Ocean Beach Hotel - San Diego, USA 

Our room was on the first floor just as you exit to the beach. We had a dog with us so I believe we had to have a first floor room. The room itself was not horrible, sheets were clean, semi clean floor , but it is sandy everywhere, it was not updated at all. The bathroom however had a big hole in the wall and kind of gross. We left the window open and that helped. It really needed some work. The area I thought was colorful. Everyone we met was nice and the resturants were good. We were very happy to see how pet friendly the hotel and entire area was. They had an off leash dog beach down the street (5min drive) and the beach across from the hotel allowed leashed dogs at posted times of the day. There are all kinds of people around and all ages, I felt pretty safe at the hotel and outside. People hung out and played music on the street. The one thing I really did not like though was that the doors on the back of the hotel are supposed to lock when you go out and they need to be replaced because they do not lock unless you slam them. Meaning anyone can just walk in. We really liked San Diego and Ob is a fun place.

I go down to Ocean Beach two times a year at least and always stay at the Ocean Beach Hotel. First off the hotel is in the perfect location, directly across the street from the beach. Also it is pet friendly because of Dog Beach which is also very close. Most if not all of the rooms on the south and west side of the hotel at least have a view of the beach if not a balcony complete with chairs and a table. The only drawback to the hotel that i could see is that the rooms are fairly small (they cant hold much more than three people comfortably). Other than that some people may or may not like the fact that there are quite a few bars up the street but i personally think its funny to watch people acting crazy from a third floor balcony. One last benefit of the OB Hotel is that along with all the bars there are a few very good restaurants just up the street and a few around the corner.