Six Test Kitchen is a dining experience in Tin City, Paso Robles: chef Ricky Odbert’s seasonal tasting menu, with eggs, lamb, oysters and seafood from within twenty miles.
Reserve on TockReservations required. $255 per person plus a $5 booking fee, prepaid on Tock. Wednesday to Saturday, seatings from 6:00 PM.
One Michelin star, every year since 2021
Michelin Green Star, 2026
At the center, twelve seats
Twelve seats wrap the open kitchen on one long wood counter, so dinner is cooked and plated in front of you. The whole counter shares one menu, Wednesday to Saturday.
“…quietly and confidently cooked like few others in the region.”
There is one tasting menu: a series of small bites, then nine courses, then mignardises. It follows the farms and the boats, leans on dry-aged fish and meat, and changes with the season, so it isn’t published ahead.
Small bites to beginNine courses from the farms, the boats and the seasonMignardises to finish
Grown, caught and fired close by
20 miles
to the eggs, lamb, oysters and seafood, from the boats of Morro Bay to the oysters of Grassy Bar
About 95%
of what the kitchen cooks comes from within California
About 90%
of the power comes from the restaurant’s own solar panels
One
local ceramicist shapes the plates, from California clay
Pairings are poured course by course: a wine pairing, a reserve pairing, or a non-alcoholic pairing. Wine tastings and special dinners are announced on Tock.
$255 per person for the tasting menu, prepaid on Tock, plus a $5 booking fee.
Days and seatings
Wednesday to Saturday, with seatings between 6:00 and 6:30 PM. Closed Sunday to Tuesday.
Tickets
Like a concert ticket, a reservation can’t be refunded, but you can always transfer it to someone else. We prepare only what each night needs.
Diets and allergies
The menu contains dairy, gluten, seafood and meat, and can’t be made vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian or dairy-free. If you have an allergy, email us when you book: most single allergies can be accommodated, though not guaranteed.
What to wear
Smart casual. We want you to be comfortable.
No phone
There’s no phone line. Email us with any question and we’ll write back.
Ricky Odbert grew up in Arroyo Grande. He trained at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco and cooked at Postrio, Cortez, Masa’s, Spruce, Aziza and The Restaurant at Meadowood before bringing it all home to the Central Coast.
Six Test Kitchen began as a supper club with six seats in his parents’ garage in Arroyo Grande. In 2019 it moved to Tin City in Paso Robles and kept its name: twelve seats now, around one curved counter. Two years later it became the first restaurant in San Luis Obispo County to earn a Michelin star, and it has kept it every year since.
Six seats
A supper club in a garage, Arroyo Grande
2019
Twelve seats around one counter in Tin City
2021
The first Michelin star in San Luis Obispo County
2026
A Michelin Green Star, for sustainability
Unit B, Tin City
3075 Blue Rock Road, Unit B Paso Robles, CA 93446
35.5756° N, 120.6899° W
A wheelchair-accessible entrance, and parking on site.
