Meadowlark Inn

Charming is the perfect way to describe Meadowlark Inn. The price was great for a 2 bed room with kitchenette including a good size fridge & stove. Cutlery, dishes and coffee with maker provided. Even a little electric fireplace to keep cozy. The bathroom is good size and even large enough for handicap access if needed. The courtyard is adorable with water elements, bird houses and pretty greenery. I’d definitely stay here again.

A cute little B&B on the outskirts of Solvang. A little too far from town for my taste, but quaint and comfortable nonetheless.
This is nothing fancy. So if you are looking for 800– thread count Egyptian cotton sheets, you will not find it here. Beds are somewhat comfy, pillows are rock hard.
The breakfast each morning was lackluster at best so I wouldn’t recommend it unless you like hard boiled eggs, stale looking breads, cereal, oatmeal and fruit.

This was our first time visiting the Santa Ynez Valley. I looked on line at a few places. We needed a small pet friendly property for one night, a Saturday. A friend stables a horse nearby and convenience was important. We got lucky and found Meadowlark Inn. I got Pam on the phone and she was very accommodating and booked the night which was reasonable. We were not disappointed! The room was very clean and spacious and I liked the kitchen and seating area. The staff is very friendly, a little wine and cheese happy hour and a nice little breakfast Sunday morning was perfect. Living in L.A., this was a wonderful get-​a-​way weekend. The scenery in the valley is incredible. We are looking forward to returning to the Meadowlark Inn and possibly even once a month. I highly recommend this lodging!

I’m giving my review four-​stars thanks to the kind friendliness of managers Kelly and Pam. The B&B has many thoughtful touches (fresh lilacs, cookie/​candy basket, wine for purchase, etc.) The grounds are sweet, and well-​kept with nice outdoor seating arrangements. Breakfast is served on the weekends (only weekends, I believe) and it was basic fare, plus spinach quiche. All good.
Our unit (#20…on the end) came with kitchenette (bland, but serviceable… nice big refrigerator), updated and good-​sized bathroom, and bedroom with seating area. Our room was nice and quiet, even though it was just above a busy road. No problem there.
I personally couldn’t sit on the sleeper sofa couch, but my husband didn’t find it nearly as uncomfortable. He found the mattress to be very hard while I thought it was okay. This just goes to show how challenging it is for hotel owners to please everyone. Smile.
The manager was super sweet about us not getting wifi. She explained how that week service had been spotty, but I see from past reviews that this problem is ongoing. I think problem isn’t their provider, because we happened to have the same provider for our phones, and we had 4G all weekend. I suspect the beautiful oak tree block signals. Not a big problem unless you need to get connected. From now on, I will ask to be closer to the office.
I have a feeling I will return for another stay. The place was clean, but a little dated. All in all a good stay. If it hadn’t been for the staff’s friendliness and kindness, my review might have gone a different way.

My boyfriend and I just returned from a weekend at Meadowlark Inn, and we enjoyed every minute of it. The room was a good size with a living area and a separate bedroom. The little kitchenette also came in very handy. The grounds are quite pretty. They have a BBQ, fire pit and plenty of outdoor seating if you choose to use it. Breakfast was yummy and the staff that we dealt with were all quite friendly. One of the nicest things about the stay was that the place was very quiet. None of the slamming doors and loudness that you find in other hotels. We will be returning to Meadowlark for sure!

Just ok. The first night the people next door tried to come in our room and the TV sound from both sides came through. And speaking of TV that isn’t your focus when you go away for a weekend but these little towns close up early and a TV that is the size of a laptop, well there just isn’t any reason you can’t have a decent size screen. As a bed and breakfast it comes with breakfast and the «innkeeper» Pam made a veggie quiche the first morning and the crust was mushy and undone. The second morning was a saucer sized dish of scrambled eggs. There were breads and yogurt but serving one little wedge of quiche or a couple of scrambled eggs does not constitute a «bed and breakfast». The innkeeper was a nice lady but the owner needs to kick it up a bit. High hopes were not met. It wasn’t horrible for a hotel but doesn’t cut it as a bed and breakfast

A friend recommended this place in Solvang. We stopped here on our way to LA while driving through the coast. This is a beautiful and cozy inn just a couple of miles away from Solvang downtown, The owner/​host is a very courteous and warm person. The rooms are clean and the interiors are done perfectly. I loved that their toiletries are Eco and there were notes in the bathroom asking residents to go easy on water consumption.
Just a small hitch, one of the lamps in our room did not work and there are not too many light sources, may be they did it to keep it romantic :) We stayed in a standard room.
It is indeed value for money and I am gonna come back again. Don’t miss the hot breakfast with daily specials in the morning, it is home-​cooked.

