Best Western Plus Carpinteria Inn

This Best Western Plus does NOT offer complimentary breakfast in any form whether we're in the middle of a pandemic, or not. Because of Covid, there is no daily housekeeping. They will bring you fresh towels and sheets, but you gotta make your own bed and clean up after yourself. You can leave your garbage outside your room and they will pick it up. The restaurant has an extremely limited menu (if you are vegetarian, you're going to go hungry). The bar serves sodas, beer, and wine, again because of covid. So if you want hard alcohol, bring your own. There's a fridge in the room but no microwave. The microwave is in the vending machine room. Fitness center is closed, but the very small pool is available by appointment only. You can reserve a one hour time and the pool closes at 6pm. I definitely suggest the courtyard view with balcony. It was nice to sit out there in the evenings and have cocktails. This Best Western was satisfactory, it would be so much better after we get out of this pandemic mess. Its very convenient right off the freeway, and a very pleasant 10-15 minute walk to the downtown area and beach. Go for ice cream at Rori's...so good!! The pasta at Guicho's was amazing as well. And you can get a pretty darn good margarita at Oaxaca Fresh. less

We’ve stayed here many times for my husband’s work assignments in Carp. Staff is nice and rooms are reasonably priced. I can tell the staff disinfect high traffic areas. My favorite rooms are those on the 3rd floor. They have high ceilings. Staff does what they can to accommodate special requests. less

Pros: 1. Free slow to average speed WiFi 2. Dated but clean room 3. Clean bathroom with rain shower head 4. Balcony access with table and chairs 5. Hotel cafe available room service for take out only. 6. Freeway access Cons: 1. In-room safe door came off. 2. Loud and sticking entry door to room difficult to open. 3. No USB ports in the room or anywhere else, a standard in most hotels these days 4. No sleep timer on room TV 5. Loud in-room air conditioner, not good for night use. I could also hear when the one next door started throughout the night. 6. Older room Furniture FYI: Accidently left a valuble diamond ring in a room there a few years ago. It never showed up! less

We were checking out the hotel before we booked the room and were delighted about the friendliness of the staff and how the outside of the hotel looked like. It has a small courtyard and it is best to book a courtyard room and venue better if you are on the first floor than you have a small seating area outside. The pool was still closed due to COVID but we could order room service from the on site restaurant for dinner and breakfast which was great. less

*Safety Alert* I stayed at the Best Western Plus in Carpinteria from 7/26- 7/29. The first two nights were great. On the last night, shortly after 3:00 AM my family and I were awakened by loud knocking on our door. I jumped out of bed and through the peephole a man in his early twenties dressed in all black. I ran to the phone, started calling the front desk and the phone died. Loud knocking continued and my two young kids woke up scared. The phone rang seconds later, I picked it up but it died again. I wanted to call 911 but by then the knocking had stopped. My two kids were wide awake and scared. I had to google the hotel phone number on my cell phone to call the hotel front desk. After several rings they answered. The employee apologized and said it was a misunderstanding and they were with the person. I stayed up all morning, even though I had to drive out of town in a few hours because I was very uneasy and scared. In the morning, I checked out and the front office employee was nowhere to be found. When I called out after a few minutes she appeared and apologized. She said she will inform her manager about the phone. I was SO grateful there was someone on duty at the front at 3:00 AM otherwise 911 would have been my only option. I have never had anything like this happen through about 20 booking on Hotels.com before. *Please stay alert and check Hotel safety protocols, working phones, etc.*. Keep your families safe. less