Hometown Inn — Hotel in Los Angeles

Wow…where do I begin. I mean I know this is a relatively inexpensive place to stay but, I was blown away but how awful it was. Really. I was not expecting it to be that horrifically shocking. I’ll start from the beginning. We pull up, the security lady tells us that the receptionist is out to lunch so we need to wait for 30 min. We wait about 45 for him to return. As we are opening the gate to drive in to the main area we see a drunk driver struggling to enter. We head to the room and boy did it just absolutely reek. We’re talking nasal assault here. Cleaning products. Cigarettes. Marijuana. Mold maybe? We enter the room and well, I must be honest and say that it called to mind my stay in Tijuana, Mexico years ago. Moving on. There was graffiti all over the walls, on the bed frame, on the dressers, in the bathroom. Don’t get me wrong, I love a solid graffiti art piece. This was just not the time and place, ok? Dirty dirty dirty. Broken. Broken. Broken. Rip. Tear there. Tear there. EW hair there YUCK. Don’t use the towels guys. The soap crumbled in my hands :( The AC unit was broken, I was cold despite bringing sweaters and a blanket from home. The fridge? Also broken. Well there goes my drink. The TV was broken. I don’t need another screen but coming from someone who didn’t grow up with cable TV, I see it as something to look forward to when staying at a hotel motel what have you. There were stickers on the dresser, I suppose they were left from a child. No offense kid but I could’ve done without seeing that my whole life. Lastly, there were the sound of footsteps…all.night.long. I slept about 4 hours total. Lesson? Just stay at a regular consumer friendly place for comfort sakes! All that being said - I obviously had a very, memorable night lol. Oh yeah. And the power outlets...

Think twice before you book a stay here, please!

I stayed for four nights hoping to save a little money as I was just in town to visit friends and not be in a motel room. I booked a non-smoking room.

The room smelled of smoke and mold. The room was not well kept: dirty floors, graffiti on the bathroom door and on the lamp, old gum on one of the lamps, the door was held together with tape that was painted over. The little mini fridge was in disrepair and probably needed to be replaced (again held together with tape). And the front door wouldn’t close well, had no chain lock or do not disturb sign.

All of that I could’ve overlooked but should’ve taken as a warning. My second day there I had left $120 in cash in my bag. I discovered that money had disappeared. I did my due diligence and made sure I hadn’t dropped or misplaced the money. When I talked to the front desk (or maybe the manager/owner) he told me that he wouldn’t look into it because his staff had worked there for twenty years and weren’t criminals. I even gave them the benefit of the doubt and said maybe they picked it up mistaking it for a tip. Still, he refused to look into it.

When I checked out at the end of my trip the front desk clerk was just sleeping in the chair. Incredibly terrible experience.

So please, do your best to find a different...

I stayed for four nights hoping to save a little money as I was just in town to visit friends and not be in a motel room. I booked a non-smoking room. ||||The room smelled of smoke and mold. The room was not well kept: dirty floors, graffiti on the bathroom door and on the lamp, old gum on one of the lamps, the door was held together with tape that was painted over. The little mini fridge was in disrepair and probably needed to be replaced (again held together with tape). And the front door wouldn’t close well, had no chain lock or do not disturb sign. ||||All of that I could’ve overlooked but should’ve taken as a warning. My second day there I had left $120 in cash in my bag. I discovered that money had disappeared. I did my due diligence and made sure I hadn’t dropped or misplaced the money. When I talked to the front desk (or maybe the manager/owner) he told me that he wouldn’t look into it because his staff had worked there for twenty years and weren’t criminals. I even gave them the benefit of the doubt and said maybe they picked it up mistaking it for a tip. Still, he refused to look into it. ||||When I checked out at the end of my trip the front desk clerk was just sleeping in the chair. Incredibly terrible experience. ||||So please, do your best to find a different...