Skip It!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 5/16/05
Bacara is all about marketing hype; they over-promise, overcharge & underdeliver. The staff is unprofessional, the rooms ok. The warm, Santa Barbara attitude is lacking. There are better hotels w/ much higher value in nearby S.B.& Montecito, more convenient to great restaurants & things to do. You'll get tar on your feet if you stroll on the beach near Bacara; it's next to an oil refinery! Stay at a more guest services oriented hotel in S.B. or Montecito instead, & go to the cleaner beaches & wonderful restaurants. Skip Bacara. It's all marketing hype.