We were booked at the venice beach cotel, around the corner, but when we arrived they had had plumbing problems and couldn't give us a room with private bathroom. They phoned this hostel who could give us a private room. The room was spacious, with computor (free of charge), and TV (which didn't seem to work). The only negative thing... more

We stayed here for 3 nights. To start off with I booked a private room throuogh their website at $80. I never got an email confirmation. I had to call them a week later to see if it was booked. I asked them to email me. Two and a half months later and four days before im due to stay... more

Venice Beach Hostel is the best hostel I've stayed in, hands down. Perfect location for the beach and bars - check out Mao's kitchen for awesome chinese food. The hostel itself was lovely and clean, very friendly and helpful staff with stuff like karaoke and film nights organised for free. Big clean kitchen, with free pasta, pancake mix and other... more

My boyfrind and I stayed here for three nights at beginning of september 2005, we had a private room with private ensuite, excellent price think we paid about $180 booked it on hostels, had to pay a $100 room deposit when we arrived....bit steep but i guess its because the room had a PC with free internet access, plus cable... more