The burger was very fresh, savory, juicy, cheesy, flavorful, and delicious. Also, the fries and chicken nuggets were super crunchy, crispy, salty, and the ketchup and barbecue sauce were sweet, and tangy, and there is so many refreshing drinks to choose from, good service, nice atmosphere with upbeat music, and I had an excellent experience here today. read more

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Honestly shocked at how expensive a single meal was at The Habit Burger & Grill. One combo, a shake, and fries came out to $31.79 -- way overpriced for what you get. They only gave me one ketchup and a half-empty ranch, which just adds to the disappointment. The food was okay, but definitely not worth that price. You might not notice, but for just a little over $10 more, you could sit down and have a solid dinner at a steakhouse. Not worth it. read more

Habit Burger & Grill - You might not notice, but for just a little over $10 more, you could sit down and have a solid dinner at a steakhouse. Not worth it. - Burgers Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

According to me, this is the best location for the habit burgers! I love their veggie burgers, regular burgers, sweet potato fries and onion rings! Make sure to say American yellow cheese if that's what you want or it'll come white! read more

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I came here twice as my wife and I were in Santa Barbara. They're always busy and have long lines. The first time we had salads and we did not enjoy it as it was not done right. They had used frozen apples that were already asked for some time and I saw that is supposed to have fresh apples. Second time I got the double char burger and my wife got the Santa Barbara char and she enjoyed it. My burger was okay. I may give him another chance. read more

I love ordering the family meal! So convenient so easy to order online. Such an amazing deal too: $35 plus tax for 4 burgers (no cheese) and 4 fries! The staff was very helpful and quick to finish the order correctly. Ambiance was clean, bright and neatly chairs and tables put in. Will come again! read more

I stopped in for a burger and fries. The burger was good, but the fries were cold. I tried the fry first thing and the inside was cold. No heat at all. I eat the burger with the intention of throwing the fries in the dumpster. I decided to see if I could get new fries. The guy said that I was lying and making it up. He said they make all fries to order. Which was a lie. So he lied and accused me of lying . He replaced the fries, which burnt because they were so hot. The guy was hostile! Don't go here. read more

First and last time here. I can see why they don't have good reviews. I ordered via DoorDash to pick up and thought it would be faster. As soon as I got there, I told the lady who was at the cashier. I said if it's ready early that would be great. I'm here already. She didn't really acknowledge that. I saw that people who ordered in person who came after me got their food snd left! Anyways my order was still ready when my app said it would. I got my two salads. One was the harvest chopped salad and Santa Barbara Cobb. My harvest salad I chose no onions. It is suppose to have FRESH APPLES! So I got the salads and honestly I'm not impressed by their salads m, I have had better salads elsewhere. So I get to the car and I'm trying to eat and the apples in my salad don't taste good, I'm not sure what it was. So I went back to them and said the apples don't taste good, she's like oh they're frozen apples! But those frozen apples have been left outside that they are not cold nor crunchy! Maybe that should be made clear while ordering or when picking up the order. So I said do you have fresh apples. She said no, offered avocado. Fine. I'm waiting again for few mins and they finally made the change and put the salad on the side. I got annoyed at this point. I said excuse me can I have my salad! I had ordered by 11:30 and now we're talking it's 12:15! What a waste of time And money. Won't return and recommend either read more

Great Santa Barbara Char eaten here. Perfectly cooked. Bread perfectly toasted and the cheese was melted and cheesing. read more

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Beware, the cashier charged herself a $10 tip without our knowledge. The food was ok, the tables and floors were extremely dirty. We had to clean our table and cleaned before we left. read more

5 minutes standing at the register waiting for them to take my order then followed by another 20 minutes waiting for food in a dirty eating area that smells like homeless pee. The nearest available bathroom is a block and a half away. The food somehow still didn't come out hot. read more

