Expensive but not really a good place to stay. It's really noisy (we could ear people walking upstairs and talking). The bathroom wasn't clean (hairs in the shower and a spider). The air conditioner was loud too. The only thing good is the hotel being close to the mission / shopping restaurant district. read more

I booked 2 poolside rooms, which were "guaranteed", 2 months in advance. When I got to the hotel to check in, they told me that I wasn't able to get the rooms that I had reserved 2 months prior. They gave me 2 other rooms with only a $20 discount. I only booked this hotel because of the poolside rooms I wouldn't be getting. The rooms themselves were fine; but if you are going to offer a choice of room type to your clients, you need to be able to uphold that promise. Otherwise, don't offer a choice. read more

My wife and I stayed here while driving up the coast. After being shell shocked by prices in the LA area, we were pleasantly surprised by finding an affordable hotel , especially for Santa Barbara. My wife found it on booking.com and booked it. When we arrived, the Inn was well lit and appeared cleaned. The night clerk was pleasant. We got a room on the third floor, negative - No Elevator! When we entered the room.... Nice! Room was big, clean. Sure a little bit "dated" but for the price .... Real nice. Big tv, free wifi ( strong). I was most impressed at check out. Orlando , the desk clerk took his time and showed us a map with some attractions, he did this without asking. He was knowledgable of local spots and took pride in sharing it. Kudos to Orlando. To sum it up. Well worth the price. read more

Staff called us on arrival and stated that a neighbor complaind about loudness minutes after checking in at 10pm. Then the people that were running the hotel were partying and smoking ganja themselves. Hypocrisy at its finest. We were here 5 minutes before they was tripping. Nice spot but a little hypocrisy involved. Overall good but the front desk was not coo read more

Orange Tree Inn - Ants like a mfker - Hotels Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

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You definitely get what you pay for. It was only $95/night on Halloween weekend. We get to this place just before 10 and check in. Before my friend can finish her request, the guy interrupts her with "No." If you book multiple rooms, they will not put the two rooms close to each other. They will only give you one key. The rooms are old, the beds are hard, and there are spiders and ants. I had to wipe everything down with disinfecting wipes, and spray the beds, curtains, and chairs with freshener. The shower head is low so if you're taller than 5'5", good luck showering. They enforced a "zero tolerance" policy on Halloween weekend but somehow we still had to endure through a blasting 3.5 minutes of Master P telling us to "Make 'em Say Uhhhh." The Orange Tree Inn is on State St but it's 1+ mile away from the downtown scene. And cabs don't really frequent the surrounding area so be prepared to walk 30 min to get to the bars. It's also a short drive from the Old Mission Santa Barbara. If you don't plan on sleeping much, and will be too wasted to notice how uncomfortable the bed is when you do pass out, grab your slippers, bring your own linens, don't forget the disinfecting wipes, and score yourself a cheap room at the Orange Tree, only $6-10 cab ride away from State St nightlife. read more

You know, the only thing I want in a hotel is not to get bedbugs. Oh, and to get a good night's sleep. This place was clean and nice, with a little patio outside our first floor room. Some downers: no coffee maker, but free coffee in the office; no fridge for our extra sushi; and kind of thin walls. The neighbors apparently had a rewarding night. All in all, a nice spot to stay for pretty cheap. Right near the highway exit, too. read more

The most horrible motel experience I think I've ever had. The room was infested with ants...my daughter didn't even want to use the restroom because it wasnt clean and there were ants crawling on the tub, sinks, walls, and floor. When I checked out I made a complaint and the gentleman lied and said he was going to email me. I didn't recieve an email so i called the next day, was told the same lie and i called again in the evening...i was told i couldn't recieve a refund...i have video footage of the ants...bottom line is I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone!!! read more

The guy that was working the desk when I arrived was rude, the rest of the workers were very pleasant though and helpful! The room smelt musty and the curtains are old with small holes in them. The room was perfect for the one night I was there. Not too bad of a walk to downtown for shopping and restaurants. You can tell that renovations have been done, but it's a very old hotel and I felt the floor wasn't very clean. I am sure it was vacuumed, but I think it might need to be steam cleaned. Over all the hotel was fine. You get what you pay for. There was a really nice semi private sitting area in front of the room with a table and chairs. Definitely a plus! They even had organic bath products :) read more

