Vagabond Inn Long Beach

Positive: Good view and staff are friendly and generous. Negative: Cockroahes that we loathe and not like it even in the Caterina that cockroaches there too to make my husband won't eat there only drink and he is allergic to it.

The website photos and "amenities" listed online are absolutely incorrect. First, you have to deposit $100 cash and are warned you won't get it back if you damage the room. Gave us a hand signed slip of paper and told us that if we lost it, we wouldn't get the $100 back. | Going into the building was difficult because the card reader barely worked. | Our room on the 2nd floor was disgusting. Black mold growing above the toilet. Cracked window. Drywall damage all over the room. The sheets had stains on them. Threadbare blankets, and lumpy pillows. | The TV remote barely worked. Could only use the channel down button. No other buttons worked. Bare light bulbs, torn lamp shades, florescent light in bathroom, mismatched light bulb colors in bedside lights.| Zero sound

It was ok, just okay. No mini fridge for the room, no microwave either. Breakfast. Was bare bones just some apples and bananas, cherios, frosted flakes with a pitcher of milk. And some mini croissants and bread with a toaster. I ended up eating out every morning. The hotel staff were friendly. And its by a lot of good food restaurants.

WORST RECEPTION EVER I went to check a room for one night and received the worst service of my life. When I presented my card, the front desk clerk was extremely rude. He said he needed to confirm that the card was mine, even though I was using Apple Pay, which makes no difference at all to the hotel. Anyone can book a room, and it’s not required that the card used belongs to the guest. The card was mine, it was on my phone, and still he insisted that I had to “prove” that my Apple Pay was mine. I asked to see photos of the rooms, and he responded very rudely, saying: “Do you think these people would stay in bad rooms?” while pointing at other guests. I felt extremely embarrassed. I simply wanted to know what the room looked like. He could have shown me photos, explained the room, or at le

I liked the fact that it was in walking distance to the downtown area just in case I didn't want to drive or just wanted to walk to the beach or even down to the Pike and Shoreline area. It was quiet, clean and in a pretty cool part of downtown, and also reasonably priced .. I'd definitely visit again!!