Monterey Inn

The Monterey Inn certainly isn’t for everyone but for those who have crashed at youth hostels you should feel right at home. The room was very clean and extremely quiet. The place is in a deserted area next to the Port, so there is NOTHING going on in the neighborhood. If your goal is sight seeing around L.A. and you just need a place to rest your head, this is perfect. Great freeway access, yes, the bathroom is small but the room had an A/​C unit that worked great and a functional kitchen. A great deal for the price. There is an odd smell in the place though. I was told it is a 100-​year-​old building that is a former brothel. That explains a lot.

This place is very clean. There are NO BEDBUGS or bugs of any kind… and I looked for them because of a previous review. The staff is very courteous and friendly and the both the other guests and neighborhood is very quiet. It’s in an industrial area (right next to the Port of Los Angeles with all of the container ships), so there are no criminals or transients prowling the streets (because there are no tourists, other than the few guests at this Inn, to beg from or residences to burglarize). A continental breakfast is provided and it was very much appreciated. Also, the Inn is conveniently located near freeway access to all points and I got everywhere quickly and easily (I visited downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, West LA, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Marina Del Rey, Long Beach, and Belmont Shore).

So it wasn’t what I thought it was going to be, but I will say it is the cheapest & best value in the area. Merchant Mariners this is the spot for you!
It was more of European Hostel than hotel.
Cons-​No cleaning service, cheap ikea or cheaper furniture, if you want fresh towels & linen bring your old ones to the front desk, old box tv with basic Dtv channels, poor lighting & my room smelled funny. Sketchy area, lots of junkies & homeless, a 5 block walk to the strip. The breakfast is pitiful & often late (9am) but all day pot of coffee. My biggest complaint was no AC, which forced me to open the window with no screen which led to the biting gnats. I would open my room door, turn on the ceiling fan & window to get a cool draft, otherwise it was too hot. But then there was those damn bugs!
Pros– Outdoor lounge & deck, decent Wifi, cheapest washing machines, exceptionally nice & helpful staff, working stove, microwave, fridge, strong & hot shower pressure, cozy, quiet around the hotel, right in between Long Beach & San Pedro, the PRICE! I payed a lot more for 2 days at a shitty hotel up the block. On
I was able to book 1 week for $ 260 – 280 depending on in advance you book, I assume maybe cheaper if you book real early. Trust me the lowest prices in the area! This is the best value for this area!

I purchased this hotel on
. I learned a valuable lesson about booking online that day. Upon arrival we checked in where they requested a cash deposit of $ 100 which I thought was a little odd I didn’t have the full hundred so he did let me pay only the 40. They gave me a key and the remote control to the TV. When we opened the room it has a bed up against the wall, a strange layout only one outlet that we can find nowhere near the place to get ready but my daughter needed to get some sleep so she lay down on the bed while I sat in a little tiny chair that they had. A couple hours after arriving we heard all this terrible screaming and arguing outside of our door. It was the woman manager and one of the employees bickering back and forth. It was downright scary as the walls and the doors are paper thin and you can hear everything. I called
and told him that I wanted my money back and they did process the refund. I checked out after only staying for 2 hours and the man had to go to my room and check that I did not «damage anything» so I can get my $ 40 back. It’s a very unprofessional establishment the only silver lining was the gentleman who checked us in was very polite and courteous but everything else about the place was too shady. I had to sleep in my car that night and felt a hell of a lot safer than staying there! The big lesson from this is be careful where you purchase hotels from and to really take the negative reviews into consideration!!!

I called AAA to book a room because I was driving down to participate in the Special World Olympic Games. I just got here. No one answering the phone and the front lobby door is locked. Very upset. I’ve been on the road for six plus hours to encounter this non sense.

