Excellent location for just leaving the car in the car park and exploring on foot or by using the complimentary bikes. Staff excellent, rooms clean and of average size. Other reviewers had mentioned noise problems so we were rather worried when we realised that there was a bar in the street just opposite our room, but our fears were unfounded.... More

One night stay while we were driving up the coast. The rooms & the hotel were charming. Front desk was friendly and pleasant. Room was very clean, and very small. Only one tiny negative. Parking. We got lucky and got the last parking spot, we thought. When we left early in the morning it took us a long time to... More

The staff and the Hotel is very nice. There is just No parking at all. You are have a lot to see within walking distant of the hotel. Just make sure you have a place to park before you leave the hotel as they don't have a lot of places to park. The rooms are nice and cozy and clean.

after attending a wine-tasting in santa maria, called the holiday inn express-santa barbara as i was driving down the coast to los angeles. they gave a wonderful rate even though they were almost sold out. recognized me as a platinum priority member. very nice room. spacious and clean. decent breakfast.

My wife and I chose this hotel as our "home base" for our wedding in Santa Barbara. I stayed here for nearly a week, and we had 30-40 guests at the hotel over our wedding weekend. It is a lovely place, and about as well-located in Santa Barbara as possible. The staff was friendly and helpful, and the rooms and... More

The walls of this hotel are very thin and voices are easily heard through the walls. My son's room was next door with his bathroom sharing a wall with our bathroom. I could easily hear his conversations through the wall. There was also a small child on the second floor who we think must have been running up and down... More

My wife and I stayed overnight in this downtown hotel on West Haley. It must be noted that this was the original Hotel Virginia built in 1916, and is classified as a heritage site by the US government. It is an L-shaped building where the corner of the L is an extremely narrow and short arched driveway leading into an... More

We stayed here for one night with our 2 kids. Parking the car, checking in went like a breeze. We were offered complementary water, maps, wifi without asking. Great service. Hotel is 10m walking from the (not so nice) beach area. Main street is around the corner. Good beds, small but all-you-need bathroom.

We stayed one night at the HI Express SB en route to LAX. What a lovely little hotel! The building dates from 1926 and has much more character than a modern HIX building. The room was spacious with a very acceptable bathroom and lots of nice touches (free bike hire, bottled water, coffee available all day etc). All the staff... More