Clean and comfortable Cute Great location

There was a loud sound coming from vent all night.

Loved the style of the hotel as well as the breakfast available. Liked having enough space to park in the garage area under cover. Especially liked the friendly and kind gentleman who greeted us both times we stayed in the late evening.

We did not like sharing double beds and would have much preferred queen or king size. We perused alternatives with larger beds in the area for our second stay, but ended up returning because we liked the rest of the hotel and location so much.

The room was spacious, clean, and well furnished. The staff was accommodating and the refreshments in the lobby were nice to have. I loved that they had a water filling station as well.

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Room was upgraded and beautiful, the location is wonderful just a few minutes walk to the harbor. Love the Spanish Mediterranean architecture and vibe

A very cute spanish stylehotel, everything was really clean and we felt very comfortable! The location is excellent, walking distance to everywhere!

Nothing!

La Playa .....has proven itself to be the MVP of Santa Barbara's coastal players! Having just stayed the night at this beachside "Funk Zone" nirvana, I can attest that Santa Barbara is expensive as heck ---- simply because it can be! Positioned just steps away from the harbor, this Mediterranean inspired enclave is the ONLY place that I'll "pitch a tent when braving the trek into town! Perched directly next to Avania, Lavender Inn, and Brisas as well, bearing in mind that I've stayed at each of the above, I can fervently attest to La Playa having fully perfected their craft. Traveling from some 1,200+ miles away,......while originally a Southern Californian, myself, it truly makes my day amd warm my heart when hotel personnel actually take the initiative to read, review, and adhere to the "special requests" of guests to be. Our top floor corner room was something directly out of Elle Magazine! From the fridge, to the rainfall shower head, to the plush bedding and spectacular views - if Heaven can outdo this place, then I might have to rush my departure (...joking) and in addition to comping a bottle of vino for gratis, customer service was so spot on that I honestly wanted to recruit the staff and reposition them onto my payroll! Aghhh. Now, if only their neighbors could take a lesson from their play book!

A paltry request would be the introduction of a nightly wine and cheese hour and a few more items to grace their morning continental breakfast. *** Man wasn't intended to survive on bagels and muffins alone! Toss some cheese, protein, and olives in there! It's Wine Country for crying out loud! :-) Thanks again, all!

An overpriced hotel that falls short of providing guests even the most basic amenities. No drinking water in rooms. Guests must bring their own or ask reception for water. For $400 a night, at the very least, there should be two bottles of drinking water in every room. No glasses, only cheap paper cups, and although the hotel claims to have a tea/coffee maker in each room, there are no tea bags and no way to heat water if there were. No clock. No ceiling lights; just two lamps, one of which didn’t work. But the biggest problem is the air conditioning. It does not work.

My room was 78 F when I checked in. According to the owner, the hotel does not pre-cool rooms because he wants to save energy. I went out of the hotel because the room was unbearably hot, and when I returned 4 hours later, the temperature was 72 F despite setting the thermostat to 67 F. I had difficulty sleeping and called reception around 3 a.m. to report that I was unable to cool the room below 70 F. The receptionist told me the temperature is controlled by management, and his area was set to 70 F. Rooms are cooled via a central air-conditioning system rather than individual units, so either the thermostat was broken or the hotel had set the temperature throughout the building to 70 F, which means guests can use the thermostat to control temperatures above 70 F but not lower them below 70 F. I complained to the owner, but he was unsympathetic and unapologetic. He basically didn't give a damn.

Clean, quiet, great location, comfortable bed.