Days Inn Santa Monica/Los Angeles

As much money as this place charges a night ($ 184.00) you would think they would put a little of it back in the property, place was dirty, rugs all worn down hallway, chandelier in Lobby looks as if it had never been dusted, dust was about a quarter of an inch thick. Windows need to be replaced or cleaned they very cloudy and dirty. Rooms were somewhat ok but it was a hodgepodge of old and new, it looks as if they just try to update things when they get real bad, bathroom was updated with new tile although it looks as if they had real cheap labor, whoever put the bathroom back together after the remodel didn’t connect the hot and cold lines properly, they were reversed. I’m not sure who owns this property but they seem to be very suspicious and untrusting people, they have camera’s all over the place and even had sensor on their pillows so they cannot be stolen (very uncomfortable). WiFi if you call it WiFi was at a snails pace, so don’t plan on doing any work when you stay here. Food area was cramped and dated, they had pieces of fresh bread in between pieces of old bread so when you made toast one was normal and the other hard as a rock. Noisy area, leaf blower and lawn mower going on outside or window at 5:45 am. Terrible place! Would rather have slept in my clean car!

Wtf, how does a hotel have no towels at night and in the morning!?! We stopped at the front desk at like 8pm and they had none and told us to come in the morning, then in the morning they said they had none until housekeeping came at 9. Wtf!?! They also said they had no extra pillows when my step dad asked and they have homeless people sneaking in and sleeping on the 4^th floor.
Wtf, this is in Santa Monica but is one of the most terrible hotels I’ve ever been to!
Rooms are old, and I heard many people complaining about poor wifi although I didn’t try.
Stay at your own risk!

The most disgusting places ever! How they get a rating of any star with their lack of consideration for people with handicaps– they kick out clients with legal clean — non Eva dove service pets. — but they DO allow crack smoking– meth tweeting– dope shooting individuals to hang Aron d their hallways and garages– smoking and polluting the environment– I am shocked to hear the Asian lady call these clean cut family with an obvious service animal who needed fm be at the hospital — she not only kicked them out, she called them liars in front of everyone — the. She charged the poor suffering people an extra $ 200.00. I saw their little service pet, and the expensive vehicles they drove, I believe she kicked them out because she was afraid they would call the police and have the place raided for drugs… Disgusting– adding insult to injury– woman stood in front of me and said she wouldn’t charge them– said they didn’t accept pets, literally within minutes I saw her Check in a guest with a huge pet, not a service animal… This place is not recommended! Expedia have the family a nicer hotel and paid for it! You go Expedia! Days inn Santa Monica — also had bugs!
Also they have all kinds of hidden fees — spend the extra 20 stay at best western! 4stars– respect and service pet friendly

My family and I stayed at this hotel for one night a few weeks ago and it is still grossing me out.
I am not hugely concerned with service but I will say that the service here is terrible at best. We arrived at 1:30 with our two young kids and the staff made us sit in the lobby until exactly 2 (the official check in time) in order to check in even though the hotel was almost empty.
The room was fairly dingy and the floor felt rotted under the carpet… it was bumpy and made loud crunching sounds whenever we walked on it… gross! I didn’t even let anyone take off their shoes.
We turned the heater on and set the thermostat to 70 degrees. I woke up in the middle of the night sweating and saw that the room was at 78 degrees. So, I tried to turn on the air conditioner and guess what, it didn’t work. I opened the window and stayed awake for an hour or two in the middle of the night because it was so hot.
The breakfast was very lacking as well. Corn flakes, fruit loops, thin slices of white bread, and old looking bananas and apples. That’s pretty much it.
I will never stay at this hotel again!

