Address
901 E Cabrillo Blvd
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Phone Number
(805) 966-2285Property Type
Boutique Hotel
Rooms
70
Year Opened
1966
ET Score
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Santa Barbara Inn sits directly on East Beach at the corner of Cabrillo Boulevard and Milpas Street, where the Santa Ynez Mountains drop into the Pacific and the Channel Islands frame the horizon. The 70-room property was fully renovated down to the studs and reopened as a Spanish Mediterranean boutique hotel, with ocean-view balconies, a heated pool, and Convivo Restaurant serving Italian-inspired California cuisine facing the water. The Cabrillo Beachway runs from the front door westward toward Stearns Wharf and the harbor.OWNER STORY
Santa Barbara Inn has been owned and operated by the same family since 1990, part of a small portfolio of historically significant California hotels run under the Cal-Am Properties umbrella. After acquiring the property, the owners invested in a complete top-to-bottom renovation that preserved the hotel's beachfront footprint while rebuilding it as a full-service boutique. The result is one of the most personally stewarded hotels on the Santa Barbara waterfront, with no brand affiliation and an on-site restaurant, Convivo, that reflects the same independent hospitality philosophy the owners brought to their Carmel properties.
