You don’t often find places with such great touches: thoughtful and friendly hosts, artfully designed, centrally located, clean, safe, fun...heck we even made friends with the neighbors. And that’s saying something as we had our small dog and six month old son in tow, who also happened to get his first tooth during our stay! The place isn’t huge but it has everything you need. The design is absolutely stunning and the place is laid out in such a way that the outdoor space gives you an entire separate “room” to explore if you need to escape being inside. Plenty of restaurants, coffee shops, shopping, etc...are within walking distance. There is a too notch -albeit expensive- grocery store nearby and just about every other alley is a “walk street” to explore, which is what makes Venice so special. There are a million neighborhoods to explore in L.A. but if you’re visiting the west side, and specifically Santa Monica/Venice, then you can’t go wrong staying here. It’s just off the grid enough so that you don’t feel a part of the mob of Abbot Kinney, all while being close enough to give you 100% of the access and all of the charm. 5 thumbs up!