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The place is run by teenagers. They didn't know what an underscore (_) was when I told them my email address, they actually wrote 'underscore' in the email address so I didn't get any confirmation from them when I booked online. The rooms are okay, except for the mouse shit we found in our sheets, the infestation of ants, and the super thin walls. People in other rooms were really loud and there was even some loud music playing until 2 am. The place was overall what you'd except of an 'inn' but NOT for $150 a night. P.s If it's not a 'four star hotel,' Crystal, then why rate it four stars? Wut? read more

We booked our 1 night stay through booking.com. The pictures looked good and the rooms looked clean and booking.com gave it a top ten rating. We are not from Santa Barbara so trusted that the booking site would reflect and promote the actual location. When we arrived, we were late for a pre- planned dinner reservation, so we dropped our bags in the room with a disappointing location- right next to the parking lot with exhaust fumes directed into our room. It was late when we arrived back and so, when we finally got a look around the room we noted that it appeared unclean. There were no countertops in the bathrooms; no place to put our toiletries and no trash can. There was no place to put our bags. There was not a bedside table for phone, glasses and etc. We checked out the bed and saw black flecks underneath the sheets, but at that hour, we hoped for the best. I could not sleep well - barely slept at all because the room was frankly creepy; the bed and the back sliding door that opened onto a communal patio full of old furniture stored there. I closed all windows and doors worried about rodents hiding in the stored, abandoned furniture and intruders. It wasn't until the morning however, that we really saw how filthy the room was! I have attached a picture of the towel used on the bathroom floor and the grime that came up. My husband wiped his feet on a towel coming out of the shower and when he turned it over, it exposed an amazing amount of dark grime. Also, we had to run the shower for at least twenty minutes to turn the cold shower water to the cold side of tepid for our showers. What a waste of water in a drought stricken area! I think Santa Barbara should investigate this inn for cleanliness, waste of water and more and booking.com should be more responsible in their ratings! AVOID!! Negative experience read more

Orange Tree Inn - Hotels Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

Is there a way that you can give a place zero stars because that is what I would give this place. The orange Tree Inn should be more appropriately called the Bug Infested Inn. I have been in my fair share of Motel 6's and Hampton Inns. And the Motel 6 is a palace compared to this place. Rooms: small, minimally clean with rust marks, dirty stained carpet, and ants all around. The rooms open to the parking lot so you get a wonderful view of the loud obnoxious drunk guests who wish to fight in the parking lot at night. As for the T.V in room, I was conveniently brought back to my memories as a child of watching t.v. with aluminum foil on the antenna because there was so much static and snow in the picture. A friend who stayed there also complained about ants and the staff was prepared instantly to answer the question by asking, "were you eating food in the room?" Obviously this comment about ants has been nade numerous times before and the staff have learned to use tactics such as blaming the customer for their infestation problem. The bed was hard, lumpy, and uncomfortable. I could have put a tent around me and I would have been camping. The one star is for two reasons: one, the price was reasonably cheap; and two, yelp doesn't allow you to go to zero stars. I would stay away from this place if you value your vacation experience. If you don't care about sleeping in a comfortable establishment and like the beach camping experience without the openness of actually camping, then try this place. By the way, I noticed some of the other comments from years back and it matched my comments exactly. So this is a long standing company wide policy. By the way they are also connected to the Lemon Tree Inn, which is also just as bad. read more

So 1 star because its a one star motel...I knew that going into it and it lived up to the expectation. Yeah the bathroom floor was dirty, yeah there were some mystery stains on the curtain...yeah their were ants in the room....sounds horrible huh...The front desk was actually really nice so that is a plus. If you come just to party who cares about the above...not an ideal place if you came to enjoy the room. read more

The place was dirty! Hair was everywhere! There was hair in the bathroom, on the bed, & on the desk! It wouldn't have been so bad if there wasn't different types of hair everywhere, which indicated to me that they had not cleaned the room, between guests, for the past week! And that doesn't even include how overpriced this place was or the ants that would be crawling on my feet anytime I went into the bathroom. This place was terrible. Bottom line...stay somewhere else. read more