Pretty decent for a one night stay. Do not think I would stay here for longer than a night.
Continental breakfast is free but has quite limited options. Days Inn only had 2 choices for cereal — I recall choosing Fruit Loops. For their bread selection there was only butter or jelly. No cream cheese. I was disappointed about that. Fruit had more selections — bananas always a safe bet if its yellow! They had juice and coffee. Cups were the same as the ones you see in your bathrooms.
Rooms have thin walls so you could hear whats going on around you. I am a pretty sound sleeper plus I was tired so I knocked out pretty quick. My aunt on the other hand was not as lucky and told me about the noise in the morning. Parking spots are free but did not really make me feel secure as they said they were not responsible for any vandalism that occurs.
Hopefully won’t come again unless real necessary. Bought the stay on expedia and selected the pay at the hotel option — which we did once arriving. It is quite close to the Saint Johns hospital. We were on the second floor, and walking in the hallway; I am quite sure any inhabitant in the room we walked by could hear us. Checking out, we just dropped off our key and got a receipt. Then went on our merry way.

The absolute worst hotel I’ve stayed at my whole life. And I’m 25 years old, so I’ve stayed at more than a few hotels…
It’s noisy, I get waken up every morning at 3 am or 5 am, wifi sucks, and it’s expensive.
My agency booked my hotel. Otherwise i wouldn’t even stay here even if they paid me. I like my sleep.

We stay at this location as it is close to business we conduct in Santa Monica.
The property is acceptable, but still could use some room improvements. However, the check in employee, David, is absolutely unacceptable. He is unfriendly, not welcoming and completely indifferent to the reservation or the needs of the customer. We had a reservation for a King No Smoking and paid for such. After his indifference at check in, not telling us about parking, breakfast or WFI, we went to the room and found it was a Queen. We returned to the lobby with a copy of the reservation and asked why we did not get the correct room. No responses from David. We asked why he did not tell us we were getting a different size room. Again, no response from David. We said are you going to give us a discount for giving us the smaller room. This time we got a response; he got up and left the front desk. The other employee at the desk, jumped right in, apologized and found us the correct room. David belongs in no customer contact position, especially if he is cheating the customer.

We booked this room because there was nothing else available. The staff was nice but, the room creeped me out. The hair dryer looked like a fire hazard. There was paper stuffed in a hole in the shower and water damage on the ceiling. The walls needed to be cleaned. It was disgusting and made me anxious.

This hotel is really showing its age. The room smelled weird and the mattress for the bed was really thin and flimsy. If you can afford this place, you can afford a venice suite room or a hostel closer to the beach.
also, don’t go to the «crane garden» on the roof. There is a dumpster at street level right underneath it and rats and roaches climb up the piping. It was a very unpleasant surprise. :c

Check in was fast and easy and parking is free that’s about the only good thing about this hotel. The rooms are not worth the price per night that they ask, the so called wifi barely works In the room, you have to wait 3 to 5 minutes to load up a page on the iPad, and you can forget about streaming any video. The wifi can’t even be picked up by your iPhone or android phone. TV has minimal channels, ooooohhhh! They have HBO wow! As far as keeping the room cool you have a better chance of cooling it off by opening the window then using the ac. If you have to make a choice between sleeping in your car, on the street or in this hotel. The hotel would win by the slightest of margin, and even then a coin flip may be in order. One of the worst experiences I’ve ever had in a hotel.

This place was relatively inexpensive. I stayed here for an event and didn’t want to deal with traffic. Free breakfast was a plus.
ROOM: Standard room. Pretty big. They have a couch and even a balcony. I got the suite on the top floor, so it was nice to sit out and look out. The room was clean and that is what really matters.
CLEAN ROOM! Condiments: Meh… you get what you paid for
SERVICE: People were nice.
AMENITIES: There are exercise machines on each floor. Some didn’t work but some did.
PARKING: underground available… very close to each other. Hard to leave in and out.
EXPERIENCE: So I was in my room watching TV and I heard someone outside my door trying to get in my room and saw this guy who was completely high. I called the front desk to get the guy to leave. They eventually came and took him out… AND THEN HE CAME BACK! It was scary. I called them again and this time they made sure he was out out. That was freaky, but at least they security came.
OVERALL: It’s a nice place. Great for people wanting to vacay in Santa Monica.

