Harbor View Inn

Great location within walking distance to many great restaurants, beaches and wharf! Walk to all the great stores and restaurants in the Funk zone. The rooms are spacious, clean and the staff was very helpful!! Will stay here again!!!

We had a great stay! Room was very comfortable, perfectly situated, and very clean

The Harbor View Inn is right at the beachfront next to the Santa Barbara wharf. The hotel is rather large, we stayed in a seaview room on the 3rd floor in the south building which was very nice, with a balcony towards the beach and open space to the roof ceiling. Despite that the windows did not provide much noise protection, it was surprisingly quiet at night (although we stayed over the weekend). The hotel has a nice small pool area, which we however did not use, because it was simply too cold. Be aware that Santa Barbara is often foggy and cool in springtime due to the cold Pacific Ocean! The hotel offers outdoor parking space, however, this we found quite expensive (30+$ per diem), especially seeing that at least at that time of the year there is a lot of free parking nearby. With the high price of the hotel, we would have expected the parking fee to be included. The other small down-side is breakfast, as the hotel does not offer any, and the cafe next door is so highly frequented that in 3 days we did not manage to go there. There are two other places nearby but they are so-so. The hotel offers the opportunity to book on-line in the cafe via wifi from the room and then pick-up but we did not tried this. There are a lot of nice restaurants nearby in walking distance, and a bike rental around the corner. But most of the time it was just enjoyable to sit on our small private balcony and look at the sea.

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.

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.

Location and Cleanliness

Very nice hotel. Convenient to all the shops, restaurants, and beach. We did not need a car. We would recommend this hotel.

Excellent hotel, very clean and classy!

We had a great experience at the Harbor View Inn last week. We stayed for a 4 day weekend and enjoyed the hotel and location! We stayed in the south wing, it was clean, the staff were polite and welcomed us back every time we came and went. The room was spacious, bed was comfortable and the shower was fabulous! We had a nice long lanai with a view of the water. There was private parking and noticed that the attendant checked to make sure those parking had passes (as spaces were limited) which we appreciated. Staff were friendly and helpful. The pool was heated and towels were available at the pool. Our rooms were cleaned daily and cleaned well. Thank you! The only downside is that there is poor cell service in the rooms; was able to log into the hotel WiFi which did help. The gift shop has minimal offerings and we really wanted to purchase waters and sodas and were sent to a vending machine which wasn’t convenient. Lastly, they only supply you with 2 regular coffee k cups so we did have to call for more k cups and more coffee cups but they brought them right up as it was before housekeeping was open. Would 100% return to this hotel and tell our friends! We enjoyed our experience 😀