Hotel Californian

Santa Barbara, California

9.3 Luxury

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About the Hotel

Set in beautiful Santa Barbara, with the sprawling Pacific on one side and downtown Santa Barbara’s bars, galleries, and boutiques on the other, Hotel Californian is the new center of Santa Barbara’s waterfront. The iconic hotel made its debut in 1925 before being destroyed by an earthquake. It has now been rebuilt, incorporating the façade of the original hotel and featuring Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and modern Moorish interior décor from celebrity designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, whose aim is to ensure that no two rooms are alike. A part of the LVX collection of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, this stunning hotel is made up of three buildings; The Californian, The Mason, and The State building. Spacious guest rooms and suites enjoy luxurious finishes like tufted headboards, leather benches and custom cocktail bars.

Location

Hotel Californian
36 State Street,
Santa Barbara, California 93101

Nearest Airport: LAX

Features and Amenities

On-Site Amenities
Concierge
Complimentary WiFi

Interests
Beach
City
Signature Perks

Reviews for Hotel Californian

Memorable stay in Santa Barbara

Reviewed 5 days ago

Amazing historic hotel in Santa Barbara. Short walk to the ocean, restaurants and shopping. 10 minutes from the airport. Staff is awesome, very courteous and accommodating. Rooms are very comfortable and we had a balcony with a great view of State St. Would definitely recommend this property.

Jonathan M

Central and comfortable hotel

Reviewed 1 week ago

Stayed here for three nights. Not much to do in Santa Barbara so this was a rest point. Hotel room was very comfortable - excellent size. If you plan to use pool I’d recommend requesting a room in the same building as the pool. Bathroom and bedroom huge. Very comfortable for 2 adults and 2 children. We would go out for bike ride ( free to borrow from hotel) or walk, then spent afternoon by pool. We were there from 2 ish until 6pm ish and there were always plenty of sun beds. Ordering anything to drink etc was v expensive we found -tbh that was the case across our trip -,so buy drinks and store in fridge in room. We ate at brass bear and shalhoobs - both excellent for a casual relaxed meal with kids. Certainly cheaper than service restaurants. Finneys also good. Hotel offers umbrellas and chairs for beach but we didn’t use those…. We were a little disappointed with condition of beach. Santa Monica was a better beach - shame we’d not had time to spend time on that one!

Gemlou31 - London, United Kingdom

Best birthday weekend at Hotel Californian

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

We had a perfect weekend in Santa Barbara for my wife's birthday. The hotel Californian experience put it over the top. The room was beautiful and the location can't be beat.

Rob L - San Diego, California

Perfection!

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

You cant beat the quality, location or excellent staff at Hotel Californian!! We had our family business meeting here and the entire stay was perfect. Cant wait to come back

Lee B - Huntington Beach, California

California Coast Trip - First Stop

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Love this property! Bed was so comfortable, the shower is amazing and the courtyard location was so peaceful. Love the text notification/concierge and the ease of asking questions and receiving timely responses. Blackbird happy hour with $2 oysters was delicious and the perfect first stop after the drive from San Diego. The location can't be beat for a true Santa Barbara, California coast experience and the staff were all so friendly and accommodating. Can't wait to come back!!

Brenda B