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Reviews of Boutique Hostel

2 out of 5
Boutique Hostel
550 W 47th St, Los Angeles, CA

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 66 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 38 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 30 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 35 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 89 out of 258 reviews" "

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.2/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Tatiana

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tofo was super dirty, garbage in the room, used tampons under the bed, the bathroom was terribly dirty, there was no toilet paper. Additionally, the area where the hostel is located was dirty, and looked dangerous. I do not recommend staying at this hostel. It's cheap but I wouldn't stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Karen

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jazmin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tysa

Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
BEWARE DON'T BOOK
Beware* not safe for traveling people lots of strange activities and locals who live permanently. This place is NASTY and located in the HOOD.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marlow

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

2/10 Terrible

Manuel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Does it get cleaned???
No one cleans the room daily, so it’s a big issue when 5 or more people stay in the same room for a period of time
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

CARLOS

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

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect short stay place for me
i had a short stay for 2-3 days. The location and price was ideal for my stay. Each dorm has a bathroom, they provide you a towel. The rules are fair for anyone staying who isn’t looking to party where they’re staying. The rules are fair for everyone staying there. I received a roll of toilet paper when I arrived and a towel. There’s wifi. This was my first hostel visit and I didn’t feel at risk at all. I met security guard Glen on my first night and he was a gentleman and ran the place well. I chose a top bunk and got lucky to have one facing east and west like I sleep at home so I didn’t have any trouble adapting. There’s plenty of chargers for your phone and a main floor with a kitchen and television. I did my morning meditations in the that main floor. I inspected my bunk for bedbugs and lice before sleeping. It’s overall a really clean experience - it seems like they have a cleaning routine that occurs on the days of the week I didn’t stay. I had chill dorm mates too so thay contributed to my good experience. Everyone there was informative and we even watched some comedy shows as a building at one point. There’s not much else I can say, I stayed for 3 days. The check out process is just leaving the place but I did a little extra and left toothpaste for my dorm that i couldn’t take on my flight home and made my bed. Be street smart and the neighborhood shouldn’t be any trouble to you. God bless you. YHWH from on high 🙌
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Giovanni

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Behzad

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Keine Stunde da bleiben
- nicht gute Service - richt nicht gut -
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stupid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff is great .
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

MONTRELL

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Awesome
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marcus

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

2/10 Terrible

Tino

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If you're homeless it's an upgrade. If not spend the extra money and go somewhere else.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Sanjeev

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No proper ventilation, unsafe.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

sung

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Pamela

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is run like a Prison Ward with intimidating prison-type guards bullying whomever they so choose. FILTHY ENVIRONMENT AND ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Iliana Guadalupe

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a hostel so prettiness is not expected. However, our reservation was wrong (females only instead of coed) and the guard was rude about it expecting us to solve their mistake. When he (guard) finally took us to see the manager, it got even more weird. The manager was not only rude but unapproachable and he had trouble communicating, not sure if this is because he is an angry human being or lacks scholarly training. When we finally were given the correct space to sleep, we were warned about making noise only to not be able to sleep because of all the noise other guests were making, ALL night long. Most people at the hostel sleep during the day and they should ALSO be warned about making noise. The manager, however, is the worst!

2/10 Terrible

Marilyn

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Most dirty place I ever been. I didnt stay more than 5min. I was so unclean that I ran away...
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Harvey D.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Rodrigo

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Lenar

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
1. check-in only after 3 p.m 2. too small rooms. My room was about 60 square feet. 3. the air conditioner did not work. Instead, there was a fan. 4. there is no toilet paper in the restroom 5. fragile, uncomfortable beds. They are unstable. The beds are wobbly.

4/10 Poor

Chris

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wow
This place is disgustingly filthy and they have people from the street living there
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Easy
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Boutique Hostel on Aug 24, 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

2/10 Terrible

kemal

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

2/10 Terrible

Kodzo

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Shazia

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

KELLY M

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ralph A.

