The Haley Hotel is a full renovated motel right in the center of downtown Santa Barbara. The location is excellent, it's a short walk to dozens of restaurants, bars, and shops. The beach and much more SB attractions are only a few minutes further on foot. The hotel also offers free cruiser bikes which make navigation of all of SB a breeze (very bike friendly town). The courtyard of the hotel is amazing with a bunch of fun games, seating, mountain views, just a very nice vibe. The room was very clean and comfortable with access to some nice amenities like coffee/tea/snacks in the room and lobby.
We loved this hotel but there are a few areas of improvement needed. The hotel's wifi simply didn't work. My wife had to do some remote work and when she asked about the wifi was told by reception 'I normally just use my phone instead'. They also refused to give us standard key cards and insisted that we use an app to unlock the room. This was a bit glitchy, particularly when trying to share the key with other user's phones. Also, being required to download an app with non functional wifi when you've been traveling all day and just want to enter your room... not great and another area where the receptionists weren't very helpful or friendly.
We would totally stay here again, love SB! I just hope they address these little issues.