Wabi Sabi Santa Barbara — Restaurant in Santa Barbara

Wow where do I start? 1. Horrible service. Very rude 2. Expensive price. 3. Wow airport quality sushi for all the rolls I ordered. Double white roll, crab roll and dragon roll. All the rolls are the worst sushi I have ever tasted. 4. Edamames were so bad. How can you mess it up? Ya my SB experience is definitely ruined. I hope there are good restaurant here. Otherwise I am seriously doubting the whole Santa Barbara people’s Japanese food taste with 4.6 ranking on this restaurant. Seriously Santa Barbara has one of the best sea food in the country and you make horrible food. No excuse. Definitely...

After many years of resisting trying this place due to bad stories I gave in. It was surprisingly busy and I got a ramen bowl for around $22 after tax and tip. I was one of the first in my group to put in their order (everyone else ordered at different restaurants) and the last to receive their food by a good bit. How long can ramen take to make? Once I finally got my food the ramen smelled quite bad, the noodles were bland, and the pork belly was very overcooked and under-portioned. The miso egg was good, but how hard is it to...

Every time I'm in Santa Barbara this is the one place I MUST eat at. The quality of the sushi here is hard to bet. The prices are very reasonable given the quality of the sushi and how it is prepared. Every time I eat here the quality is so consistent.

I'm actually very shocked by the low rating of this place. I'm a huge sushi fan and have eaten at some of the best omakase meals and this is definitely up there in terms of quality, price,...