Name: Sandpiper Lodge - Santa Barbara
Address: 3525 State Street, North State, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, US
Price range: $99–$232 per night
Rating: 8.05

What guests think

At Sandpiper Lodge - Santa Barbara, travelers describe a budget-friendly, older motor-lodge with generally clean, comfortable rooms, friendly staff, a convenient State Street location, and a well-liked heated pool and hot tub, balanced by dated furnishings, thin walls, and mixed Wi-Fi.

The included breakfast is continental and basic, mostly breads, cereal, yogurt, and fruit, with several guests noting the lack of hot or protein options. Family suites with multiple beds are appreciated for space and value, though decor is dated and some rooms have loud or finicky AC. Most comment that housekeeping keeps rooms tidy, but recurring reports mention worn carpets, musty odors, and occasional ants or roaches. Expect a simple, good-value stay with convenient access and practical amenities.

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Facilities

Guests frequently praise the heated pool and hot tub; the small gym is basic and older. On-site parking is convenient but spaces are tight and can feel congested.

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8

Miriam

Mar 24, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The area around is not to great and it was a bit noisy. The room was ok but the room needs some remodeling. The hot tub was nice was great. The gym needed an upgrade.

10

douglas

Dec 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Loved the extra bed and heated pool

8

Maritza

Sep 22, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Friendly staff, clean room, free Wi-Fi and nice heated pool.

10

Charles

Oct 5, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice clean older motel. Parking is EXTREMELY tight here.

10

Kenneth

Nov 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was perfect for our family size. Breakfast options were great. Pool and hot tub were nice.

10

Lisa

Oct 10, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Easy parking and vey friendly staff.

8

Sam

Oct 19, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great hot tub!!

8

David

Sep 27, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Parking a bit tight, limited and congested. All in all, great value. A bit dated furniture - wear on some. Seemed very clean from what I could tell in my one night stay.

10

Jason

Oct 16, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was great. Pool looked nice but a bit too cold so I didn't use it. Typical Continental Breakfast but did have good name brand products for yogurts, cereal, outmeal, muffins and good coffee.

10

Andrew

Mar 22, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Large comfortable family room. Great facilities with a pool, gym and breakfast served each norning.

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Cleanliness

Many reviews report clean rooms and tidy common areas, but there are recurring notes about worn carpets, musty smells, and occasional issues such as mold or ants/roaches.

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Merwyn

Sep 6, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The facility is fine, nice beds (awful pillows) nice bathroom, nice room lay out. Carpet in room old and musty, room musty smelling. Fridge and microwave work fine. Glorified motel standard. Gym is bare bones but effective. Breakfast is simple lots of cereal, bagels, pasteries, and fruit. No eggs or protein items (some sugar yogurts there). No sleep timer on remote (something I like to have), lots of channels avaliable.

8

JENNIFER

Aug 25, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Family room suite is great. Carpets were super dirty and bathroom wasnt very clean

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Chris

Mar 8, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

felt safe in area management was rude roaches in room

10

Pramod

Jan 1, 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Stayed for one night. Room was spacious and clean. Checkin was easy had a comfortable stay.

10

Maritza

Apr 25, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

I had a fantastic stay! The room was spotless. It’s feels like home.

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MARNE

Feb 11, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Sandpiper Lodge was clean, comfortable and convenient. Housekeeping was impeccable, staff friendly. The new bedroom unit we occupied was well insulated for sounds, but the heat/ac unit was a bit noisy on high. It's a good value for the money.

10

Carlos

Dec 22, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Clean rooms friendly staff

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Victoria

Feb 10, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

There was mold in the bathroom, a weird stain on the pillow, and the fire alarm was set off in the middle of the night. The breakfast is just toast, cereal, oatmeal, and yogurt, not what you’d expect. The lobby is nice, the pool and hottub are as well. Service was great.

4

Christopher

Oct 19, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We had ants in our room and the cleaning crew left the dirty sheets from the last people on the floor in the corner

4

Margo F.

Jul 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The rooms are old and dingy. Filthy carpets and soft mattresses. Fortunately it was less expensive than other hotels nearby— but now i know why!

