This place is a very interesting find!! I feel that the price was a bit high for what the room was but it’s downtown LA so I expected as much. First off, the building is old, but it’s nice. The bathroom was updated and cute and the room was clean. The bed was pretty comfortable. We stayed on the 12th floor, the view was nothing to rave about but decent for being on a higher floor. Check in was easy, however it’s a hotel and not an actual Airbnb which I didn’t realize when booking so you have to check in with the front desk but didn’t take more than 5 minutes.
Secondly, the rooftop is what makes this place worth the stay. It’s on the 14th floor and it’s a restaurant/ bar with a pool. It does get pretty busy because it’s open to the public as well but we went right at 12:00 when they opened and had no trouble getting a lounge spot by the pool. There’s also tables if you don’t want to sit poolside. The server comes to you and the food is decently priced and good quality. Their drink menu consists of beer (comes in a can), wine, and craft cocktails that are divine!! I highly recommend the littty city. There’s a 2 hour limit by the pool but they weren’t very strict on it. Service was great, she came by often to check on us and was very friendly. You can also order Togo and take it back to your room. They have umbrellas if you don’t want to be in the sun and heaters on the outer lounges.
Parking: there’s valet at the front which I’m assuming from the reviews is the $50 dollar price I saw. We parked directly behind the building at joes parking garage and Saturday/Sunday are $12 bucks a day and it’s very conveniently located just a walk around the corner. You can pull up and drop off your bags and check in and then go park your car and for a weekend, we had no trouble finding a spot.
Finally, the location: very conveniently located downtown around tons of bars and restaurants. We came for an event at grand park and it was a 5 minute Uber. There’s a restaurant downstairs in the lobby as well and a shake shack and pastry spot right next door.
I would definitely stay here again, very nice spot, definitely would recommend even for families. The rooms were quiet, the hallways were clean, and the room even came with a little speaker to play music but on a loud setting wasn’t heard from the hallway at all.