A bit pricy at $249 a night for this rather average motel, but it's right on the ocean with an uninterrupted view so that makes up for a lot. The office is strictly old school... meaning they don't use computers... all paper. So naturally they lost our reservation, which we made in person the day before. Misplaced the card. So the elderly gentlemen behind the counter asks me, "what was the name of the person who took your reservation?" I replied, "I don't know. He wasn't wearing a name tag. How many employees work behind the counter?" It was just the two of them. Ok... so... it was the other guy. Cool dude, with long black hair and a USC cap. That's him... but we misplaced your reservation. You have a room, but we just don't know which one. "Come back in a few hours when he comes into work." When I came back, the office was locked and dark, at 3:00 pm. But, the room was clean and acceptable... and did I say there's the ocean across the street, with a 2nd floor large balcony?

We turned up with no reservation and picked it because of the location which is ace. Price was Ok.
Its a bit rough around the edges but we liked it. It was nice to have a room with a ceiling fan and not A/C.
The room was a bit Spanish in decoration and was small but fine.
The dude behind the counter is cool in a Californian kind of way.
Walking distance to SB centre and the pier is pretty much across the road.

The property was a little bit different than we expected we liked the way it looked, we showed up in Santa Barbara without reservations and the price was right. You could tell right away the staff take pride in the upkeep. The room was acceptable with some cute decorations. No AC and a little warm when we arrived but after a few minutes with the windows open and ceiling fan on it was comfortable. I read some of the reviews and they must have stayed at a different place or their expectation level is off the mark. Armando the clerk was great, gave us a good rate and was most helpful. Yes it is true the windows don't lock but I am not paranoid and I don't think the German tourists were interested in breaking in to our room. The property does not have bedbugs and the staff were very diligent in their housekeeping. No there is no pool but the beach is right there! Breakfast is a joke but Sambo's is down the block and serves a great breakfast If you need anything Armando is your man

It is right on the beach so can't fault location but the price was $160+ which I thought was a bit steep, and the room itself was not that good. No air-conditioning which I thought was strange for California, only a fairly ineffective ceiling fan. Beds were ok, but without a/c the room became very stuffy at night. Wifi worked ok. I am sure there are better and cheaper options like Motel6 but not quite so well situated.