Great for families, Ideal location, Fun amenities We've stayed at Lemon Tree twice now and we've really enjoyed it. We lived in SB for a decade and have since moved away. Lemon Tree is in the best location on upper State--easy to get to Goleta/UCSB and quick to downtown and the waterfront. The heated pool is lovely, as is the bar and garden/fire pit area. We swam at the end of our day under the stars and had dessert around the fire pit! The rooms are nice and spacious. The bathrooms are outdated, but that's really the only downside. It's a really great place where you can relax but also be surrounded by other families and lots of other travelers.

BUYER BEWARE We booked three nights at the Lemon Tree, and at the counter requested a quiet room. The deskperson advised that Room 143 was her favorite room, and despite being shielded from the restaurant by a single retaining wall, it would be quiet. When we moved into the room during the afternoon, we had no idea that the outdoor bar in the courtyard would play music every night that would penetrate the windows and curtains of our room. We were also surprised that there was only one of those funky weak coffee makers (not a Kurig-type), and no small refrigerator nor microwave. We thought we'd get some morning coffee at the restaurant, but it didn't open until 9AM. Our final night, a Saturday night, was disturbed until 11:30PM by a huge group party, much loud yelling and partying. People were running up and down the stairs, and management seemed not to care. I went to the front desk at 9:30 to find out what they were planning to do to get the loud partying under control, and when I calmly explained to the front desk person she simply stood there and nodded, not offering an apology nor any strategy to get things under control. Be warned that this hotel has a single goal in mind - making money in any means possible, even if it means making paying hotel guests unhappy. Because of all the noise in the courtyard we were unable to crack to window open for sleeping, and I, for one, like fresh air. I will spare you a description of the extremely dark carpeting and dark wall, creating a cavern effect in the room.

Stay somewhere else - ewww Standard king - booked on Hotwire This is not - I repeat NOT a 3-star Hotel Stains on the carpets - look at the fitted sheet pic Ewwwwww Those are holes That stain - ewwwwwww This hotel smells bad Gross I mean grosss My feet from walking on the carpet in the room - when I picked up a white towel and cleaned my just showered feet - black on the towel The bedding and towels are gross

Awesome Hotel!! We stayed at this hotel for the first time over spring break and it was such a great stay! Beautiful gounds, an amazing restaurant with great food, cool little beach bar and fire pits that are fit for families as well couples. The pool is also very nice. This was the most relaxing hotel I’ve stayed at in a while and it was totally affordable. I’be already made reservations to go back!! Book it and you won’t be disappointed.

Avoid ROOM 202! I had been to this hotel several years ago when staying with my family years ago, so I thought it would be nice to revisit the Lemon Tree Inn when I returned to Santa Barbara...yeah, not so much. Check in was a breeze at 6:30pm, and fantastic aromas were emanating from from the hotel restaurant. My girlfriend and I had dinner plans elsewhere, so all we were concerned about was getting changed and heading out to our own dinner destination. It was a curious occurrence that the French doors to our room's balcony were found wide open. We didn't think much of it at first because we were distracted by the fact that our room overlooked the outdoor seating for the hotel restaurant (this may be a plus or minus for yourself...we thought it was kind of cool) and the rest of the garden courtyard as well as the pool area. When I stepped into the bathroom for my shower, it hit me why the balcony doors were left wide open...there was sewer/drainage system gas coming from the floor drain in the bathroom! Rather than fix the problem, it seems that the hotel staff thought it was good enough to simply "vent" the room. I will say that the odor, while off-putting, did NOT permeate the entire room. Based on that, my girlfriend and I decided to grin & bear it and simply keep the bathroom door closed as opposed to packing up our stuff and moving to another room. Other marks against our stay included "beat up"/well-worn pillows. And the facial tissue metal-wall covering in the vanity was not locked in place...so when you go to grab a facial tissue, you pull off the wall covering out along with the whole box of facial tissues. On a more timely note, and as of this review, a hotel staff member told us that the heater for the heated-pool was broken...so also no heated pool. Bad luck on our end overall. Before this trip, I would have recommended the Lemon Tree Inn to anyone heading to SB. NOW, I would only suggest it if you can't find anything better.