Terrible. When I walked in, it wasn't clear if the place was open because the lights were off. Eventually someone came from the back to take our order. We ordered the shrimp pad thai which was inedible. The flavor was bland, shrimp was overcooked and chewy, noodles were undercooked and chewy and it lacked any veggies other than thinly shaved cabbage on top. I threw it away it was so bad.
Oh my...I hate to do this, but I really have to. I was in the mood for Thai and I drive by this place all the time. Sooo, I ordered 3 dishes to make sure I had a sampling of their offerings. Portion size was good, but every dish was mediocre and inconsistent. Weird flavors, not like traditional Thai. Once you walk in the front door, you'll start to sense something is off. I'm sorry.
Ordered pad Thai and pad see ew via door dash. Service was very prompt and portions were extremely generous. But the food was really underwhelming, bland, and in some cases pretty awful. The pad Thai was decent, but lacked any typical depth of flavor. Coloring also seemed off—it was bright orange. I love pad see ew but this was honestly pretty terrible. For some reason, it was heavily seasoned with black pepper. My family and I couldn’t get through either dish. Really was hoping for a different experience and this just completely missed the mark.
Generally good and valuable for what you get. Still, it will be better if they try to improve the tidyness of their dining area, and avoid offering molded chopsticks.
Maybe it was a one-off, but the curry did not have the right consistency at all. Seems like the coconut milk clumped up and/or they added it when it was separated....I've never had Panang Curry look or have texture like this. Flavor was otherwise ok and they used fresh Kefir limes leaves. Pass on this until I see other results.
Very disappointing. Not sure why this place is still open. If I wanted to eat food that was reheated in a microwave I would have stayed home.
I ordered online and was told my order would be ready for pickup at 3:35pm. I arrived at 3:35pm and the place was completely empty. Someone in back was watching TV and my food hadn’t even been started. I was hoping to grab my food and get out of there, but instead had to wait for them to actually prepare my food. I wasn’t feeling up for standing around and waiting today, which is why I ordered ahead. I hope the food is better than the service. This experience sucked and I will not be back.
Edit:
After trying the food here are my thoughts:
Pad Thai: worst I’ve ever had. Was completely flavorless. So much so that I had to go to the grocery store and find a packet of red curry simmer sauce (I know red curry isn’t the same as pad Thai, but it was the best thing I could find) for 8 additional dollars so that I didn’t have to completely waste the giant portion of food I brought home.
Tom Kha: not the best I’ve ever had, but not the worst either. Mushrooms were completely raw and seemed to be added as an afterthought. Flavor was decent and only needed some sriracha to add the heat I had originally ordered. I still added some of the red curry sauce to enhance the flavor.
Thai Iced Tea: was made from a powder- I slurped up a chunk in the PLASTIC straw I was provided.
Kudos for using paper packaging for soup and pad Thai containers, but I thought plastic straws were somewhat outlawed in Santa Barbara...like, even McDonalds has paper straws.
Over all: 2 stars is the best I can give. I had high hopes that the bummer reviews were just one-off bad experiences, but this place needs a LOT of help.
Very disappointing. Not sure why this place is still open. If I wanted to eat food that was reheated in a microwave I would have stayed home.
Oh my...I hate to do this, but I really have to. I was in the mood for Thai and I drive by this place all the time. Sooo, I ordered 3 dishes to make sure I had a sampling of their offerings. Portion size was good, but every dish was mediocre and inconsistent. Weird flavors, not like traditional Thai. Once you walk in the front door, you'll start to sense something is off. I'm sorry.
Generally good and valuable for what you get. Still, it will be better if they try to improve the tidyness of their dining area, and avoid offering molded chopsticks.
Terrible. When I walked in, it wasn't clear if the place was open because the lights were off. Eventually someone came from the back to take our order. We ordered the shrimp pad thai which was inedible. The flavor was bland, shrimp was overcooked and chewy, noodles were undercooked and chewy and it lacked any veggies other than thinly shaved cabbage on top. I threw it away it was so bad.
Great price and good portions. Tasty!!!
