Ala Mar Motel, Santa Barbara, Front Desk

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39th

Out of 107

Ala Mar Motel	Average Price: $212 Check Rates

Hotel Class:

102 West Cabrillo Boulevard

Santa Barbara, 93101 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 10 of 20
Average review rating: 2.33

OpinionWell Value Index: 1

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (6) , TripAdvisor (57) , YahooTravel (2)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (1/5 issues found)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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Front desk

Appears in 7 comments.

66% wrote positive comments about front desk

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1. We arrived at the motel just before the front desk was going to close (our fault) We were greeted nicely and given our room key (109) upon opening our door we were greeted with the lovely smell of urine.

"DONT STAY HERE " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/24/2010 Vote

2. The front desk was extremely helpful guiding me to all the things I wanted to see and do.

"GREAT LOCATION " Read full review on YahooTravel 5/9/2009 Vote

3. You can't receive incoming call if there no one at the front desk.

"GROSS ALA MAR!!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/4/2011 Vote

4. There is a constant throng of hangers-on at the front desk to keep the clerks from getting bored.

"Not for the faint of heart " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/31/2010 Vote

5. In the morning, I went to the front desk, and asked to be moved to another property.

"Horrible Stay " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/25/2009 Vote

6. but carpet was real dirty, closet was kinda scary, shower dripped loudly, on and off high pitched sound coming from another room, heard every time the toilet flushed upstairs, creaky swing right outside our room, and all the front desk workers were not older than 17.

"nice location, bad everything else " Read full review on Expedia 3/29/2008 Vote

7. Front desk staff weren't the most professional, but there were nice.

"Motel is OK, location is nice " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/21/2012 Vote