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean place
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Justin

Liked: Staff & service
Comfy Beds, Warm Water, Secure and Safe Dirty and Hot
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Karisa

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Boutique Hostel on Aug 24, 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

10/10 Excellent

Anthonie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Property furnished.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Boutique Hostel on Aug 8, 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

2/10 Terrible

alexander

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Price is low for multiple reasons
dudes working security/checking you in are the nicest guys on the planet, straight up have to deal with non-stop BS all night long. They are patient and super friendly they get a solid 10/10. of my 2 night stay I stayed for 40 minutes. I chose to sleep in my car in Vermont Park as opposed to sleeping @ the Hostel if that says anything. I suggest making/using a fake ID for check-in (as i did) then pay cash. They take a picture of your ID which I had heard about in advance so I just made a fake Idaho once and poorly laminated it. Each room has its own keypad lock which is rad so if youre with a group of 4 you know your stuff will be safe. The rooms are hot as hell, there are 2 outlets per room and a bathroom which hasnt been cleaned in god only knows how long. the guys working/check in: 10/10 cant say enough nice stuff about these guys, just a wonderful bunch of dudes. actual unit: 1/10 dirty, cluttered, bunk beds are made for toddlers (i pulled mine down climbing up and i weigh 170lbs) mattress pads are just lawnchair pads and blankets are apparently covered in something itchy. DO NOT SLEEP HERE. quiet: 1/10 in a not great part of town in a pretty run down building, lots of yelling/fights, tennant noise + street noise. safe: 2/10 had a dude threaten to kill me and my family as I walked by him (i dont have a family, but still). I walked 5 blocks from where I parked, charged my phone, brushed my teeth and splashed some water on my face and bailed.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Oscar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Solid experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Boutique Hostel on Aug 8, 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

4/10 Poor

Darrell

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No shower available in my room.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Boutique Hostel on Aug 6, 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

6/10 Okay

DeVogue

Business traveller
Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good for sleep
Check in guard is super sweet always respectful and vwry helpful. There was another man he had long semi curly hair in a ponytail apparently he worked there was super rude. He saw me waiting never said hello even once i addressed him. He was doing inspections of the rooms. I had just walked in barely set my stuff down. He knocked heard a little "manager" and barged in not even waiting three seconds to open a door to a "All female room" I thankfully had not begone to change, I would have been livid. Told me to excite the room "he had to take pics for the owners" no "please" rudely stared at me. When, I looked at him he then said like it justified his rudeness. "We inspect twice a day" i had a problem with how he did the inspection not the inspection itself. Completely arrogant. The voicemail box was full so you cant leave a message for either of the owners.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Erik

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Travis

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Carmine

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The security guy was really nice, he helped me with everything, the location is cute, the rooms are clean but the costumers were rude and loud, I didn't feel safe in the area, I was always scared for me and my car... The people that live there start drinking at 9am and if you're a lonely white girl they are gonna insult you and not making you feel comfortable at all! The parking inside the hostel is really small so probably is better to leave the car outside...
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

P

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Shabir

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it is army headquarter not a friendly hostel. Most
it is army headquarter not a friendly hostel. Most people live there for longer stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Merghani

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is bad they don't know how to deal with the people manager is too much bad and rood over there it's They don't have no air conditional Not a good place for you
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

MAHAMAT

Liked: Cleanliness
Slow connexion only
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Keely

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I have stayed at this property many times before, and the neighborhood has just continue to go down. Rap music was blasting from a car for almost an hour in the middle of the night. It just ended up being a more rough neighborhood than it used to be, there's no way for the security guard to feel comfortable telling people to keep it down, not to mention that the parking around there is insane.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Lauren

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Boutique Hostel on Aug 8, 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

10/10 Excellent

Bertha

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Boutique Hostel on Jul 11, 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Room comfort
uncomfortable, not clean, sketchy
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023