Wonderful Hotel.... Don't believe negative reviews!!!
I recently stayed at this hotel with one of my friends in the last week of June 2012. I had read the reviews for this hotel well before I left. Lots of the reviews on here said horribly negative things about this hotel and I for one have absolutely NO negative feelings towards this hotel. The staff was very friendly and helpful to any needs or concerns we had regarding our stay. We stayed 4 nights and went all over Hollywood. Honestly yes it is a bit of a walk (it is only 7 mins to Hollywood BLVD, but about 20-30 mins to the main area of Hollywood BLVD altogether where the Kodak theatre and Chinese theatre are).If you want to go to places like the beach or farther don't stay here cause it would be too far unless you had a car! I found it not that long of a walk and you’re usually with a ton of other tourists and that, so it is fairly safe. While me and my friend didn't stay late into the evening in Hollywood (So I can't say how the walk back in the dark may be, but use common sense) we did walk back when it was light out and it was fine. The worst thing you’re going to have is the people pushing you to go on tours; the homeless people in the area (while there are many) don't bug you at all. At least you can walk off all the food you eat haha. The area that the hotel is right near the freeway and near a bunch of apartment buildings so it is fairly quiet, but I would recommend to see if you can get a room facing away from the freeway as it was a tad noisy, but only on certain nights. Our room was fairly big overall and the beds were so freaking comfortable (no problems with bed bugs or cleanliness at all). While our room was quite large, looking on the scale map of the building others were quite small, so some are bigger than others... we got lucky. Also the Cafe 101 in the hotel was amazing for breakfast, very cheap and excellent service. I would not recommend it for supper though as it was iffy, but maybe we just had supper on a off night. I mean each person has different experiences when it comes to travel so yes really read the reviews but go with your gut and also look at the new and current ones, ones from 2006 aren't gonna be that accurate. I was very hesitant about staying at this hotel due to many negative reviews, but found it to be wonderful so i would fully recommend this hotel. Have a safe and fun trip to anyone reading this! :)