This was only an okay experience. It's a great deal for the location, there are tons of cute places to eat in the neighborhood/walking distance, and it was easy to catch an Uber or hop on a bus to go into the city, but I wouldn't stay at Ishin's again for several reasons.
First, while the apartment is cute (exposed brick, wood floors, etc), it felt like it was barely furnished. While it has some of the big things (like a couch and a bed), it felt like many of the practical life items (like bedside lamps, for example) were missing. It kind of felt like a half-done Ikea display—cute appearance but not practical to live in. In looking at the photographs again after our stay, I noticed that many of the furnishings & decor in the photographs weren't actually there in the apartment.
Second, the check-in experience was not ideal. While we had no trouble getting the keypad info, I feel like Ishin left out some information that would've been helpful. The parking spot was difficult to find and difficult to pull into, and we tried several doors to the building before we figured out which one was the right one to use (tip if you're staying here—the parking spot is behind the building in a teeny little alley, and the front door is on the opposite side of the building off of the actual road and down a quarter-flight of stairs). And as other reviewers have mentioned, don't stay here unless you are good with stairs—once we got inside, there were several flights to climb before getting to the actual apartment on the third floor, and the stairs were pretty steep even for a 20-something like me.
Also, it is important to note that the second "bedroom" is only accessible through the main bedroom. This would probably work great for a family, but not necessarily for a group of friends. There were four of us (two couples) staying here, so you could see how this would be awkward (plus the bed in the second "bedroom" is just a futon frame with an extremely thin mattress). While the other couple slept on the actual bed (which they did say was quite comfortable), my husband and I used the foldout couch in the living room instead of the futon in the extra room. In order to make it more comfortable, we ended up putting the futon mattress on top of the foldout couch so that it was a little thicker.
Also of note was noise. We stayed there over a weekend, so this may not be the case all the time, but the other tenants in the building (not sure if they are permanent tenants or other Airbnb renters) were very loud (stomping up the stairs, friendly-drunk-yelling at each other, etc.). The noise from them plus from occasional loud people on the street woke us up several times (at like 2 or 3 AM).
Another important note is that some details of the listing are not accurate. It says breakfast is included, but the only edible items in the kitchen were a bottle of cooking oil, a nearly-empty bag of coffee grounds, and a half-used bag of flour. The listing also says extra towels, blankets, and sheets are available in the apartment, but we searched the whole place and weren't able to find any (which was awkward because there were four of us on the reservation but only two towels). Ishin did make sure her cleaning lady dropped off extra towels and sheets in the morning, but in the meantime we just slept with one of the two blankets from the main bed and waited to shower until she was able to drop off towels. There are also several other things on the listing that were not present at the apartment (room-darkening shades, washer & dryer, body soap, dining table, Keurig... etc).
The TV looks nice but didn't appear to be hooked up to anything (no Apple TV or Roku, and no apps on the TV itself) so we couldn't actually watch anything on it.
Lastly, the water pressure was awful. That comes with it being an old building, but just something to be aware of.
Overall, would not stay here again. Cute living room, fun neighborhood, and Ishin was very nice, but it needs a lot more love & care & preparation before it will be a good place to stay. Great potential but needs wayyyy more attention to detail.