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East
1208 State St, Santa Barbara
Phone: (805) 568-1172
- Category: Japanese, Thai
- Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-2pm, 5:30pm-10pm, Sat-Sun Noon-3pm, 5:30pm-10pm, Mon Closed
- Price: $10 - $20
- Serving: Lunch & Dinner
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Reviews by the General Public
Wonderful food, amazing service, friendly "mom and pop" plac, 7/2/2010
Reviewer: Hattie
from Santa Barbara, CA
My sister has wanted to take me to East for quite some time, so last night we finally went. Wow what I have been missing!?! I usually go to another sushi place in town that serves half price sushi but I can honestly say I will not go anywhere else for sushi ever again! East is where it is at. If you want high quality fish, delicious Thai food, and a warm friendly welcome when you walk in the door, this is the place to go! Very reasonably priced, a dinner for 4 with 3 large beers was $100 dollars. We would have paid twice that for the food and the experience we had! Go to East and you wont ever go anywhere else, I promise :)
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Great space, nice music, don't feel like a sardine, 5/2/2010
Reviewer: Alice
from Santa Barbara, CA
I have been dining at East for several years. It is low key and comfortable like me, I guess. Presentation is great, very reasonably priced and very courteous and attentive attention.
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best seafood sunamuno ever!!!!!, 3/28/2010
Reviewer: R. Harry
from Santa Barbara, CA
I've eaten sunamuno salad at every sushi bar in S.B., now I only go to EAST. the bar is tended by a japaness trained chef who buys top quality fish and is very nice. the service is freindly but the seafood sunamuno is spectacular!!!
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Best kept lunch secret!!!, 10/22/2009
Reviewer: Arlene
from Santa Barbara, CA
I've been coming here for lunch for several years. The bento box is a wonderful lunch deal and the service is excellent. Quiet, relazing and good!!
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Our favorite sushi in SB
Reviewer: Kip
from Santa Barbara, CA
We've been coming here since it was named Maeda Sushi (same name) and were very pleased to discover their excellent Thai food addition under East. Ryoji's sushi is first rate and he always picks quality fish (important to our family health-wise). Don't miss the Ono!
Most importantly, East is a place where we always feel welcome and are treated well. Beni (sp?) is a gem. We love being able to eat great sushi without having to deal with the sushi "scene."
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Pretty Good
Reviewer: jared antonson
from Santa Barbara, CA
Tasty but inconsistent. Not as bad as you would think since usually empty. When lines at other sushi places are too long, check this place out. Usually good with some minor tweaks would be really good. I like their soups and noodle dishes the most. Reasonably priced. Worth checking out.
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Okay sushi, really bad service
Reviewer: Antonio
from Santa Barbara, CA
Only the owner knew anything about the food, everybody else was just a server. Since the restaurant was packed, it took forever for her to come around and take the order. And then she was really impatient as we were making our order. Then when they brought out the sushi, they didn't bring any trays for soy sauce or any soy sauce at all. When we asked for soy sauce, they brought out low sodium junk. And the sake we ordered didn't match the sake pictured on the menu. A very poorly run location.
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Our favorite sushi in SB for many years!
Reviewer: Laurie
from Santa Barbara, CA
I'm almost reluctant to rate this place because I'm afraid it will get overrun, and my husband and I won't get a table anymore. I look across the street at the crowds waiting around outside Arigato's and think....boy, they don't know what they are missing! The fish at East has always been very fresh, and the pieces are amply-sized. Everyone who works there has always been extraordinarily friendly and engaging. We've now moved a ways out of town, but we'll definitely be making the extra trip into downtown SB just to go to East whenever we can!!
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Worst sushi ever
Reviewer: Jen
from Santa Barbara, CA
I hope that the reason that the sushi we ordered was so horrible was due to the fact that we came in pretty late on a Wednesday after seeing a movie, so maybe they were in a rush closing up and thats why our order was botched. I dont know though, because the tuna and mackeral sashimi peices we got seriously tasted like theyd been sitting out for a couple days. We couldn't finish them. The woman who served us was very nice, but seriously it was the worst sushi Ive ever tried to eat.
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Still fantastic after all these years
Reviewer: Kristen
from Santa Barbara, CA
We enjoyed a fabulous meal tonight at East and have been coming here for years. Our group enjoyed the #2 chef's choice nigiri and sat at the bar. The fish portions are generous and delicious and the price is great ($18 for 9 pieces of nigiri, a salad and a bowl of miso soup). I also recommend the Sushi Nugget, which is a disc of sushi rice that is fried with avocado and spicy tuna on top. The service was great and we saw Ryoichi (the owner/head sushi chef) for the first time in months - he fell and has been healing slowly. I'm sure this locally owned business could use more of our support right now.
As for the person who claims they charged $18 for a roll, they obviously made a mistake. That's $10 over any roll there.
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New to Sushi
Reviewer: Shawna
from Springfield, MN
We accidently came across this resturant late tonight. There was no one there, so no wait. We are fairly new to the sushi world and the waiter did an excellent job helping us decide our meal. The food was great and had wonderful flavor. Would love to revisit on our next trip tp Santa Barbara.
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My favorite sushi restaurant in SB
Reviewer: Kay
from Santa Barbara, CA
East is my fave place to get delicious sushi in SB! The rolls are unique and generous, the service is great and nothing beats sitting outside on their delightful patio.I have noticed that business has been slow and I wish they would offer a sushi happy hour, all you can eat sushi or some other specials so more people eat there. I don't want it to close!! I highly recommend this SB gem.
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Great for vegetarians
Reviewer: Jen
from Santa Barbara, CA
The owner told us that all the broths are vegetable-based, not fish-based, so almost any dish can be made veg by replacing the meat with tofu. The curries are wonderful and the staff is helpful and attentive. Five Stars!
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