Bibi Ji - Santa Barbara

Everything we ordered was perfect ! Spiced right, prepared and presented well, good service. Thought the ambiance was lacking, kind of plain and way too much pink, lol! It inadvertently betrays the taste of the food. Had we walked by, we would have likely kept walking. But I found them on the internet, the reviews were great, the lamb was Michelin recommended (with good reason), and the staff at El Encanto where we are staying all endorsed our decision to dine there. Need to update Google for new address, as we were directed in error to the old location. But putting aside my opinion of the decor, great find, will come back again !

Bibi Ji is FANTASTIC. Everything from the location, ambience, music, people, A+... and the food was so so so tasty, I ordered all of the raita's chutneys and recommend doing so just to give them all a try! The chili one was fire

I have been to Bibi Ji numerous times and have loved it. Was so anxious for the new location and was waiting for it to reopen. Sadly, the portions are so small now that you cannot feed even 2 people without having to order more. Our butter chicken had 2 pieces of chicken in it so we reordered and the second order was the same. The service was not as good as well, and we left hungry and spending way too much money. It was disappointing for sure. Really hope they change everything around. The food still tastes fantastic and would love to see the old Bibi Ji at the new location.

The food is delicious but super expensive tiny, itty bitty portions so as much as I love the food, the prices are just crazy! We've been going for years but not sure I'd go back now. The new space is also very loud so it makes it hard for any sort of conversation.

In my opinion you get a better value if your come for lunch rather than dinner. Not only you get less food and less attention from your server at dinner time on a Friday night, but because there are more people it is so noisy it is hard to have a conversation with your companion. On the other hand, the past 3 or 4 times we came for lunch (with our 3 and 6 year olds) we had full attention from the server, food was plenty (for example, an entry included rice as opposed to the same food at dinner time) and it was quiet, few customers at that time.