Gateway Hotel Santa Monica

Hotel is small but in a good location. Basic facilities but rooms are clean and beds were comfy. Boys appreciated the vending machines and the location was very quiet compared to downtown LA. We walked to Santa Monica Brewery which was awesome and felt very safe along the way. That had cheap craft beer beer, amazing pizza, brilliant staff and vibe. We went there a few times. Easy drive into the town area for shopping, eating and drinking.

Nice comfy beds, great rooms, updated and with all usual standards like fridge, cable TV and coffee maker. A very nice touch was the complimentary breakfast (all items packaged except for pancakes, so many single use paper/plastic plates etc and a lot of trash) Breakfast staff was utmost friendly, helpful and attentive. Great service. Area felt safe and walkable to Trader Joe's /Wholefoods, restaurants. Good parking garage with two subterranean levels accessible by the elevator. In the evening you could still chill outside in the balcony.

Wonderful area and near the UCLA medical offices- if I owned that hotel, I would include that information in the hotel information. Great coffee and small breakfast. Room was Very quiet-great mattress! Slept better than at home. Finally, the front desk staff were great and made me feel very welcome. Obvious pride in the property. The elevators were also very convenient to the parking.

They provide free breakfast. (tea, coffee, pancake, fruit.. milk, cereal..) which is very good for guests.

No-nonsense room with everything one needs, I'd think. Very clean, comfortable bed, nice bathroom, great room maintenance, air conditioning, wi-fi. Coffee, tea, water for you in room. Few meters to bus stops for Metro busses and the BBB (Big Blue Bus) that provide reliable, save service to many parts of LA - really convenient. For example, with the bus it takes about 10min to reach Santa Monica downtown/beach promenade, 15 min to get to UCLA/Westwood/Century City, ~ 20min to reach Beverly Hills.