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Reviews of Montecito Inn

4 out of 5
Montecito Inn
1295 Coast Village Rd, Santa Barbara, CA

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 533 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 262 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 122 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 46 out of 1001 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 38 out of 1001 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Expedia conformation number did not match hotel. Room was small and needed painting. Nothing in the room, no water, coffee.... at $525 a night it should have been nicer.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roberto

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved they had bikes to ride to the beach.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hsi-Ching

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kristine

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location and great service! Lovely property.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bradley

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

10/10 Excellent

Graham

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

10/10 Excellent

Michael

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

10/10 Excellent

Martha

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

10/10 Excellent

Burton, Playa Del Rey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a nice time.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leeda

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

David, Santa Barbara

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Terrific location and Charlie Chaplin history.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Eugene, Alamo

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room, a suite, was spacious and comfortable. The heating and AC controls could be improved. The staff was very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Wendy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
We stayed in one of the suites and the room was lovely but a little bare…no water left in the room, most of the shelves were completely empty. It left a beautiful room feeling cold. Water and toiletries would be really helpful, especially at that price point.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ken

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Rosa, Buena Park

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a bad experience here. We had a rat in our car when we got the car back from valet after checking out from the hotel. We drove with the rat in the car for about 15 mins; we almost get into an accident and I almost get a heart attack. The rat peed and pooped all over the car, and damaged our belongings in the car including jackets, shoes, etc. that we had in the back seat. I have pictures and videos including video of the rat running out of the car. The hotel is refusing to compensate us for anything not even a detailed car wash. The bathroom is tiny. If you are coming with kids or need more space, this is not the hotel you want to book.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Stina

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Geraldine

Business traveler, Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
No bottle of water in the room no sleepers and breakfast after 7h and refuse in the bedroom
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Bryan, san diego

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Staff was great
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

angela

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I was unable to sleep because it was so noisy
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Eric

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

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

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tara

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All around great place to stay
Great staff great location
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Steven

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

karen

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
classic hotel
very nice hotel great staff and the location wonderful always a clean nice place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Laura

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Our room was very dated and tired. The dresser was old and the drawers barely opened. The standing lamp was rickety. The bathroom was tiny and the shower water was like needles. Our room was not cleaned and when we asked for service we were told we had to request cleaning. We were not told this at check in. The dark closet had no light. The property is old but charming. The staff was nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

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

10/10 Excellent

gary, napa

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming and beautiful
The Montecito Inn is quite charming and nestled in the heart of a quite yet inviting location. Very clean, comfortable bedding, friendly and knowledgeable and welcoming staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dan, newport beach

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A wonderful place in a great location. You an easily walk up and down Coast Village Road in Monticeto, and it is right next to Lucky's. The restaurant and bar in the hotel is also excellent. The fitness room has some dumbells, weight machines and some cardio machines, so one can definitely get a workout in. I would highly recommend the property to anyone who wants to go to Santa Barbara and stay in Monticeto.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Victoria, Carmichael

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location within easy walking distance to shops and restaurants
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leeda

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love this area, super clean and quiet place. You can walk down the street to shop and there are so many restaurants.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Heather

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I was so excited to take my mom to the famous Montecito Inn. I had gotten a great price on Hotels.com, which was even better. The Inn is older, but you can tell they have taken the time to do some upgrades and keep the original flare of the Inn. Our first room we were placed in smelled old, the furniture was a bit beat up, but overall clean and quaint. Unfortunately, we were on the freeway side so I asked to be moved which they did quickly. We went across the hall and the room was the same, except in the bathroom, they had not changed it since the 70s. It was done in the ugliest orange/brown tile in the shower and on the floor. There was a child size school-like toilet which was right next to the door making it hard to close. But the best part...there was a giant full-size tiger hand painted on the wall in the shower. Soooooo weird. Overall, the stay was fine, great location, but definitely old.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Traveled with partner
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Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Catalina

Liked: Staff & service
Needs work
The location of the Inn is great. The rooms are mediocre, nothing special. Bathrooms are tiny and water pressure is super low in the shower. The bed was super uncomfortable. For the cost of the stay I was expecting much better.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Awful, tiny bathrooms . No desk in room.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Elisa

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Kate

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
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Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Could use electrical outlets to charge mobile devices by night etands
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Melissa

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would not stay here again.
Very old, dingy, small bathroom, thin walls
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023