Motiv, Santa Cruz

Motiv, Santa Cruz4.74
62 reviews
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About Motiv

Winner of the Santa Cruz Weekly 2013 Gold Award for Best Dance Club and Best Fancy Cocktails, Motiv expertly slings tapas-style eats and a wide selection of drinks in a lively lounge space. Tucked along Pacific Avenue and Pearl Alley in a stucco building with a corrugated-tin roof and flowering window boxes, Motiv’s serene Old World–exterior belies its energetic dance floor, sleek wooden bar downstairs, and intimate restaurant-lounge upstairs. Half pound grass-fed burgers, skirt steak dinners and Jorge's famous tacos populate the shareable menu, and top-shelf liquors are mixed into specialty cocktails. Nightly live music delivered by a stable of DJs encourages diners to extend evenings by shaking a leg or showing off neon puffy-paint monograms under the colorful disco lights.

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Groupon Customer Reviews

4.74
62 Groupon Ratings
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Noemi
7 Ratings
6 Reviews
· 11 years ago
Motiv has great tasting fish tacos at a very reasonable price. We also like their sweet potato fries. Atmosphere is casual and the servers are always friendly and very accommodating. This is one of our favorite casual dining places in Santa Cruz. A great to visit on Santa Cruz's "First Fridays" for eats and sometimes, music too.
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Susan
13 Ratings
9 Reviews
· 11 years ago
Great swing dancing on early Wednesday evenings. Yummy tacos and great drinks.
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Tim
32 Ratings
26 Reviews
· 11 years ago
The happy hour tacos and burgers are GREAT !!
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John
18 Ratings
8 Reviews
· 11 years ago
The food is delicious, at low prices, and the bartenders are genuine and excellent at mixology.
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s
19 Ratings
11 Reviews
· 11 years ago
Great Happy Hour! Nice drink list
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Linda
37 Ratings
33 Reviews
· 11 years ago
nice guy working at the bar!
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Chad
18 Ratings
10 Reviews
· 11 years ago
It's a nice place to hang out and have a drink, particularly in the upstairs portion of the bar.
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Joanie
54 Ratings
47 Reviews
· 11 years ago
Motive has great food and drinks. Their burgers are fantastic, so are the tacos. The hot tip is to go for happy hour, such bargain prices and happy hour goes until 7:30. We will definitely be going back there.
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Nicole
1 Ratings
1 Reviews
· 11 years ago
The burger and the tacos were both excellent. We didn't get any creative drinks but the staff was very friendly and the place had a fun ambiance.
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Jeanette
53 Ratings
51 Reviews
· 11 years ago
I would reccommend it as a bar, but just know there is not much food. The drinks were fun and so was the staff.