Needs a facelift in many ways
This hotel's best days (or years) are way behind it. 
I travel for both business and pleasure a bunch each year. I probably spend 75-100 nights a year in hotels. In my opinion, this was one of the worst hotel experiences I have had in several years. 
The rooms are filthy and severely outdated. The carpet is coming up all over the room. The curtains are heavy, dank, musty and filthy. The housekeeping was basic at best. The towels in the bathroom are barely larger than hand towels and are wafer thin - as are the walls. A upgrade/refresh would be nice. The lobby has been refreshed, now it is time to tackle the rooms.The hotel is in a great location between downtown and West Hollywood, so why not?
The staff were, for the most part, pleasant. The valet guys are a bit pushy but they probably earn most of their income on tips, wait, then maybe they could be less pushy and nicer? Oh yeah, the "Hollywood sign" view is not exactly that. It is a view of a high-rise apartment and if you look closely, off in the distance you can see the sign. Don't spend the extra $10-15 a night for this like I foolishly did.
Unfortunately, I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.