Beach House Inn

Stayed there while moving my son. The staff and owner are wonderful people! So helpful and welcoming to Santa Barbara. The room was perfect, and very clean! The courtyard garden is beautiful and very relaxing. Close to downtown and the waterfront. Will be planning to stay there again!

Beach vacay with a couple friends. Owner bragged how how lucky we were she didn’t charge more ($300 a night), and how the cleaning crew disinfects the rooms with “Ozone sterilization” and “UV-C lamp”. So our bar was high. GOOD: Location near beach and lower State Street. Fireplace in the bedroom and living room was great! NOT SO GOOD: We got a one bedroom with kitchen. Fold out bed in living room had noisy springs from age and wasn’t comfortable. We had to buy our own mattress cover to get through the week. —TVs are old with no HDMI outlet so we couldn’t watch our own streaming with roku/laptops and were left with repetitive cable and archaic dvd player. —Check-out time is too early. Cleaners DON’T CLEAN DAILY during Covid and there are so few rooms, not sure why it’s so early. -UV/Ozone sterilization means no one wipes down the surfaces and ours were sticky so we did it ourselves. -They don’t clean the kitchen and there is no dishwasher— so nothing is sterilized. Ours dishes were laden with dried food. Extra fee if you don't leave kitchen spotless. —Only one car can park in their lot even though THE STREET PARKING IS RESTRICTED!— so where are you supposed to park overnight? —The living room has no black out curtains and the sun beams in at dawn. —Dark and depressing old decor. Even some wax fruit on the table!

This is our second visit. The owners pay attention to every detail. It's sparkling clean charming, and down to earth. Oh and the flowers are beautiful The location is wonderful, Happy Travels Loretta & Mike Caron

At the last minute, we stayed an extra night in SB, and we needed a place with some kitchen amenities. We were referred to this place by staff at a nearby motel and were so blown away. The appearance from the street is nothing special but inside it all really works and more. This place has so many wonderful features, starting with lovely, helpful staff. The apartment reminded me of the home of someone's upscale grandma.. The rooms were large--a Parisian or New Yorker would be envious. T The furnishings are artistic without being pretentious. Nice colors, harmonious things--not especially hip but really nice. Much of the furniture was real wood, some with artistic carvings, pretty, things that made you look again. And the fabrics were lovely. I've never before been motivated to take a picture of a bathroom curtain, but in this case--yes, it was a lovely lacy cotton fabric. And the other curtains were also really nice fabric--not the usual hotel quality. As was the spread (which is washed and dried between every stay). The bed was great and we both slept well which was a minor miracle. We are used to settling for a cramped mini-fridge and microwave, but were happy to get a real fridge and stove where we could cook. Everything was real--no cheap plastic plates or bowls--real ceramic. Everything worked! Whether it was the air controls, lighting, locks, etc.--nothing was shabby or difficult or requiring of a manual to figure it out. As for the housekeeping, -the place was gleaming. There is a central courtyard with a garden and tall trees, in which birds make a racket at sunrise and sunset. That was such a treat! Instead of having ugly and noisy cars in front of your room, you have flowers and greenery and birds...with little sitting areas so you can enjoy them. Finally, the location. Easy walk to downtown, super close to the beach, and yet not on a noisy main drag, which is a half block away. What else could you want?