Nisei Inn - Gardena, California

Sean

Positive: The king sized bed is extremely comfortable. The hot water temperature is superb. Negative: The staff member who I interacted with was very unprofessional in helping resolve a billing problem.

Ashly G.

04/20/24 I was recommended to this hotel. Due to being “budget friendly”, let’s start off with that. They lie when you call before you even get there. They never mentioned the add on charges out of no where. also I asked how much for two nights and they went up their price instead of 85 for each night. Anyways it is not worth 100 bucks for the night, due to having the room very damaged, bed covers and sheets ripped, hole in the walls, broken mirror, some sort of mole in the bathroom ceiling, no microwave, to much rusty metal from the clothing hanger and in the bathroom. It had to much flaws for the price of what they charge. They need to remodel their rooms and furniture. I’ve had better experience and paid less than what they charged for.
Sad to say I won’t be coming back here again. I felt lied to from the beginning, I drove there thinking I was paying a good price until all these unnecessary charges were given to me and I couldn’t do anything since I already made the drive and felt like they wasted my time and I could’ve looked somewhere else instead of getting there. Overall, please be aware of this place. 0/10 experience and not coming again even if I’m in the area. Thanks for being liars and be more honest with your customers!

Breanna K.

My last single bedroom was phenomenal, but this option of only double bears this time around was horrible downstairs is horrible. It was bugs roaches at the door and inside of the refrigerator and on the bed and I totally don’t work.

David C.

I chose this place because it was close to where I needed to be for work, and I mistook it for another place.

I was surprised when I booked it because the price was less than $100 per night. But, as you can see from the pics, it’s just a room. The only thing I can say is that my room, at least, didn’t smell like cigarettes like hotels usually do when they’re this cheap. And the bathroom wasn’t filthy. But the carousel was kind of gross and sticky. Also, I’m only 5’7” and the shower head was installed too low for me. Definitely won’t be staying there again.

Joseph D.

The place does indeed have roaches, our stay was for 4 days, honestly if you book this place knowing that it isn't a 5 star hotel, the expectations shouldn't be high.
It's cheap and it's a place to stay.
To combat the roaches, we put the AC on the lowest setting every day, all day, constantly, roaches hate the cold. We also had a homemade spray of vinegar and mint. We sprayed this around our beds, restroom, door, etc. During our 4 days of stay we saw maybe 5 roaches? 3 of them were because we hadn't yet put the AC on cold. Another was in the restroom because the door wasn't open, meaning it wasn't cold in the restroom.
Honestly, if you're alone, or with someone else that doesn't over react due to a little bug this place is fine. It's cheap and that's exactly what you get.
The microwave in the lobby had roaches on it so plan ahead.
Also the area is super sketchy at night, I do not recommend going out if you are a woman, we saw two homeless druggies swinging sticks, just stay inside.

Katie M. (.

This hotel was a little gem. Yes it’s older with older furniture and some of it worn, but everything worked and it was clean. We stayed 4 nights and it was very quite despite being off a busy street. There is an internal courtyard that was beautiful. The room was cleaned and replenished everyday and the staff were all very polite.

Peter

Positive: Maybe just price, but not a lot to like except proximity to my location Negative: Cigarettes smell, dirty carpet, old furnishings and beddings, did not feel like effort was made to get new beddings, felt like really old, disgusting bathroom site with old shower head and water closet and bath. Needs remodeling Negative: ""

Michael S.

Outside looks nice and clean but once you drive in it's a construction area and leaking pipes from the garage up. Open the door to the room and you are hit with dirty floors chiped and bathroom that Is visibly crumbling and dirty. Toilet wobbly. Bathtub stains all over and years of paint flaking off... furniture had masking tape holding it together. Mattress was so old and worn that my wife almost fell out on the edge. Refrigerator door was banged up but in working order. Three of the wall plugs were bare and one was falling out and the plates off.. electrical hazard for certain.. carpet was covered in stains and dirty and at the entrance was braiding and carpet strip was almost over the linoleum by the door and not covering the actual carpet. The walls had wallpaper that was peeling off and hand prints and stains. The curt¹q11ains were dirty and parts off the hook. Overall I should have stayed elsewhere. Here was no coffee maker or microwave. The TV was very small and dirty.. ¹+I paid 80 and was not worth 20 even