Ala Mar Motel, Santa Barbara, Expensive

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Ala Mar Motel	Average Price: $212 Check Rates

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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)

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Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
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1. Be aware Santa Barbara is generally a more expensive location, which made this even better value.

"Excellent Value Motel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/26/2012 Vote

2. (considering $250 is pretty expensive for one night).

"BED BUG INFESTATION, BIG AND small " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/8/2011 Vote

3. And it was expensive as hell to boot.

"Worst hotel experience...ever. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/20/2011 Vote

4. Santa Barbara hotels are notoriously expensive, so we feel like we got a pretty good deal considering.

"Not half as bad as the reviews on here suggest! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/19/2011 Vote

5. a less expensive motel compared to the other nearby motels.

"A great place...for that money...on a top-location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/23/2009 Vote

6. For an off-season bargain weeknight rate, this was just fine although expensive.

"Not too bad, not too expensive - I think I got lucky! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/13/2007 Vote

7. the staff was very unfriendly and the room was way to expensive for what we experienced.

"Issues with most everything there " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/4/2007 Vote

8. We arrived in Santa Barbara quite late in the day and it was the day before Veterans, so we expected places to be busy - they were and also expensive.

"Don`t stay here unless you have to " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/3/2005 Vote

9. This was by far the most expensive and worse place we stayed at on our six week trip through California.

"Checking out was the best part " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/12/2005 Vote

10. The Ala Mar was the only one in our budget, although it was the most expensive we had come across on our trip, and was by far the worse.

"Checking out was the best part " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/12/2005 Vote