I wouldn't go back to this place considering my most recent and only stay. It just has an eirie feeling and doesn't seem very secure. most importantly the only good thing about the rooms are the flat screen TVS. THERE IS NO ICE MACHINE and THE HEATER/AC IS REALLY LOUD. I was hoping they would at least give a continental breakfast but no way would they ever give anything away. The woman at the front said they had continental drinks. So I grabbed a couple sodas for my family and some OJ. Of course later I find out they charged me $1 for each soda. A little note for the Orange Tree: Give a man an Orange (Coke) without charging him $1...MAYBE HE'll COME BACK TO YOUR HOTEL! read more

My boyfriend and I had a wonderful experience staying at the Orange Tree Inn. They were nothing but kind to us when we asked for an early check in and a late check out and they accommodated our every need! The manager was just the sweetest and he was extremely hospitable. Our room was adorable, and right next to the pool! We will definitely be back! Thank you!!! read more

DO NOT STAY HERE. The place was swarming with ants and they charged me double the price I was supposed to pay even though the bill was discussed at check in. I have been trying to call but their number seems disconnected. The sheets and pillows were stained. There was mold on the shower curtains. read more

I paid over $250 a night for Friday night, which I understand it's a weekend rate. But it was away from the central area so I expected something just above the ordinary motel. The place was the cheapest motels you can ever think of. Shower never got hot enough, just luke warm, and there is no microwave oven, no refrigerator, no tables, the sink faucet malefactions and explodes against your clothes every time, no closet room, bathroom sink is old fashion free standing type with no counter space to even put your tooth paste let long any toiletry. Then some other guest left from the back access metal gate type of door and it was so loud I thought something had exploded. It would have been acceptable if I was paying Hostel fee. read more

just facts... mold on the ceiling of the shower, no mini fridge, no microwave, no access to either, two types of carpet ragged, be careful walking with bare feet, the tack strip below the carpeting will cut your feet. Booked through booking.com but on arrival, told I'd booked the wrong date and they'd rent me a room for $37 extra, I was holding a sleeping 6 year old so I had no choice but they lowered it a bit to $20 extra. In the morning, we used the "heated" (not) pool which is in urgent need of recoating as it appeared to be coming apart. I guess that's what you get for $150 a night. read more

Cons: ants allover crawling around everywhere in your room Pros: nice staff, good location, good parking Our first night we noticed a ant or two randomly crawling. We made sure to not leave food around. In the morning the entire bathroom was crawling with ants. read more

If I could give this place no stars I would. This place is a dump. And worst of all the service is terrible. A small place with good service can go a long way unfortunately this place has a lot of work to do. I was mistreated for "booking my reservation online" wtf?! Biggest mistake. I would rather spend an extra $25 a night somewhere else and fully enjoy my next vacation in Santa Barbara. Do not stay here! Big mistake. Their attitude will start off your vacation on the wrong foot. read more

The first night of our stay the cable and lights did not work. The only thing the staff was able to say was that it would be looked into the next day. Thankfully I brought my laptop so we could watch Netflex in the evening. The second night we were locked out of our room. The staff was unable to open our door. All of our belongings including my medication was in that room. They offered us another room for the night. We had to sleep in our clothes from that day, couldn't brush our teeth, and I wasn't able to take my medication. The maintenance guy was not able to open the door the next day and had to break into the second floor window to gain access. We quickly grabbed out belongings once the room was open and went to check out. The office staff said they had limited access to the system and were unable to reimburse us for the room. We paid upfront and then were locked out. I have emailed the company and left several messages for the manager, Carl. No one has returned my calls. read more

This place is soo crappy, unfortunatlly is was cheap for the area, but it would have been worth paying extra for an updated hotel. Old linens, old beds, terrible pillows, you couldn't even request extra pillows. Ice machine out of order, ants in our room. No fridge in room WTF. Don't bother!!! Staff is helpful;) and large patios. read more

Stayed at the hotel a couple of times and found the staff extremely friendly and the accommodations, albeit not plush, certainly more than acceptable and very cost effective. The last time we stayed there was an issue which was brought to the attention of the management and they immediately and completely remedied the situation. Kudos to them and their approach to hospitality. Would recommend this place!!! read more

