The girl who checked us in told us their credit card machine was not working, but there was no credit card machine to be seen in the office at all. Upon reading other reviews I don’t think they even accept credit cards – something that would be handy to know, as a person who only uses credit and carries very little cash.

Location – Great Location. Very close to Melrose shopping and a short walk to The Grove.

They have a free shuttle that picks up at LAX at set times, only problem is the van does not have much luggage space at all so if there are a few people it can be quite cramped. Other shuttles are very reasonably priced.

Room – Our room was clean, and reasonably maintained. We booked a private room, our room was large with a balcony and as well as our double bed also had a set of bunks in the room as well. Or door to the balcony did not lock, there was a piece of wood to place in the track of the door to stop it from being opened, and the screen kept falling off.

Breakfast – Very cheap and reasonably quality breakfast is sold in the kitchen every morning Some food is free others are 2$. Avoid the hash browns, they are very soggy, I believe they are just heated up in the microwave.

Luggage room is not very secure, it locks, but they don’t check if the bags you are taking are actually yours, you just put the bags in a room with a lot of other people’s bags and hope no one takes your bag when they take theirs.

The lift does not work, so you will have to carry your luggage upstairs.

We would definitely stay here again.

We shared a 6 bed dorm and it was OK, the bunk beds were a bit rickety but it was clean and the bathroom was OK, had a bath and shower which was ensuite to the dorm room so only used between 6 of us.

The free breakfast downstairs was good, large portion of cereal and/or toast! For $2, you could get eggs, bacon and a waffle, amazing! The staff are really helpful and friendly and the tour around Hollywood is well worth the money. The tour guide is hilarious! The rooms aren't as noisy as I thought they would be. There's free wifi and computers to use so very convenient. Is a short walk to some shops and restaurants and close to the bus routes for everywhere else. A bit of a trek to the beach though as in the city.

we stayed here for four nights in a 4 bed mixed dorm, the room was small but that wasnt a problem, there werent big lockers so we were worried about leaving our bags out but it was fine, small lockers were provided for valuables, laptops etc, available wifi, very quick, also provided apple computers for people to use for free. Free breakfast was very good, coffee, toast, cereal etc. Staff were extremely lovely and helpful. Very happy with hostel and would stay there again, they also do free activities such as bbqs, and if your a single traveller the provide all sorts of tours too.

Very dirty place, very poor service (brown and black blemishes on all sheets!!); you are in the middle of the street and a child would be able to open the door of your room! In the night none check the main door, be aware! breakfast is poor (toast, marmalade and butter -in wich everybody can take and leave pieces of other things...- coffee, cerals); very noisy and unsafe room. You can listen cars and people all the night, the light enter very early in you room: there aren't real tents! I checked out just 20 minutes later and the girl came to call us in our room, an said us: "next time be in time"!! The day before she had given the key of our room to a boy, who entered while I was in the bathroom!! The girl didn't say us "Excuse me"....
AVOID THIS PLACE, YOU CAN FIND BETTER PLACES WITH JUST A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS!!




Premetto che io e il mio ragazzo viaggiamo abbastanza da almeno dieci anni (organizzazione fai da te) e cerchiano sempre di risparmiare sul pernottamento, ma allo stesso tempo tentiamo di evitare le bettole...insomma non abbiamo la puzza sotto al naso e siamo stati in molti ostelli e strutture economiche, ma questo posto è assolutamente terrificante e le foto sono fuorvianti! Riassumo brevemente le motivazioni di questo giudizio:

- sporco, sporchissimo: asciugamani molto usurati con grosse macchie marroni, nere, gialle, buchi ecc...., polvere ovunque, bagno e camera puzzolenti.

- la nostra stanza era al piano terra, quindi praticamente in mezzo alla strada! Le veneziane bianche lasciavono entrare la luce fin dalle prime ore del mattino: tra i rumori delle macchine, delle persone e la luce, le ore di sonno sono state poche e disturbate (e noi quando siamo stanchi abbiamo il sonno pesante, di solito!)

- la serratura della stanza è praticamente inesistente, l'entrata dell'ostello di notte è aperta e senza nessun controllo: CHIUNQUE POTREBBE ENTRARVI IN STANZA DI NOTTE, NOI ABBIAMO AVUTO DAVVERO PAURA (MAI SUCCESSO PRIMA!!) Ovviamente l'ostello DICHIARA DI NON ESSERE RESPONSABILE PER GLI OGGETTI LASCIATI IN STANZA!

- il secondo e per fortuna per noi ultimo giorno trascorso in questo postaccio, hanno dato la chiave della nostra stanza a un ragazzo, perchè qualcosa evidentemente non è andato nell'organizzazione, e il poveretto ci è entrato in camera all'improvviso, pensando fosse vuota, con conseguente imbarazzo nostro e suo (io ero in bagno....) MAI SUCCESSO PRIMA!! Subito dopo viene anche la ragazza della reception, che senza nemmeno scusarsi ci chiede la data del nostro check in...mah

- il check out era alla 11, ma in genere se ritardi di poco, nessuno viene a romperti l'anima: alle 11.20 vengono a bussarci alla porta (NOI STAVAMO USCENDO DALLA STANZA PROPRIO IN QUEL MOMENTO), rimproverandoci per il ritardo!!! MAI SUCCESSO PRIMA! E alla fine, mentre ce ne andiamo, mi dice pure "Next time be in time" come se mi avesse fatto un favore a non addebitarmi una penale (c'è un cartello all'ingresso che la minaccia, MA NON PER 20 MINUTI!!)... PURE!!!!!! no comment, davvero!

-la colazione consiste in toast, marmellata in un barattolo, mista a rimasugli lasciati dai altre persone..., burro (coi soliti rimasugli), caffè americano e cerali. Frutta e waffles sono a pagamento!

- Il wi fi in camera NON funzionava, ma solo nei corridoi e nella stanza comune.

Avevamo letto i commenti negativi, ma alla fine l'abbiamo scelto perchè era il posto più economico e con parcheggio gratuito vicino all'hotel di una coppia di amici con cui abbiamo trascorso il soggiorno a LA! Altrimento a poco di più avremmo optato per una delle molte altre strutture più degne e SICURE disponibili!

Insomma EVITATELO, a pochi euro in più troverete di molto meglio!