All outdoor seated location. Order at the counter and you get a buzzer that will alert you when your order is ready. The soft drinks, ketchup and the peppers are right to the left of the pick up counter. Line moves fast. read more

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The service was unfriendly and unwelcoming. The food was expensive. All the tables were dirty, and staff rudely refused to clean them upon request. The men's restroom reeked of urine. If the sanitation of dining tables and restrooms is not consistently maintained, one must reasonably question the sanitary conditions of the food preparation areas. In-N-Out is a better value. read more

They replaced their phone with an AI bot. When i finally reached a person, they weren't in store. The only point of calling is to be able to talk to the store workers. Wanted to take off an ingredient i forgot to due to an allergy, got my time wasted instead. Good location, but cheap move by the habit read more

DO NOT BUY SHAKES ONLINE! They constantly have the excuse that the machine that makes the milkshakes is "broken" but if you ask for a refund for an online order, they WILL NOT GIVE YOU A REFUND. This has happened to myself and to a close friend. They failed to follow up when they say they will regarding the refund or even a voucher. THEY JUST DON'T CARE read more

I was just in the restaurant about 5 o'clock ordered my meal char burger with meallno one was there and it took half an hour to get it and when I got home it's cold! read more

Pretty good Cobb salad, except I'm not a fan of blue cheese. I should have read the details online. I ordered the Santa Barbara Cobb, which is a Crisp shredded iceberg and Romaine lettuce, diced tomatoes, avocado, blue cheese crumbles, hickory-smoked bacon, and egg, tossed in their red wine vinaigrette, topped with chargrilled chicken breast. They have a choice of their House Dressing (balsamic & olive oil), House Ranch, Sweet Mustard, Thousand Island, Blue Cheese, Vinaigrette, Caesar or fat free Italian. There was enough parking even though it was packed on a Sunday afternoon and the service was friendly. read more

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Food was ordinary. After ordering, I needed to use a restroom. This restaurant has none. And no arrangements for a nearby one. The first employee I spoke to could not tell me where to find one. The second employee told me to walk to the Paseo Nuevo 2.5 blocks away, but could not describe how to find the restroom at the Paseo Nuevo shopping mall. Turns out it was on the second floor at the back of a theater. Very hard to find! My wife wondered why I was gone 15 minutes! read more

Woah, The Habit completely lost all quality since the Taco Bell corp buyout. Highly not recommended. I hadn't eaten here in a few years, and stopped by yesterday to remind my tastebuds how good a charburger was.. Key word here is 'was'. The burger wasn't even close to looking, smelling, resembling, or tasting like an original charburger. Grey, wet and soggy meat patty, smashed flatter than a pancake... And on top of all of this, half of the fries were still frozen! Like actually frozen - as in, not cooked. read more

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CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS: TAKE NOTE! This is what the Santa Barbara downtown location serves to its customers! I ordered the Chicken Club to go and 10 minutes later took a bite before I realized what I was biting into ... disgusting black rotten avocado. I can't believe the person who made this sandwich thinks this is ok. Thanks for ruining my day with your disgusting food and robbing me of my hard earned money since the sandwich went straight into the trash. Maybe train your employees about quality and what is ok and, more importantly, NOT OK, to serve, since rotten food can make people sick. Also, the bacon was practically non existent, totaling less than one strip. Again, just flabbergasted at how little your employees care about what they are feeding people. read more

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If you have Burger in your name, you ought to have a really great burger but, alas, it is just OK. The ordering is easy, and I like the little buzzing pagers to signal that the order is ready, the service is quick and friendly. The Burger itself is cooked well-done, and doesn't have much flavor of its own. The fries are good, though. read more

