Villa Rosa Inn

2.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
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Outdoor wedding area
Food and drink
Interior entrance
Point of interest
Point of interest

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Breakfast included
  • Laundry
  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
15 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101
  • MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
    4 min walk
  • Santa Barbara Harbor
    6 min walk
  • Stearns Wharf
    6 min walk
  • Santa Barbara, CA (SBA-Santa Barbara Municipal)
    13 min drive

Room options

Suite, Multiple Beds, Kitchen

  • 46 sq m
  • Partial ocean view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Suite, Multiple Beds, Kitchen

  • 56 sq m
  • Partial ocean view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Bed

Room, 1 King Bed

  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed, Kitchen

  • 46 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • 37 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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About the area

Santa Barbara

With a stay at Villa Rosa Inn in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Beach), you'll be a 4-minute walk from MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation and a 4-minute drive from Santa Barbara County Courthouse. .This hotel is 1.7 mi (2.8 km) from Santa Barbara Zoo and 2 mi (3.2 km) from Cabrillo Bike Path.

What's nearby

  • Santa Barbara Harbor - 6 min walk
  • Stearns Wharf - 6 min walk
  • Santa Barbara County Courthouse - 4 min drive
  • Santa Barbara Zoo - 4 min drive
  • Santa Barbara Bowl - 6 min drive

Getting around

  • Santa Barbara Station - 6 min walk
  • Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) - 13 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Jeannine’s American Bakery & Restaurant - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Chad’s - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Finney's Crafthouse - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Biergarten - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Santa Barbara Roasting Company - ‬8 min walk

About this property

Villa Rosa Inn

Hotel with a marina, a quick walk to MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
Villa Rosa Inn offers 18 accommodations with bathrobes and hair dryers. Beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. This Santa Barbara hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Hypo-allergenic bedding and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 18 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Housekeeping is provided daily, and both irons/ironing boards and cribs/infant beds (surcharge) are available on request.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and multilingual staff. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

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
  • Limited on-site parking
  • On-site parking includes off-street options

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:00 AM–11:00 AM
  • Free daily reception
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • Fishing
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Cots/infant beds (surcharge)
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Banquet hall
  • Free newspapers in reception

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Conference space

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Marina on site
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • 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
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Fireplace in reception
  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Cots/infant beds (surcharge)
  • Heating
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • TV

More

  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Late check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
The property charges USD 28.50 for credit card payments
The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 10 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 40 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 40 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 50 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 40 per night
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 40 per night
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of USD 28.50

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Rosa Inn
Villa Rosa Inn Hotel
Villa Rosa Inn
Villa Rosa Inn Santa Barbara
Villa Rosa Santa Barbara
Villa Rosa Hotel Santa Barbara
Villa Rosa Inn Santa Barbara
Villa Rosa Inn Hotel Santa Barbara

Villa Rosa Inn Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 273 out of 816 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 214 out of 816 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 138 out of 816 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 102 out of 816 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 89 out of 816 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty room, dirty and old furniture, extremely soft and uncomfrtable beds
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Spencer

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Customer service was horrid. Front desk did not know protocol, could not get answers to simple questions. Room was dirty, bathroom stained, bed had stains and the fan was beyond dusty. Checking out- no one could provide a receipt and the one I got was not accurate. Talked to someone on the phone who scolded me for booking with a third party app. Terribly run business. Will never return and advise anyone against staying there. I work in hospitality and I've never paid more for putrid service.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Robin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great location
Location was great but checkin and parking were not as great as hoped. One poor lady seemed to run the whole place and room was not quite ready by check in time. Parking is extremely limited and street parking is allowed for only 90 minutes between 9am and 6pm. Room with balcony was nice though and met our needs.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Siu

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Charged an extra $28 'property fee' that was not listed anywhere.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Ross

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tide pools. Drapes dont cover all of windows. Patio door missing handle. Tv didnt work. Great lovation
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place but we were asked for additional fees over and above what I had reserved and paid in full for on Expedia. Was wiped in the end but an unpleasant situation. Expedia were also more than useless in doing anything to support having spoken to 4 agents and no kind of action or ownership taken.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Giorgio

