What we liked:
- The host was very nice with great communication.
- the room was very brightly lit with lots of windows - it had a very pleasant feeling to it; simple but relaxed
- they had the expected / nice to get stuff like coffee, tea, shower supplies, etc
- bed was comfortable - a touch firm for my taste but not crazy or unusually so
- desk in the bedroom looked out over the city and was really nice to use
- living room / kitchen was a good size and very usable
- location was good - proximity to restaurants / bars / etc
More minor Issues we faced
- bathroom door lock was busted - you either had to leave it open or risk getting locked in
- there was no door on the bedroom - so it was open to the living room
- several blinds didn't work well - nothing terrible but if you wanted to totally black it out you had to work it a bit
- the cold water didn't work on the shower; the hot temp was ok for me, but not modifiable so it could be an issue for some people
- the building itself is pretty tired - dark hallways with a bit of an odor, etc. - walking to the unit was a bit depressing, which was in stark contrast to the bright / nice feel of the unit itself
Our number one issue, however, was the shockingly loud noise that went until 3 or 4 am every night. Bar music, drunk people fighting / yelling, bars emptying glass bottles into trash cans, loud motorcycle leaving at 3:45 every morning. Some of this is to be expected given the location, but this level of noise every night combined with the paper thin windows meant that we barely slept all week. Even with the earplugs provided by the host and a pillow over my head, and moving to the living room to get farther from the windows it was still super hard to sleep every night. I've stayed in a lot of big cities (NYC, LA, Chicago, etc.) and have really never heard this level of noise penetrate so easily into an apartment. So this might be a better Airbnb for someone that falls asleep / stays asleep very easily.