Shang Hai Take-out - Santa Barbara

Shanghai is hands down the best Chinese food in town. Especially for vegetarians! We preordered our Christmas dinner from them and our family was so so so happy. Not only is the food amazing but they seem to really love their customers. Always super friendly even on the busiest day of the year for them. Highly recommend the soy orange chicken and the soy chicken fried rice!

This is still the best Chinese restaurant in the city! they are now just a dedicated restaurant since the rise of covid, but don't let them discourage it. I have ordered dozens of paints in the last few years and never had a bad meal. it is also an incredible value as well as if they order the cheaper lunch menu, unless they are really hungry, they will probably have rest. I especially enjoy their seafood dishes while my partner is raves about their vegetarian options. I read in the independent on the other day that the owner thinks about retiring. I hope they will find a new owner who will deliver the same inexpensive delicious food!

Ordered Sweet Sour Chicken and Kung Pao Chicken. Server recommended upgrading to a dinner combo for $4 more, so I did that on each. It was more food than each person should eat, but very nice since it was replacing our turkey dinner!No in house dining right now. Ordered over the phone and paid in cash. Food was ready in 10 minutes. Pretty impressive on Thanksgiving at 5 pm.

Amazing. It increased my social credit by +15. I’m very very pleased. Amazing service. Amazing place. Overall amazing.

My wife and I are vegetarian, and the vegetarian options here are some of the best I've ever had. The owner is the very nice and friendly. The house made soybean chicken is INCREDIBLE. The sauteed mixed vegetables are a showstopper too, I don't know what that thick green sauce that comes on them is, but it is so good.I've lived in over 20 different cities and tried a number of Chinese restaurants in each of them. This restaurant stands among my favorites.