Very cool room. Centrally located. Would highly recommend.

Highly recommend. Great management and fantastic property. Great location too

Small rooms, great staff. Boutique feel

small bedroom but have a huuuge & professional kitchen in the hall way. Use the kitchen cooked a lobster and a soup. The staffs are super nice and friendly.

Popped into The Waterman for a one day trip with the family to check out the MOXI museum. Location was awesome in the funk zone, super close to the beach, bars and restaurants and some awesome boutiques/antique shops. Staff was super friendly and helpful. Grabbed some extra blankets for us to help make the Murphy bed a little safer for our toddler and were generally chill and cool. Having stayed in lots of hostels around the world I think this definitely qualifies as a Santa Barbara hostel, not cheaper per se but has the vibe with the common area and kitchen. Would be super cool with a group to rent the bunk rooms and still get the vibe of a hostel and some of the stability of a hotel. The ONLY reason I’m not going full 5 stars was the pool is advertised as heated and while it was warm could’ve been quite a bit warmer for the winter months to make it really usable for family swimming with little kids. Everything else was great and would definitely stay again in the warmer months when the cooler pool would be a plus!