Ocean View Hotel

I know location location location… close to everything… but air conditioner broken no towels had to ask and when we did major attitude bed sucked like sleeping on newspaper but it was the location I know…

Loved it here! Great view of the beach, walking distance to everything. Super comfy bed and wonderful shower with great amenities. We plan on coming back for our 10 yr. anniversary!

I don’t understand hotels without light blocking shades-​things like slats for example. I especially don’t understand this when their rooms face the sodium vapor light of the parking lot.
What does this place think a hotel is for? I’m paying for a room to sleep in not one to be able to read in all night even with the lights off. It’s like going to a restaurant that doesn’t have any food but still charges for dinner.

This hotel was amazing! The view of Santa Monica beach and pier was amazing! The only bad thing is the 33 dollars of over night parking. Jose was so nice and always checking up on us! Over all the whole workers were nice!
And the guys that work there were cute

For the price this is a great place! Clean rooms, friendly and helpful staff and great location. Will definitely be back!

Can there be negative stars??? This place had a giant spider crawling around our bathroom when we came back from an amazing night on the pier… We had to throw our shoe at it just to kill it and one of our friends is deathly afraid of spiders! when we called someone up to get it… he came in and laughed in our face no joke came into the room got the spider we told him we wanted to leave. he laughed in our face!!! said «it’s ok, have fun» then he walked down the hallway laughing the entire time! When we got downstairs to complain we heard him in the backroom laughing with the front desk employee named Jose!!! they were all laughing and looking at the girl with arachnophobia who was trying to talk to the front desk employee!!. When we asked to change rooms they kept laughing and said there is nothing they can do! This is literally the worst service we have ever gotten and have never felt more offended after spending a ridiculous amount of money for a mediocre room. This may sound prissy and way over the top but imagine someone laughing at you for having an anxiety attack from the worst fear you have ever had lingering over your head as you are using the bathroom! I assure you this is the worst possible place you can ever stay in your entire life!!!

Great hotel, location, view, staff, clean, renovated interiors, & valet. But absolutely do not book this place Friday to Saturday nights as the inconsiderate night club below will blast their dance music til 2 in the morning and their drunk patrons stumbling around the streets arguing afterwards. The Police are unable to do anything. Picture yourself living on Greek Row in college again. Especially if traveling with family or elderlies, do try to avoid the corner units or any units facing the ocean. Such irony. Your ears will be ringing all night. No view is worth this auditory torture !

I was excited to stay at this hotel in Santa Monica: great reviews, by the ocean and pier, recently renovated. I had decided on the room described as «a view of the beautifully landscaped courtyard garden» as it sounded amazing. Our excitement only increased on check in when we were told that we had been upgraded and it was her «favorite» in the hotel. Ha!
So, the door to the room was in the stairwell. Surprise number one.
The view to the «beautifully landscaped courtyard garden» was of the parking lot (see photo). Surprise number two.
The window to the parking lot/​courtyard had shutters and no drapes, right in front of the bed, that let the artificial light right into your eyes ALL night, interfering with sleep. Surprise number three.
And this was all in the upgraded, «favorite» of the staff’s room. Eek.

Older hotel on Ocean Ave. We got room with a balcony & a view, which, of course, was a beautiful view of the ocean. Rooms are quite small, comfortable beds. Small bathrooms but we did like the shower. Definitely good customer service, everyone was very courteous & ready to assist. Nice hotel in general but in my personal opinion, it is overpriced for an older hotel.

Even though I live in LA, my friend and I wanted a nice local getaway. This location is ideal and the lobby and room were splendid without being over the top. The adjacent building’s dance parties on Friday and Saturday nights with blaring music until 2am didn’t encourage us to fall asleep in our room but we didn’t really mind because the music was so good.
Will I stay here again? Yes, I’ll be a repeat visitor because the view and terrace are wonderful. However, I would look somewhere else if ocean view rooms were sold out. Really, there’s no point in staying in a hotel with this name if your room faces the courtyard parking lot.

