PodShare · downtown Los Angeles
in California, USA 🇺🇸 and 2 more locations
→ podshare.com
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All PodShare locations have a $15 daypass for daytime access to all the common facilities except pods.
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It was exactly what I was looking for. Adequate facilities, nice people, very comfortable and tidy. Your bed comes with bedding, and towels are $5. You can bring a lock for the lockers but people left things on their beds and it was a nonissue. It’s all co-ed, which might throw some people off but really wasn’t a problem. I needed a place to sleep/a base for the night, and this checked those boxes. It’s close to the metro station and bus stops, and I felt comfortable walking to and from them as a young woman—even after dark.
My only qualm was that it was pretty warm at night, but it was also August in the middle of LA and A/C isn’t cheap so it is what it is.
My friend and I stayed here for two nights and loved it. The only thing is that there isn’t any AC near the beds so it gets hot at night, but there are some fans around the shared spaces. Really nice vibe and loved the people/ service
I wouldn't recommend that families rent this place, even if it's the last option. But yeah, you get what you paid for. The building was not easy to find if you paid the same day to sleep for the night because the "receptionist" will ask for an ID to give you all the necessities you need if you paid online. When I entered the building, the receptionist wasn't there. That's fine, they're probably out to eat on their lunch break. Entering the bathroom, the shower looked alright and the toilet was clean, which I'm surprised considering people living there and it's Los Angeles. The bunkbed was okay with a monitor and a whiteboard for boredom. The electrical cable is good, but it isn't suitable for three-prong outlets. There are only two things that need to be fixed - the AC and the fridge. Sleeping without the A/C was not great. You will have trouble sleeping if you like sleeping cold with a warm blanket. Thankfully, some people brought their fans, so it kinda worked. The fridge was disturbing and disgusting, the worst I've ever seen. The water dispenser is filled with an unknown substance, so bring your own water bottles, and the inside the fridge I wasn't able to find my own mini storage for my food, so I place it somewhere else and hope no one eats it. Remember about the receptionist I talked about? Yeah, she was still gone after waking up. Overall, the condition is okay, but there needs to be improvement for comfort and cleanliness.
Everything was nice, quiet, and comfortable. Only real issue was the fridge was a little dirty. Also the tv by the bed is not a tv and is just a monitor to plug a device into except the one for my bunk didn't turn on. Othet than that, this is a great area in walking distance of many food places, shopping areas, and the metro. Over all I had a great time and would definetely come back.
Dear women, I've been to many Hostels all over the world, and while I love the beds in this hostel it has an unsafe vibe to it . If it had a small section for women it would of been better.
If you bring extra cash you can pay to park 5 dollars an hr. Or try to find meter parking. If you want storage space bring a lock for lockers. And if you need a towel or wifi bring extra cash nothing is free.
Booked for 4 nights in the middle of January. Stayed for only 1 night. Place has been living rent free in my head for 2 weeks.
Booked a different hotel for remaining the 3 nights and didn’t ask for a refund and just took my loses as it wasn’t worth the health risk of staying another night.
I advise viewing the photos in previous 1 star rating reviews as this is a good picture of how the place looks.
Also read through some of the new 5 star reviews, and ask yourself does this sound like a normal person or does this sound like an owner or salesman trying to sell the place
We arrived at 1am and did the self check in.
We were given the bed number 18. There were about 10 pairs of shoes under our bed, so we took one of the beds. Bed number 16, the spring was broken so we settled on bed 15.
All 18 single and double beds are in one big communal area, so you get a scent of everyone’s smell.
Went to have a shower and I felt cleaner than the shower, even after a 8 hour flight. The shower was full mold or bacteria all around the nozzles. Tiny area to get changed (only privacy area)
After my horrible shower, went to sleep. It was freezing cold.
Woke up in the morning, booked a different place immediately (found another amazing place that was 10-15 US more a night then this place).
Before leaving we noticed our pillow covers were yellow and my partner felt she had been bitten by bed bugs in the night.
In the morning we just got up and left with all our stuff. They must have not known we had left, has 3 days later I received an email asking if I would like to check out or extend my stay.
My advice, don’t stay here. But if you do, don’t book more than 1 night as you won’t get a refund.
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