Chinese Restaurants in Santa Barbara, CA

Chinese in Santa Barbara at a glance

• Chinese is the 18th largest food category in Santa Barbara, after bars and mexican.
• Its 1.1% share compares with 2.7% across the 506 cities in this guide, so it is thinner here than in most cities.
• Of the 8 listed below, 7 are independent and 1 belong to chains; 8 list a website.

Chinese Restaurants in Santa Barbara

• Shanghai Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 830 N Milpas St
• China Pavilion
  Restaurant · Chinese · 1202 Chapala St
• China Palace
  Restaurant · Chinese · 1070 Coast Village Rd
• Mandarin Palace
  Restaurant · Chinese · 3955 State St
• Panda Express
  Restaurant · Chinese · Chain · 605 Paseo Nuevo
• Szechuan Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 1994 Cliff Dr
• Stone Age Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 415 N Milpas St
• Yen Ching Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 2840 DE La Vina St

Chinese elsewhere in California

Among the California cities in this guide, the most chinese listings are in Los Angeles (440), San Francisco (377), San Diego (159), San Jose (149), Sacramento (95) and Oakland (80).

Run a chinese spot in Santa Barbara?

You share this list with 7 other chinese listings. The ones guests reorder from are the ones that are easy to order from directly. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, and Studio designs the menu, flyers and posts to go with it. Run your numbers with the commission savings calculator.

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