I nearly cancelled my reservations after reading the reviews but found nothing cheaper so figured I'd just give it a shot. First off. The location is perfect. Right up the street from shops and restaurants on state street. Second the guy at the front (who I think was the owner or manager) was beyond helpful and friendly! We stayed in room 125 which is the second room from the entrance. Bed was comfy, bathroom was huge over all great place to lay your head or simply relax. Nothing gross. No ants. No dirty anything. Furniture and comforter was modern. Only thing I hated was the outside noise. The walls seemed paper thin so I was able to hear every car pass by. Coming from a light sleeper. That was the only thing that bothered me about this place. Other than that I will definitely stay here again. Clean. Great Customer service and cheap! read more

All of the negative reviews are accurate. Do not stay here. The walls are paper thin, we could hear our coked out neighbors all night. The room felt dirty and the beds were awful. read more

It served its purpose. Cheapest 1 night stay. I wouldn't stay for more than 1 night unless you are going to be very busy and out of the room. Rooms are dark and old. Clean to a point. Saw no ants but spider is shower has been there for a while. Holes on drapes means moths or other bugs. Didn't see those till morning light peeked thru. read more

BUGS. FREAKIN' EVERYWHERE. STEER CLEAR. Seriously, there's all sorts of bugs - spiders, cockroaches and ants. TONS of them everywhere. It's bug central. My room was infested with these insects and there wasn't anything the staff could do about it. (Wtf) While sitting down on the toilet or standing while washing my face - I have spiders slowly coming down from the ceiling using their web and not only that have ants crawling all over the floor and walls. At night time I'd see cockroaches scurrying across the room and while I'm on my bed I'd have an ant crawling on my arm and on my computer! Ridiculous. There's no fridge in the rooms either and the shower didn't even have warm/hot water. It did get hot ONCE during my stay but other than that it was always cold or luke-warm. The air-con is noisy as ever and there's weird ring sounds that come from it or somewhere on the room. Had to shake ALL my packed clothes and luggage to make sure these damn ants don't follow me back home. Overall this place was disgusting - nothing good came out of it. Staff were friendly but unhelpful 0.5 stars for that and another 0.5 stars for the decent-super fast internet. I would not recommend this especially for the (expensive) price. It's not worth the buck. read more

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SUCKY-First day-loud ass construction. Second night- They rented the room that I was sleeping in to someone at 12a. I was in deep sleep and these folks walked in scaring the living shit out of me. One morning I got some free warm OJ. The other mornings I got nothing. read more

I slept under better bridges in IRAQ Booking dot NO! we paid $130 for a friday night room #105 to be exact. The people at the front desk were nice upon check in. There was enough parking too. Now the complaints: Complaint #1- squeaky floors! If you are staying on the bottom floor in room 105 make sure to stop upstairs and find out room 205's schedule because when they get up, all that noise will wake you up too! why else would I know that they checked out at 8:15am, well because that is when all the stomping around stopped. Complaint #2-bathroom left a lot to be desired. There was a spider in the shower. I don't really care but the wife did not like it at all. Oh and the shower door did not shut unless I lifted up on it Complaint #3-lamps did not work Complaint #4- the morning desk worker gave us the " we will let management know" and still have not heard back from anyone, so i guess that we got Gaffed off. NEVER AGAIN ORANGE TREE INN, I slept under better bridges in IRAQ! read more

I must have lucked out when I stayed here because my room did not feel dirty as the other reviews state. I got a great deal on the room (but would NOT pay more than what I ended up paying because the accommodations are very basic). Courteous front desk staff, very helpful and professional. Loved the bed! Shower was definitely tiny and an odd shape, but I had great water pressure and water got hot quickly. It did the job for my jaunt to State Street and was quiet. They request the details for any vehicle parked at the property. The front desk guy did say parking can sometimes run out, so that made me feel a bit nervous to be out and about, but I was able to find parking no trouble. I did not try the wifi. I would stay here again if the price was 100 or less. read more

The positives, the front desk person was very nice and you could tell he really tried to accommodate the guests. The wifi was free, but very spotty, only worked when you were standing outside. The room itself was rather sad, the floor was dirty, with spots all over the floor. The back of the curtains were painted white, so there were cracks of light shining through in the morning. The bathroom sink was tiny, so it was hard to put anything on it without it falling. The toilet was not clean, overall it looked like it was a rather quick cleaning job. We had chosen this place because we were in Santa Barbara for a wedding and we were on a budget, so it fit that need. read more

