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Top Santa Barbara 3 Star hotels

Best Western Plus Pepper Tree Inn
Nice Stay and plenty of variety for breakfast
Reviewed on Jan 12, 2026

Hotel Santa Barbara
Great location and great rooms. The only thing that keeps this hotel from 5 stars is the nighttime noise from the bar (s) below if you are on the front side of the building. It’s extremely disruptive to a good nights sleep and seems to be every night. We stayed on a Saturday and Sunday and both nights ...
Reviewed on Jan 19, 2026

West Beach Inn, a Coast Hotel
I love the location of this place and the pool and hot tub. The rooms are nice and big. The only not as positive thing is that the bathroom and shower are quite small but we were fine with that.
Reviewed on Jan 17, 2026

Hyatt Place Santa Barbara
Spacious room with couch. Very well-equipped exercise room; complimentary breakfast buffet had lots of options including scrambled eggs, potatoes, sausage or bacon, fruit, cereal, toast, oatmeal, etc.; however, the scrambled eggs didn't taste great. Mattress comfort was good for a couple nights.
Reviewed on Jan 10, 2026

Lemon Tree Inn
The room was clean but missing tissues and grab bars in the accessible shower. Staff was outstanding from the front desk to the exceptional restaurant staff! Shout out to Violet and Byron who took great care of us!
Reviewed on Jan 10, 2026

The Milo
It was raining very hard the day we checked in, the staff went above and beyond to help us with the bags and the car. Very helpful and very friendly.
Reviewed on Jan 12, 2026

Inn By The Harbor
The hotel was clean & quiet. The staff was friendly. The breakfast was really good, with a good variety of pastries, yogurt, coffee, tea and hot chocolate.
Reviewed on Jan 19, 2026

Beachside Inn
From well before Check-in, the communication from the hotel was great! They reached out several times to inquire about anticipated arrival time, any needs, and so forth. The room was so nice, and the bed was very comfortable. Bathroom was clean, the towels amazing and plentiful, and all the toiletries ...
Reviewed on Jan 15, 2026

Ramada by Wyndham Santa Barbara
Clean room, nice staff, easy parking, coffee was great!
Reviewed on Jan 17, 2026

Mason Beach Inn
Front desk staff was courteous and the welcome drinks, cookies, coffee and tea were a nice touch. Cute hotel decor inside and out.
Reviewed on Jan 11, 2026
3 Star Hotels Santa Barbara
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