will stay again if in this area
we stayed in the portola building for 12 nights, march 19 -30/12. we were on the 5th floor for the first night facing vineland which had alot of freeway noise. the next day they moved us to the 2nd floor facing the pool which faces vineland and it was much quieter. The bed and pillows were very comfortable and the room was nice and clean. Hotel and grounds were well kept. The gift shop ladies were VERY helpful with walking and driving directions around the area and hollywood area. restaurant was good, a little pricey. a small fridge included in the room would have been nice to have. A 24 hr supermarket and metro was in 5 - 10 minute walking distance. we had no issues walking around the area in the evening. we used the hotel shuttle to universal which was handy. take along a GPS( and a map as back up ) and allow enough time to get to the hollywood area and further as traffic is busy all the time.