Hotel Californian

This newly opened resort hotel is exceptional on all levels. The hotel is beautifully well designed, decorated, and amazingly well situated as it offers easy access to both city interests and the beautiful, wide sandy beach. The private rooftop pool is nearly magical. We had 20 foot ceilings and a patio that allowed us to be outside, seeing up State Street and out to the beach. The staff introduced themselves, and offered us guidance and help and extras. We were celebrating our son's birthday and our own anniversary, and experiencing a memorable mini-reunion as a family including first cousins, one of whom traveled from the Olympic Pennisula.We hope to return, and encourage everyone to stay and experience this new marvel.

As very early, in fact perhaps the first guests at the Californian, we experienced all the pleasures, comforts, and satisfactions of staying a superbly well run, in fact well-nigh impeccable hotel. Everyone in sight, drivers, clerks, maids, cleaners, other staff, executives, is truly personable and efficient and obviously wonderfully-trained. Professionalism is found right across the board, top to bottom, and maybe even more importantly, so is a real graciousness. A guest is always made to feel welcomed and valued. We have stayed in many first-class and luxury hotels, and none of the others is as nice, meaning as accommodating in the easiest, friendliest, and most crucial of ways, as The Californian. Here you are able to enjoy the pleasures of a great hotel that is always ready to go the extra measure on behalf of its guests. This beautiful place is a great addition to the small, lovely city of Santa Barbara. And our room was spectacular.