Found Hotel, Santa Monica

“Ok for a short stay but strange pictures in the rooms”

This hotel is located in Santa Monica about 2.5 miles from the beach. It's on Santa Monica Boulevard so you can drive or take a bus down the road. It doesn't have a pool or fitness room but they do give you a pass to LA fitness which is about a 15m walk away. On the ground floor, there's an area t… more

This hotel is located in Santa Monica about 2.5 miles from the beach. It's on Santa Monica Boulevard so you can drive or take a bus down the road. It doesn't have a pool or fitness room but they do give you a pass to LA fitness which is about a 15m walk away. On the ground floor, there's an area that advertises coffee and croissant for $6. I didn't see it open since I left early. On the other side there is a separate Mexican restaurant that has pretty good food and service but there aren't many tables so you might run out of room. Across from the Mexican restaurant is a little corner shopping area with Domino's Pizza, Chinese food, Indian food, a sushi shack, and a 7-Eleven And on the other side of that shopping area is another one with a pizza restaurant and a fancier Chinese restaurant. And a Smart and Final across the street. So plenty of food options within a 5m walk. They charge $30 for parking but the person at reception encouraged people to park in front of the hotel. If you park after 5pm, you can leave it overnight until 9am for no charge. I see why because there isn't much parking in the parking garage. The receptionist said that it was safe to park on the street and I didn't see any vandalism. The rooms were kind of strange. They have a little window that look out onto a little patio. You can walk onto the patio through a set of security doors and you could then look into every guest's room. Of course, no one did that and most windows had their blinds drawn. The other thing is that every room and hallway has sketches of women, most of them in bikinis. With my daughter in the room, I didn't like the one in my room - two women with their bikini bottoms facing toward the room. I tried taking it off but it was firmly affixed. If I was going with family again, I would not stay there for this simple reason. There's no drawers in the room but there is a closet and open space near the door where you could store suitcases and bags. But if you're looking for a place to just spend the night, it's okay.

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“Very basic hotel”

This was a cute, simple hotel - ZERO frills, but that's ok. Room was decent, but the only thing I didn't like was feeling very disconnect from personnel at the hotel. The rooms have NO phones, so I had to use my phone. Every time I called, it went to voicemail. Also, the TV, had no cable, so you … more

This was a cute, simple hotel - ZERO frills, but that's ok. Room was decent, but the only thing I didn't like was feeling very disconnect from personnel at the hotel. The rooms have NO phones, so I had to use my phone. Every time I called, it went to voicemail. Also, the TV, had no cable, so you had to go thru apps that I could not connect to. So if you just want a clean bed and shower, it's an OK spot.

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