HI Hostel Santa Monica, Los Angeles

Everything is perfect. Feels like home and safe. The environment is chill and the staff is great.

Facility

There is no curtain for the bed space.

Responsive workers.

The windows don’t seal well.

The location is super good, just 5 mins walk to the Santa Monica Pier and the beaches. Also close to the downtown santa monica subway station, and there's a fancy shopping mall between subway station and the hostel. Really a nice location to enjoy holidays! About the public facilities, I used the shared bathroom and showeroom, they are clean and looks pretty good. There's a large kitchen and enough tables at the common room, also a nice yard where they sometimes play movies at night.

One of my roommates brought a lot of stuff and had some smell. I opened the windows but the ventilation wasn't enough. That's something you would expect for hostels though.

10 out 10! This hostel has everything you need and more. From the excellent location to services to self serviced kitchen to being open 24/7 to WiFi and a hot shower to a very friendly staff. I only wish I spend more time in Santa Monica.

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Great location in Santa Monica, close to the ocean. Very affordable for this area. There’s a separate bathroom on the floor in addition to the shared ones.

The room felt quite small and wasn’t very comfortable.

They do not provide free breakfast rn but they still have nice free coffee and snacks

Super friendly staff and a hard to beat location, very close to the beach, restaurants and sightseeings. I'm not much of a hostel kind of person but my stay was a great value for money. They take good care of cleanliness and comfort for their guests.

Probably an unpopular opinion but I didn’t like the fact that they charge you extra money for leaving your luggage after checkout. Most hotels and hostels take care of it for free.

Location, price, rooms, social facilities, activities

Location!! You can’t beat this spot

Bed wasn’t super comfortable

Incredible value at an incredible location! Short walking distance from the metro, short distance to the beach! Very clean, comfy bed, good water pressure in showers, comfortable temperature indoors, and activities planned through the hostel. Would definitely stay again!

It's unfortunate that you have to pay to store your bags there if you plan to go out for the day after checking out. Outside of that, though, there wasn't much to dislike.

Clean and nice rooms and bathrooms

They didn’t have curtains on the beds

Location and quality.

The location is perfect! The staff helpful!

Great location, walking distance to the pier and the beach. Close to many restaurants and shops. Trader Joe's is 5-10 minutes walk away, so is a train station that takes you directly to Downtown LA. The hostel organises daily activities for travellers. The receptionist was very helpful and check in process went smoothly.

The location and the crew workers

Excellent location, public transport from LAX was so easy and cheap. The hostel is only one block away from Santa Monica beach, not far from Santa Monica Pier and really close to a variety of restaurants, souvenir shops, supermarkets and pubs. The hostel is quite modern, safe, clean and comfortable. I loved the fireplace in the common area.

My bed wasn't the most comfortable, I think the mattress/springs had seen better days. But it was okay for a couple of nights.

Had everything you needed. Excellent location. Was cleaned regularly. Staff were helpful and friendly.

Could be slight improvement from privacy perspective in the form of curtains attached to the bunk bed. Apart from that no other suggestions!

Really great place to stay. The rooms were clean really clean and the bed was super confortable. The Staff is very friendly and helpful and all the amenities are ideal for backpacking!

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Hospitality

Perfect location—close to the Metro, beach, shops, and restaurants.

Clean facilities including bathrooms and common areas , quiet, respectful welcoming staff

It's amazing to get such great value and be a short walk to the beach and the Pier! I stayed in a 6-bed dorm. There was a bathroom ensuite, so only we 6 had access to the shower, and toilet. The staff is SO nice, they can give great directions and make recommendations for activities, plus the hostel has activities of their own. Such a fun place and I plan to stay there on every trip to LA!

This isn't anything to really do with the hostel, but I feel that the experience of getting to meet people from all over the world, hang out and talk is gone due to cell phones. Whether you're in the courtyard, the dining hall or even your room, it seems like everyone is just obsessed with the phone or laptop. And it's a shame, because many years ago when I traveled the world, I met so many people and formed friendships. I will say that the Santa Monica hostel, with all of their activities does try to get people together with entertainment rather than constant looking at devices.

Good place. Clean, Safe, near the Santa Monica Beach. Quieter than I thought. Price is good. Thanks for letting me store my luggage after check out so that I can go for a travel smoothly. People are friendly here.

