Location: Santa Ynez
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California, United States Food Guide: 3 Asian food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Santa Ynez
Find out what Asian restaurants to try in Santa Ynez. Santa Ynez is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County, California.
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1. Eleven Wine Lounge
Global crudite cuisine with a diverse selection of wines and artful beverages.
Reviewed By GeneGeno
My wife and I recently relocated to Solvang and have been exploring the restaurants in the Santa Ynez Valley for the past two months.Eleven is located in the small town of Santa Ynez, tucked away in a building that also houses a real estate office and various other businesses. We drove by this location several times and frankly, when I saw the sign Eleven, I really thought it was a 7-11 because the font style is the same. Only when I saw an ad for the place in the local paper did I learn it is a wine lounge.If you are familiar with Santa Ynez, you will know it to be a "cowboy" town. Surrounded by ranches, horse farms and the like. Rustic is how I would describe the town and most of the businesses.Eleven is as far from rustic as you can get. The place has a great atmosphere, kind of something I associate with LA. It has a bar, low couch lounge seats and booths outside with great view of the mountains. The walls are partially covered in stone, wood beam ceiling and a really good sound system pumping out appropriate lounge music.I don't think they have a way to cook hot food, so they offer a selection of small cold plates such as ceviche, Oyster Shooters, torched scallops, sushi and a nice meat/cheese plateThe wine list kind of baffled me because sitting in the middle of Santa Barbara wine country there are very few local wines offered. I think this is a miss because there are such great wines in the area, but I guess it goes along with the surprise this place is.The small plates we tried were all very good. The owner said he buys his food fresh daily and does not have a freezer.
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2. Mandarin Touch
Overall Ratings
4 based on 134 reviews
Reviewed By fungramma51
A nice meal. As a family of 6 (3 adults, 3 children) we ordered 4 dishes, 3 entrees and fried rice. They were all good. The beef in the beef and broccoli and teriyaki beef was very tender. The other dishes were very flavorful. The do have an $8 per person minimum order but they didnât count the children in that. They also automatically add a tip to any party of six or more. It was a bit expensive but the food was good.
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3. Pho 805
Overall Ratings
4 based on 48 reviews
Reviewed By brotherkenneth
Good Vietnamese Pho, large and tasty portions. Menu is adequate. Ambience is ok. Located upstairs, so if you have trouble with stairs you might want to go elsewhere. Try the Saigon Beer, it's not bad. Service friendly. Saw a lot of families. Reasonable.
