Santa Barbara Inn, Santa Barbara, Smell

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Santa Barbara Inn	Average Price: $270 Check Rates

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901 East CABRILLO Boulevard

Santa Barbara, 93103 View map

3-Star Hotel Rank: 6 of 33
Average review rating: 3.4

OpinionWell Value Index: 2

Traveler reviews analyzed: BedBugRegistry (1) , Expedia (37) , Travelocity (14) , TripAdvisor (192) , YahooTravel (10)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	No recent comments about noise were found.
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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1. You might be bothered by the subtle smells of aging California carpet and lingering aftershave from 1975.

"Personally, I love this hotel. You might not. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/17/2012 Vote

2. Dark cramped bathrooms with a horrible sewer smell, old lumpy furniture and bed, lots of noise due to being next to a main street, expensive parking in an empty lot, mediocre breakfast.

"Tired old hotel that should be torn down " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/6/2012 Vote

3. The first two adjoining rooms on the second floor were spacious buy very dirty and smelled like mildew.

"Dirty and Old " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/18/2011 Vote

4. The room smelled a bit musty and the building seemed very aged to me.

"Old Disappointing Stay " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/17/2011 Vote

5. The rooms were a LITTLE cleaner but still smelled bad with dirty carpet.

"duped " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/16/2011 Vote

6. The rooms that we initially had, were so dirty, the carpets were filthy and smelled like mildew, that we requested to be moved.

"duped " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/16/2011 Vote

7. I know this smell, I proceeded down to the desk and was told to speak with the manager (Brian) the next morning and since they were booked they could not move me to another room.

"amazed of the response " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/17/2011 Vote

8. My room was dirty, smelled of mildew, the carpet filthy and poorly patched walls with peeling wallpaper.

"An over-priced, dingy motel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/22/2011 Vote

9. smelled like smoke, so filthy, and 169.

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

10. Nice touch and felt/smelled great.

"Love this hotel! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 6/25/2009 Vote