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AIR Venice

Google (1096) 3.6
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Visitors praise the venue's excellent beachside location and friendly staff. However, common complaints include the lack of air conditioning and issues with noise from a nearby nightclub, alongside observations that the hotel is quite old.

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Address
5 Rose Ave, Venice, CA 90291, USA
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Phone
(310) 452-8247
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Website
www.airinvenice.com

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About this place AIR Venice

AIR Venice is a lodging of modern studio rooms with kitchen facilities and free Wi-Fi at 5 Rose Avenue, where the Venice Beach boardwalk meets the Santa Monica border. It is a mainstream, gay-friendly property, not a gay venue. The location is the selling point: the beach, the boardwalk and Main Street in Santa Monica are steps away, and Abbot Kinney is a short walk. Google reviewers give it 3.6 from about 1,100 reviews, with complaints usually about noise and maintenance, so read recent reviews and expect street noise at night.

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Gay-friendly (straight venue) Card payments accepted Walk-ins welcome WiFi Year-round Beach access Gay-friendly (straight venue) Air conditioning

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3.6
★★★★★
1,096 reviews

Based on 1,096 Google reviews.

Jonathan Higson
Jonathan Higson May 2026
★★★★★

This place is right at the beach with amazing views. And the staff where really friendly especially unis who made us feel really welcome. The hotel is a little tired but not to the point of any complaints from us. But for what we wanted we can highly recommend this place.

Kim Ellis
Kim Ellis May 2026
★★★★★

Two weeks i left the hotel and i still don’t have my deposit back!!!!! 😡😡

Davian moreno
Davian moreno May 2026
★★★★★

horrible stay at air venice inn. PICTURES DO NOT MATCH IN PERSON. paid extra for " ocean front " and there was bird poop all over the window. couldn't see ocean with all the bird poop. outlets didn't work. TV didn't work. room wasn't clean. dirt on walls, floor and windows. bed was so uncomfortable. restaurant across the street was playing obnoxiously loud music. when i notified the front desk lady about the issues she just said "okay", and did not want to help. would not recommend staying and for PAUL to say this was false and defamatory is ridiculous. how are you going to tell me about my stay, if you were never there.

Julissa Portillo
Julissa Portillo May 2026
★★★★★
Emily Hill
Emily Hill May 2026
★★★★★

Stayed here with my friend, the room was decent and clean enough, but a little smaller and more worn down than expected for the price. Staff was friendly, though check in took longer than it should have. Overall it was an okay stay if you mainly want easy beach access, but there’s definitely room for improvement.

Aleasha Escudero
Aleasha Escudero May 2026
★★★★★

I came down for vacation from North Carolina. Met up with my grandkids and daughter-in-law after a few years of not seeing them and had a great time. I wish we could have had a longer stay!😭💖

Brandi R
Brandi R May 2026
★★★★★

Parking was absolutely ridiculous. They recommended a garage to park in that was a third of a mile away and $30 a night. There is no street parking to be found. I had recently broke my back 2 months ago before this trip and needed handicap accessible parking, however there is none to be found anywhere. The room was clean but in need of A LOT of updates for the rate. The windows look like they were cracked and taped together. It was rather cool when we stayed and there was so much cold air coming in through the single pane windows they have that we were freezing at night. We turned on the heat, however it made the most annoying noise and the thermostat was frustrating to program. The windows had gaps in them that let many mosquitos in our room. The beds were so hard and didn't even have comforters or blankets. There was only one sofa that seated two people. For a room that sleeps four with two queen beds there was a teeny tiny little bathroom with no shelves, no sink space, and virtually nowhere to put any of your toiletries. The toilet paper holder was totally crooked on the wall. The grout in the shower was disgusting. Any type of updates that may have been done look like they were done by a toddler. The blinds were absolutely disgusting they didn't close totally and some didn't even work and were covered with filth and dust. It is quite loud outside but that did not bother me because it was pretty much quiet by 10:00 p.m. Eunice and Alex were delightful!!! The rest of the employees seem to be a bit on the rude side.

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Last updated on 2 November 2026

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