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Shore Hotel

Google (1849) 4.3
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Visitors consistently praise the Shore Hotel's excellent location directly across from the Santa Monica Pier and beach, along with its clean, modern environment and friendly, helpful staff. Some guests have noted issues with the hotel's Wi-Fi service.

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Address
1515 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
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Phone
(310) 458-1515
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Website
www.shorehotel.com

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About this place Shore Hotel

Shore Hotel is a mainstream, gay-friendly hotel at 1515 Ocean Avenue, across the road from the beach and a short walk from Santa Monica Pier. It is not a gay hotel. The building is modern, with an outdoor heated pool and a Mexican restaurant on site. Many rooms look toward the ocean. The Third Street Promenade is a few blocks inland, and the Expo Line terminus at Downtown Santa Monica is within walking distance. West Hollywood is about 30 to 60 minutes by car, depending on traffic. Prices are high, as you would expect for oceanfront Santa Monica. Book through shorehotel.com.

Features

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

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Dje Cal
Dje Cal Jun 2026
★★★★★

We had a wonderful experience at the Shore Hotel during our four-night stay with our family. Although we experienced the fire alarm incident during our stay, I was truly impressed by how the management handled the situation and the arrangements they made for us. The location is perfect for exploring Santa Monica, and I couldn’t recommend this hotel more for a family vacation. A special thanks to the manager, Michael, for his proactive approach and dedication to ensuring that our family had a great experience despite the unexpected situation.

Heejin E
Heejin E Jun 2026
★★★★★

The location is very walkable to the beach and 3rd street promenade. After driving around all day before checking in, we were looking forward to a quiet stay being kiddo free for the weekend. When we got there the DJ outside was playing music very, very, very loud outside by the hotel pool. We wanted to take a nap as soon as we checked in but wasn’t able to due to the loud music. After walking around Santa Monica and going to dinner, we got back to our hotel room at 9pm to get an early night of rest but sure enough, the DJ was still playing obnoxiously loud music outside and didn’t stop until close to 9:30pm. We were pretty annoyed but finally went to bed shortly after the music stopped. The worst part of our stay was when we were woken up at 3:30am with our fire alarm going off. On 3 separate occasions until around 4am and when we called the front desk, they did not apologize but they seem annoyed and said, “we’re on it”. We were super disappointed with our stay here and we had to get up at 6:30am to head to the airport. We would not come back to this hotel or recommend this hotel to others. This was not a relaxing or restful experience at all. Save your money and book elsewhere.

Michael Fan
Michael Fan Jun 2026
★★★★★

Fire alarm went off numerous times in the middle of the night. Instead of a refund, a “security guard” with a handgun told us to “stop yelling” for a refund and claimed it wasn’t the hotel’s fault. Fun times Edit: was told the security guards name was “Jose”

Amir Omoumi
Amir Omoumi Jun 2026
★★★★★
kerry hamilton
kerry hamilton Jun 2026
★★★★★

Beautiful location! It's a very busy location, right across from the beach.

Regine Arnfinsen
Regine Arnfinsen Jun 2026
★★★★★

Very good location in Santa Monica. Nice room. I asked for a room with a view of the backyard… and it was much cheaper than taking one with a view. Nice backyard and quiet compared to the life on the main road in front.

Antonio Gibbs
Antonio Gibbs Jun 2026
★★★★★

Enjoyed my stay!

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Last updated on 5 November 2026

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