This Motel is called Sea Blue Hotel. I would recommend looking at their reviews on other sites before booking. The location is steps away from the Santa Monica Pier and the ocean which is a beautiful location. The area itself has been impacted more over the years by the homeless. This is not a beach city to hang out at night in my opinion. The motel itself is not more than a two star. The front desk was kind at check in and let us check in earlier than 4pm and gave us a room that had somewhat of a "view". The view was from the front door. The room was run down with broken blinds in the front window, which hindered our privacy. The room didn't have a phone, table to eat on and only had one chair. It was less than clean, but hard to tell because of how old and run down it was. The toilet was dirty. There was one side table next to one of the beds. The towels had stains (which the front desk said they would replace if I brought them the old ones). We decided not to shower because of the overall cleanliness of the shower and bathroom. The late night front desk person was a little rude and insisted that we told her about the dirty room and towels.. we had to walk to the front desk to tell her because there is not a phone to call and a phone number was not provided, so it wasn't worth our time. The sheets seemed cleaned but old and stained. The walls are paper-thin... you can hear neighbors ... Parking is extremely tight and there are only about 24 spots and it cost $36 a night. There are places to eat in walking distance. If you are looking for a place to crash and you don't need more that this place is for you. The price is high for what you get even next to the beach.