incredible food and awesome experience will be back a+ experience…read more really appreciate the kind service. great ambiance.

I ordered the Szechuan Hot Diced Beef, Korean Cheese Diced Beef, and the Spam Musubi. The spices…read moreused in both beef dishes had a very peculiar, overpowering flavor--so intense and tingly that it genuinely startled me. For a moment, I wondered if I was having an allergic reaction, but it turned out to be the unusual seasoning itself. It had an odd basil‑like, numbing quality that I couldn't quite pinpoint, and it made the dishes difficult to enjoy. The Spam Musubi was the only item I found truly edible, and it was actually very tasty. I also ordered a Thai Tea (50% sugar) and a Strawberry Smoothie (50% sugar). Both drinks were delicious. Total cost: $75.82

This looks like a permanent food truck park outside of Draughtsman Ale. The owner was on site. We…read moreordered 3 entrees plus fries and chicken wings. Portion size is good for the 3 entrees and the price is a couple of dollars cheaper than the sit down Thai restaurants. Pad thai: it was good if you like pad thai on the sweeter side. If you don't like sweet pad thai, you might think its not as balanced. Drunken udon noodle: made with round wheat noodles instead of flat rice noodles, other than that, the taste was good and I liked the use of baby bok choy, which is not normally included in drunken noodles. The spice level can increase a notch. Khao man gai: this dish is called Hainan chicken rice in the Chinese speaking parts of the world. Zapp has a more traditional version with boiled chicken, but I got the fried chicken. Chicken was juicy and crispy while the rice was mildly savory with a slight sheen of chicken fat from being cooked in chicken broth. It was also served with a side of very light chicken broth. I didn't like the Thai sweet chili sauce. I would have prefer a more complex ginger sauce. I don't know if the more traditional ginger sauce is offered with the boiled chicken. Chicken wings: crispy wings in a sweet and slightly spicy glaze. Nothing particularly Korean about it, but it was tasty. Fries: standard fries with some seasoning on top and served with a spicy and tart aioli. This was over priced at $8, I wouldn't pay more than $5 for some fries. This is the first Thai food truck in Goleta and Santa Barbara since we don't have a town council very friendly to food trucks. Overall, I think the food was quite good and the price is better than the other Thai places in town.

It would be appreciated if they adhered to their posted hours of operation. I am disappointed.read more

We love that there is outdoor seating. Not a lot of seating so it can get pretty full fast…read more We ordered a coke, veggie tofu spring rolls, orange tofu, and combination pho. It hits the spot. Super flavorful tofu and had the outer crisp. The pho I inhaled so fast. A lot of noodles and meat. The server nearly forgot to bring out the bean sprouts and basil with a friendly reminder. Otherwise I would absolutely come again!

Pang Zi has become one of my favorite places to eat pho and until recently, their fried rice! We…read morewere sat immediately on a busy Saturday night and we were taken care of right away! Their servers were incredibly sweet and made sure to check on us during the night! My partner ordered their rare steak pho and she destroyed it in no time! I fell in love with their combo fried rice! They had a Vietnamese hot sauce that worked perfectly with the rice and the pork. I'm looking forward to my next fried rice trip!

Wonderful place with reduced cost food and boba! This place works hard to make sure prices are low…read moreand the service is wonderful! I recommend coming here and getting any drink! The food is also tasty for its price! The store is small with some seating but well worth coming to! It can get a little busy but be kind to the people working here! They try their best for working one person and so many orders!

Ordered through DoorDash and was happy that the order was completed quickly. I ordered their honey…read moremilk tea and their beef bowl. I liked the milk tea, it was a good sweetness level and I was happy there was a non dairy option. The beef bowl satisfied my hunger, but it wasn't anything special. I feel like it would be better fresh. I enjoyed the seaweed salad that came with it, but it did get warm from being in the same container as the beef and rice. Pretty good food and solid milk tea!

An awesome little hole in the wall. Try their mapo tofu lunch special, with mouth numbing spice…read more They also do a FANTASTIC hand pulled noodle ("oil spill noodle")--absolutely addictive! As another hint, if you use Venmo when you pay rather than credit card, you get a little discount!

Delicious authentic food with great weekday lunch specials. Portions are large and very fresh. Food…read morecomes out quick. I think this is one of the best Chinese restaurants in the area. Their mapo tofu has the perfect consistency and flavor with great balance of mala. Their fried intestines have a strong cumin flavor that is very authentic. Their "burger" is filling with flavorful stewed meat. The sour vermicelli beef soup is huge with a great balance of savory and acidity. They also have teas from Phresh Tea that you can order with your meal. There are a lot of students that come to eat but I have never had to wait. The service has been prompt, friendly, and accommodating. It has a casual vibe with a lot of students who loiter around after the meal but it is otherwise generally pretty quiet and peaceful. I definitely recommend this place if you are in the IV area.

Best poke bowls in Santa Barbara! The bowls are packed to the top - no skimping here. The fish is…read moresuper fresh, and you can really taste the quality. All the sauces are great and really add flavor to the bowl. It might seem a bit pricey at first, but considering how fresh the fish is and the area, it's actually pretty reasonable. It's definitely a treat if you're looking for some quality poke. The casual vibe makes it a great spot to sit down and enjoy. You won't regret stopping by!

