{"id":16881,"date":"2019-01-16T00:43:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T00:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=16881"},"modified":"2019-01-16T00:49:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T00:49:23","slug":"us-hotel-review-california-quality-inn-santa-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/us-hotel-review-california-quality-inn-santa-barbara\/","title":{"rendered":"US Hotel Review : California – Quality Inn Santa Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I stopped over at Santa Barbara which is also my last night in America and stay at Quality Inn Santa Barbara Hotel<\/a> before flying back to Singapore the next day.\u00a0 Santa Barbara to Los Angeles is about 2 hours drive.<\/p>\n

Quality Inn Santa Barbara Hote<\/a>l has a very good location which is very near to Mission Santa Barbara, the historical site and just 4\u00a0miles from Stearns Wharf Beach areas.<\/p>\n

Let’s see what Quality Inn Santa Barbara could offer.<\/p>\n

Reception Front Desk<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Santa Barbara Quality Inn Hotel is the “motel” style, so you can just park your car directly in front of your room on the ground floor.\u00a0 This time we were lucky to have room on the ground floor so we don’t have to carry our huge suitcase up the staircase to the second floor.<\/p>\n

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Some outdoor resting area in Quality Inn Santa Barbara Hotel.<\/p>\n

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Hotel Room Review\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The room is clean and tidy but very small.\u00a0 Our room is located on the ground floor so we just moved our big suitcases from the car which we parked in front of the room.\u00a0 Very convenient for uploading and loading of luggage.<\/p>\n

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The room has all the basic necessity: flat screen TV, working station, coffee \/tea maker, fridge.<\/p>\n

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This is three pax sharing room, come with two king size bed with the clean bed sheet and pillows.<\/p>\n

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Inside the small wardrobe,\u00a0iron and iron board are found.<\/p>\n

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Bathroom Review<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Again, bathroom is very narrow but still has a\u00a0 bathtub.\u00a0 Hairdryer and toiletries are also provided.<\/p>\n

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Breakfast Review<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Breakfast is included at the front reception building.\u00a0 Standard American breakfast such as bread\/toast, cereal, muffin, ham, sausages, bean, eggs, tea and coffee, juice and yogurt are served.<\/p>\n

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There is a small swimming pool for you to chill out.<\/p>\n

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Nearby Restaurants & Pub<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There are restaurants & pub nearby, just walk across the street for 10 mins.<\/p>\n

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Pub & Karaoke<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lounge<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There are few Asian restaurants, such as Kimchi Korean BBQ & Kyoto Japanese restaurant.\u00a0 Kimchi Korean BBQ only offer ala carte buffet, all you can eat from the menu. If you can eat a lot, Kimchi Korean BBQ Buffet offers a good deal, just less than USD 30 you can order almost everything from the menu but you must finish the plates, else there is a penalty.<\/p>\n

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Kyoto Japanese Restaurant Review<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We end up choosing to dine at Kyoto Japanese because we prefer to have a-la-carte and we can’t eat that much.<\/p>\n

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The restaurant is nicely decorated with very much Japanese taste, Japanese related paintings hang everywhere in the restaurant.\u00a0 However, I realized the owners are Korean couples when I made the payment.<\/p>\n

I realized there are many Japanese restaurants in the US are not run by Japanese people but by the Asian who comes from HK, China or Korea.\u00a0 Reason being Japanese food is more popular compared to other Asian food such as Chinese and also offer a better selling price.\u00a0 Hence many Asian\/ non Japanese prefer to run Japanese restaurant rather than Chinese.<\/p>\n

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You can either choose to sit on the chair or on the tatami floor.\u00a0 We don’t like to take off our shoes and we can’t eat well when sitting on the tatami floor, so we choose to sit on the chair.<\/p>\n

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Kyoto Specials – indicating tonight special.<\/p>\n

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You can also choose to sit at the sushi counter bar if you want to eat sushi and order from the sushi chefs directly.<\/p>\n

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We order a few set combination boat, which includes variety of things: such as sashimi, sushi, tempura, karage, salad, chawanmushi\/steam egg and miso soup.\u00a0 The price is very reasonable which range from USD 17.95 – 24.50<\/p>\n

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This is my order, suki yaki and rice.\u00a0 The sukiyaki has a lot of healthy choices, such as different type of vegetables, tofu, mushroom, noodle & Udon.<\/p>\n

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After the dinner, we have a little way back to the hotel.\u00a0 Found this interesting bicycle.<\/p>\n

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Passed by a nail salon and saw a middle-aged man polishing a lady customer.\u00a0 I don’t find any man in the nail industry in Singapore.\u00a0 I am not sure any Singapore lady would allow a middle-aged man touching their hand and fixing their nails?\u00a0 I like how American has the equality among man and woman.\u00a0 Man too can be a\u00a0manicurist!\u00a0 This is called equality \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Another thing I found is the big truck at the petrol station.\u00a0 I never have seen such big truck in Asia so took a picture with the driver.<\/p>\n

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Santa Barbara Fire Dec 2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The deadly fire which happened in Santa Barbara, still seeing locals saying thanks to the firefighter – a thank you signboard at the roadside.<\/p>\n

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The mountain area is burnt and quite bare.<\/p>\n

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Plants were all burnt.<\/p>\n

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Final thoughts :<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Quality Inn Santa Barbara Hotel<\/a> is conveniently located near Stearns Wharf Beach and Old Mission town.\u00a0 This is the motel style which you can park your car in front of your room so loading and unloading of suitcases are pretty convenient.<\/p>\n

The room is clean but a bit narrow but remember this is a motel style so don’t expect too much.\u00a0 Hot breakfast is included in the morning.<\/p>\n

There are pubs, restaurant nearby within 10 mins walk from the hotel so finding food at night is not an issue at all.<\/p>\n

Nearby attractions :<\/strong><\/h3>\n