Very ... W
So, I booked a long week end at this hotel, being my first time in La I had no idea what to expect about the location and the hotel itself, I had read many negative reviews about it and was a little worried.
We arrived at the hotel at around 1.30 AM and we got upgraded to a Corner King Suit (apparently in this hotel all - or most - of the rooms are suites but there are few corner king suites).
The room was great, modern, clean, almost bigger than my apartment in Manhattan - I have no real complains about the rooms - we were very satisfied with the upgrade.
In the morning the W offers free coffee/tea to hotel guests, we never ate at the restaurant for breakfast but it looked pretty good, plus it has a small outdoors place you can sit and have your breakfast, which I thought was very relaxing.
If I had to describe the hotel in one word I would say modern and very ... W.
The pool is really small, more like a pond. I really loved the flavored water they offered for free throughout the day at both the front desk and the pool, I think it add a lot to a service and shows class, the same thing is offered at the Ritz, it doesn't cost them much but having a cup of water ready for guests is always appreciated.
On Sundays apparently the W has pool parties and the pool gets crazy crowded, I think they let just about everybody who asks to get in, in - 
About parking - well, in theory the who street where the W is at has a 2 hour limit parking but I still have to understand how they can figure out how long you have been there for - we were lucky and we parked on the street for more than 2 hours and didn't get a ticket.
The side streets some have 1 hour limit.
Only complain I have is that we had been charged or parking and food we didn't use/buy - but we got that straightened out no problem - I am pretty sure that happened on a Sunday when random people showed up to the pool party and charged a room - I wish the W had better "security" regarding charging things on a room's bill, they should ask for a last name and double check that is correct, maybe not only the room number, anybody would just say any room number and sign it. Good thing is everything got straightened out though and we weren't charged for food we didn't consume and parking we didn't use.
The location was also great, pretty central (well, almost everything in LA, apparently, is at least 45 mins drive away. 
I recommend the W of Westwood.