First I want to say that the bellman and valet staff is great. The location is prime and close to everything and the rooms are decent (standard room, nothing to brag about) but that’s about it.
Our «courtyard view» is a view of the parking lot and dirty alley. The air conditioner sucked and we were miserably hot in our room. We had no hot water, cold showers felt good because we were so hot, but come on!
In the morning we got a knock on the door because they thought we were smoking pot in our room. When I opened the door as I was brushing my teeth and my friend was in the shower, apparently I wasn’t convincing enough because management insisted on checking our balcony. I wouldn’t return but Jason and Reed were great.

This was my first time in Santa Monica, when we arrived to the hotel everything is nice and clean, All the people in the staff is very helpful and kind.
During my stay everything was gorgeous, even when we check out it was fast and easy.
The only thing I didn’t like is that they charge you $ 33 dollars for each night in the valet. I paid 66 dollars and didn’t moved my car during my stay, it would be nice to have other price for hotel guest.

During our family weekend get away, we came across Ocean View Hotel, which seemed fairly reasonable based on the location. Location is prime. But as soon as we arrived, we were not greeted as I would expect for such a beautiful hotel. The couple in front of me was from out of the states and JOSE was assisting them. He was just talking away with them and going over everything possible as I stood there for over 15 minutes. After a long day at the beach and fairly exhausted, this was not helping. He was the only staff member available, which I suggest 2 should always be available as you of course want to give your guests great customer service.
Once the couple finally left, he just looked over at me and said, «Yes?» I responded that I’m checking in and handed him my ID and credit card. Not once an apology for the wait at the least. No conversation at all, unlike the couple before me. He just told me where the room was and had me sign the docs. That was it.
Valet actually was really great with us from the moment we arrived to the back and forth we went. Then, we get into our room and the radio doesn’t work, the television was flickering. We had no time to wait for them to stop by as we were off to a concert.
The hotel itself, I could give it a 4 as the bed was comfy. I read on the reviews that there was lots of noise from the traffic but I actually didn’t hear anything to distract me. The hotel is beautifully renovated and rooms were great. Loved the shower waterfall head. But again, the hotel can look amazing… without great customer service, it doesn’t matter how much they spent to renovate, bad customer service alone will cause people to stay elsewhere.

The price of the hotel is solely driven by the location because the overall quality is the same as the Motel 6. If you don’t need much and location is the most important motivator Ocean View should suffice.
The GOOD:
Location, friendly housekeeping staff and at least two of the front desk staff members we’ve interacted with were friendly. Free WiFi works surprisingly well.
The BAD:
The bathroom travel collection is pretty bleak, no frills just the standards — towels shampoo, conditioner, lotion, soap and tissues. I should have brought q-​tips and cotton balls but most hotels provide these items so I didn’t think of it. You can buy toothpaste downstairs.
There’s no room service or microwave. The mini-​bar is soda, juice, water and overpriced snacks. The fridge is small and fits the mini-​bar items which I removed to put in my items (there’s a VONs about eight blocks up Broadway). There is a Keurig for tea and coffee, they provide four packets with one sugar, one cream and one stirrer as well as two teas and five coffees and two hot cups per day.
If you buy anything requiring a spoon or fork make sure to grab your own utensils, the hotel won’t have them.
The UGLY:
Getting a room right next to the maintenance closet means it’s going to be loud. You can see in the closet through the vent. The staff uses it early which means you’ll be waking up early with the staff. A few strange buzzing noises when they entered the closet were loud and will jar any light sleeper awake.

Enjoyed our stay. Front desk Employee was a little out of sorts, but we all have our days. Valet very attentive. Rooms clean and comfortable. Bed son this small side. Great location.

I love Santa Monica! This hotel is perfect to be close to the beach, pier and bars. Me and my friends stayed in a double queen room on the 2^nd floor. I liked it a lot. It had a very relaxing feel. The private balcony was awesome! Definitely a must try.

