Drift Santa Barbara
524 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101
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Drift gives you a prime State Street location and stylish design, but rooms are small and tight with quirky layouts (beds against windows, bathrooms sometimes without...
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Soooooo…. I’m 46 and maybe to old to really appreciate this hotel. First the good! And the good is very good; location right in state street walk to the beach walk to the shops, walk to all the bars and restaurants! We e…
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My favourite hotel in Santa Barbara. I’ve stayed at them all; San Ysidro Ranch, Miramar, Biltmore, The California and the one I keep coming back to is Drift. We stay in the penthouse and it’s such a beautiful and chic…
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**HARD PASS.** Small room? Totally fine. A claustrophobic box with sealed windows and a nonstop mechanical roar overhead? Not so much. It felt less boutique hotel and more aesthetic jail cell. andthis was the "upgraded…
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