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Reviews of The Rumi Hostel

2 out of 5
The Rumi Hostel
820 S Oxford Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 99 out of 187 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 187 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 187 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 187 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 31 out of 187 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Pawan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Satisfied
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jaqueline de Aragão

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Siuk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Jaime

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Washroom availability was difficult at times
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Jair, Venice

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The employees kept calling me an idiot and kept trying to "dominate" me. I'm not sure why they kept following me around but it seems like they were trying to entice me to fight them, in order to get me arrested.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

chivornvanny

10/10 Excellent

Paityn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
it was nice!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

ANDREY

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
i came after 10 pm when check-in was closed. but staff did their best to help me. they also asked me proof of travel. breakfast surprised me - nutella, peanaut butter and bread. also coffee and creamer. didn't really expect to have it for the small price paid. wish towel was for free tho (rent is 2$ cash).
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Paola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly place to stay one or some nights if you are visiting LA. Rate was good and the reservation was easy. I would recommend it.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Marine

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

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Lonnie

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Bulime

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

CELENDONIA MYRNA

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff is very responsive and friendly. Opens your mind to the world with transient occupants coming from different parts of the world and share experiences & travel hacks. Practical accommodation if your day is busy traveling around doing touristy stuff! Will definitely recommend to friends!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Tommie

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was close to were I was going.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jayvon

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Murat

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible AC noise next to bed plus bugs
So I got comfortable room but my bed right next to AC , it was so much noise , then got bite from bug 🐞 and they did not respond my messages for refunds or changing room so I checked in 9pm and I checkout 1.30 am I couldn’t sleep , I spent the night in my car
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lucia

A pleasant surprise
The best Cali vibes. People playing guitar in the front yard and piano in the living room, chilling on the couch, sharing stories. A little crowded, but very laid-back, the best place if you want to get the sense of youth in LA, learn about Tunisian, Indian and Russian food in one kitchen and exchange travel experiences… I will be back!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

ester

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Chanutaporn

Nice for the price just make sure you bring your slippers earplugs and sleep eye mask so when they turn on the light or they snore at night you should not annoyed them. Please be polite for your roommate, and the slippers is for the restroom. The bed is comfy for sleep. Convenient area.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Maria on 18 May 2023
Thank you for your feedback and useful advice for other guests! We will be happy to host you again :)

10/10 Excellent

Hyn

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

4/10 Poor

Bryan

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Suitcases must be kept in a commons area and I had a carryon stolen or mistaken, but was never returned to me. The manager gave me a replacement piece, but the contents of used tickets and other merchandise were inside. I was really disappointed. But the price cannot be beat and I will likely stay there again because of its central location to everything. Russian is the main language spoken here but several speak good English. Be sure to ask for a towel at night since the front desk will not open until 11:00am. Good luck.
Stayed 12 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Maria on 27 Apr 2023
Dear Bryan, thank you for your feedback!We are very sorry about your lost item. We strongly recommend to use lockers in the rooms to store all valuable stuff.Hopefully your next experience with us will be less dissapointing!All the best,The Rumi Hostel

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with group
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Natalie

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Our stay at the Rumi was okay. When we checked in, we saw that we were sharing with males in our room. I made sure to book a females only room and when I checked online, it said females only shared room. I was upset when they told us that we booked a room shared with males, but one of the employees (I think he was) offered us a private room, but smaller. I was so grateful for this kind gesture and for helping us. Throughout our stay, our bed was suuuuper creaky. I think they need to do some maintenance and check things that needs to be properly repaired and fixed. In terms of cleanliness, it was pretty awful. There was hair everywhere! Suspicious brown specs and smudges all over doors and walls in the bathroom. One of the shower stalls reeked of pee. I have seen people cleaning everyday, but I don't think they do a good job. Overall, price was very cheap, decent location, helpful staff, but cleanliness and maintenance needs to be improved.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Maria on 27 Apr 2023
Dear Natalie, we appreciate your feedback!It helped us to pay more attention to our cleaning procedures, we added more quality control for bathroom cleaning.We fixed the creaky bed too, we are very sorry you had to experience that. All the best,The Rumi Hostel Team

4/10 Poor

shoji

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sohaila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

R.