I don't know if the Habit has been sold to some big corporate conglomerate in recent years, but the food, and service, have gone way down hill over the last five years. The currently featured Baja Crispy Fish sandwich is an insult to food. It is literally inedible. The fish is tiny, mostly breading, and tastes fishy, in a really bad way. There is more coleslaw on the sandwich than anything else, and it is not good. Seriously, do not order it if you value your tastebuds. The burgers are still okay. One of the problems is that they prepare too much food ahead of time and everything sits and gets soggy and tepid or cold. If you ask for hot french fries they just dump the cold ones you were given back in the fryer and then they get overcooked and greasy. I won't be going back. read more

I am a strict vegetarian -- the veggie burger, IMO, SUCKED !! What happened to your impossible burgers I couldn't taste the supposed patty - I merely tasted tomato and bread ! With that being said, taste is subjective. I asked the very kind woman working at the register what she thought of it, and it gave it five stars ... Surprising, at best read more

Straight crap, worst habit in Santa Barbara and Goleta. They never get orders right, food is always cold. And the cashiers have the worst attitude ever especially the guy that seems like the manager. read more

Service is very unprofessional and not friendly. Screw up your order and act like you are the problem. Then treat you like you are trying to steal bbq sauce and have to check your receipt. Kinda of a mess. At least the cashier was friendly and was trying while 4-5 guys were standing around watching her take orders clear tables and prep orders. Prefer the one in Ventura over this one. Gave two stars because the cashier was great. read more

I've eaten here twice and had two vastly different experiences. Both times I ordered a charburger with half fries, half onion rings. The second time we also got a 10-piece chicken bites with half fries, half tempura green beans. Both times I took the food home to eat (like a block walk) and ate it right away. The first time was a random walk-up order and very good, albeit overpriced for what it is. The burger was nice and charred (like Burger King), but was missing the grilled onions it says it comes with online (which I didn't realize until today). The second order was a pickup order and we got there 2 minutes after the text saying the food was ready. My husband's 10-piece chicken bites was only 8 pieces. Granted, one piece was a bit bigger than the rest, but definitely not the size of three pieces. Crazy that we paid $8.49 not to be given the full order of chicken. His spicy ranch with his half fries, half tempura green beans was also missing. The green beans are weird af. Crispy and cooked fine, but weird taste. My burger was absolutely terrible this time which is so disappointing because I was craving the burger I had 2 weeks ago (which is exactly what I ordered this time, plus extra pickles this time). First and foremost, the burger had no chargrilled taste at all which is crazy since it's a CHARburger and that's the entire reason I wanted it. I'm not joking when I say there was NO char taste at all. Again, the grilled onions were missing. The extra pickles were missing. There were 3 pickles total which is the same amount of pickles I got the first time on the regular pickles burger. And worst of all, the bottom bun was wet. Beyond soggy, just full on wet. To the point I had to remove a huge chunk of it because it was so disgusting. The fries and onion rings were decent. Only 4 small onion rings in the half and half, so it's a rip off, but they tasted decent. Anyway, never eating here again after this which is a shame since it's a block away. Not paying $25 for soggy , incorrect, and missing food again though. read more

I had waited for a long while to try the burgers at the Habit Burger Grill Santa Rosa since it's menu had a "veggie burger". We came back to Santa Barbara after 4 months and I seized the opportunity. To my dismay, at the time of placing the order the person taking the order said he was not sure what the veggie burger pattie may be made of (I don't eat meat). So to be absolutely certain, I ended up ordering an Impossible Burger as I was too tired to go to another food place. The burger was bland, I hardly have ever liked an impossible burger and Habit Grill made it no better. So not a good burger experience, and all that excitement and wait for having a good veggie burger went wasted. Surprisingly, burgers at this place don't come with any sides so I ordered a set of Onion Rings, too. We also ordered one Chicken Grill sandwich which was also average tasting. The place is a fast food joint in its strict sense so no table service and has very basic facilities & ambiance. read more

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Wonderful friendly service. Witnessed a complaining and very rude customer. The cashier was so professional and patient. Food was so good as usual. read more

Waited way too long and got my food to go and they did not put utensils in my bag. Terrible service.

