I have stayed here many times for business, and it has met all of my needs just fine, i.e. clean bathrooms and comfortable beds. But the poor choices made by the owners really let the otherwise decent hotel down. The towels are beige instead of white, so they look dirty even though they are perfectly clean. The bed linens are the same, and feel just as old as the hotel, although the bed itself is more comfortable than it needs to be for this class of hotel. Wifi is free and mostly functional, but slow. And the lightbulbs give off light that is so cold I always want as few lights on as possible. These are all really simple cosmetic changes the management can do to really spruce this place up.

To be fair, in the past two years, I have noticed some improvement, in the furniture and general non-mustiness of the place. But I certainly won't be missing this place.

The location is not that great. There is not much around, but a big plus is free parking.

Excellent hotel slept on the best bed ever, excellent staff, great location, free shuttle to downtown Santa Monica highly recommended.

Stayed in this hotel for 3 nights in September having booked it through Trailfinders. Room was clean and spacious with a massive bed and there was free wifi- given the password at check-in. The IHOP next door done good breakfasts. Staff were pleasant and extremely helpful, giving us suggestions for places to eat, activities etc. The free shuttle bus (with suggested $1 tip per person) is great for taking you to the beach/ promenade. You can also get collected from the promenade, you just need to ring the hotel to let them know. Alternatively there is a bus which goes directly past the hotel which was handy for later on in the evening when the shuttle wasn't running. Only slight complaint was that there was limited eating facilities in the general vicinity of the hotel. Booked a bus tour and trip to universal studios through the hotel with no problems at all. All in all a pleasant stay and would recommend to family and friends without hesitation.

Arrived late due to cancelled flight connection in Chicago but no problems with check-in at hotel. Good location if coming from LAX & not used to crazy highway system; as only 25 minute drive, mostly down Lincoln, if you want to avoid highways. Room met our needs (family of 4 with 2 teenagers) & free parking in multi-storey attached; a huge bonus. Easy 20 minute walk down Santa Monica Boulevard to Ocean front - we caught number 1 bus back, no hassle at $1 per person. Hotel only has very basic facilities: a couple of computers in reception & small seating area. IHOP next door is excellent for breakfast - we bought the $25 gift card, which gives you $5 off your next visit - useful if staying more than one night. We also used the 20% discount card from Reception towards an evening meal - very good value. Easy access from hotel to highways for visiting Universal Studios - 25 minute drive away. Overall, our 3 night stay over Christmas was very good & we all fell in love with Santa Monica - so much so that we returned there at the end of our 1500 mile road trip for one last paddle!