If they marketed it as a "dive by that also happens to sell food for those late night munchies," then I think they'd gain a star. However, as a sports bar, not so much.

We kept it simple and ordered standard bar food: french fries, jalapeño poppers, fish tacos and beer. The friend apps were pretty standard freezer variety and the fish tacos were fairly average. The couple I was with said that the tacos are normally better, so perhaps this place deserves a second chance.

The service was slow and the waitress somewhat inattentive. In fact, after having waited for what seemed like half a decade, we decided to take our check to the front counter so that we could pay and move on with our evening.

2 stars: "Meh, I've experienced better."