Best Western Plus South Coast Inn

The 4 of us were here for 5 nights visiting family. The gardens, pool and surrounding area are beautifully maintained. The beds were comfortable and the breakfast was always a source of discussion as it’s quite different to what we would have in Australia. Lots of choices though and the staff are great! Very quiet location. We had a lower ground, garden facing room and it was lovely! Would definitely stay again and recommend!

Pricing is definitely based on location and not quality.

Our room was near a set of stairs. So there was a lot of noise due to the traffic.

The rooms appear to have been recently renovated, which is a plus. There ended up being a roach in our bed. Also, the shower drain in our unit didn't drain properly causing water to pool up to my ankles. Overall, both issues weren't that bad, just gross and unappealing.

I really liked the breakfast options.

All in all, a typical Best Western experience. It is still frustrating that the high pricing is only because it's near Santa Barbara.

I stayed here for 2 nights for work. The location is decent; easy to get to from the freeway, and there are plenty of stores, restaurants, grocery etc in the surrounding area. The pros are definitely that parking was free and that they include breakfast, which starts at 7am.

I also noticed a lot of construction workers stay here. It would be nice if they started breakfast earlier, like maybe 6am or 6:30am. The 2 mornings I was here, the breakfast area does fill up and there is no where to sit inside. They do have some tables outside or you could just take it back to your room to eat. They had different breakfast items every day and had a chalkboard listing what items they'd have. They even had one of those automatic pancake makers where you could watch your pancake being made. I actually didn't think the pancake was very good.. lol. The mini quiche were good and I just stuck with the English muffins and cream cheese.

I did notice that they did not allow pets/dogs at this Best Western; most of them do. So if you are looking to stay here with your dog, note that the hotel right next to this Best Western does allow dogs. Anyway, I had a room all the way in the back with 2 queen beds. The room had everything I needed, like a small desk, towels, a small Keurig machine etc.

Overall I found the bed was uncomfortable as were the pillows. I should have brought my own pillow lol. Also the morning that I was checking out, one of the housekeepers knocked on my door around 745am and I told her that I hadn't checked out yet. She said it was OK. They also leave their carts in the middle and made it hard to get around them to get back to my room. I just thought that was a little weird and they could have coordinated better on when guests checked out rather than going room to room that early.