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
It’s cheap but everything else is terrible
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed from 11 to 30th of March and it was a nice friendly place with a calm vibe.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Maria on 27 Apr 2023
Thank you Johan for your kind words!Best,The Rumi Hostel

6/10 Okay

Md Ahsanur

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Derrick

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Sadith

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
towels have a 2 dollar fee late check in is between 12am and 3am
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I liked the place a lot and think it is one of the best cost-benefit hostels in L.A. My only complaint is that they emphasize that you have to be a traveler to stay there, they even asked me to show my flight tickets to prove that I was going to leave L.A, but in my shared room there was a guy that said he was living there for a while. And he was a highly inconvenient person. He would turn on the lights at inappropriate times, and watch TikToks while people were trying to sleep. However, the place is a great cost-benefit, the people there seemed nice and I would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Maria on 27 Apr 2023
Dear William, thanks a lot for your feedback!We had to enforce this policy of only hosting travelers because we are aiming to create a lively meeting point for people from all over the world, and we don't want to be just a cheap accomodation for locals with no jobs, they have caused some trouble to our guests in the past...We are sorry about the person who caused you inconvinience, thank you mentioning it, we now know there is an issue and can work on it.Best,The Rumi Hostel

6/10 Okay

Yuya, Shibuya

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You get what you pay for. There was a man snoring through the night and another man yelling at him. Wasn’t able to sleep for a min.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Sara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice staff
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unwelcoming Vibe.
I live in Mexico but am a U.S. citizen and an international traveller. I stayed a few separate times for one night at a time when I was in Los Angeles this year. I checked in for one night my last visit to L.A. before leaving back to Mexico. The manager made sure to tell me I was not allowed back because they "only accept international travellers". He made sure to let me know I was not welcome because "this place is for international travellers". What he meant to say was that U.S. citizens are not welcome there. Except looking at the reviews it seems like he means women from the United States because the men seemed able to stay. I made sure not to go downstairs and just left promptly the next morning. Also at 9pm seems like the manager sent one of the volunteers up to the room to check on I and my roommate as she wanted to "empty the trash". These people running it seem mentally off and discriminitory. Very unsafe and unwelcoming atmosphere especially for women. If they dont like your nationality as a woman they will certainly make sure you leave and make you uncomfortable. Lets not forget the mice and rats running around the place. Yuck.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from MANAGER on 24 Jan 2023
I AM SORRY FOR THE WAY YOU FELT.WE DO NOT DISCREMINATE AGAINST ANYONE. WE HAVE A MAXIMUM DAYS A YEAR STAY POLICY IN THE HOSTEL. THE PURPOSE OF RUNNING A HOSTEL IS TO CREATE A VIBE FOR TRAVELERES TO TRAVEL ON THE BUDGET AND MEET OTHER TRAVELERES. UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT ALLOW GUESTS WHO ARE FROM LOS ANGELES AND ARE LOOKING FOR REASONABLE ACCOMODATION TO STAY HERE BEYOND OUR YEARLY LIMIT OF WHICH YOU HAVE CAPPED WITH YOUR MULTIPLE BOOKINGS.THERE ARE MANY OTHER PLACES AND HOSTELS IN LOS ANGELES THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO YOU FOR LONG TERM STAYS. I HOPE YOU FIND A GOOD HOME.WE ARE SORRY AGAIN. WE WISH OUR POLICY WAS NOT HURTFUL TO ANYONE

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from MANAGER on 24 Jan 2023
THAKS FOR STAYING WITH US

10/10 Excellent

Jahongir

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from MANAGER on 24 Jan 2023
THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US

10/10 Excellent

Ivan

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
what a nice place, the person who made it really knows how to do it, even the names of wi-fi are perfect!
Response from MANAGER on 24 Jan 2023
THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US

10/10 Excellent

Alisa

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amarjargal

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Burak

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Daisy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's a nice place for a quick stay. I enjoyed it spent much time away as the place is a renovated home it has a lot of rooms.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 13 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nozomi

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Not the Friendliest Hostel-
The staff act as if they don't want to be there, pretty obvious. I felt as if I was bothering them I didn't get it. Why work there then? I felt discriminated against really, adversity for sure unfortunately. Not the friendliest hostel at all. Yet they have a private balcony and peaceful front area, that was good. Won't be back.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An hostel that feels like home
Upon finding The Rumi, you will enter a nicely decorated courtyard with lots of plants and a nice water fountain. I guess for Feng Shui? The receptionist was friendly and the shared living areas feel like home. Big sofa, communal table entice to meet other fellow travellers. Dorm room was a little small but the numerous available bathrooms and toilets make up to it. I spent only one night at The Rumi before flying off to South Korea the next day I would have loved to extend my stay and share more time with the friendly French or Korean travellers who stayed at the hostel
Outdoor rest area
Entrance to The Rumi
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022