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Reviews of Vibe Hotel West Hollywood

2 out of 5
Vibe Hotel West Hollywood
605 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 31 out of 97 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 97 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 97 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 97 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 23 out of 97 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Aleck

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Por el costo la vdd es que estuvo muy bien, ya que no suelo estar en el hotel, limpio y el personal muy amable, cabe mencionar que no es un hotel de lujo. pero cumple.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Yoram

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The bed was uncomfortable and the room is clean but very out dadted
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Maureen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I didn't like anything about this place. There are no telephones in the rooms. No access to a telephone in case of an e.emergemcy. No bathtub matts when takimg a shower. Elevators were not in working order. It was not a Hotel ad one would think when looking on line. It was a hostle for young travelers. Not for elders The location is a very run down area with lots if buildings & stores boarded up. A terrible disgrace.
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for over 2 weeks, great people to talk too, great events and awesome staff. If you enjoy conversations, meeting new people around the world and having good accommodation. This is the place to be!

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If you want to be in a area with a lot of different shopping and eating, you will like it. Not upscale but very cool for an overnight stay.. Loved It
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

FELIPE

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is not a hotel. It’s a hostel, which is fine but they started charging the same as hotels near which are 5 times better.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved my stay
Brilliant value
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Listen, this is a hostel with motel-like rooms, so be prepared for international travelers, drinking with other guests over games of pool, maybe even an amateur comedy show. If you’re into those sorts of things on your travels, this is an outstanding choice.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Panadda

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kathleen

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I did not like anything about this property. It is close to Melrose which is a nice neighborhood but this being only 2 blocks away, I was scared. The rooms have no chain or deadbolt and I was terrified someone would break into the room. The man who checked me in was so rude that he almost made me cry. The only good thing I can say about this dump is I did not get bedbugs and the cleaning people were nice. I would rather sleep in a car at a rest stop then stay at this place again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
cool place nice guest
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Panadda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Che

Disliked: Cleanliness
This place is great for location and generally safe and secure. The only MAJOR drawback is that it STINKS for weed. You can't escape the smell. It gets in your room and is nauseating.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Isabelle, Gatineau

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leonardo

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Thumbs up
I got a private room and I felt pretty safe everyone staying at the place were very nice. I will definitely be staying again next time I visit the city, love the easy access to areas like the Grove, sunset strip, and Canters deli just a 5 min walk away.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Luke

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Be careful
This place is deceiving. It's a hostel, not a hotel. I didn't actually see any signs suggesting this was the Vibe Hotel... it's all the Banana Bungalow. The man at the front desk was the rudest I have ever met when staying in accommodation. The office had misplaced my booking details but he automatically and aggressively blamed me. I insisted he look again and luckily he realised his error. The luggage room was not securely locked. I had my own room thankfully. It wasn't super clean but was acceptable. The layout of the building appears to be some kind of old hospital or medical facility. The bed was fine besides a mattress cover that made it really hot. The property claims to have central air conditioning but I never felt it on. The room was stuffy but ok if you opened a window during the day. The hostel is on a busy road but I wasn't too bothered by the traffic. The location is decent to get around to different parts of LA (close to buses) and to some bars and restaurants on Melrose Ave. I never felt unsafe in the area but there were the regular LA problems of homelessness and drug use. If I had realised this was going to be a hostel rather than hotel I may have been happier with the accommodation but just be wary it may not be what you think it is.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The wall of hotel are paper thin it was very noisy at night. Other than that the hotel was super clean and the staff was professional.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Joshua

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Gail

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
When we booked nothing led us believe that this was a hostel! However, it was clean, friendly and handy to public transport. There was an event on most nights which was great. We could get to most of the city and tourist attractions from almost the front door. It wasn’t what we had expected but once over our initial shock, it was enjoyable and great value for money.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

steve

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jun

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
For beer pong bunk bed grunge kids only.
Disgusting room. Clumps of hair on shower wall, awful bed. Right on Fairfax with windows that did not block the traffic sounds not the hanging around smokers. Clustered electric chords for lights and fan, fire hazard, noisy useless fan and no other option besides opening aforementioned window and basically sleeping right next to a sidewalk in a pretty drug infested neighborhood. I canceled my second night and left.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shananana

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Devon

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well that was a mistake
I gotta say, if you need a bed and you won't mind bugs crawling over you, or a lack of air conditioning, or the fact that you're clearly sleeping in a converted hospital or asylum, then you're going to love the place. Me, not so much, I left shortly after checking in and found another hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Samuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Name is appropriate. Very bohemian in a great way. Not a bunch of homeless or vagrants. Some fun things there,
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ryan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Juan

