ITH Surf City Hostel Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach

Will definitely be booking here...

Liked: Location was superb. Staff super helpful. A really nice chilled out location that was perfect for beach vibes.
Disliked: Check in time could be a little earlier, but baggage storage provided. Shower wasn't amazing in my private room, but still more than acceptable.

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Perfect location if otherwise somewhat...

Liked: Well, it's quite obvious that the best thing about this place is the location. It is just superb and easily the best I've ever seen for a hostel of this price range. Rest rooms were clean and worked fine. There's basic breakfast available which is always more like a plus and not something that you'd rely or expect much of anyway. It's nice that they do provide earplugs for free.
Disliked: It is a place that could do with a thorough update and renovation. Especially the carpets are pretty bad, not something that you would like to leave your stuff on. Some of the staff are great but then there's so many of them and you're not always sure who's part of the team and who's not as they seem to be quite happy to hang out by themselves like a group of travelers. Anyway, they do answer your questions etc. once you've figured out who is part of the hostel staff. Rooms are quite small and to give you a sense of privacy curtains that you could draw around your bed would be neat investment in the future. It's a bit funny that the name is Los Angeles Beach Hostel though it's in a separate city called Hermosa Beach, not in LA unless you think LA as a county which it obviously is as well. But I understand this as a way to stand out so your hostel wont be lost in the Booking website for instance. There's a bit of traveling to get there but so is everywhere else especially if you're relying on public transportation in Los Angeles metro area so that's obviously not their fault. Otherwise as mentioned earlier the location is great so once you get there you wont be disappointed about that.