TL;DR: amazing location and absolutely incredible view; details leave a lot to be desired. (writing on behalf of three people)
Pros:
- breathtaking view (and great location in Western LA, ten minutes from Santa Monica (without traffic!)). it's a view that makes you examine your life to see what you have to do to get such a view
- beautiful kitchen. I should have such a kitchen in my own place (read: I'm envious of this kitchen) replete with an actual butcher table (first time I've seen one in real-life!) and a spacious island
- the living room was spacious, flooded with so much natural light that I had a spat of depression leaving to go back home to NYC, with comfortable day-beds and a great home rec set-up
- the bathrooms were groovy and fun; the upstairs doubling as a steam room, the one in the master as a jacuzzi
- also super quiet
Cons:
- unfortunately, ants were everywhere. we were told this when we checked in (which I felt was a bit disingenuous, but I get it--they're running a business) and no amount of Raid provided helped. they got on the kitchen counter (which why/how would we spray that?), in the drawers, in my clothes that I tracked to the beach, and in the showers
- though the kitchen and living were super modern, the guest bedroom looked stuck in the 60's (that carpet, ugh!--also super dark and dank) with an uncomfortable bed, closet doors that weren't well-oiled and thus kept coming off its tracks)
- the greeter was condescending (a sentiment shared by all of our party)
- the "toiletries" provided were so meager as to be insulting. they were of the super cheap motel-tier quality and of such small quantity. we just decided to buy our own shampoo, conditioner, soap, lotion (not provided), and toothpaste (not provided)
- internet was consistently down and the backup one provided didn't work very well
all in all, I would def go back if I were to stay in Western LA again, provided there were no ants (and hopefully, a warmer, friendlier greeter)