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Rooms

Rooms, including spacious family suites, are comfortable and practical, though decor is dated. Several guests mention thin walls, occasional noisy or finicky AC, and spotty Wi-Fi in some rooms.

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ANTHONY

Oct 13, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The noise insulation is non existence so bring your earplugs. Good amenities and location. Friendly folks.

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Casey

Nov 25, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

This hotel needs a little love. It’s dated and very very basic. Thin walls, old beds, and free breakfast is just some bad coffee and stale bread products. It’s your basic motel . Don’t expect anything more.

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Briana

Oct 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The room was clean and a good size, but it could definitely stand to be updated. It suited our purposes for a quick overnight stay, and overall no complaints.

8

Joan

Aug 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Wi-Fi was spotty and inconsistent. No recycle can in room. Not enough towels for two in one room. Recommend hard boiled eggs or peanut butter for protein option for breakfast.

4

Phillip

Aug 18, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The in-wall air conditioner was very loud and actually made the walls vibrate. When the bed was pushed up against the wall, the whole bed shook from the AC vibrations and kept waking us up during the night. Was that rusted metal thing a safe? We didn’t want to touch it to find out. They gave us a box of Kleenex that was nearly empty. This place needs major updating.

8

Hongyan

Dec 23, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

AC buttons were broken.

10

ALI

Jul 20, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Only For such great place WIFI sucks.

6

Elaine

Oct 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Clean room. Mattress not comfortable. Room needs to be updated.

8

Susan

Nov 21, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

My room was great - large and quiet.

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Denise

Dec 9, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

For the price this was a clean and roomy hotel room. However, the walls are ridiculously thin. I hardly got any sleep the one night I stayed there because the person in the room next to me snored all night long! Yes, I could hear the snoring through the wall. If you're a sound, good sleeper this might not be a problem. However, if you expect a quiet sleeping experience, you might want to rethink this location.

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Service

Staff are widely described as friendly and helpful with easy check-in and occasional upgrades. A few guests reported rude or unresponsive front-desk interactions.

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Mike

Jul 19, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Staff at reception very helpful and offered help and advice. Room was a huge family room - a little old fashioned but very comfy and would stay again. Slept 6 easily!

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Pamela

Sep 22, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Not worth the over $200 i paid per night. I know it was UCSB move in weekend, but still too expensive for what I received. The breakfast was disappointing. The receptionist I had at check in was very rude. Everyone else was nice. Housekeeping didnt speak Engliah, so it was hard to get what I needed. It is a nice kept hotel, but i womt stay again.

10

Cheryl

Oct 22, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

When we arrived at the hotel, we were greeted with a smile by Jeanette the front desk clerk. She quickly got us registered for our room and eventually we were able to meet and speak with the manager Sean, because they were very pleasant in the beginning it's set the tone for the stay at the hotel

10

Lisa

Oct 10, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Easy parking and vey friendly staff.

10

Lucia

Sep 6, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very good service. I dont know the gentlemans name at the front desk, very friendly.

10

martha

Oct 16, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

great service

10

John

Dec 12, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great stay, the staff was courteous and welcoming

8

Chwee

Dec 28, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Friendly staff, good check in experience

10

Eric

Feb 11, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I was impressed, for the price of the stay I wasn't expecting such a nice place, the room was very clean, and much larger than expected. Some great dining options within a block or two. Friendly staff, the only complaint was the breakfast options were, well id just plan on going out for breakfast but I travel basically full time and I recommend the sandpiper lodge if your staying in Santa Barbara. I'll be back next time I'm in the area for sure! Thanks!

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Robert

Nov 25, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

One of the worst interactions I have ever encountered at a hotel. I stayed for five nights, I called the evening of the fourth night to extend an additional night, telling the nice gentleman that I would pay in the morning for the additional night, When I arrived the insolent clerk said that they were fully booked and it did not matter what the man told me, without money I had no room. I had to plead with her to check the records. She finally located my reservation and gave me an evil death stare, no apology, nothing. I mentioned that I had twice told them that there was no light in the bathroom, to no avail and that she had the worst attitude I had ever encountered. She continued to try to use some Vulcan death gaze but I left. Rest of the people working there were fine but this girl had definite issues.