This place has been mine and my boyfriend's FAVORITE Poke spot for years, my favorite for even…read morelonger. We absolutely LOVED Yabee and Johnny (the two workers at the front) and were treated very well throughout these years. However, today my boyfriend went back there to pick us up a poke bowl. It has been about a month of us not eating here (we got busy). Unfortunately it doesn't seem Yabee and Johnny are working anymore which is a huge bummer. He came home with a said "large" poke bowl that he paid $35 for. For the base he asked for light mixed greens, and for the protein and toppings he asked for salmon, tuna and imitation crab. When he came home, I immediately noticed there was a SIGNIFICANT decrease in the fish portioning, especially for the "large bowl". The only reason the bowl was filled, was because it was mostly lettuce. I kid you not when I say our bowl was filled with about 90% lettuce and greens and about 10% actual fish and toppings. We have NEVER experienced this before and for the price we paid, I would expect anyone to be treated to MUCH better portions of fish. The bowl didn't even remotely fill either of us up and we were both left just as hungry as before. I wish I had taken a photo of what it looked like when we were done, as the bowl was STILL filled to the brim with lettuce. I'm not sure if we were just personally jipped this time but I sincerely hope this isn't the new way this place will be handling their business. I am pretty bummed about this.

Kaiju ramen was good Free water…read more Cooking and service was quick for a ramen place Wish the pork cutlet wasn't so heavily spiced and salty. Quiet place.

truly only boba i will drink in SB . Quick service, always friendly , drinks are pretty…read morecustomizable. It's always busy so im sure the food is great too ! Amazing thai tea :)

ts is so good. i want to get buried in their chicken bowl when i die. my lockscreen is quite…read moreliterally hana kitchen. idk why anyone would give this place less than 5 stars. if you guys need any ambassadors i am here

The menu is very simple, either chicken or beef. The staff is confused by these choices and finds…read moreit difficult to put these ingredients together into the simple bowls described in the electronic menus/ordering tablets. The one worker in the front on our visit today was most certainly high as a kite, they were hyper focused on filling little cups with chopped green onions. This effort appeared to take every ounce of concentrations available! Then there was the food. Chicken thigh saturated in sugary sweet nondescript sauce and fatty beef that was so old and grey it was probably too late for the mortuary to accept. The sticky white rice was exactly as one would expect for sticky white rice (there, I found something good to say!) My opinion and advice is to stay away from this restaurant. There are many other choices and today, we choose poorly.

Grabbed green curry, Pad Thai, and cashew chicken stir fry from Thai Kitchen, all spot on and…read morebursting with flavor. Tiny spot, so do yourself a favor and get it to go. Big taste, small dining room. Check out my visit @sosalicious805 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQsypJtEQUL/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Thai Owned and operated by a nice older gentleman who gives HUGE portions. Made fresh to order…read more The places to sit down are crowded out with storage of boxes and cluttered items. Not very inviting at all. But you don't come here for aesthetics. You come here for authentic cuisine. Simple menu. I wish they had papaya salad but their space is limited.

A warning: don't come here…read more If you come here, your expectations for any future plate of expertly and carefully prepared crudo will be extinguished forever in the aftermath--the afterlife--of a crudo so delicate, so beautifully presented that few plates could compare. There was life before this crudo plate, and there is life afterward. Burrata? You haven't *tasted* burrata. A plump burrata seeming to bloom amongst hefty slices of speck resting on a bed of some of the sweetest peaches I've ever eaten, grains of oil-kissed mustard seed divinely adorning its crown. I'm light-headed writing this. My queendom for burrata of this caliber. Now, the service. Exquisite, warm, intelligent. Lindsey (Lindsay? Please tell me how to spell thy name!) was incredible. From the moment we walked in, to the moment we left, we felt genuinely welcomed and cared for throughout our dining experience. I was merely passing through on my way back home to Claremont from Monterey (on a research trip; you didn't ask, dear reader, but this context is essential as research takes its toll on one's nervous system and sometimes only a glass of wine and delightful aperitivos will do to calm thyself) and decided to stop here on a whim. Don't come here, lest you find some excuse to drive 2.5 hours out of your way from the Inland Empire to Santa Barbara to taste not only these delights again, but to feel welcomed so wholesomely into a space where it is clear (from service to food prep) that the art of the aperitivo is not lost, not shallowly puppeteered for an unknowing diner, but ALIVE, and vibrantly so. Thank you to everyone there for one of the best dining experiences of my life. I will be back. Don't come. Turn away. Do not embrace the internal shifting of one's sense of self. Like Stephen King warns his Constant Reader at the end of The Dark Tower: "Should you go on, you will surely be disappointed, perhaps even heartbroken...Endings are heartless. Ending is just another word for goodbye. Would you still? Very well, then, come. (Do you hear me sigh?) Here is the Dark Tower, at the end of End-World. See it, I beg. See it very well. Here is the Dark Tower at sunset." Here, at Aperitivo, is a materialized sunset that you can taste in every bite. Like many, I read beyond Stephen King's warning to see the truth of what lay at the culmination of his most famous series. I want the truth, however painful it may be. If you are strong enough to embrace a shift in what a truly special dining experience *can* be, then come, at your own peril. Oh, and they have txakoli. Long days and pleasant nights, dear reader.

Not the first and definitely not the last we'll be here. Stumbled upon Aperitivo a few years ago,…read moreand it was some of the best and most authentic Italian food I'd ever had (even before knowing what real Italian food tasted like). Now that I've come back from Italy, I have a greater appreciation for Aperitivo and what it stands for. Definitely fell in love with the concept of aperitivo in Italy, and this restaurant really embodies that concept. Sat down and got myself a Negroni. It was pretty damn good and close to what a real negroni would taste like if it had Campari. Was pleasantly surprised that they gave us snacks on the side (in true spirit of aperitivo) and then proceeded to crush some crudo and mortadella sandwich. Afterwards, ended the night off with delicious affogato. Really brought me back to my time in Italy. The menu is always fresh and seasonal, so there's always something new to look forward to. Will definitely be back.