Overall had a very good experience with Ocean Island Inn. They were very accommodating in storing my bag even though my check in time needed to be pushed past their standard locker hours. Were happy to answer questions and easy to chat with. The room itself had everything it needed. It was clean, comfortable, and felt mostly secure.
The only complaint I have about my stay is one that I brushed off in the moment but the more I thought about it later, the more concerned I became. When I arrive at the hostle (around midnight) I retrieved my bag and got my room key. When I went upstairs I ran into a young woman in the hallway who was waiting for her food delivery to arrive. She mistook me as the delivery guy and asked if was looking for room K24. Which was, in fact, the key I was given. Turns out that was her room, not mine. Once we figured out that I was NOT the food guy and that it was also NOT my room, I was able to go back downstairs and get my actual room key.
Now, fortunately this story has a funny ending and no one got hurt because she was already up and fortunately we connected and talked before I just opened the door and fortunately she was there with her boyfriend as well, but I CANNOT imagine waking up in the middle of the night with a strange man in my hostel room. Particularly if she'd been alone. I meant her no harm of course, but she certainly wouldn't have known that in the moment. Now the rooms have chains on them and that could have prevented it, but having someone struggling to break into your room is... better but not great. Now this only happened because the young fellow working the front desk was on his first shift all by himself. He was clearly under trained and left to figure things out. I worked with him to get things sorted and everything worked out fine. However this establishment should be better about ensuring their staff know proper procedures before abandoning them overnight. This could've been a very traumatic experience for another patron and I certainly would've felt awful.