Japanese Restaurants in Santa Barbara, CA

Japanese in Santa Barbara at a glance

• Japanese is the 10th largest food category in Santa Barbara, after bars and mexican.
• Its 3.4% share compares with 3.0% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 25 listed below, 22 are independent and 3 belong to chains; 25 list a website.

Japanese Restaurants in Santa Barbara

• Ichiban Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 1812 Cliff Dr
• Arigato Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1225 State St
• Edomasa Sushi Bar & Restaurant
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 2710 De La Vina St
• Hibachi Steak House and Sushi Bar
  Restaurant · Japanese · 502 State St
• Kyoto Japanese Restaurant
  Restaurant · Japanese · 3232 State St
• Sachi Ramen And Robata Bar
  Restaurant · Japanese · 721 Chapala St
• Sakana Sushi Bar & Japanese
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1046 Coast Village Rd
• Santa Barbara Craft Ramen
  Restaurant · Japanese · 436 State St
• Sun Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 3631 State St
• Sushi Bar 29
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1134 Chapala St
• Sushi by Scratch Restaurants
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 1295 Coast Village Rd
• Sushi Go Go
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 119 Harbor Way Ste B
• Sushi Teri
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 1013 Bath St
• Yoichi's
  Restaurant · Japanese · 230 E Victoria St
• Sushi Tyme
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 819 State St
• Sakura Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 126 W De La Guerra St
• Wabi Sabi Santa Barbara
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 38 W Victoria St #119
• Yume Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 428 Chapala St
• Teru Japanese Cuisine
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1305 State St
• Kaz To Go | Japanese
  Restaurant · Japanese · 3613 State St
• O Nigiri & Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 3001 State St A
• Q's Sushi A Go Go
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 409 State St
• Sushi By Scratch Restaurants: Montecito
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1295 Coast Village Rd
• Kai Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 738 State St
• Miso Hungry
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · State

Japanese elsewhere in California

Among the California cities in this guide, the most japanese listings are in Los Angeles (920), San Francisco (446), San Diego (318), San Jose (152), Torrance (99) and Sacramento (89).

Run a japanese spot in Santa Barbara?

You share this list with 24 other japanese 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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