Its our forth time here this month. We have a job in santa monica and the company paid for our time here. We visited 4 deffrent rooms, but the last room was the most bigger and cleaner. Days inn is a very average hotel, the rooms are old and the cleaning is not that good. Dont accpect it to be perfect.
— the location is good, close to bus lines and a few min from the beach.
— the internet in the lobby’s computer costs money! Why? We where in different L. A hotels and they didn’t charge for that.

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We just stayed here for 2 nights. I don’t understand all the bad reviews on Unilocal.The front desk clerks both when we checked in and checked out were super nice. A nice feature is that they lock the doors to the interior corridors at night so a clerk has to let you in-​they were nice about that too. FREE parking and FREE wifi make me happy every time. Neighborhood was fine. Room was clean.

This place to be avoided at all COSTS… terrible people. rude maids… NO T. V…except 5 channels. .a joke… Now for the rooms… Old.Dirty.Ants…Mildew…
Stay away… The so called breakfast. .slices of bread. white…no less… old…stale…NO late check out. …This hotel should cost. on the high side… $ 50…now you think about this… hope you go anywhere .ELSE…

Can you say HORRIBLE??? Disgusting mildew blatantly growing in the bathroom. The staff was not friendly nor helpful. Free breakfast included translated to stale bread/​croissants plus fruit and 2 options for cereal. No apology for juice machine broken. And when I say the hotel was dirty I mean dirty. Cracks in the ceiling and walls and smelled yuck! Can’t say anything nice about the place except location. Someone should take this place down and start again.

Horrible. Do not stay here. Staff is rude and harasses guests and engaging in illegal activities.
My daughter stayed here for her birthday. When she called the hotel, staff advised her to skip reservation and just pay cash because manager was gone!
When she checked in, staff threatened to charge her extra for making the reservation.
Hotel clerk entered room without permission at 4:00 AM!
Hotel staff were rolling marijuana cigarettes on hotel desk.
Hotel staff refused to provide receipt.
Hotel clerk called room at 5:00 AM and harassed guests.
Unfortunately, Santa Monica Police did not have enough evidence to file formal complaint. All I can say is do not even consider this rat-​hole.

Everything was terrible. From the staff barging into my room at 4 in the morning, to the constant calling and antagonizing of me on the hotel phone to my room in the middle of the night, to the terrible treatment and harassment of me and my companion throughout the stay this was the first and last time I will ever stay here. My belongings went miraculously missing from my room and when questioned the staff seemed to have all the answers, stating the a homeless man was to blame. Not to mention the many attempts to bribe me to pay in cash for a «cheaper rate» and the marijuana joint till rolling in the lobby by the employees, I found this place repulsive and absolutely completely innapropriate. I would advise that nobody stays at this hotel. My biggest regret was that I didn’t read these reviews before staying at this disgusting excuse for a hotel.

Is there a way to give negative stars? The rooms were dirty but it was a last second choice. My boss went to his suite as they called it and I went to my room. The floors buckled to the center and smelled. At 3:30am I woke up feeling I was being eaten alive. Just shook it off. At 6:15 I woke up burning. Checked the mirror and cried. I had so many bites on me. I called down stairs because I wanted someone to take pictures. They said no. I tore that room apart. As I was flinging the stained sheets a huge spider came out. Smashed it against the wall. Bet it is still there. All I got was oh we are sorry, want a water. Are you kidding me?

Let’s just say that I expected to have bed bug bites when I woke up in the morning… and thankfully, I didn’t.
This hotel was functional, but nothing more than a bed and a bath. It wasn’t super clean, the towels were beyond tiny, the hotel and all it’s furniture is incredibly dated and WELL-​used, and the staff is just there… not really helping, but not really hurting either. The included breakfast is a joke… avoid it at all costs. And bring change if you want a soda, as the one Coca-​Cola vending machine only takes quarters (what is this, 1988?).
Decent LA location that needs to be renovated desperately.