This hostel is located in a tricky part of LA in my opinion. It was a cool place to stay, however there are a lot of long term renters who call this place home, which took some adjusting. If you are looking for a place to live short term to transition to LA I think this would be a great place. To visit, on vacation, this would not be ideal to me. Overall the place was clean, and quiet. You can also see the Hollywood sign from the front of the property.
I arrived late Saturday and they had all of my check in information stored nicely in a sealed envelope. This made it very easy and simple.

Would I stay again, probably not, but the price was perfect and the location is not too bad.