Outdoor pool, open 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM, sun loungers

Reviews of Harbor View Inn

3.5 out of 5
Harbor View Inn
28 W Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 645 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 266 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 58 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 1007 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Leart

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent, clean hotel with large, well designed rooms. Pool was great. Jeannine’s by the Shore had delicious breakfast and a lovely atmosphere. Santa Barbara was beautiful.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Gloria

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pros: We loved the location, cleanliness, and overall facility. Cons: the shower pressure is very weak, almost a drizzle. Considered asking for a change in room, but opted not to since the room was beautiful and spotless. Our biggest complaint was the facilities staff turning on the leaf blowers at 8am, on a Saturday. Then it sounded like other construction-type machines were turned on.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

katherine

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay. Very nice, big room and bathroom. Walkable to everything.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elena

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I very appreciate quite zone and comfortable interior, pleased stuff, aquatic garden. All was great! Thank you a lot.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donald

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
First time visit and couldn’t be more pleased with the quality of service from the staff and the property was amazing
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Bladimir

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I like the cleanliness of this place, I did not like the noise, it was right by a train rail road, I did not like that they don't provide at least a bottle of water.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location is perfect! Located right on state street the beach is right across the street! Rooms are clean, beds were comfortable. Will definitely be coming back!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lilit

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's right on the water, in a very walkable and bikeable area, several great dinning choices nearby, the Funk Zone, the beach, just an amazing property! It is lacking one thing... No restaurant or bar on site.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

YOOJIN

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was amazing staying there :) I loved that the bathroom was spacious and modern 😍 I would love to stay here again if i visit Santa Barbara sometime later.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

ROSA, north hills

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location and Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Waynne

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Luved it. Front desk service were fabulous which was lovely as we had a rather unpleasant phone call with the supervisor during the week. Glad to experience the actual front desk staff were super nice!!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tiffany

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at the Harborview Inn was absolutely wonderful. Our check-in was a breeze, staff was super friendly and accommodating. We stayed in the north wing set away from the main part of the hotel, and would absolutely stay here again. Our room was gorgeous, with a perfect view of the city. One of the nicest hotel rooms I have ever stayed in before. Very conveniently. Located to plenty of restaurants and tasting rooms within walking distance. Perfect place to experience this downtown area of Santa Barbara. Will definitely come back.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Fabien

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kristine

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beach access is incredibly easy. Excellent staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracey

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kerri

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I will definitely stay here again, it was easy and convenient for a family to get around and enjoy the area
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location is convenience but don't like they assign a room to ground floor next to check in area floor and need to pay upgrade fee if I want to stay in difference building.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bernadette

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Allan

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Andy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love this place. The only complaint was with Expedia. I booked a room with a queen bed. When I got there the manager said that with Expedia using the cheapest option the room that was available for us is a double beds room. I had to pay extra premium to upgrade. I wished Expedia would have let me know that beforehand
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Anissa, Burbank

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
For such an expensive hotel they delivered very little value. Staff and services were not at the caliber I would have expected for a 450 dollar a night room. No slippers even given. Having more than one car per room we were not allowed to park the second car. No water available anywhere none in the rooms, none by the pool and vending machine was empty. Don’t waste your money here. Also hot tub had a very bad smell by the pool.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Harbor View Inn Management on Jan 2, 2024
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are sorry that our vending machine was out of water during your visit,as the vending machine belongs to a third-party we are unable to control the inventory,however, we do offer water in our gift shop as well as at the front desk. Unfortunately, due to limited parking we only allow one vehicle per room. We do apologize for the inconvenience and hope that you give us another try.

10/10 Excellent

Saurabh, SAN JOSE

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in north wing, it’s new construction though it will be nice to know the parking charges at check-in
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Xin

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very bad smell in the room
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Harbor View Inn Management on Jan 2, 2024
Thank you for your review, we are sorry for this issue. We did review our call log and do not have any reports from your room nor other guests during your stay regarding bad odors. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss further.

8/10 Good

Carol

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Great and friendly staff!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Derek

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Taj

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janice

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, friendly staff & appreciate the dining recommendations! Will come back again in the future!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved everything about his property, could walk every where, great view of the mountains, beach and very safe
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

julie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed in a deluxe king suite. Very spacious, great location in hotel. Chose this hotel for its location to restaurants. So many great choices on State St. Really great bkft place just outside property (Jeannie?) pool area really nice, lounge chairs/ towels. Would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property; our room actually had a view of the harbor! Staff was very friendly and professional! Locating our room was a bit tricky as the elevator was not a direct route and the ADA elevator was out of order.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jiping

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Trudi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to Pier
Very close to the pier & shops. The hotel is split into 2 sections—we were in the 2nd section (without ocean view but we did see the train which was good). there is a $32 charge for parking. We would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Armando

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful room and staff was so friendly. Easy parking and walkable to the wharf and funkzone was perfect.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet clean centrally located to shopping, restaurants, etc.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly Recommend
Had a wonderful time at Harbor View Inn! What a gorgeous place to stay. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a wonderful stay at Harbor View. We stayed in the north building which was nicely upgraded. Loved the tall ceilings and spacious rooms. Everything was wonderful and walkable to everything. We will be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Miranda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly Recommend
I LOVED staying at the Harbor View Inn. I was traveling alone and staying in the king-size room and I had more than enough space! The bed was big and comfortable, I had a nice balcony, comfy robes, and a luxurious shower. The staff was also very helpful and friendly!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Steve

Ok
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

maziyar

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
location
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

laura

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Thomas

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well located, clean and accessible.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023