"Located a block from the beach and near the Santa Monica pier, this hostel offers free Wi-Fi, a stocked kitchen, and single-sex dorm rooms; while the bunks don't have curtains, the mattresses are thick. There are numerous indoor and outdoor common areas and daily free activities like pub crawls, walking tours, and hikes, making it easy to meet people, and there's a light rail station a few blocks away if you want to head to DTLA." - Matthew Kepnes