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Location

Convenient State Street location near restaurants, groceries, and transit; a short drive to downtown and beaches. Some guests noted it’s not right by the beach and had mixed impressions of the immediate area.

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Craig

Mar 1, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Walkable to restaurants and shopping. Easy access to Santa Barbara. Excellent continental breakfast. Would recommend

10

Carole

Jul 29, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

An older motel but kept up nicely. The room was very clean. A decent breakfast. A little out of town but only a 10 minute drive. I would stay there again.

8

Mark

Aug 2, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Central location to all attractions.

10

Stephanie

Nov 26, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location, comfortable and clean!

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Elisa María

Sep 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The Sandpiper Lodge exceeded my expectations. The rooms are big and clean and comfortable and it was quieter than I would've thought, considering it was fully booked. Sean the manager was a true gentleman and he gave me many tips and helped me out by booking other nights I had not considered. It's within walking distance of many convenient places, and the bus stop is pratically in front.

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Frieda Kristin

Jan 23, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Homeless people around property. Sheriffs came to hotel due to some guy on site. Staff was not very friendly and more concerned with security than hospitality. Room was fine. A little noisy. Clean and adequate. Bed was a little soft and pillows flat and hard. But for the price, it was adequate.

8

Shehvon

Apr 19, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Low the pool and hot tub. Far from the beach.

10

Jose

Sep 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It's quiet and everything I want to do in SB is walkable

10

Ashley

Aug 18, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

I really enjoyed my stay here. It's safe, quiet and the location is great.

10

David

Nov 23, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Clean and nice location

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Dining

Included continental breakfast is simple—breads, cereal, yogurt, fruit—and generally sufficient. Many note the lack of hot or protein options.

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Myeong Woo

May 21, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel said it's full Breakfast. It didn't provide any cooked foods like egg fry, waffle, vegetables.

8

Aurelio

Nov 25, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was comfortable, clean and quite, but food was lacking no meat, eggs or potatoes or waffles or pancakes

10

Kirsti

Mar 30, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Comfortable beds, tasty breakfast with croissants/bagels/bread and a toaster to put them in, good coffee, oatmeal and cereals etc. Great value overall :)

10

Julianne

Aug 9, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Breakfast had breads, packaged yogurt and cereal. Comfortable and clean rooms.

10

Michaelynn

Aug 1, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Beautiful and very large room. Air conditioner in both rooms which was really cool. My only complaint would be that I wish there were more options at the complimentary breakfast bar.

10

Mingsheng

Sep 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We enjoyed our stay! The breakfast has varieties and is good!

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IVAN

Aug 31, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

No proteins in breakfast

10

Johana

Mar 30, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

It was excellent and clean. I wish the breakfast had hot food.

8

Brad

Oct 30, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Older hotel. The room was nice but carpet needs replaced. It was hard to get into the hotel parking lot but we never had an issue parking. Breakfast is continental so very basic.

10

Jennifer

Feb 18, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Had a really great stay. Good breakfast, no eggs but good breakfast with OJ, apple juice, variety of cereals, bagels, toast, croissants with option of cheese or jams, oatmeal. Parking available. Hotel was close to things. Really great hot tub and nice pool! Overall good stay.

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Month	Average price
January	$97
February	$106
March	$109
April	$135
May	$151
June	$160
July	$167
August	$177
September	$147
October	$151
November	$124
December	$112

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $124	2 $143	3
4 $135	5 $99	6 $109	7 $104	8 $112	9 $232	10
11 $135	12 $122	13 $110	14 $102	15 $135	16	17
18 $123	19 $123	20 $104	21 $110	22 $123	23	24
25 $116	26 $123	27 $126	28 $122	29 $121	30 $117	31 $144

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
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6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15 $156	16 $125	17 $184	18	19
20 $138	21 $128	22 $110	23 $137	24 $118	25	26
27 $124	28 $116	29 $126	30 $137

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Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed

Deluxe Room, 2 Queen Beds

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms

Run of House

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