11 Best Thai Restaurants near Santa Barbara

“Had an absolutely fantastic dinner at Siam Street Food while in Santa Barbara.

I’ve traveled to Thailand and have eaten at a lot of Thai restaurants throughout LA and Orange County, so I have a pretty good frame of reference. The food here was excellent across the board. We ordered the Pad See Ew, Spicy Basil, Tom Yum Soup, Mango Sticky Rice, and Thai Tea. Every dish was packed with flavor and tasted fresh and authentic. The Thai tea was especially good because it wasn’t overly sweet, which is how I prefer it.

What stood out just as much as the food was the hospitality. The owner and staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming. Our server, April, was so sweet and took great care of us throughout the meal.

They were kind enough to comp the Thai tea after hearing my compliments, but honestly, I had already planned on leaving a review before they even brought it up. Great food and great service deserve recognition.

Also, sorry that the only picture I have is of the mango sticky rice. I was too busy enjoying the rest of the meal to stop and take photos, which probably tells you everything you need to know.

Looking forward to coming back the next time I’m in Santa Barbara.“

“I rarely post reviews, but this restaurant deserves it. I was so impressed from the great quality of the food, fantastic service, cleanliness, and atmosphere. Variety of the food and appetizers on the menu were great, along with the wonderful flavors, and very reasonably priced. Highly recommended, and a must try.“

“Great Service and the best Thai in Santa Barbara!“

“Went here for lunch, it was pretty empty despite being at a perfect location on state street. The food was awesome, you have the choice of less or more sugar which is fantastic for a Thai place. Good selection and variety of food, very fast and friendly service, along with nice restrooms. Great place.“

“best pad Thai in Santa Barbara!!! Neptune Radio 📻 culinary arts report!“

“Their menu lists various options for vegetarians and the friendly staff know what vegan is and can adapt many of the dishes. The yellow curry was very aromatic, but the sauce on the cashew nut tofu was a bit bland. Both dishes came with lots of tofu, and with the rice were very filling.“

“Third time here. The food is tasty and the portions are very generous. We got pad thai, yellow curry and fried rice. There were large shrimp in the pad thai and fried rice. Not a dine in place, get take out. We’re new to sb and glad we found it! We’ll be back“

“I really enjoyed this spot, the Thai chili wings were amazing. They were crispy and flavorful, the pumpkin curry was delicious as well. The pumpkin was perfectly soft and everything went well together. The ice cream was wonderful as well, including vegan charred banana and jackfruit ice cream. The aunty serving us was friendly and funny.“

“lo recomienfo es unos de mis restaurant favorito la comida el servisio es exelente 💯“

“I have a new favorite restaurant in santa barbara! their lunch special is a super reasonable price (12.95 for a good size portion of a lot of curry and noodle options + salad/soup and a crispy egg roll). I also got a thai iced coffee which i hadn’t tried before and was fantastic.

I had been disappointed by the last thai restaurant in SB I went to (thai bistro) being too mild so I ordered my pad see ew hot and it truly was very spicy. the scale goes no spice/mild/medium/hot/thai hot/extra thai hot and they weren’t exaggerating.“

“Food is wonderful we have crab cheese wonton fresh roll, spicy noddle shrimp chicken satay everything is testy, restaurant is super clean , the owner very nice 👍“