The best location
When booking (6 months previously) we requested a king sized room with a view of the Hollywood sign. On arrival we were told none were avallable but we were upgraded to a suite with a view for $60 per night incl breakfast, so we did this (floor 18). The room was massive with spectacular panoramic views over the sign and hills. However whilst clean and comfortable it was also sparsly furnished. The bathroom was divided into two rooms one with toilet and shallow bath, in the other with a long shelf/bar and a single sink. The size of these rooms was large but so furgally fitted that it appeared that the hotel had run out of funds when equiping them. They could eaily have accomodated his and hers sinks, corner bath or separate shower cubical etc. rather than acres of emply space and blank walls...totally bizzarre. This half finished/equiped/furnished apperance however did not detract from the cleanliness and comfort of the bed and the linen was wonderful. We ate breakfast in the hotel which was good, althougn our table was cleared half way through our meal - when we had got up to get more food! So we had to order more tea etc.The restaurant in the evening provided good service but was very quiet and had a very limited menu. Check your bill when leaving, every day we were charged for mini-bar items, a different value each day and we hadn't even taken anything out, or put anything in the fridge. This was taken off without question so I suspect this is a regularl occurance. Only real complaint was on entering the hotel lobby- which was large but in the evening there always seemed to be a live band/singer on in the corner by the bar. This was so loud (and not necessarily pleasant to listen to) that you couldn't converse properly with the receptionist at the other end of the vestibule - completely unnecessary. The pool-terrace on level 5 was nice with a good bar and free iced water, but appeared to be full of random people from the street, who had heard that it was a good place to hang-out (on Saturday) Nice touch in reception with the free dedicated PC and printer for checking in your flight an printing boarding passes, the concierge was also very friendly and helpful, but overwoked! Overall, a great position for a hotel next to all the main attractions, but not good value for money. In all it is nice hotel but totally lacking any character, I wouldn't go out my way to stay there again.