The communication from the host was always fast. We arrived very late at night (almost 1am!) and he still met us at the apartment. Communication was excellent! Overall this stay was not what I was expecting so if what I found as a negative doesn't bother you than I would recommend this place. My husband and I like to make our own coffee and breakfast when we are on vacation that way we save time and money for exploring. There is a kitchen but there is NOTHING to use in it. I mean there were chopsticks and that's it; no pots, pans, coffee maker, microwave, silverware, etc. The cleanliness was a bit lacking as well. There were a couple stray hairs on the sheet (only a fitted sheet; no flat sheet is on the bed) so we had to wash/dry them. The bed was really comfortable though. The location was great and we planned on using the bus+subway system for most of our travel but found taxi prices weren't bad and would get us to the location in half the time so ended up taking taxis mostly. It was about $35 USD to the airport in a taxi. There is a night market right down the road with a few street vendors but we didn't find anything we loved there. We did go to the expo park (5-10 min walk) to sit and have some drinks. Overall our stay wasn't bad but it just wasn't what I was expecting/wanting. In the end I wasn't excited to come back to the room after a long day of sightseeing.