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China Bowl

440 E Ortega St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-1635
805-963-6450
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Ranked #262 of 331 restaurants in Santa Barbara
1.0 of 5 stars 4 Reviews
Cuisines: Chinese
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Santa Barbara, California
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23 reviews 23 reviews
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“don't bother”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 November 2011

anywhere that serves 3 cuisines to go and delivered is a red flag... Our neighbor gave us a little to-go plate of mixed Chinese apps, straight into the trash they went... sorry :( I forgot I once ordered delivery from them, same thing, one bite and dump. More

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Santa Barbara, California
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“ripped off via delivery”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 October 2011

ordered dinner for 4 at 530, after 2 hours and 3 phone calls food arrived, paid $70 and still tipped the driver, called to speak to the manager when the food obviously had been in the back of a car for 45 minutes, he offered to give me a break next time, upon serving the food we find out the... More

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Santa Barbara, CA
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Poor Service”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 June 2007
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I too have had very poor service and stopped ordering from this company. My order was screwed up and I also was yelled at and had the phone hung up on me. Horrible place, never order from them More

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Santa Barbara, CA
1 review
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Horrible Customer Service”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 October 2005
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I had ordered from this place for about 3 or 4 weeks in a row. Every time the person taking my order was rude, always cutting me off, however I like the mixture of food they have so I tried it again. I needed to place two seperate orders for different people at the same address here at work (two... More

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