We stayed at Mary's place for three nights while visiting Los Angeles. We picked it due to its good location for sightseeing. Upon arriving on the first evening, however, we found it was located right beside a bar/nightclub which had music blasting until past 2am. This made it impossible to sleep without the complimentary earplugs (which simply dulled the sound). Thankfully the following two nights there was no loud music but still enough noise to require the earplugs to sleep. Suffice to say if you would like a more quiet place to sleep we would not recommend Mary's. In addition we were not aware it was effectively a self service youth hostel with two corridors of about 18 rooms in total. On the upper floor there was one shower with toilet and an additional toilet which meant there was often a great deal of waiting around to use the shower. There were additional bathrooms (2 downstairs) which we did not use but assume had a similar setup. The kitchen was very basic with mainly disposable cups,cutlery and plates. The room was basic but had the essentials required. Although Mary was easy to communicate with by text and email we thought we would be meeting the host during the stay (a perk of airbnb usually) however only met her as we were leaving.