I usually get a Santa Barbara char with no mayonnaise, no cheese and sub the meat for impossible. For some reason they said it wasn't possible today and that if I wanted that I would have to get it with the impossible burger but it would be $2 more. I'm very disappointed in this location I've never not been able to get my sandwich at the same price read more

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This is a great casual spot, but I wouldn't go here for anything more than a quick meal. Their veggie options are decent, but the onion rings and coffee shake steal the show. read more

The ONLY concern was finding a place to park. Once that issue was settled it was easy to scan the offerings, order, and receive my food with almost no wait (Charburger, fries, milkshake). Charburder and fries were hot, served up immediately with my 'shake, and I quickly settled at a clean table. I am completely satisafied with my meal; and I will return often during my month in Santa Barbara, read more

I'm not certain what has happened with the Habit recently. I generally get their salads. Now they seem pre-packaged with a lot less ingredients per vs lettuce ratio and is not the fresh grilled chicken as before. I've been 4 times lately so can attest this isn't a one off. Not sure if they have changed management? Disappointed and will not return. Bummed as it was always quality and quantity and dependable. read more

I came for lunch and decided to try their new ahi sandwich, I was little surprised when it came out on a burger bun. I was expecting the sandwich bread, nevertheless it was quite delicious though I wish I'd been asked what bread I preferred. The fries were cooked to golden perfection. It was still early when we came and it wasn't busy at all, tables were clean, and service was good. read more

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30 minutes for a cold chicken sandwich with no line. i was waiting to order for ten minutes as the workers just kept looking at me and not helping. the service was slow and the workers were rude. i asked for a sauce and was denied even after everyone around me got sauce...? very upsetting and will not go back read more

Too bad I did not read the previous comments. Food was not good at all sooo disappointed place was dirty seriously stinky. I would like my money back. read more

DO NOT EAT HERE! My brother ordered a chicken caesar salad (from The Hamburger Habit at 628 State Street, Santa Barbara CA 93001) yesterday around 6pm. He awoke around 2am with horrific food poisoning. Horrible pain and could not keep water down. He passed out today and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. He is healthy and has no pre-existing conditions. I called the the location to let them know and ask that they stop serving the chicken and lettuce in hopes that nobody else gets sick. I have been on hold on & off for more than an hour and my call has been passed to four different people so far. I spoke with the assistant manager "Sandra" who let me know she couldn't do anything but would email the manager to let them know. What on earth? This is outrageous and dangerous. My brother is still in the hospital. read more

This location is Still very closed up due to Covid...They've taken the doorway's out to make windows of "place to order" another window is the "fountain drinks".... No inside entry.... No restrooms available..... Burger & fries were okay .....but....just okay ??? We people watched as the location is on State street in Santa Barbara..... weird thing is..... it was 11am and most of the retail shops & restaurant's were still closed‍‍‍ Parking is always crazy, we found a public parking structure a couple blocks away.... read more

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i ordered a chicken Caesar salad to go about three times already and the workers never give me the dressing!!! it's not a chicken cesar salad without the dressing and also the quality of the ingredients has gone down the chicken club sandwich now tastes bad and so does everything else on the menu read more

The person at the pickup desk was extremely unpleasant when I asked if my food was ready twice, about five minutes apart. She then came out to hand a large order to another customer. Frustrated, I asked someone else who worked there about my order. The first person returned and curtly told me, "You need to wait a few minutes." I understand waiting, but a little kindness wouldn't hurt. On top of that, the drink fountain was dirty and empty. When I asked if I could change my drink, she pointed to the fountain and said, "The drink is in there." I explained that the lemonade was empty. The Pepsi tasted off as well, and another person standing nearby agreed. Overall, this experience was disappointing, and I don't think I'll be returning--at least not to this branch. read more

Made a DoorDash order and never got my food waited an hour and 3 different dashers were waiting on my order I end up canceling. Really don't recommend super disappointed. read more