The best part of staying here was the neighborhood. It's about a 20-minute walk from Sunset Blvd, where there is plenty to keep you busy, but it's removed enough to have a residential feel. I would also strongly recommend taking the DASH bus, which runs very close by -- on Echo Park Ave -- and costs just 50 cents (two quarters, no card needed). I wish I had ridden the bus more. My biggest reservation about this place was that my room was not very private or quiet; it was very easy to hear people in the public space outside my door, and they could have heard me, too. It was fine for just me alone, but I was glad I was not traveling with an intimate partner because the privacy would have been insufficient.