OMFG WHY DIDN’T I JUST GO AHEAD AND SLEEP IN MY CAR???
I have read a couple of the reviews that give this place 3 or 4 stars, and I can only conclude that they must have been written by close relatives, pathological liars, or both. The hotel is in a filthy neighborhood – place is tough to find, badly lit, small signage – friendly staf poked his head out the window and without further inquiry, happily informed me they were booked – took awhile to get him to understand that I had booked online. Once I was checked in, staff let me know there is no secured parking, but street parking is «safe» because Homeland Security has an office next door. Yikes. Got to the room – OH MY GAWD!!! I am not remotely fussy – I have stayed in some real sh*tholes in my day, both in the US and in Mexico – this one easily ranks in the top five worst of all time. The door is a HANDLE lock – a flimsy one at that – no deadbolt, no latch. The room is 8’x15’, with a single 18″ window in the kitchen about 7′ above floor level. Forget A/​C – two ceiling fans sort of circulated the hot air. Grime pretty much everywhere except the bathroom, which actually appeared to have been remodeled sometime since the war ended in Vietnam. The rest of the room certainly has not been. Despite my best efforts, the shower leaked all over the floor, and the toilet is too close to the wall, so you have to sit sideways to do your business. The only light switch is near the door, so you have to trip about 10′ in the pitch black to get into the bed. Hallway noisy all night – my neighbors sounded like they were in the bed next to me. I have no idea what kind of a rendering or manufacturing plant they have next door, but about 1:30 A.M. I was blown out of bed by some kind of steam whistle – I swore the North Koreans were invading – left me shaking and jittery the remainder of my short night. This place has all the comfort and charm of your average jail cell, but at least without the happy jail mate. Stay in your car – break an arm and stay in the emergency room – get arrested and spend the night in a jail cell – whatever you do, DO NOT STAY IN THIS CR*PHOLE.

I love it here.
The rooms are clean. The furniture is old, but still is fine. The floors are nice, porcelin tile. The walls are clean and freshly painted. There are ceiling fans in the kitchenette as well as the main room/​bedroom. There is a small wall heater in the wall, that looks brand new.
Staff is extremely friendly and helpful. Anytime i need something they are right on it.
Definitely worth the $$$

Horrible, a skid-​row flophouse pretending to be a hotel. Desk clerk Veronica is an abusive psychopath. We stayed here because
gives it 4 stars, a sick joke.

My partner and I were looking for an inexpensive hotel to stay at for a couple of nights. We thought we hit the jackpot when we found the Monterey Inn with a rate of only $ 29.99 a night. We were exhausted on the night of our check-​in and couldnt wait to go to bed. When we arrived to the hotel, we were appalled by the grimy exterior of the hotel. It was in an industrial area that looked very sketchy. We were greeted by a friendly staff member who checked us in. As I was waiting for him to fill out the paperwork, I looked around the office and saw a long list of people to not rent rooms to posted on the wall. It made me feel as though I was watching America’s Most Wanted. The staff member not only gave us a key, but also a roll of toilet paper because apparently, they had run out when they «cleaned» the room. The lobby seemed pretty okay (felt like I was in an antique museum) but as we went up the stairs, which were lopsided and made me feel very unsafe in the case of an earthquake, we realized what we were in for. We walked to the end of a hallway and opened our rickety door. We were met with a very unpleasant stench that reeked of 10,000 putrid corpses. On top of that, it was freezing and the heater the size of a shoebox was broken. The furniture in the room appeared to be 70 years old and as stiff as wood. The king-​size bed did not look comfortable whatsoever and we were afraid to even sit on it for fear of bed bugs or other critters. We were very cautious to not touch anything in the room, but luckily we slept in our own sleeping bags, cringing whenever accidentally touching even the slightest piece of comforter. We had some trouble finding the bathroom, as it appeared to be a closet at first (it was very small) and although we really needed to shower, we opted not to for fear of contracting an exotic fungi. Sleeping in the bed, we felt itchy all over, which I doubt was my imagination alone. As we attempted to sleep, we suddenly heard loud shouting, almost as if we were in the same room with these people arguing. At that point, we honestly feared for our safety. That was the last straw, although we had planned to originally stay for two nights, we researched on our handy iPhones other hotels where we could stay at the following night. The affordable price of the Monterey Inn was not worth our safety. We soon fell asleep, eager to wake up the next morning and flee. The only silver lining to our horrible experience was the wide selection of pornographic channels, which kept our minds off of things by providing countless laughs. The following night we stayed a different hotel, albeit a bit more expensive, it offered everything that the Monterey Inn failed to do so… most importantly, we felt safe and comfortable there.