Location is great as the train station, Stadium, is just behind the apartment. There's a Chinese supermarket across the place. Also a Costco that we saw but didn't manage to visit. If one doesn't mind walking, you can walk from Chinatown to Gastown and then to downtown. Came across multiple cafes and nice eating places as a result of walking - Jam Cafe, Old Spaghetti factory, 24-hour Brekka Cafe and so on. There's space @ Austin's so you are not cooped up in a room. Love the Netflix and washer and dryer.