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Santa Barbara Harbor View Inn	Average Price: $406 Check Rates

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28 West Cabrillo Boulevard

Santa Barbara, 93101 View map

4-Star Hotel Rank: 3 of 6
Average review rating: 4.13

OpinionWell Value Index: 4

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (20) , Travelocity (4) , TripAdvisor (394) , YahooTravel (14)

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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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Smell

Appears in 25 comments.

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bad (2) breeze (2) complain (2) hotel (2) liked (9) musty (2) ocean (2) room (8) smoke (5) tar (2) toilets (2) walking (2)

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1. The room smelled like it had just been painted and the odor was a bit strong but I'm guessing this will be a temporary problem.

"Perfect Location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/29/2011 Vote

2. - Weird smell to the room - perhaps from the beach?- Bath sink handle was hard to shut off.

"great location but service problems " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/27/2011 Vote

3. The musty smell that people complain about in the poor reviews comes from the ocean breezes and perhaps the carpet absorbing that.

"FULL DISCLOSURE Massive Construction Immediately adjacent to property " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/15/2011 Vote

4. We were going to complain about it but we noticed that there was a similar smell outside and concluded that the source was near-by construction.

"Location, location, location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/10/2011 Vote

5. The smell of tar is still in my noise.

"Adequate - good location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/20/2011 Vote

6. We arrived to check in and the smell in the hotel was overwhelming--musty and damp.

""Overpriced" - extremely noisy! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/12/2011 Vote

7. Our enduring memory will be the pervasive smell of hot tar.

"Solid property " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/8/2011 Vote

8. The smell was awfull.

"Highly overrated hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/23/2011 Vote

9. I checked under the bed, in the toilet, everywhere for this noxious smell.

Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/12/2011 Vote

10. Unprompted, the guy says, 'It smells like a litter box.

Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/12/2011 Vote