Lisa is an amazing host! She made check in very easy and explained everything about the area to us. I particularly liked all of her suggestions about where to go out for dinner and drinks.
The apartment was beautiful. It is well furnished with modern styling. Much better than a hotel room that you would find in the area as the hosts add lots of personal touches.
The apartment itself was safe. You have to enter a gate that is locked before reaching the front door. However, we found the area itself was not the safest, particularly at night when we went out after dinner. My partner and I were approached a number of times about drugs, and we sam multiple people doing drugs across the street. There is also a porn shop and adult cinema across the road.
In saying this, you only have to walk two blocks over and you are on the pedestrian street and you feel much much safer (and there’s so many authentic food choices there also).