Ox + Anchor is a steakhouse fine-dining restaurant in Downtown, San Luis Obispo.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 877 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Granada Bistro serves French and Mediterranean farm cooking off the 1922 Granada Hotel lobby, the most handsome dining room in downtown San Luis Obispo.
OrderSeasonal farm plates with a glass from the short, sharp wine list.
BookA few days for weekend dinner ahead
TipThe Nightcap cocktail lounge hides behind the hotel; move there after dessert.
Buona Tavola has plated Northern Italian dinners beside the Fremont Theater since 1992, a white-tablecloth stalwart of Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo.
OrderFresh pasta with a Northern Italian white; the lunch prix-fixe is the value play.
BookSame week is usually fine ahead
TipWeekday lunch runs 11:30-14:00 and is far easier to book than dinner.
Alex Madonna's Gold Rush Steak House barbecues steaks over an oak pit inside the pink-on-pink Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo's 1958 roadside fantasia.
OrderAn oak-pit steak, then a slice of pink champagne cake from the bakery case.
BookBook ahead for weekend pink-booth tables ahead
TipThe filet mignon is the house's most popular steak; stay for cake from the on-site bakery.
Granada Bistro serves French and Mediterranean farm cooking off the 1922 Granada Hotel lobby, the most handsome dining room in downtown San Luis Obispo.
OrderSeasonal farm plates with a glass from the short, sharp wine list.
BookA few days for weekend dinner ahead
TipThe Nightcap cocktail lounge hides behind the hotel; move there after dessert.
Buona Tavola has plated Northern Italian dinners beside the Fremont Theater since 1992, a white-tablecloth stalwart of Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo.
OrderFresh pasta with a Northern Italian white; the lunch prix-fixe is the value play.
BookSame week is usually fine ahead
TipWeekday lunch runs 11:30-14:00 and is far easier to book than dinner.
