This place is close to many attractions, walking distance to the Gaslamp. Close to the freeway etc. However, it is an old building and has that old smell. The walls are also paper thin, no matter how quiet you try to be you will disturb the people below, above and beside you. It was set up for cooking and eating (pots, pans, utensils etc.) which was nice, the towels were nice. The shower is small, if you've been to Europe they are that small. It was very clean, 5 stars for that. The bed was comfortable. Parking is available on the street, pay attention to the signs, certain sides of the street are no parking at night. There is also a lot to park a block away. The downside to this is it's 12 hour parking in the lot, the street you have to feed the meter starting at 8am. If you plan to just do SD I'd Uber, Lyft or public transit it. So much cheaper since you pay to park wherever you go. Overall it's not a bad place. We never met our host, we were given the code for the gate door, and room door. Nice for us as we arrived around 2am and left at 3am we stayed 10 days.