The window in the room can't open. The temperature of the room can't change by my self (but can communicate with front desk.

The comedy show was so fun

Easy to make friends there.

Beds made a lot of noise.

Great location, very clean

Bring back the breakfast for 5-10 dollars 🤨. Place is amazing! I always stay there, if I need to relax.

Good location!

It would be better if the beds had curtains to provide more privacy.

Location and price

Wish you had a little basket next to the bed lights to hold phones,cetc.

Front desk staff is always so pleasant, friendly and helpful. Great way to start your stay.

Location, cleanliness, friendly fellow travelers

Location is great, it’s clean, provide towel and floor towel

No curtains on beds, window in room wouldn’t close so it was cold

Clean, safe and close to everything

I loved everything as it was my first time in a hostel

Good price and location

The bed doesn’t have curtains with limited privacy and my bed was not stable enough and if you climb up and move a bit, it makes noise which is kinda annoying

Everything perfect

Their location was good because it was in the Santa Monica area.

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Big clean hostel in a very good location walking distance from Santa Monica pier. 10 min walk to Santa Monica downtown metro stop. Very clean bathrooms and showers. You get towels for free. They also have free beach towels and games. The kitchen is amazing and very big and clean, the best kitchen I have seen in a hostel ever!

Good location. Clean.

Location, options

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Clean rooms, clean bathrooms and good ventilation in the rooms.

Clean bathrooms, nice library for me to study.

No free parking or validating parking ticket.

The location is fantastic, close to the beach. And you can take bus from the airport to the hostel. Also, there is a metro station nearby if you want to go to the city centre. The security in this hostel is good as well.

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When I arrived to the place first thing they said was welcome and big smile very friendly ladies and staff she talk to me very kindly and respectful she made me feel very comfortable compared to other places that I have stayed before this is the best thank you again

I love all there

The staff and cleanliness

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Located in an ideal location in Santa Monica, close to the beach, bars and the Pier. Clean facilities, baggage stowage and towel provided.

Stuffy rooms.

A lot of events are organized for travelers to meet. The staff is very helpful and friendly. And the facility is clean.

Great location and great staff, walking is a 10 to w writhing around. The beach, restaurants, shopping and bars are in very close proximity to this wonderful place

Location, price, clean and organised was very impressed

Everything was perfect except for a late check in at night that disturbed the room when all 3 of us were asleep

Great location, helpful and friendly staff (really appreciate you). Expensive in a vacuum, cheap compared to hotels in the area. Large kitchen with several stations and decent storage space. Several seating and hangout places both inside and outside. Felt secure.

I might be spoiled from spending a lot of time in Japan and staying at good hostels, but this stay felt like a factory for mass producing mediocre+ stays. Of course I've seen much worse places too, so I still gave this place a decent score. Maybe it's because I arrived late, but didn't get any explanation about the facilities. Didn't even know that there's a kitchen I could use until my last day there. Some places give a tour and guide to the bed, so an explanation is the least they can do. Considering it's size, I guess it's well maintained, but overall I think they should've prioritized quality over quantity. Too many beds for too little showers and restrooms, probably cleaned only once a day too so it can get dirty. Too many beds for staff to clean properly (found hairs on sheets). Would have appreciated at least curtains for the beds if not even pod style beds like they do in Japan that give more privacy, darkness to sleep at night and quiet from the other guests.

Building was modern and clean. The staff was friendly and helpful!! I really enjoyed their recommendations. I think the food options for breakfast were decent (though I didn't eat any) and the location is perfect! A quick walk to the beach!! I also appreciated the industry sized kitchen with SEVERAL fridges to store food and plenty of microwaves and seating for everyone. The beds were reasonably comfy and for the location, it was a great price.

I think it's definitely an American hostel. The guests were young and rowdy and often left community spaces in disarray. The bathrooms were constantly out of paper towels and people left the bathrooms in a disgusting state (unflushed toilets, period stains, hair and other stuff in showers). People also came into the room loud in the middle of the night, left their stuff strewn about and were vaping and drinking in the room. I don't this this is the fault of the owners! This is the first American hostel I've stayed at and felt like the rumors about hostels were true. I never encountered the same problem in shared spaces from day to day, so they were cleaning, but considering I was there for 3 nights and the same issues kept popping up, it's just something I probably won't stay in this style of hostel again.