Hotel is great, location not so much
Having never been to California, we thought staying in Hollywood would be like staying in Times Square in New York, we were wrong. The hotel was much more expensive than the Paris in Las Vegas (where we stayed prior to coming to LA) and it had less amenities. This hotel is also very loud as apparently it doubles as a lounge/night club at night. The biggest disappointment was staying on Hollywood Blvd, nothing like we thought it would be. It was more dirty and run down than it appears on TV with lots of bums and boarded up shops. There's not really much to do around here once you see the Chinese Theater and Kodak Theater. If I could do it over again, I would probably stay somewhere closer to the water.