Have stayed at Ocean View Hotel for the LA Marathon the last two years, I debated for a few moments between a 3 and 4 star rating, here’s why…
Pros…
Walking distance to great shopping and plenty of restaurants.
Pier is located right across the street.
Views from an ocean view room are incredible. Wonderful sunsets with a relaxing balcony.
Staff is friendly, rooms are updated and very clean.
Cons…
No rec area/​sauna.
Tiny little fridge that required me removing many overpriced items from in order to store my leftovers.
NOISE is terrible, especially on a Friday and Saturday night. Both times staying here I was in a corner room right off the elevator (rooms 301 and 401). I could easily hear conversations going on by other guests waiting for the elevator. Then 11 p.m. rolled around Friday night and I felt as though there was a dance party happening in my room. Music is very loud from the restaurant/​club next door. I would recommend requesting a room on the north side of the building, away from the elevator and restaurants/​bars below. I simply used earplugs and it took care of the issue for me. Also, Sunday night was much quieter and no blaring music.
If I wasn’t so used to using earplugs I think I would have given this hotel a 3 instead of 4 rating but overall I would definitely consider Ocean View as an option if I was going to stay in this area again.

Loved our stay here!
I’m not sure why this hotel has gotten so many poor reviews.
They were hospitable and the rooms were amazing!
Great comfy beds with plenty of amenities in the room.
We were greeted with smiles and dinner recommendations.
The vibe is very modern and upbeat.
Being right of the ocean and waking distance makes this hotel a great spot to unpack your bags and stay a while.
Parking can be a bit pricey but it bay be worth biting the bullet since the hotel is a pretty good deal overall.

Lage ist super Zimmer klein für den Preis zu teuer .
Laute Zimmer auch im Innenhof da Garage dort .
FI WI ist Gratis.

Fun, romantic, last-​minute getaway!
My husband and I stayed at the Ocean View Hotel last weekend to celebrate our second wedding anniversary. We reserved the Courtyard with Two Double Beds and Private Balcony for one night via
. We paid $ 343.50 for the room and overnight parking. Pricey, yes, but hardly shocking considering it was Memorial Day weekend and everywhere else was booked.
Overall, we had a pleasant stay. Our room had recently been remodeled and we found it clean, comfortable and quiet. We were impressed with the new and modern furnishings especially inside the bathroom which came equipped with a beautiful rectangular Kohler sink and rain showerhead. We were provided fancy Aveda toiletries, extra towels and even bathrobes!
The best part about staying at the Ocean View Hotel was definitely the location. Santa Monica Pier and Beach is right across the street and Third Street Promenade is only a couple blocks away where shopping, restaurants and entertainment await.
Downsides:
PARKING: The Public Garage (yes, you read that correct) has a single entrance and exit. Also the spaces are extremely tight and cramped. I was paranoid about colliding with incoming traffic as we were leaving the garage but luckily we left without any dings and/​or scratches to the car. I’m not going to gripe (much) about parking costing $ 22 because I believe the parking attendant kept a watchful eye on the garage. Also, it’s L.A.: stuff there is just a tad pricier.
PHONE: The phone inside our room was inoperable. In the event of an emergency we would have been screwed.
HOTEL BAR/​LOUNGE: None.
Would we stay here again? Not sure, perhaps during off-​season dates. The staff was pleasant and accommodated our request for extended checkout. We didn’t have an ocean view from our room but with the hotel being situated so close to the beach you really don’t need one.

An affordable hotel, with an AMAZING location.
But the air was moldy, the paths were uneven, and the walls are paper thin.
I definitely felt much sicker after leaving.
However, if you must be ON the ocean in Santa Monica, want a decent, clean hotel, and don’t have a ton of money — this is the place to be! We paid about $ 172/​night for 3 nights.
We were a 2 minute walking distance from the beach, 5 minutes from Santa Monica pier, and 5 minutes from the 3^rd street promenade. Bonus? Right next to a British bakery. The location really was amazing. I hear its getting renovated next year — so I imagine the prices and the experiences will change.