900 N. SEPULVEDA BLVD. Visitors reviews. This is a small, independently owned inn. It's up the hill only a few blocks from the beach. Many of their rooms have ocean views. The owner is named Hal and he's a really nice guy... he also owns the little breakfast place next door called "The Local Yolk". We spent a sunny weekend in Los Angeles revisiting old haunts. But I sure wish that we could have stayed in my old apartment, too, because the Sea View Inn was a big disappointment. First of all - no sea view (other than a sliver of one across a noisy buy road and between the buildings and the utility lines). Secondly - management tried to charge us multiple nights for multiple rooms because we upgraded upon check in. And when we complained we got this classic line: "I don't make mistakes. I'm the manager." It was a lousy way to end our vacation. The "Sea View" Inn is at the northern end of Manhattan Beach halfway up a steep hill from the ocean in several buildings that appear to have been acquired and converted over time. Local Yolk is the name of a good breakfast spot, Pancho's is an over-the-top Mexican restaurant (central room full of fountains, plants, Mexican paintings, etc.), and there are a couple of good bars called Sharkeez and Harry O's. But the best shopping and restaurants are an inconvenient drive (and then fruitless search for parking) away in either downtown Manhattan Beach or in the much younger and livelier Hermosa Beach. Those places have the same beach that Sea View Inn enjoys (actually better, because of pretty piers to walk out on) and much more to do within convenient walking distance. If you're going to stay away from the action then I would recommend the Manhattan Beach Marriott for more (and more professional) services.
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