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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| Improving!!! | |
![]() | The Sidecar has made huge improvements since I've been there last. They revamped their menu and their staff. The food is much b
Review Details. Said about: The Sidecar Restaurant, by Member, Santa Barbara |
| Slipping Service | |
![]() | The Taj Caf‚ has great lunch deals and a pretty generous lunch buffet but the service is getting so hit and miss now it is no lo
Review Details. Said about: The Taj Cafe, by Member, Santa Barbara |
| Good But... | |
![]() | The Worker Bee Caf‚ serves up some of the best breakfast food in Carp. However, they are not that accommodating to handicapped p
Review Details. Said about: The Worker Bee Cafe, by Member, Santa Barbara |
| Great Burgers! | |
![]() | Kahuna Grill is another great burger place in Santa Barbara with it's own unique qualities. Never thought pineapples would go w
Review Details. Said about: Kahuna Grill, by Member, Johnny, Ontario |
| Palazzio Trattoria Italiana | |
![]() | Palazzio's is not all it's cracked up to be, which is a shame since they could be so great. The food is incredibly hit and miss
Review Details. Said about: Palazzio Trattoria Italiana, by Member, Santa Barbara |
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