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TAP Thai Restaurant
2611 De la Vina St, Santa Barbara
Phone: (805) 682-1114
- Category: Thai
- Hours: Tue-Thu 11am-3pm,5-9:30pm, Fri 11am-3pm,5-10pm, Sat Noon-10pm, Sun Noon-9:30pm, close Mondays
- Price: $10 - $20
- Serving: Lunch & Dinner
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Reviews by the General Public
Timid Thai, 5/30/2013
Reviewer: Charlotte
from Goleta
The food had no zing pow what so ever, which is what I expect when eating Thai food....a timid attempt.
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Try the corn cakes or calamari - , 1/16/2013
Reviewer: greg
from Santa Barbara, CA
Love this place; don't understand why it isn't more popular. Food tastes very fresh, good quality. Yes, the menu variety is a bit small, but the flavors, the employees, and the prices make it a place worthy of regular visits. Parking in the back too. Owners are really nice and hardworking.
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I can't wait for the sticky rice to come back!, 10/27/2012
Reviewer: Jelena
from Santa Barbara, CA
I love this place! My favorite dish is pad thai but if i feel eating something more light i would usually go with tom kha gai with shrimp and larb gai. The food and service is great.
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TAP in now open on Mondays
Reviewer: Nancy
from Santa Barbara, CA
Best lunch in my neighborhood.
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Amazing food, slightly slow service
Reviewer: Dave
from Santa Barbara, CA
Best Thai food in town by far. Fresh, delicious, and homemade. The service is slow (but as my sister recently told me we American's eat too quickly and we need to relax and enjoy the meal rather then stress about how slow our food is coming) and the ambiance is a little odd, but it is worth it trust me!!
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Just okay
Reviewer: Sally
from Santa Barbara, CA
I gave the review below and stated I did want to give this place another try, as I wasn't impressed. So yesterday I ordered the yellow curry lunch special. It came with soup: broth tasty but way overcooked brocoli (it was mush), salad tasty greens with a great peanut dressing. Curry was okay: standard yellow curry served with white rice. Do they serve Brown rice? Not sure, wasn't given that option. I notice the waitress both times doesn't check in on you after meal is delivered.
I sooo wish Sawasdee in Ventura (on Johnson Drive) would open a location in Santa Barbara.
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Good, need to go again to get a second take.
Reviewer: Sally
from Santa Barbara, CA
I got the Pad See Yew (I think the call it PCU Noodles) which I get at EVERY Thai place I go to. It was okay, but after eating it awhile I thought, 'wow this is salty!' but it wasn't salty from salt it was too much fish sauce (nam pla).
I did like the side salad was greens (not iceberg lettuce) and a nice peanut dressing (not a packet of icky ranch dressing like at Your Place) I won't order it again, but do want to go back and try a curry.
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Amazing People, Amazing Food
Reviewer: Emily H.
from Santa Barbara, CA
Every time my husband and I go to Tap we are greeted with a smile from their friendly hostess and seated immediately. The food is always so fresh and the broccoli in their P.C.U. is otherworldly! Always delicious and excellent service.
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Not good, not bad, just so-so
Reviewer: William
from Santa Barbara, CA
After seeing all of the positive feedback, I was excited to eat at TAP. We had drunken chicken and pineapple fried rice. Both were very ordinary and a bit bland. Neither good nor bad, just on par with other Asian restaurants in SB.
Service was a little slow, but not terrible. My major complaint there is that everyone at our table (3 of us) asked for our dishes to be spicy and there was no detectable heat in any of them. When we were 75% done with our meal the waitress brought us some chilies and told us we could make our meal as spicy as we wanted.
After living in two bigger cities in my life, I am still waiting for a Thai place in Santa Barbara that blows me away.
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i'm kind of addicted...
Reviewer: Prue
from Santa Barbara, CA
...to the yellow curry with tofu :) omg sooooooo beyond yummy. easily the best curry in town. in fact the only other comprable tofu curry i can think of is at this cute little creekside restaurant in new hope, PA called "Wildflowers" where they also serve these amazing margaritas...ummmm, sorry i digress...anyway i order it at least once a week, yes, i have a little curry problem... i always get takeaway and they are always really really friendly. the food is a little slow coming out, but thats never a problem because its just so silly scrumptious! Ps...you MUST try the corn cakes!
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What took me so long?
Reviewer: Justine
from Santa Barbara, CA
I'm so glad I finally tried TAP... only live about 5 blocks down the street. Had the fried corn cakes, fresh spring rolls (peanut sauce was perfect--peanutty but also light and fresh-tasting... lemongrass?), PCU Noodles (their version of pad see yew) and coconut ice cream with fried bananas. Everything was delicious and affordable as well. Service was efficient and reservedly friendly. I did notice, as others have mentioned, when it got full, the acoustics caused all the voices to bounce around in a loud and distracting way, but it was only like this briefly until tables started to empty.
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yay! finally thai food in SB
Reviewer: Mary
from Santa Barbara, CA
We moved here from Seattle so we have been spoiled by the abundance of great Asian
restaurants especially Thai in the NW. We tried all the other places in town that people recommended as good Thai and always have been either completely underwhelmed or just so -so. Finally we have found a place that compares to the Thai food we had in Seattle.
The same complaints that others have - slow service
and the too stark environment. It definitely could be quieter and more comfortable.
I am happy to trade great food over being comfy.
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