I enjoyed staying in this apartment. The high ceilings, modern touches and comfortable furniture made staying there very comfortable both mentally and physically.
The location is excellent. Its a few blocks from the crazyness of the Gaslamp district and one block from Petco Park but it's really quiet. Down the block is a great pub and on the opposite side of the building there are several excellent restaurants and coffee shops. A small grocery store is half a block in one direction and a 7-11 in another so getting food was very easy.
The kitchen was adequately stocked with cooking supplies but if you're a gourmet chef you won't be happy.
The living room area feels very spacious for it's size, the TV is massive but doesn't consume the room. I did have problems working the Apple TV-but I think that was more user error than anything else. There was also a problem signing on to Netflix but I lived.
The bathroom is upstairs, very small and very clean. They also have a massive shower head.
The bedroom opened up to a great deck with views of a corridor between massive buildings. It was a cool effect as even though there was tall buildings everywhere you weren't caged in. In fact, it was really beautiful as a cityscape setting.
The bed was very comfortable, the linens crispy clean and the whole place scrubbed down.
My three negatives are funky bath towels that didn't absorb water, poor window coverings-especially in the bedroom and no parking. The owner actually warned me about the blinds when I arrived and he has plans to replace them so I would think this problem will be solved soon. The towels...that may just be personal preference.
As for the parking...I know there are parking garages in the area but the first one I wet to said no overnight parking. The second locked the gate at midnight and it opened again at 7am (but I needed to get going by 6:30) so I gave up on lots and found on-street parking. It's a busy area so I ended up circling blocks for a while until someone pulled out.
The area seems safe. I walked around late at night and never felt stalked. My car was fine. I'm not sure I'd want to leave any valuables in it as a test of fate but it was there and untampered with each morning so I have no complaints. A map of the area's parking lots with suggestions would have been AWESOME!!!!
I definitely recommend this rental for a place to stay. If you looked at it side-by-side with hotel options it would be like a Junior Sweet in a 4-star hotel. For the price it's an excellent value.