Do not stay at this hotel. The room was OK, but the bathroom was very old and I felt like I should wear flipflops in the shower. I found ants crawling in the shower. There was a dead moth and a smear of red something on the sheets. This place is overall unclean. Stay anywhere else. I was so disgusted by the accommodations, that I got full money back and booked a different inn for that night. read more

Awfull, do not stay here! We went to Santa Barbara for a 4pm wedding this past Saturday and arrived at the Orange Tree Inn to check in at 3pm. The front desk was courteous. The room was very dated, there were a few ants in the bathroom, and cleanliness was very questionable. I booked this on Bookit.com. Their reviews were not nearly as honest as the reviews here on Yelp. I can't imagine why anyone would give this place more than 2 stars. After the wedding and reception, we arrive back at the Inn at 11pm. We were already hesitant, and then I layed down on the bed, rock hard! I knew we would not have a good sleep here. We checked out and drove home to LA and ate the cost of the room. At about 1pm, I layed down in my own bed and had a good sleep. Beleive the negative reviews, they are true! read more

THE RUMORS ARE TRUE!!! This place is run by a whole bunch of un- trained rude 20 year olds!!! We woke up with ants on our pillows, ants in the bathroom, and on the desk. We had a check in time of 3pm and at 3:30 our room still wasn't ready. The pool is gross, the rooms are tiny, nasty showers, and there are no amenities. Might as well go camping! (and save the $$$) AVOID, AVOID, AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!! read more

Good in price, not to far from shops, restaurants and beach. Free & accessible parking. Pool was not heated but seemed to be fine our 8 year old enjoyed swimming. The property seemed clean & maintained. I felt like the shower curtain in our room should have been replaced. Very little water pressure in the shower. Nice bedding & newer mattress very comfortable. Parts of our room were updated the bathroom was not. I just feel this hotel needs some TLC. Wifi was weak. The staff were very nice & helpful. Good for a quick 1 to 2 days. If I could I would give this a 2 1/2 stars. I would stay again. read more

We got such an amazing price for the great location and room! Only negative was there is no fridge in the room (just a communal one in the lobby). Customer service was really good! read more

Worst place to stay , very rude staff and disgusting rooms, very over price for their horrible motel, 200$ for this ?!?!? Are u kidding me , what a shame read more

Granted it was a last minute decision at around 4:30 to spend the night in Santa Barbara but we really should've tried harder to find a room. This place was pointed out to us by the lovely ladies at the tourist center. They were told it was recently renovated and the price was right at $80. They need to take this one off their list of hotels and we should've spent the extra $20 to get a better place. The far out location was fine since we were driving so that was no issue. Here were the issues with their list of "amenities": -"Recently renovated" seemed to mean "we repainted a wall somewhere on the grounds and we dare you to find it!". -Free wi-fi....uh, NO wi-fi. It would work for about 30 seconds....30 sloooowwwwwww seconds. Then nothing. Gone. Poof. -Air conditioning....Sounded like we were inside a jet engine all night long! -In-room safe....Uh...nope. And when we asked the desk they couldn't bring themselves to even act like they cared about lying about having it. And as an added bonus you also don't get ANY toiletries, so if you dare to come here, bring your own soap! Plus, our bathroom door was broken, the bed was like a rock filled with rocks, and the water in the sink and shower was either freezing cold or "I've got a lawsuit" scalding hot. It also would've been nice to have an in-room refrigerator since I'm sure any hotel along the PCH gets a lot of road-trippers like us. Instead this place lets you use a community fridge in their lobby. Weird, but fortunately no one ate our food. Seriously...spend a few extra bucks and go somewhere else. read more

Great location and super nice staff. The room is way below average. I have been coming to Santa Barbra for 30 years to play in golf events and have stayed here many times over the years. It hasn't changed a bit, same room, same beds and I actually believe it's the same towels from 30 years ago. (You can see through them) read more

Not quite sure why such bad reviews. Sure, the pool looks a lot more fancy online, but other than that: wifi good, comfy bed, AC works great, good location, roomy balcony, sufficient parking, and friendly staff. Would stay here again. read more