The apartment and building are great, we spent a few night there as a family of five and with the two bedrooms and couch in the living room, the space was perfect for us. It was clean and tastefully decorated. We did not cook, but basic cooking is certainly possible in the kitchen. The place is central, we walked to all areas of downtown easily. We frequented the T&T supermarket right across the street quite a bit, and the choice and quality of takeout is great right outside the door. However, if I went to Vancouver again, I would likely stay in a different area of downtown. While the building is not in the middle of the problematic area (with open drug use in the street, for example), it quite evidently borders on that part of downtown. We had no problems, but witnessed many altercations outside the building. If you close the windows, it is quiet in the apartment, but if it is warm or hot, you might want the window open and with only the windows of the small bedroom facing away from the street, it gets - in my opinion - too loud to sleep in the apartment, with human and traffic noise. The air condition does not help with the situation, as the window needs to be open for it to work (exhaust hangs out of the open window).