The 15 Best Places That Are Good for Special Occasions in Bakersfield

Rebecca Bullard: Petite is the way to go unless your feeding a family of four!

Anthony M Fraser: Great ice cream sundaes

Jennifer Barthel: Quick service and the atmosphere is welcoming

Felicity Mould: This place is INCREDIBLE! Best version of everything I had every tried. Sides shine and definitely get the waffles. Fried chicken was flawless and service is wonderful! Portion sizes are perfect 👌

Tracey Robinson: My Grandmother was from Paris,Texas. All she cooked was "Soul food". Now that she is gone, I go to J's Place to get a good meal that tastes as good as hers. I always get great service.

Matt Cushnyr: Chicken and waffles!

Offbeat L.A.: Basque Restaurant & cocktail lounge, opened 1954.

Lily Adams: I need to try the basque food here.

Ken: Mounds of food are presented to you.

Rhonda Pollard: Warm chips and salsa are fantastic. I loved the chicken mole and fajitas.

Mark Sturn: Chili Verde nachos were excellent, so I'd imagine any other Chili Verde dish would be great as well. Santa Fe enchiladas were disappointing, too much tortilla. Kind of pricey for what you get too

Rosa Mendez: Every time I go in to this restaurant, I'm always debating from having the fish tacos to the shrimp cocktail both dishes are delicious.

Justin Jacks: Awesome little local Buffet everything is fresh and homemade. Friendly and inviting staff make the experience even better.

Mandy Jenkins: Just gained 30 pounds

Ryan Skaggs: Get hee early.

Jennifer Pauline: The buffet is great! It's a wonderful mix of Indian favorites, both vegetarian (their paneer is fabulous) and meat dishes (the butter chicken is to die for).

Ryan H: Butter chicken is delicious. Authentic Indian food. Source: Indian wife

Jason Cosper: Love the samosas!

Laura Schneider: A black and white is a must! Don't forget to try the famous Dewar's Chews!!

LA Weekly: "Dewar's... is still the best old soda fountain in the state..." - Jonathan Gold

Darin Johnson: Try a Peanut Butter Chew. So good.

Karla Dominguez: The ribs are soooo good! The meat comes off the bone so easily. The mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli are very tasty as well. The shrimp pasta with asparagus is my favorite. 😋

Vicki Surico: Our waiter Geoff was awesome. Highly recommend him if you go. Especially if you have kids. Mine had a blast! Never had to ask for anything, he was on top of it all. Best service I have had anywhere!

Chris McCoy: Solid gluten-free menu with pizzas, salads and even several desserts!!

April: #16 Bacardi is the Best. Service is always Great here

Andrea McAfee: The dragon balls are so good!!!

Kimberly Perkins: Love the Bacardi Roll and the BLC

Steve Hernandez: Beat sushi in town. Love the fantasy roll.

Charles Koch: Excellent sushi. The Poki hand roll is amazing.

Joel Otterbach: Good sushi fresh and reminded me of home in Hawaii

Lisa Rivera: Wednesday special. Stuffed chicken with white pasta! amazing!

Mari Moon: Wonderful place! I sat outside and had the small size wild mushroom agnolotti and giovanna's salad. Everything was perfect! The waiters were super kind, helpful not to mention pretty too! :)

Vanessa David: The butterfinger pie is amazing!!

Perriann Hodges: Dewars is a must! Black n white, tan n white, ice cream sandwich! !! Dewars chews! I can't decide!

Matt Williams: Drive thru is AMAZING!

John Pitre: Any icecream@dewars is great

Celeste Miller: A Bakersfield classic. This has been here foreeeeevuh and is a great place for just about every occasion. Like everyone else, I've got my favorites like the Kung Pao Chicken and the soup.

I love bacon.: Fried Chicken :-)

Parker Love: Try their Mai tai's. Amazing and pretty cheap.

Valerio Soldani: Great california beers. Try zeus, centennial, citra simcoe. A dreamong trip through IPAs. Awesome also Harvest moon. Top wheat beer.

Joseph Rodriquez: Try the "stinky fries" and "stinky burger!" Soo freakin' good!

Esther Rodriquez: extremely Good beer,plus deep fried twinky's

Bill Flagstaff: Love it. Good Margarita. Great Cesar Salad. Good atmosphere.

CARMELL Crawford-Reynolds: The food is good....the Margaritas are to die for...and happy hour is all day ....

Joel Otterbach: Service was superb and steaks cooked perfectly.