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Matthew

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Corinne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was a cute cozy place, Thanks!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Cool hostel/hotel. Community oriented. Fun environment
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Great vibe! No pun intended
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Marcus, Murrieta

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I usually don't write reviews, but this has to be said: This property honestly does not qualify as a hotel. It is a budget hostel. The interior of the hostel looks like it was at a time a mental asylum or hospital that has been converted into a hostel. The room we were given had a large stain on the dark bedsheet that looked like sweat/ oil/ grease from a large person who had laid there a long time. NONE OF THE ROOMS HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. They claim that there is central air, but there was no air currents coming from the vents. The room was very hot and unbearable. There was an odd smell in the hallway near the room, it smelt like trash or meat rotting. There was a large human turd in the street that I had to walk past as the garage does not have direct access into the hotel. BUT, there is a nice pool table and table tennis setup in the lobby. In a nutshell: It's just not for anyone expecting a "hotel." It is a hostel for backpackers or younger travelers who are willing to make compromises to save some money.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Jessica

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Did not stay. Checked in, tried to immediately check out, because no ac, just a fan plugged into an extension cord...bad lighting...tiny tv. When I tried to checkout, couldn't find ANYONE....Front desk empty...tried calling, no answer. Then couldn't get back intl my room to leave, because door was broken! Spent more time trying to leave, then im actual room. They also didn't want to refund me....but Expedia is! Thank you Expedia. Vibe Hotel is more like a Hostel....and called Banana Bungalow when you arrive. Confusing!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Flavio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Ivan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not staying here again.
Receptionist was rude. Room was not as promised.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Franz

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Esteban

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hiram

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Claudia

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Gia

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Jordan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Hilariously Insecure: A Comedy of Issues Positives - Niles and the guy at the front desk with long hair were great. Super nice and do everything they can to make sure you have a good time. Negatives - When I came to check in the door was locked and it required a code to get in, which typically is a great idea, if the code wasn't clearly visible, bold, and in huge font on a sign 2 feet away through the window. I was able to walk right in. My first night when I got back to the room, there was a girl laying in my bed watching TV. Sounds like she checked out the day before, but her key was never deactivated. Needless to say, I had to pack my stuff and move rooms. I obviously wanted to use the safety deposit box in this new room, but it didn't work. They were unable to get it fixed during my stay so I had to take my valuables with me every day. The next morning I woke up and there was no running water, so I had nothing to drink and couldn't shower. Checking out I asked to store my bags in their "secure storage" which is a room with a keypad for entry. If only it worked... but no, the door was opening with no code. All this happened over just 48 hours, Management's response? No action and no refund. The employees were asking me if Management spoke to me about all the issues... nope. Never tried. Code access that isn't publicly visible, deactivating cards after someone checks out, and a secure bag storage is what you learn during the first day of hospitality management 101.

2/10 Terrible

Mackenzie

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Tyler

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

ENIDIO

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Management on 10 June 2023
Thank you for staying with us, we look forward to seeing you again!

8/10 Good

Cynthia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The owners and staff were very nice
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Serra

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a really good place for people on a budget and for young people. The staff is very nice with different events happening every evening in the outdoor area
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Mollie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice affordable private hostel room
This has an international hostel "vibe" for sure, not a US hotel vibe. It's bare bones, no carpet, but for a great price for the area, I'm glad I did it. I didn't plan to spend too much time in the room, so it was fine. Good shower pressure, and glad to have a clean mini fridge and microwave. Staff were very friendly and attentive and even accommodated a late check in after 10pm, because I called in advance. Would recommend to a down to earth friend who just needs a basic, clean and safe place to crash in a walkable part of West LA.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from VIBE HOTEL on 27 Apr 2023
Thank you for you good review we are glad to hear our staff delivered a good customer experience , we hope you had a great time in Los Angeles .visit us again in your future travels

8/10 Good

Vanessa

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Ok stay in Los Angeles
Overall my stay was fine. It is nothing flash but it is safe and cleanish. There was an issue with my room were the shower was completely blocked. Maintenance was suppose to look and fix it while i was out for the day, that didn't happen. However i was given a different room as soon as i got back. Which turned out to be better has it had its own balcony. Breakfast was simply but good that there was something to start your morning. I would avoid using the washing machines as housekeeping use them and put bleach in the machine and the machine has ruined some of my clothes. Overall an ok stay but just not fof me.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Vibe Hotel on 27 Apr 2023
Thank you for staying with us , we are sorry to hear your stay had some bumps, we appreciated the feedback this will help us to provide a better experience from now we have made changes with our staff to help deliver a great experience.