This place is truly amazing!
I had my wedding here yesterday and they were so accomidating with everything. They had really pretty lights everywhere in the courtyard. Our suite was all new and updated dated. They had a HUGE bath tub! My favorite! & they also made a really nice breakfast for us!
I’m husband and I already booked our next stay! :)

My boyfriend and I just stayed here this past weekend. It was very nice and clean. We were upgraded with from hot tub in the patio to one indoor since it was raining. They have a dispenser for shampoo, conditioner and shower gel in the shower, which I thought was really nice. The breakfast was also yummy. I would recommend this place but it’s pretty pricey.

While it’s a fine little converted motor inn, I’m not sure why the reviews for Meadowlark are so high. Yes it delivers everything promised, large rooms, small breakfast, etc. The inn itself is nothing particularly fancy or luxurious. I wouldn’t consider the grounds particularly scenic either, as the grass area is bordered on all sides by the driveway/​rooms. As such, I personally found Meadowlark overpriced. You’re paying for a boutique inn, but you’re really just getting a standard motel.
If you’re looking for something a little out of town, it’s a nice, quiet place to spend the night, but I don’t think it’s any fancier, nicer, or more romantic than other places in Solvang itself.

Meadowlark Inn is a charming little B&B just 2 miles outside of Solvang. Easy to pass right by if you aren’t looking carefully.
The breakfast was 5 stars. Both days we had a delicious vegetable egg dish, a pastry plus toast, English muffins, and cereal were available. OJ, coffee, hot tea and hot cocoa were also in stock.
The room we had (#9 Pinot Noir I think) was lovely. The room set up was fantastic. The sheets had a small hole and the towels were thin and scratchy, which were less than stellar. And the toiletries were not the best (odd smell, but kudos for using Eco products). Those are what lost a star.
Otherwise, we very much enjoyed our stay in Solvang. Next time, if we can swing the cost, we will try for their sister property (Mirabelle in downtown Solvang).

Wonderful stay. Husband surprised me with a weekend trip to quaint little Solvang and we stayed at Meadowlark Inn. I believe this Bed & Breakfast was the cherry on top to our amazing weekend. I loved this Inn. It felt so homey – nice big comfy bed, small kitchen, clean bathroom, and a pretty good living space. I think one room can comfortably fit a family of five. Also, this Inn is only a couple minutes drive from Solvang. During the day, husband and I came back to relax in our room to get away from the crowds and the drive is super short but it feels like you’re far away from Solvang. They also do a good job of keeping the Inn quiet and intimate.
The area Meadowlark Inn is on is beautiful. At night, my husband and I took a bottle of wine, some of the blankets we found in our room’s cabinet, and sat in the gazebo for a couple hours just sipping on some red wine and staying warm under a blanket. There’s also other chairs set up in the courtyard that you can sit on and great big trees to make you feel safe. I can’t praise this place enough – everything about it felt right and comfy.
In the morning, we woke up in time to go to the Inn’s kitchen for some food. And there was plenty of food for breakfast. The cook was so friendly and checked to make sure we got enough food. I like that the dining area inside the kitchen had a sign that said no cell phones or electronics. All the guests were talking to one another. It felt like a home. We ate outside on the tables, under the big tree. It’s seriously like a fairy tale. I loved my stay here and would highly recommend any other passerbys to book a stay here.

Beatiful grounds to play with your kids or just enjoy yourself
we layed outside at night and watched all the stars and listened to all crickets
it was great
the breakfast is delicious and was so nice to eat under the oak tree
our room was great. had a king bed and spa bath in living room comes with a fridge as well
clean and quaint
bridgette and margaret and kelly were also very nice and helpful as well
we’ll be sure to come and stay here again!

This place is amazing and nice. The grounds are so amazing and pretty. Breakfast was good and this place is worth the stay. Really nice people and owner who upgraded our room to a suite for our Anniversary. I do. recommened this place she has made some very nice uogrades.

My wife & I were through this way on our Honeymoon. We needed a place to stay and selected this hotel based solely on Unilocal reviews. The price was reasonable; the accommodations were also very nice and clean. Our bathroom needed an upgrade but everything worked fine. The morning breakfast was decent — a continental breakfast.

