Let me say something.
this is a good place to stay if u are on a budget
I spent the less than a hostel, and i have my own private bathroom,
the location is not bad at all, but you have to have a car,
i wouldnt use it, for all my vacation in santa monica, but if you have to stay a few days,
is moore than ok!!

the bathroom is super clean, the room too, not updated enough, a little old, but is just cosmetics changes.

The stuff was very nice and hepfull!!!!.

saludos from argentina!

Front desk is welcoming, he gave us choice between two rooms The price I guess it is fair (80$+tax), inns close to the beach of Santa Monica cost up to 129$, even the average ones.
Room was clean and the bathroom quite ok. I think I would come back if were in LA again.

We only needed this room for one night. We were out visting my sick dad. Check in was pretty easy, they were just about done cleaning the room when we got there.
Parking really is a beast. It's small and sometimes hard to get out of. The room was clean, bathroom was clean. Could have used a light in the closet but we made do.

Over all, I liked it. I'm actually planning another trip to Santa Monica and will most likely stay here.

We didn't start very well at this place as we arrived at 1:30am and had to deal with the unpleasant man who does the reception night shift. Initial problems included - 1. no parking (he abruptly told us "first come first served" so we parked on the street) 2. very steep stairs to the room made it difficult to carry the bags and no assistance offered from the unpleasant man 3. the key didn't work well (this was a recurring problem - see other reviews) 4. the main room light didn't work 5. the unbelievable road noise all day and night. After a couple of nights they managed to relocate us from from an outside to an inside room which was better but smaller. Continuing further problems included - 1. sheet didn't fit the bed so every night it was untucked 2. soap didn't foam so we bought our own 3. sink was blocked (but the plumber was pleasant) 4. Sliding door was stuck on the wardrobe and sliding window also didn't work properly.

Good points of this place - 1. day time staff are very nice 2. maids are also nice 3. free coffee is good 4. free and fast internet 5. location is OK but not as good as we expected as it was too far to walk to the beach (this was my own fault for not enough research). 5. Nice fridge.

We chose this place as we though it was a good location. However since we were unable to walk to the beach we might as well have stayed somewhere a lot cheaper since we had a rental car. In conclusion, I couldn't recommend this place. As I write this review I am in a Motel 6 which is half the price and twice the value.