House was spacious and clean. Check in was easy. Large TV made watching the World Cup as a family a nice treat.
We stayed over Thanksgiving, so a food-centric trip :) We grocery shopped and cooked a fair amount. Obviously it's not your home kitchen, but it did lack some things (large mixing bowl, kitchen towels etc ) but the host was very quick to respond and within hours had purchased some things to make our stay more comfortable.
The hood is ok. We are used to big cities. For us, it was fairly convenient to my brother in Baldwin Hills and the LA Auto Show. Walk of Fame is a bit more of a hike. High-end and premium grocery stores like WF or Trader Joe's are not in the immediate area so we had to drive. Several grocery stores are very close if you just need the basics.