Providencia Motel

This motel is awful from the front desk clerk to the room. The pictures on their website are not of the motel do not be fooled by them. First off you walk up to a thick glass window with a speaker to pay for the room. The lady then asked if I wanted to see the room first because once I paid there are absolutely no refunds. I should have taken her up on her offer. You have to pay $ 5 as a security deposit to receive a remote control. The room was tiny, smelled faintly of urine and didn’t seem very clean. The floors and bed squeak and creak like crazy and I could hear my neighbors every move. You receive 1 tiny bar of soap and that’s it so bring shampoo and conditioner. BTW this awful, little room cost $ 80 after tax a motel 6, Super 8, or Budget Inn will seem like a luxury hotel compared to this.

Bed bugs. I had to throw away all the clothing items I came with as well as my backpack I’ve had since Iraq because the place is infested with bed bugs. I stayed for a week because I was nearly homeless with no other place to go. Every morning I would find at least three new bites on my skin.
The room was disgusting, I had been sleeping outside for a few nights and there were less critters that bothered me than in the room.
Upon checkout the lady told me that I had stayed an extra day which is total bullshit because I was checking out on the day she told me to. Her mistake cost me an extra 75 bucks… which is even more bullshit because six nights cost 330 bucks which means I paid twenty bucks more than what I should have.

Horrible Place!
The only thing good about this place is the location.
I am 26 years old, just moved to LA and upon checking-​in the owner tells me I’m not allowed to have guest over??? Like wtf? This is a motel, I am paying money to stay here I can have whoever I want visit me. I felt like I shouldn’t have stayed the night after being told that but because I couldn’t find another place I decided to stay for the night.
I also had a $ 5 coupon from off their website. The lady said I would get it back at checkout, but that never happened.
The rooms are not maintained at all. The motel room doors are so old and not secure. The toilet stopped working and no one came to fix it. There is no garbage can in the rooms. The room I was given had a moldy shower curtain. There was a common microwave that was kept outside and completely dirty. I asked for it to be cleaned and the lady never got to it. They charge 25cents for ice, which doesn’t make sense at all.
All I have to say about this place is don’t waste your time. It really isn’t worth the money for one night. The owner doesn’t maintain her facilities and it is clear that she doesn’t care at all.