A lovely Ritz Carlton in Santa Barbara. This property overlooks the Pacific Ocean with walkways to the beach. As you drive up the porters are spot on to assist. The parking area is full of beautiful lovely luxury vehicles. They have plenty of charging stations. At the driveway area there is a wine tasting room which is always fun to try. Once you check in our room this time was 17208. It was a suite with two separate restrooms a living room area w/fireplace and HD TV the bedroom was a king wHD TV. The bed was amazing and an allowed for a great sleep. It had a dual balcony overlooking the pools with ocean view. There plenty great bars and restaurants. I enjoyed the spa services.

This place is 6 stars! The scenery is perfect, privacy top notch and restaurants were amazing! Right on a beautiful beach. The pools were amazing as was the entire property!

Staff was also amazing! They catered to our every need and were very professional, but also very nice. They’ll treat you the same either way, but they deserve good tips for their hard work.

Upon arrival the valet handled everything and on a second day they all knew us by name and I felt so safe leaving my Tesla with them! I even left my wallet in my car and nothing went missing. When we entered the hotel and got checked in, a gentleman named Phillip offered to show us around the property which was so helpful! He really went above and beyond to point out the fun things to do while there and gave us the the lay of the land.

Their spa and services there are top of the line! Their fitness center was amazing!

Most importantly we really wanted to stay there it was so perfect, but we also went into town with tips from the front desk and from Philip and it everything Santa Barbara has to offer, from wine to food to Beauty was everything we expected and more.

11 out of 10 highly recommend!

The resort is beautiful, and we will go back, but with lower expectations. Our room was not ready till over an hour after the guaranteed check-in time. I've never experienced this at any hotel ever. They took 15% of the cost of the room for that night, which was fair, but we would have preferred to check in on time and pay the full price. Unfortunately, the ocean view king suite we were given really only had a partial ocean view and did not reflect what was shown in the photos on the resort's website. Again, management reduced the cost of the room, but we would have preferred to pay full price and have a true ocean view. The food was fine but the service in all the restaurants was fairly disappointing for this price point. It took 30 minutes to be seated for breakfast at the bistro, though there were plenty of empty tables and plenty of staff who didn't seem to be doing much. The staff seemed to lack a sense of urgency, although everyone was pleasant and professional. And the rooms could really use updating. With all of this said, we will absolutely go back but with reduced expectations. The grounds are beautiful and the view from the right room would be extraordinary. With updating and perhaps better-trained staff, this could truly be an exceptional 5-star resort.