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Barbara

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Brala

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel does not have on site parking availability necessarily but has other lots nearby they own you can use. The hotel has poor staffing is not a 24/7 desk and cannot deal with appliances in rooms not working quickly as a result. A homeless person was sleeping in the stairway of entrance when I checked out in morning .
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Leah

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Usual property, with many artifacts and artistic touches. It’s a perfect spot for ocean breezes and a few spectacular ocean views. The staff is amazingly helpful, thoughtful and fun. Rooms are all very unique and intentionally dated. Breakfast and happy hour treats available at no cost. This hotel is one of a kind.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alberto

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place; loved the atmosphere and very close to the beach and multiple places to eat
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tony

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

joyce

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Marina

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a fantastic location and is beautiful on the outside. The check in process was easy and the staff was kind. I stayed in room #5. While the dressers and other things are fine as they are old -- the chairs, loveseat, bed and pillows are so old that they smell moldy. These need to be replaced. Additionally, the windows are crank to be opened and miss the handle to open the windows. I understand some of the older things that add charm, but the furniture is not clean. This place needs/deserves a refresh.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Veronica

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

2/10 Terrible

Heather

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bait and Switch at Villa Rosa Inn
I reserved 1 King Bed room, Villa Rosa Inn, nice pictures shown online, shown non-refundable but I received confirmation it was reserved. When in line at reception the guest ahead of me asked to change his double queen room to a King.I was concerned my reserved room was being given away, but was assured it was still available. When alone with reception I was then told there were no more rooms available, a call was made, and he found a couple, both horrible choices, and not at the Villa Rosa Inn,but I was tired after hours of driving searching for vacancies, it was a decision of sleeping in my car versus taking the inferior room that I overpaid for, it was a bait and switch. I didn't think of calling hotels.com as I couldn't at the time find a contact phone number and it showed non-refundable.There are pictures of this room uploaded,it was not at Villa Rosa but a neighboring moteI.Iwas concerned seeing hairs on the sheets when I opened the bedding, sheets covering a dirty mattress cover, an insect on the wall, dirty floors, although I did see the maid mopping, inside of a closet had the back side of fish tank and fish food, that ran all night. A maid opened the door in the morning without knocking accompanied by a man and returned knocking stating I needed to leave as they don't show the room as booked.I learned at check out that I reserved room 15 at the Villa Rosa Inn and they don't know why their night reception didn’t give me the room I reserved.
sheets had hairs in them when I opened them, assumed was from the laundry as sheets smelled laundered but felt itchy, looked under the sheet cover to see if mattress ok and cover was dirty
insect on the wall, not likely a bedbug as on the wall? still felt extremely uncomfortable about being attacked by and/or picking up bedbugs
dirty walls in bathroom
Dirty floors, or stained?, as I did see them being mopped, in bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

amy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely would never reccomend anyone staying here. this place was gross in every way. The only positve was the location to DT and the water. The place smelled like mold, vibes were almost creepy and it was so bad I actually wouldnt even shower in the room. dont stay here
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family friendly
More family friendly than in the past. Couples wishing a quiet getaway may look elsewhere. Also they did not honor our Hotels.com booking rates charging us significantly more.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay . Quiet , near shopping . I don’t like the hidden fees there is a deposit and a service fee that totaled $150 for deposit and $28.99 for the service fee but you won’t know til you get there.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I truly enjoyed the location and the entire property had such a nice vibe.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Sarah

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our room wasn’t what we booked. We waited an hour to get into our room because it wasn’t ready and the floors were not cleaned and bed sheets felt like soap wasn’t riinsed out properly and heavily bleached so they irritated skin.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room, king suite was as described with nice balcony. Older properties, but nicely maintained. Pool and spa were great. Eveniing reception a nice touch. Breakfast had good waffles, bagels with cream cheese. The coffe was very good but had a high turn over rate (sometimes empty). We had to ask for room service. Not uncommon these days. We would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024