Welcome to MetroGuide.Network's Santa Barbara DiningGuide, a directory of restaurants and related restaurant information for Metropolitan Santa Barbara, California. Use MetroGuide's DiningGuide service to find Santa Barbara restaurants by location or cuisine.
Santa Barbara, with its mild, sunny climate throughout the year, provides a wide inventory of restaurants to please a populace thriving on outdoor activity from whale-watching to horseback riding. Less than an hour from Santa Barbara is wine country within the Santa Ynez Valley where assorted wineries offer tastings, especially along the Foxen Canyon Trail. Santa Barbara restaurants include strongholds for seafood, Victorian homes such as Chad’s for American cuisine, and places of dusty stagecoach-stop renown such as Cold Spring Tavern. For authentic Mexican fare, Santa Barbara’s extensive line-up includes La Super Rica Taqueria (hailed as the late Julia Child’s favorite taco stand) where trademark tortillas are made to order from scratch. Steakhouses, Italian dining rooms, Asian enclaves, pizza places and burger joints also abound.
DiningGuide Santa Barbara is part of MetroGuide, offering guides to hotels, entertainment and more for the entire region.
To perform a quick search for restaurants in the Metropolitan Santa Barbara area, please select one of the locations below (restaurant listings will be grouped by cuisine / category):
·Santa Barbara Restaurants in the greater Santa Barbara area. Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) is located 10 miles west of the city
·Ventura Restaurants near the Ventura area including Camarillo, Oxnard, Ojai and others |
·Downtown Santa Barbara Dining options located in or near the downtown area of Santa Barbara
·Lompoc Dining options located northwest of Santa Barbara in Lompoc. This includes the area of Solvang and Buellton |
Or, select a cuisine / category from the list presented below (restaurant listings will be grouped by location).
| AmericanBarbequeBuffetChickenChineseDelicatessen | DinerFast FoodIce Cream - YogurtItalianJapaneseMexican | PizzeriaSeafoodSteakThai |
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| Worst Meal I Ever Left On My Plate!!! | |
![]() | Baby back ribs served individually (instead of rack style) that were not cut with a knife, rather torn by hand. They looked like
Review Details. Said about: Smokin Jacks Kansas City Bar B Que, by "Jeff", Templeton |
| Lousy Place Disguised As Quirky, Quaint Spot | |
![]() | Avoid this place. My roommate's food had a hair in it. I ordered hot & sour soup, since the menu said it had meat, and they serv
Review Details. Said about: Rice Bowl, by Non-Member, Reader |
| Valentine's Day Dinner | |
![]() | We dined at this restaurant on Valentine's Day. We had a reservation and were seated promptly. The service was excellent, except
Review Details. Said about: Blacksmith Steakhouse, by "Russell", Lompoc |
| Don't Eat There Whatever You Do | |
![]() | If you are my worst enemy, even if you have caused me great bodily injury, do not eat at Smokin Jacks Kansas City BBQ in Summerl
Review Details. Said about: Smokin Jacks Kansas City Bar B Que, by Member, Scott, Santa Barbara |
| Brunch Heaven! | |
![]() | Come on down to Pierpont and hear Trio Primavera. Delightful atmosphere here and great food! Review Details. Said about: Joannafina's Mexican Cafe, by Non-Member, Reader |
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