Terrible Experience
This hotel was recently deflagged in early August 2012 from the Marriott brand. They are currently undergoing a renovation as a part of transitioning to The LA Hotel. My party was not notified of the renovation when booking our reservation several weeks in advance of our stay. Nor were we notified when I called to verify the room type. Nor were we notified upon checking in Thursday 8/23. On Friday morning my party was woken up by a loud noise resembling a jack hammer in our room. I called down to the front desk to question the noise and was nonchalantly told that they are working on the building Monday - Friday from 9am - 5pm. I requested to speak with a manager to discuss why we were not told this in advance. Having traveled here from the east coast, we would've made the decision to stay elsewhere had we been notified of the disturbance. I never received a call back from the manager. I then had to call back and a manager finally came up to apologize. The manager indicated that the work would be Monday - Friday, although later stated he never said this. On Saturday morning we were awoken again by the jack hammering which persisted throughout most of the day disrupting our relaxing and naps. I walked down to the desk to find out why it was occurring on a weekend and was told there was no way I could hear the work happening on the 2nd floor in my room on the 10th floor. I requested that the manager to walk up to my room with me, he refused. He then said, oh that might be the work from the 12th - 14th floor. 
In the end, our stay was ruined by the constant noise. We were double charged for our stay and I am still trying to get this resolved. The hotel staff was less than courteous during the process. The rooms are out of date. The valet is the only upside but it is run by an outside company. The cleaning staff did well with what they had to work with. Otherwise, stay away!