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"This is the best place to stay in Venice Beach because it is practically on the beach. The entire place is clean and well-maintained, though rooms are a bit modest."

"This is one of the best cheap places to stay in LA. It has more character than many hostels, but it still suffers from HI’s rules which hold it back from its potential to be a truly great hostel."

"Gramercy Place is the type of place backpackers dream about after long stints in cramped, dingy old dorms. It is spacious, clean, well equipped and actually smells like flowers in there."

"Location is about all this hostel has going for it. Beds are stained, bathrooms are worn out and dirty and the noise at night is a problem and the hostel has an unidentifiable foul odour."

"This hostel isn't as nice as the Banana Bungalow in West Hollywood, but the Hollywood Boulevard location is better so it is an ideal place to stay if you don't have a car."

"Orange Drive Hostel is inside a rickety old manor house. Some shared bathrooms are old and grimy, and the kitchen/common room is small and minimal, but otherwise it is not bad."