The staff at the Harbor View in are great - very friendly and helpful. The location cannot be beat for the best of Santa Barbara. We've stayed at over a dozen hotels over the past 30 years visiting Santa Barbara and the Harbor View Inn is our "go to". Its clean, modern, great staff, great location, and really nice pool. It has more services than the smaller inns that are in the area, and not "snooty" like many of the high end locations and the price can't be beat.

Excellent room, deluxe double with balcony. Spacious, good bathroom with oval bath, seperate shower and seperate toilet. Good size balcony, comfortable chairs, view over State Street to hills, side view ocean. First class location.

Aircon was old. Not possible to set aircon to temp required, and have it stay on. It would go on and off. Kept room cold, but annoying. Front Desk said they would fix it twice, but did not. On day 4, I returned to my room at 10.30pm and found both sinks covered in muck. The guy they sent was puzzled! I asked for an explanation, which was not given, I had to ask at the desk. Some sort of blow back in the piping! I could not use the sinks that evening or in the morning. No apology. I thought this poor. As often the case, plenty of promises, not kept. Annoying that no restaurant for breakfast, so use Janice's next door, which is good, but.....

The room was much larger than I expected and was really nice! It was quiet, spacious, and had nice decor. There was plenty of space for our clothes with the closet and chest of drawers. We loved having the veranda. The location was ideal! It was walking distance to the beach and all of the great restaurants on State Street. We did not have a car and walked everywhere. We asked for early check-in if possible as we arrived at 11:30 and check-in was at 4:00. They had a room ready for us at 11:30, which rarely happens! We appreciated the noon check out. Aaron at the front desk was very friendly and helpful.

Every time I come to Santa Barbara I stay at the HarborView Inn. The rooms are spacious, comfortable, and clean. The staff is friendly and professional. And you cannot beat the location.

The fitness room is pretty basic and stuffy, so I just opt to go walking or running outside. Also, there is no restaurant on site, so if you are up early and need a coffee you will need to leave the hotel to find it. But there are some options less than 5 minutes away and for breakfast eating at Jeannine's is always a MUST.

The location can’t be beat. Right across from the beach and plenty of restaurant options nearby. Rooms were modern and comfy beds. Nice pool and hot tub.

Although the rooms in the north wing were very nice, I didn’t like being behind the hotel and across the street. Walking down the street in the supplied robes to get to the pool felt really odd. Just too far away. When we started to get into bed and realized there was no supplied water, we called down to the front desk to inquire if there was any water on the property. They told us that there wasn’t but that we could get a $5 or $7 bottle from them. (Usually a nice place like this would supply at least one bottle per occupant.) Next day we went by the gym on our way to the pool and noticed there was a large cooler of water provided in there. Would have been nice to be told that the precious evening and we would have filled up our bottles there.

This hotel was the PERFECT place to stay for my first visit to Santa Barbara. It was right on the beach, had beautiful views from our room/balcony, and it was walking distance to the pier, State Street and tons of amazing restaurants. The staff was friendly and very helpful. We said it over and over again that when we go back, we have to stay here again. It was perfect!

My only complaint might be that there was no food onsite (room service) but Jeannine's is a few steps away for breakfast and lunch and there are more restaurants that I can count with all different types of cuisine less than a half mile from the hotel so the fact that there was no food onsite wasn't a deal breaker for us.

Location was great. We had an ocean view room which was very quiet at night (though a lot of street noise during the day). Staff was very friendly.

Two things: our room had a vaulted ceiling, and the air conditioner vent was right by the bed on the slanted ceiling so that it blew cold air right down on the bed every time it turned on. I found it very uncomfortable to sleep as a result. And I’d have preferred a restaurant in the hotel for breakfast, though there is a breakfast restaurant next door.

The location was perfect right across from the Pacific and the pier with its restaurants and marine museum. The Harbor View is also right next to State Street, Santa Barbara's main drag with its shops and restaurants, all within walking distance. The room had a balcony with lounge chairs. It was on the second floor meaning we could take the stairs. It was very spacious with beautiful mosaic tiling in the shower and on the bathroom's floor. The hotel is also quite large meaning all our friends and relatives who were coming to Santa Barbara for a reunion got rooms there up to the last minute that Easter weekend. There is also a restaurant with lovely outdoor seating and tables and very good food.

Location, location, location. That is what you pay for. This place is located right on the beach and within walking distance to all the restaurants and bars known as the "funk zone" of Santa Barbara. We were also able to rend bicycles and ride up and down the beach the next morning. Rooms are big and spacious, the balcony is nice, wifi works perfectly, and felt very clean and safe. Parking was easy.

Maybe not totally worth the price? Still not sure how hotels are so expensive in the US, price tag could come down a little bit, if there's a cheaper option available near by, I'd go for the cheaper option next time. Also no amenities? At least in the building they had us in there is no gym or pool.

Good location. Room was very large, with nice sitting area and separate desk area. The bathroom was large and very nice, especially the shower. There was a balcony with seating

There was a $32 a night parking fee I was unaware of. Nothing else.