Coast Village Inn, Santa BarbaraCoast Village Inn in Santa Barbara, United States has a corrected score of 3.2 ± 0.6 (thin evidence, no platform scores), ranked 35 of 43 hotels we score in Santa Barbara. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.1 before correction.Coast Village Inn is a 27-room hotel built in 1935 on Coast Village Road in Montecito, California. It offers studios and rooms with kitchenettes, free WiFi and flat-screen cable TVs, and sits between the mountains and the sea. Butterfly Beach is a 0.4-mile walk, with shops, dining, parks, theatres and the Amtrak station nearby, and downtown Santa Barbara is under ten minutes by car. It suits families, couples and business travellers who want a village base rather than a city-centre address. The property has a restaurant, swimming pool, secure parking and accessible facilities. Rooms are on the small side, which is worth considering if you plan a longer stay.What stands out

Clean, comfortable rooms

Walk to beach, shops and dining

Friendly reception staff

Quiet setting with pool and parking

Watch out for

Rooms are quite small

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