Los Angeles Hostels

Cheap. Lock on the door. Some rooms have bathrooms attached. USC is a $6 Uber away. Decent food within walking distance.

The desk clerk flatly told us we had booked a room with a two-twin room with a shared bathroom. I had reserved a queen with a private bath. He had to poke around to figure things out. Thankfully he did. He told us we would lose our $50 security deposit for smoking in the room. So to find the room stinking of stale cigs was not welcome. The bed creaked. We had one white pillow between us. No AC in any rooms. The ceiling fan seemed to spin but we couldn't feel any air moving. The bathroom (we paid a premium to have) was Hong Kong-small. The H and C faucets in the shower were reversed and wrong--C should be on the right and deliver cold water, H on the right with hot water. Lawsuits have been settled for less. The TV signal in the rooms comes from a boosted feed. The breakfast is great if you still demand a cartoon animal on your box of breakfast carbs.

Great value and location. Staff was tops. Clean room.

The free shuttle to LAX and champagne coupon. Ultra cheap dorm rate** free watered down coffee.

Oh where to begin. The place is located in a undesirable part of town. It looks run down and seems to be more of a place that people stay long term vs a couple of days or so. They have cats everywhere, I literally counted 14 pussies roaming the property. Don't get me wrong I love cats, but I don't think it looks right at all. The dorms stunk and for a 20 bed dorm only to have one bath is totally unacceptable. And the staff could go through some customer service training. Really that's referred to the night crew as the day crew was ok with me. They have lockers for a reason, use it!!!

I booked a bed before I read the small print about no one over 30 can stay here. I realized this 2 days before I was scheduled to stay so I contacted management. I never heard anything back from them at all

I landed in LA and drove to the address listed for the site and still couldn't find the place. Tried to call but again no contact with management at all. Address listed was in the heart of inglewood and a very shady area. The address given looked like an abandoned building and definitely nothing like the pictures that are posted. So after being unable to find the place and no contact from management,I got to sleep in the rental car for the night. When I got up the next morning I checked and was charged for the stay on my credit card. Love paying for nothing. The absolute worst part of my trip and I plan on disputing the charge on my credit card. Maybe I had the address wrong or it was listed incorrectly but some kind of communication from management would have been helpful.

So, to start off, let me say that this is not a hotel. It's a cheap way to share a room with seven other people and have a little base of operations to explore from. The thing that impressed me most was how clean it was. Every time I went anywhere in the hostel, there was someone cleaning something. I felt very comfortable in that. Also, having a lot of internationals around makes for great conversation. And the staff was very friendly and helpful. Great stay overall!

The only thing I didn't really enjoy as much (and this really couldn't be avoided) was sharing a room with 7 people. Not that they weren't nice; just the awkwardness of not having much privacy and trying not to make much noise when you come in late or head out early. Other than that, it was great.

Great location and price. Pleasant staff. Very clean. Surprisingly quiet.

Long flights of stairs to room. Very slippery tiled shower floors -- I fell! $2 extra for towels.

Don't expect 5 star hotel - it's a hostel. But the best one you can stay in. I was positively surprised when I arrived in June 2016. Landlady doing her best in running the hostel. Good localization - 10-15min by walk from bus stop and red and purple metro line (direct line to Union Station).

Good breakfast choices, fairly clean.

On my check out day I overslept so they kicked me out at that very moment, didn't even let me use the bathroom. Wi-Fi was terrible. Also the kitchen was tiny so it was always overcrowded when trying to cook.

toilet and room is clean. good location. provide breakfast. nice common area. staff is helpful

no wifi in the room

The front desk help was awesome...whatever I needed they helped with...cab, directions etc.

The bed was extremely hard! The wi-fi connection was poor.

Ir was ok for a budget place

didnt feel too safe in the hotel surroundings in the night...

The people at the lodge were really amazing. They were friendly and could answer a lot of questions. Dom is the events coordinator there at the hostel and he used to take everyone out for nightly events which allowed poeple to interact with each other. There were people from many different countries and it was interesting to share their perspective on things. The beachside views was fantastic. The music around reminds you of san Francisco in the 60's. They also have free breakfast in the morning, a separate room if you want to store huge luggage and a common room where people from different rooms can talk to each other during the day. At $35 per night, i think that its a good deal compared to the expensive hotels in LA

The spring beds were really not that comfortable. I didn't get much sleep. Also there is just 1 shared bathroom for 8 rooms which could get cramped up somtimes. Add to that, those bathrooms get clogged often. I also had to struggle in getting the door open as the key would not fit in completely. The vending machine is out of order.

Clean and close to the bus stop, owner let me leave my suitcase in her place after check out and pick it up later so I didnt have to travel with it all around LA

Not enough space for baggage and unpacking and way too many beds in one room

Had a long layover at LAX and was just looking for a place to shower and take a nap. But even for just $40-45 a night, this place was so much more. It's right on the beach and in the heart of Hermosa, which for me was surprisingly similar to Manhattan Beach or even Santa Monica. If hostels are your thing and you're looking for really affordable beachside accommodation, there's no reason not to stay here.