The location was really good. I was travelling with my 11 year old daughter and we wanted to be able to walk to cool places to eat and shop. Melrose is only 150 metres away and there is a gorgeous vegan cafe there to the right, across from Fairfax High school. If you are there on Sunday make sure you go to the flea market at the high school. Coming to Melrose you can find a mani pedi shop, two cool second hand shops, Starbucks and heaps of funky shops.
The Grove and Farmers markets are an easy ten minute walk away and are wonderful to spend some time. We had fish and chips. The whole place is gorgeous and the vibe is very cool.
Amanda was really friendly and kind. She and her boyfriend work in the evenings so we mostly had the place to ourselves. They are both genuine and interesting people to talk to. The room is a bit noisy from upstairs tenants but not terrible.
It was lovely to have se toiletries provided, a lovely gesture. Fridge in the bedroom was also a good thing. Fast internet. Also, the hop on hop off bus stops right on their corner and Melrose - massive bonus for us. $10 for Uber to Universal Studios. Really reasonably priced room. I felt safe walking around both day and night with my daughter. The room is much larger than I was expecting. This is a definite place to stay if safety and location are important for you.