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Reviews of El Patio Inn

2 out of 5
El Patio Inn
11466 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 147 out of 644 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 179 out of 644 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 127 out of 644 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 93 out of 644 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 98 out of 644 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Cindi

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
The place was cute but pricey for what it is
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Candido

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really bad customer service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from El Patio Inn Management on 9 Apr 2024
I find your review pretty unfair and vague. We have no records of you complaining to front desk about anything. We have a lot of repeat customers who stay with us for our clean rooms, free parking, and great location for Universal Studios (3 min drive to Universal Studios). You booked a very inexpensive 2-star hotel but maybe expected a 5-star hotel customer service. Next time, I suggest that you pay up and book a 5-star hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Erika

Travelled with family and small children
Agradable y cómodo
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Helen

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Too old, no chair, no table, no front desk
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from El Patio Inn Management on 4 Apr 2024
I find your review pretty unfair and inaccurate. We have a lot of repeat customers who stay with us for our clean rooms, free parking, and great location for Universal Studios (3 min drive to Universal Studios). Our rooms were renovated a few years ago and we have photos of the rooms on all sites. You booked a very inexpensive two-star hotel but expected a 5-star hotel. Next time, I suggest that you pay up and book a 5-star hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Anna, North Las Vegas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean and quiet. The heater was difficult to reach as the bed was against the wall under it and i had to climb on the bed to adjust the temperature.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Emilio

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

steve

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
worst ever. Do not stay here. Runaway don't walk.
I reserved a room some of my employees to stay while in town for business and after showing up at the property they refused to stay there due to the lack of cleanliness and the people in and around the property. Although I had not checked in yet the property first agreed to refund my money less one night of three and then at the last minute refused to any refund.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from El Patio Inn Management on 1 Jan 2024
I find your review extremely unfair and inaccurate. We have a lot of repeat customers who stay with us for our clean rooms, free parking, and great location for Universal Studios (1.5 miles from the park entrance). You booked the hotel via a third party and called us to cancel your reservation on the day of arrival! You never checked into your room and never even saw the room so how are you able to judge the cleanness of the hotel! It appears that you left this review just because you were not able to get a refund! We require a min 3 days advance notice in order to arrange for a free cancellation / modification.

10/10 Excellent

Tomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Casey L

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erika

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Driven past it a million times and finally stayed here. Clean, renovated rooms, helpful friendly staff, great value!!! Stay here. the rooms are straight forward but youre not in LA to have a swanky hotel room to take selfies in
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Porfirio

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really like it
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Eileen

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
AWFUL! OUTDATED, DIRTY, A ZERO!
AWFUL! Dirty, dingy, bugs! No baths (though picture shows one) Read the fine print! WORST hotel I’ve seen north of the boarder. Nutbuogradrd since 1980, it appears. Small, dirty, bugs, asked for a refund (only shower, no tub - daughter w special needs required bath,) they said $40’more I could have the ONE room with a bath! Asked for refund after seeing bugs (NO OUTLETS NEXT TO BES FOR CHARGING ELECTRONICS,) so I moved the headboard and there were bugs! They refused. SHOCKING this hotel is listed on hotels.com - more shocking it’s rated this high (seems improbable!) PAY MORE SOMEONE ELSE. You will regret staying here!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from El Patio Inn Management on 19 Dec 2023
Your review is extremely unfair and inaccurate. Since we could not offer you a free cancellation, you put this unfair review. You checked in and used the room and then asked for a refund! Please keep in mind that you booked a 2 star hotel with very cheap rates, very clean rooms, free parking, free Wi-Fi, and great location for Universal Studios - only a 5 min drive. We have a lot of repeat customers who stay with us for our clean rooms, cheapest rates in Studio City, free parking, and great location. We certainly do not have any roaches in our room. Our hotel is regularly inspected and treated for pests. Next time, I suggest that you pay up 400-500 per night and book Hilton Hotel and maybe they would be able to satisfy your lofty expectations. I wish them luck!