Ordered pad Thai and pad see ew via door dash. Service was very prompt and portions were extremely generous. But the food was really underwhelming, bland, and in some cases pretty awful. The pad Thai was decent, but lacked any typical depth of flavor. Coloring also seemed off—it was bright orange. I love pad see ew but this was honestly pretty terrible. For some reason, it was heavily seasoned with black pepper. My family and I couldn’t get through either dish. Really was hoping for a different experience and this just completely missed the mark.
Low price, huge portion, very tasty. Recommended!
Very good food and the curry was delicious just like I like it
Delicious meal, friendly staff.
Customer service 0. Good was disgusting, on the top found hair in my plate. Never come here!
Huge portions, good prices.
Super yummy pad Thai!!
I love the authentic flavor of drunken noodles but they were super spicy and there’s no option to choose spicy level on delivery app. Thai tea was ridiculously sweet.
Pad Thai was one of the best in SB!! They have 300+ reviews in the delivery apps and 4.5 stars, looks like they are just not being reviewed on Google
Good stuff 👍
The absolute worst curry I’ve had in my life. The Panang Curry I ordered was disgustingly curdled, not smooth like it is supposed to be. On top of that, my friend’s yellow curry was extremely bland. Please change your recipe, because at this rate, I wouldn’t even want to feed your curry to my cats.
I just had their yellow curry for the first time! SUPER Delicious! Highly recommended.
I ordered online and was told my order would be ready for pickup at 3:35pm. I arrived at 3:35pm and the place was completely empty. Someone in back was watching TV and my food hadn’t even been started. I was hoping to grab my food and get out of there, but instead had to wait for them to actually prepare my food. I wasn’t feeling up for standing around and waiting today, which is why I ordered ahead. I hope the food is better than the service. This experience sucked and I will not be back.
Edit:
After trying the food here are my thoughts:
Pad Thai: worst I’ve ever had. Was completely flavorless. So much so that I had to go to the grocery store and find a packet of red curry simmer sauce (I know red curry isn’t the same as pad Thai, but it was the best thing I could find) for 8 additional dollars so that I didn’t have to completely waste the giant portion of food I brought home.
Tom Kha: not the best I’ve ever had, but not the worst either. Mushrooms were completely raw and seemed to be added as an afterthought. Flavor was decent and only needed some sriracha to add the heat I had originally ordered. I still added some of the red curry sauce to enhance the flavor.
Thai Iced Tea: was made from a powder- I slurped up a chunk in the PLASTIC straw I was provided.
Kudos for using paper packaging for soup and pad Thai containers, but I thought plastic straws were somewhat outlawed in Santa Barbara...like, even McDonalds has paper straws.
Over all: 2 stars is the best I can give. I had high hopes that the bummer reviews were just one-off bad experiences, but this place needs a LOT of help.
The food was horrible, and had a hair inside it. When I called back, the person answering the call started making excuses about how his chef is bald? He was absolutely not apologetic, he keeps telling me to come and get money but doesn’t show any respect or responsibility for their mistake.
I did not want to post a review as this brings their rating down, but due to the horrible customer service and extremely bad food I had to. I would not recommend anyone visiting this restaurant. I won’t be surprised if you get sick from this place.
Maybe it was a one-off, but the curry did not have the right consistency at all. Seems like the coconut milk clumped up and/or they added it when it was separated....I've never had Panang Curry look or have texture like this. Flavor was otherwise ok and they used fresh Kefir limes leaves. Pass on this until I see other results.
Super cheap and they have delicious curries (green is my favorite). Pad thai
is huge and tastes better the next day after the flavor marinates.Hope they add fried rice to the menu.
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- 28 reviews
- 3.3 Health Rating
- Contact: +1 805-967-9213
- Location: 4317 State St D, Santa Barbara, CA 93110, United States
- Map: 34.4402134, -119.7667724
- Thai restaurant
- Takeout restaurant
- Monday: 11:30 AM–7 PM
- Tuesday: 11:30 AM–7 PM
- Wednesday: 11:30 AM–7 PM
- Thursday: 11:30 AM–7 PM
- Friday: 11:30 AM–7 PM
- Saturday: 11:30 AM–7 PM
- Sunday: Closed
- Identifies as women-owned: Available
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- Healthy options: Available
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- LGBTQ+ friendly: Available
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