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The Upham Hotel

4.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Standard Suite, 1 King Bed, Patio (Sycamore Grand Suite) | Terrace/patio
Superior Single Room
Check-in/check-out kiosk
Lobby sitting area
Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds (Santa Barbara Double Queen Room)

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
1404 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101
  • Arlington Theater
    3 min walk
  • Three Monkeys
    4 min walk
  • Santa Barbara Station
    8 min drive
  • Santa Barbara, CA (SBA-Santa Barbara Municipal)
    11 min drive

Room options

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Standard Single Room

Standard Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Single Room

Standard Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Superior Single Room

Superior Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Superior Single Room

Superior Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Single Room

Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Superior Single Room

Superior Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Comfort Single Room

Comfort Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Single Room

Standard Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, individually decorated

Superior Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Single Room

Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Santa Barbara

The Upham Hotel is centrally located in Santa Barbara, a 3-minute walk from Arlington Theater and 7 minutes by foot from Granada Theatre. .This hotel is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Santa Barbara Museum of Art and 0.5 mi (0.9 km) from Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

What's nearby

  • Arlington Theater - 3 min walk
  • Santa Barbara County Courthouse - 11 min walk
  • Mission Santa Barbara - 3 min drive
  • Santa Barbara Bowl - 4 min drive
  • Stearns Wharf - 5 min drive

Getting around

  • Santa Barbara Station - 8 min drive
  • Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) - 11 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Starbucks - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Cajé Coffee - Arlington St - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Isla Vista Food Co-op Downtown Market - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Benchmark eatery - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Arigato Sushi - ‬6 min walk

About this property

The Upham Hotel

Hotel with free parking, a quick walk to Arlington Theater
The Upham Hotel offers 50 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 50 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with premium bedding. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature bathtubs or showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at Louies Restaurant serving guests of The Upham Hotel. Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. This hotel has 4 meeting rooms available for events. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Louies Restaurant - This bistro specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • Free daily reception

Restaurants on site

  • Louies Restaurant

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Luggage storage

Business services

  • Meeting rooms - 4

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Pillow-top mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 6:00 AM
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

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The Upham Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 622 out of 1003 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 239 out of 1003 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 86 out of 1003 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 41 out of 1003 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 1003 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We like to stay here because it’s comfortable homey environment
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tayler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Martha

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The property is a set of Victorian-looking buildings and bungalows, connected by outdoor pathways. While the place seemed like it could offer an interesting boutique-hotel experience. we found it really underwhelmed relative to the price point. The property is minimally modernized -- like the device-charging options are minimal, lighting in the rooms is dim, and the AC did not succeed in cooling the room. "Complimentary parking" is listed as an amenity, but the hotel has 25 parking spots and 50 guest rooms, so 1/2 of guests have to park elsewhere. Between having to park offsite, and the fact that you have to go up and down stairs to get between the buildings and up to your room, trudging luggage around is a slog. Some of the hotel staff were very nice and very helpful, but others acted like guests' requests and questions were burdensome. Altogether staying here was not a good experience! Other places we've stayed in Santa Barbara were happy to have us and much better equipped.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Thomas

Travelled with partner
See comments above
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Mirella

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property and the staff were lovely! Beautiful setting.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Liked able to walk to Downtown area and outside space at the cottage. Room on the small size
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our time at the Upham. The room was great, quiet and tranquil. The gardens were lovely. Enjoyed the daily wine reception. Could have offered a light continental breakfast bar which would add to the experience. Dinner recommendations were excellent and we totally enjoyed our stay. Would strongly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Bryce

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness
Great location to all of downtown Santa Barbara and interesting how long the property was around. Great parking, but limited. Not so great things: no control on AC and VERY cold, loud before 9am, no staff at the front desk at night even though was told they would be there all night, first day staff a bit snippy, but the second day new staff was better.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Afshin, Fairfield

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very old. WiFi did not work well. No phone in room.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laurie, Pasadena

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was incredible. Very helpful and welcoming. The social hour was great and of course the property is iconic and charming. I would definitely stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Na
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Derrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay. Looking forward to our next stay there!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Still one of the best boutique hotels in downtown SB
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steve, Ormond Beach

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very quiet and walkable to State Street with shopping and historical buildings. Lots of options for dining and able to walk to the end on the wharf. Cottages are a little dated and could use some “refresh” but overall an excellent stay. Would return again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful grounds, and Wine happy hour, Staff Great! Was bummed about the restaurant not open. Room could use slight upgrading. Would say here again!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lyssa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love how quaint and cozy this hotel is. The staff is so nice, pleasant and accommodating. It is ao much better than a big name brand hotel. Feels like home at the Upham!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Sydney

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall a cute place but the rooms could be updated a little. The bathroom sink did not drain as efficiently as a normal sink would (probably clogged a little). I liked all the windows and the high ceilings. The bed was a bit too bouncy for my liking, but overall good hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Charming, clean and in a great location!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024