8/10 Good

Derwyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Long story but I had a good time.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Juan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean room , we had no problems
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Staff & service
Staff great Funky 50s vibe Really convenient to LA attractions Good price Back electric gate noisy in my room
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lydia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
How close to universal studios it was..
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place and nice people
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Lorna

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from El Patio Inn Management on 17 Oct 2023
I am surprised by your vague and unfair review. You booked a 2 star hotel in a very expensive area. I do not understand what was terrible about the hotel. We have a lot of repeat guests who come back for our clean rooms, free parking, great service, and great location for Universal Studios Hollywood. The hotel is only 1.5 miles from the park.

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

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

8/10 Good

zulema

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was close to Universal Studios and we had good restaurants around. It was a good place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Monna Fe

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gabriela

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Tomas

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

8/10 Good

Gerardo

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

SHELLY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Close to Universal Studios
Nothing fancy and smells old but it's a place to sleep for a few hours. Didn't like that you have to check in at a different location after 10pm and then drive back to the room. Close to Universal Studios which was nice. I like a firm bed but the beds were hard.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excelent
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Patrick

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kelley

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
El Patio Inn is a simple and quaint place. We stayed for 4 days and 3 nights. We truly enjoyed the convenience of the location and the subtle charm from the landscape and ambient lighting at night. The rooms were outdated and plain, but provided us with just the basic needs. Over all cleanliness was good and they are attentive to your needs if you ask. The staff was very kind, honest, and helpful. We misplaced a phone and they immediately notified us when they found it. We appreciate this place and would stay again. We recommend El Patio Inn if you are looking for an eccentric, but minimal styled place to rest your head.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

jose

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cozy, and close to Universal Studios and Santa Monica
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Very comfortable & quiet!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

brianda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice little hotel. Close to Universal studios
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

miryan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
the shower was having a lot of hair inside, and the linen were look like they never change it cause was having also a lot of hair in bed
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from El Patio Inn Management on 28 Aug 2023
I am sorry if you found hair in the shower and on the sheets. We have no record of you complaining to the front desk. If you had brought it up to our attention, we would have cleaned it for you. The sheets are always changed after guests check out. Our front desk clerks always make sure that rooms are completely stripped by our housekeepers and washed in all of our check out rooms. Unfortunately, sometimes hair gets stuck to the laundry in the dryer and housekeepers miss it. That does not mean that we do not change the sheets. WE ALWAYS WASH AND CHANGE THE SHEETS.

10/10 Excellent

Marilyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Gabriel

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

6/10 Okay

Melissa

Travelled with family and small children
Parking is first come so if you are arriving late, there may not be a parking spot. I was told to park on the street outside of the property! The only spots outside were in the parking meter areas! The air conditioner inside also smelled musty when it was on. Overall it served it's purpose for a quick place to sleep before heading to universal studios.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maria Elizabeth

Son amables , está limpio y está cerca de universal estudios y muchas tiendas
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Jose Manuel

Parking lot to narrow
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Elizabeth

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erica

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Val

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay - The hotel is old but the priece and location are great. bed and bathroom are all right - The a/c was an old model but it worked amazingly well. Good Amenities. Only bad thing was that bed sheets wasn't really clean I watched some hairs and doubt it was for washing.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for Universal.
Great value and very convenient location to Universal Studios. The parking is tight, but very easy to exit through the alley. The beds were soft and the stuffed animals the kids brought were always ruched in waiting for us to return.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Maureen

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Disliked: Amenities
This place COULD be a gem, but it is not. It’s cheaper for a reason, I suppose. Quite loud during the day (I think from the motor shop next door?) Homeless people camped right outside the rooms under the awning plants. No great!! Especially because there is NOT anyone in the office all hours.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

esther

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
staff was friendly and helpful, just want to recomend, needs a better clean specially in the bathroom, shower have mold. thankyou
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

dawn

Travelled with family
Liked: Room comfort
was good for the money. would go again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
The staff was very nice! I dropped an earring down the sink… they were so nice and helped get it out. This is our second time staying here when we come to Universal Studios.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023