Hotel Carmel

Hotel Carmel is in a great location, and the staff were friendly and helpful. We enjoyed our short stay; however, I don’t feel it meets the standard of a 3-star hotel and found it to be overpriced. The property is quite run-down and outdated, with an odd smell throughout, making it feel closer to a 2-star experience. It’s not a terrible place to stay, but the pricing should more accurately reflect the condition and overall offering of the hotel.

Rooms are soo beat up and dirty ! Elevator has to be constantly reset my daughter in law was stuck in it for 20 min they were so rude !! Please avoid this very old building pained over like a land lord special !

Very convenient to Santa Monica pier. Rooms clean, staff friendly and helpful

Place was conveniently places, near the Santa Monica Bridge, dining, and shopping. It was clean. The staff were polite, nice, & helpful. Would recommend for a stay.

we stayed here for one night & we were facing the main streets and it was quite noisy at night/ early in the morning with all the cars. Overall the staff were amazing we enjoyed our quick stay

One slow, small elevator for a 4 story building. AC by the bed blowing directly on me. Employees were all very nice.

Clean room but dated. Staff was nice and friendly. Comfortable room. Perfect location

Nice easy stay. Great location.

Clean rooms and staff super friendly- all the girls were nice and explained us how to use the metro - gave us the tap cards!!! I’ll be definitely back!

The hotel is an old building, so a few quirks like the shower didn't work well, sheets didn't fit the bed, not a great mattress, and it was extremely noisy. The staff was great, and the location can't be beat.

I really want to love this place. The interior of the room was clean and I really liked the decor and the space in the room was comfortable. The bed and pillows were comfortable. The AC never got below 75 in the room though, and was often hotter, which made it pretty stuffy. The location was fabulous. I walked 2 blocks to the pier to watch the sunset both nights. I enjoyed walking the beach. It was a very walkable area. The housekeeping staff was really friendly. Front desk service was nice at check in, the rest of the time it was ok but not overly attentive. The carpets on the stairs and hallways appeared dirty. Overall, the location made it with the stay.

Bathroom door did not close properly, leaving about a 1-2 inch gap so that when you sat on the commode, you could be seen from the outside. This necessitated holding the door closed while on the commode. The entire floor in the room had an oily feel to it, so that you could not walk around barefoot, so we had to make sure we had shoes and/or socks on. The remote stopped working, so we checked the batteries. They were corroded, so we went down and had to get another remote. One lamp didn't work. Flushing the toilet was very inconvenient as the button was under the bathroom shelf and you had to squeeze your fingers under to push it, and there was only about an inch gap to do that. If you have big hands, it would be even harder. Sometimes it wouldn't flush properly. Had two free waters in the room, but one had been opened and partially used. Air conditioning unit was noisy, and old fashioned. You could hear conversation from the next room through the bathroom vent as well.

Such a great vibe here!!

Everything good

Great location

This place is old and dingy, smelled damp and old. We took one look at room and got our money back and went somewhere else! Doesnt even deserve 2 stars!!

Loved proximity to so many wonderful things, helpfulness of staff, reciprocal discounts and recommendations

Hotel Carmel is a reasonably priced place to stay near to Santa Monica Boardwalk.

The hotel was built in 1926, but it has been nicely renovated. The staff is very friendly. The room temperature was less than ideal, but that was on operator error so we got that worked out for the second night. There’s a lot of street noise that carries upstairs as well as our neighbors with their screaming kids. There is old-fashioned wiring that goes through the closet to different parts of the room that leaves one wondering if it’s up to code. Valet parking is convenient, but it is $35 a night as well as a hefty tourism tax that you have to pay when you check in. Otherwise it was convenient to the beach and to shopping and dining. I would recommend this place and would probably visit again.