The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara

Perfect stay, very relaxing and quiet off season in October. I wanted to watch a rocket launch and y wife was less excited. So we stayed at the Ritz Carlton, beach front room with club room access. Great views, nice place to have an evening wine and cheese on the balcony. Great club room, particularly breakfast. They even catered to gluten-free.

Overall atracks rated 9.2/10. We stayed for two nights. Room: 9.3/10. Clean, well maintained and pretty large. They do a great job of the little things like turn down service and slippers. Gym: 9.2/10. Very large with enough cardio equipment. Misc: Valet was a tad slow with the text service. The check in was fast. The staff was friendly. Cost $75 per day for parking Cost $750 and up depending on the day of the week and room choice. This is the floor of cost.

Went with my wife for our 10th wedding anniversary. Incredible stay. The property is beautiful - endless things to do, beautiful views. The rooms were very nice and thoughtful - balconies and recently revamped. And the value was great - much cheaper and less stuffy than some of the other “nice” hotels in the area. Finally, the service/staff were very friendly and helpful. 10/10 experience.

The hotel lacks attention to detail period. It is not Ritz Carlton in anyway apart from price. Lack of details - expect your food to have small pieces of stuff you did not order because chef could care less of keeping his food prep clean. Rooms cleaning is poor and not well maintained, expect stains all over, room will lack basic amenities like clean towels or bathrobes. By the way they have 500 rooms so they will just apologize for not getting your room cleaned. There are so much properties around , you can easily skip them, especially if you are traveling with kids.

We love the location! Rooms are clean and roomy. Maricella restaurant food was fantastic. Only complaint was we had to wait hours (4) for our room to be cleaned in order to check in. We planned on arriving at 11 and asked for an early checkin. We did not get into our room until 3:04 in the afternoon. Not a great way to start a special birthday getaway.