Located at 791 Pandora Avenue in downtown Victoria, it is a four-storey heritage building,[1] readily distinguishable by its Italianate architectural form and massing, and by its distinctive beveled corner.

Ocean Island Inn is one of the oldest large-scale commercial buildings of its era to survive in this part of Victoria’s downtown.

Designed as a hotel with commercial spaces at street level, it is significant that it has retained an element of its original function through a major 1944 renovation which converted it to war-time housing, and through to its present-day use as a backpacker's hostel.

David thought of commissioning the "Honeymooners" mural that graces the south side of the building.

From British Columbia city directories archives, a brief history of the occupants:[2] 1892 - #86 Blanchard is "Bossi Block" - 3-story building constructed.

The south side of the building has a Trompe-l'œil of "The Honeymooners" – depicting two characters from the television show The Honeymooners – and a Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest mural painted by Robert Scott Dobie, a Vancouver Island-born artist.