Long Beach is a fun town. It's less crowded and commercial than santa monica / venice. Beach is large and also not crowded. City has fun little electric scooters you can rent and zip around on. lots of shops, food, bars, and pretty views. Nicholas's place is right in the heart of it all. Parking is a challenge as with any beach town. My best solution was to park in a church parking lot. God will forgive, but the city, they may not. Do so at your own peril.