Galanga Thai Restaurant in Santa Barbara

We went along with friends for diner. We preferred the curry fried rice along with the pa nang curry which was listed as their house specialty. Our friend ordered the spicy curry noodles with pork and the garlic and pepper pork stir fry. All the dishes are really tasty and appropriately spiced. The quantity was sufficient for all people. The service was quick and the hostess was very accommodating in making some dishes vegetarian ( without including fish sauce or oyster sauce). Regarding parking, since the restaurant is near downtown Santa Barbara, we had to rely on street parking which was available at 0.25 mile distance. There are also paid public parking lots available where the first 75 minutes are free.

Incredible service and food! We were planning on going to the other Thai place across the street, but they were closed despite their hours saying otherwise. It mustve been a blessing in disguise, because this place was practically perfect. From its decor inside, to the kind waiter/waitresses, and especially the food for being authentically Thai, there really isnt anything as comparable (and weve been to many Thai places across the Central Coast!). We are for sure making this a mandatory stop anytime we visit SB downtown, and I truly hope this place gets the business it absolutely deserves!

Wanted to have a quick bite. Noted this place on the strip, we had the lunch specials for $15.It was not too busy on the Friday later afternoon and were promptly seated by some nice staff.Food came out quick from the kitchen, I ordered garlic pepper with mixed veggies, I requested it to be spicy … be warned it was fairly hot! Luckily I did not ask for the spiciest.We were all generally happy with the portions, the lunch specials came with a bowl of rice, fried wonton and egg roll, we generally do not eat large amounts so these were totally fine but if you have a large appetite this one portion may not suffice. My family and I did like the food overall.I would say negatives would be the interior could do with a renovation, definitely felt a little run down. +3.5/5.

Green Papaya salad and Pork Dumplings.Medium spice was perfect for the salad, was fresh and full of flavour.Enjoyed the Dumplings, enough filling and the sauce gave some kick to it. Portions were enough to share, would add another dish however if sharing with a man.Order was to-go, overall waited 10mins, wasnt busy and friendly service.

We were looking for somewhere to have lunch on Thanksgiving and stumbled upon this place. It looked more interesting than the generic expensive American or Mexican restaurants on this block on State Street.The pad kee mao was actually very legit, with the smoky flavor of the wok and the containers of Thai chili flakes and birds eye chilis. Everyone that worked there was very friendly and fast, even though they were very busy.

I just eat today, galanga Thai food in Santa Barbara the rice was burnt and the pad see ew are burnt told to the waitress and she ah ok what a jerks answer but probably she doesn’t understand what I said, and and bus lady she seen the food that burnt she said sorry 😢 because I’m not satisfied the food it’s bad and burnt.they acted that’s it’s ok to serve burnt food to customers what a distasteful.and food taste bad maybe they have different cook today. FOOD Was taste and look HORRIBLE 😭Rice too mushy and burnt noodles and chicken was burnt horrible Food

We went there for dinner with our friends. We has rice and panang curry. The food was goog and also the service. We were also asked for a feedback about the food and service. Vegetarian and vegan options are also available. I recommend this place for thai food in Santa Barbara.

Such delicious food. Things can be made vegan easily. I recommend the Drunken Noodles with Tofu medium spicy 🍜 The service is fantastic too. I’ve had some mishaps with food in the past and they’ve remade or fixed it no problem at all. 10/10 Thai spot in LA.

Very tasty Thai food. Really loved the flavors and freshness of the dishes served. We could customize our order to vegetarian versions. They are served with lots of vegetables and tofu. Service was so friendly and fast. Loved the location and seating area too.

My group and I really wanted to like this place, unfortunately we were very disappointed with both the food and the service. The food was very bland and lacked character/soul. We had to send back two dishes because they weren’t very good at all and the owner came out and yelled at us for being inconsiderate. All that aside, the food just doesn’t appeal to the traditional Thai food that I have had in the past. We ordered the garlic pepper beef, cashew chicken, veggie currie, deep fried tofu, fried rice and the papaya salad. The garlic pepper beef was good but needed more sauce. The cashew chicken was not good at all, no flavour, no complexity. The deep fried tofu was bland and the sauce with it was alsoterrible. The Fried rice was typical and lacked flavour as well. I could go on but I will leave it there. Have a good day.