My fiancé and I stayed here for 5 nights in mid-​December. I had no idea what the area was like and was SO glad we were here, rather than at one of the hotels in downtown Solvang. At the Meadowlark Inn, it was beautiful and quiet. The room was lovely, the whirlpool tub a great treat, and the breakfasts tasty. It was easy to get to downtown Solvang when we wanted to, and also to venture out to Los Olivos and other interesting local areas.
It was a stressful week for me (being away from home while my horse had and recovered from surgery), but being able to relax at the Inn was a great antidote, and having the salt scrub massage treatment with my sweetheart was a lovely relaxing and rejuvenating experience.
I’d love to return to the Santa Ynez valley again just for pleasure, and will definitely head to the Meadowlark Inn as my preferred place to stay.

If you are looking to stay right in the middle of Solvang where all the people are, and want to walk around to everything from your room, this may not be the place for you. However, if you are looking for a quaint, quiet retreat to relax, this is it!
Meadowlark is about a mile outside of Solvang and we fell in love with this place from the moment we arrived. We were greeted at the front desk by a very friendly young lady, sorry that I forgot her name, and actually felt very welcome. We do lots of traveling and our room was much more than we expected especially since this was our first stay here. The furniture is not new but is well taken care of. Everything around the room is very clean, even little details that you might find slightly dirty in other higher end places. The room had a nice comfy country feeling to it with plenty of space. The bed had a firm mattress but was still comfortable.
The surrounding grounds were very pretty and expansive. Not like the small crowded areas around the hotels in town. There were seats and benches all around the outside grounds where you could sit and relax if you like. We didn’t use it but there is an outdoor pool.
In the morning there is a continental breakfast served in a really cute dining room! Not a lavish spread but much better than most that offer continental breakfast. There was a fresh baked egg dish also when we were there and it was very good. Plenty things to eat to get you going in the morning.
On any future trips to Solvang, the Meadowlark is the place we will stay and we would highly recommend it also.

Admittedly my stay was some time a go so changes may have been made since then but when I stayed there it was only «pet friendly» in the most marginal of terms. The room was clean and comfortable the bed was harder than I prefer but I am picky about that.
However when I arrived there was a main common area that had seating there were no signs that said pets weren’t allowed there and the staff person that found me was very rude in how they told me. There was a «pet area» but I had to walk some distance away for the «pet area» where there was no seating and I had to keep my dog on her leash the whole time even though no other dogs were there as it was not a fenced in area and one side of it fronted on the main road.
I had brought a chew bone for her, one of those baked shin bones that had some of the marrow still on the inside as it kept her busy and quiet and happy when we weren’t out of the room. I was later accused of this making a mess in the room and making it smell even though i only let her have it in the bathroom and I cleaned the area after I let her have it. I was not allowed to take my dog to the breakfast area which was understandable but there were no other options available if I didn’t want to leave my dog locked in the bathroom while I came up there.
When I left because of this supposed smell the deposit on the room was not refunded and I was treated at the time with such rudeness I am reluctant to go back.

Great price, friendly service, and better-​than-​expected breakfast.
Pros:
+ The service staff are very friendly.
+ The shower has two big showerheads which I’ve never seen at a hotel before.
+ The bed is big and comfortable — I slept like a rock.
+ The grounds are very well kept and the creeping vine-​covered overhangs are quite pretty.
+ Everything is very clean, including the room and the common areas.
+ The wireless internet is fast and reliable, no dropped service like most big hotel chains.
+ Breakfast is generous and they let you take things back to your room if you like. They were serving frittatas, pastries, bagels, cereal, yogurt, fresh fruit, and coffee, tea, OJ, and cranberry juice, all included for no extra charge.
Cons:
— There’s a smallish window AC unit which doesn’t cool the room all that effectively when it’s 95 degrees and humid — a central unit would be ideal, but this is a minor gripe.
Overall this place is a great bang for the buck. Also, I should note they do have some rooms which allow dogs. Some of the hotel resellers like
say «no pets» but that is not accurate.

So I had read all the good and bad and so wanted to add my own comments.
— room is cost and very clean
— wireless worked good, struggled with some streaming video but that is okay, for work it was fast.
— my only «gripe» is that the free breakfast is not served until 8.30 in the week. Well it just about rules out any business people staying here because most are back on the road by then.
— it is a ways out of town and that is why I chose it, so you cannot walk to places.
— if you want a quiet sanctuary for a few days and get up a little later than me — I would certainly recommend and I would stay here again.