Forget this place. Maintenance and cleaning desperately needed. Door knob on bath room in mixed dorm missing, leaving large circular hole and no privacy. Carpets and lounge suites in common areas are filthy and poor condition. Nasty notes left on fridge doors to guests and attitude of some staff is generally arrogant and poor (with some excetion, including very helpful... More

myself and my boyfriend were due to stay here. we walked in and literally walked back out. they had put us in the annex building with no laundry or wifi, it was still ages away from the beach, it was a dive if ever i've seen one. no security, doors were shoddy, the whole place including the main hostel was... More

Though I booked a week in advance on their own website, I did not receive a confirmation. When I emailed to ask for confirmation I received unfprofessional emails referring to me as 'Lovey' stating that they would be sure to confirm my booking within 24hours and that they were sorry for the delay. Despite my constant emails asking to be... More

The Venice Beach Hostel, in Yale Ave (there are 2 with the same name) is actually in Marina del Ray, not Venice Beach. It's filthy, and they wanted to charge my boyfriend and me $80 for a dirty old mattress on the floor!!!! There is only one bathroom for the whole top floor, and that was even worse than the... More

We were shocked, when we arrived there! We needet to get drunk to be able to sleep there for one night. The next morning we immediately left. It was dirty all over the place. With bedbucks in the beds and dirt all over. But we also have to admit that it is very easy to meet nice people there and... More

Fantastic location right next to Venice Beach. Common area is awful - no equipment in kitchen (only 4-5 spoons and cereal bowls for whole hostel), smoking allowed in lounge area open to kitchen with heaps of ashtrays around. We had a private ensuite double room that came with a computer and internet access (fantastic unexpected bonus), tv and even a... More

This hostel wasn't as bad as the other hostels we stayed at. We stayed in a private bedroom with private bathroom. The only real problem i had with it was when we were checking in I had to stay downstairs with the luggage while my husband went upstairs to check in. It took him about 10 mins to find someone... More

There were a lot of head-cases at the hostel when we were there. Too many crazy stories to recount. Definitely an eye-opening experience.

We stayed in the Venice Beach Hostel on the 6 Sep and we were appalled and disgusted at the state the hostel was in. We paid extra for a private room but weren't informed at the time of booking that the private room is actually located a few streets away in a different building on a busy main road. On... More