Checking in required several phone & texts in order to "meet a man" in a Whole Foods parking garage & be walked through the do's and dont's - & get " swiped" for a $30 parking fee. ( per night). Prior to this dicey check in was a series of odd - rude texts giving instructions such as : "DTLA MTA Apple slide on arrival.." when I asked what the abbreviations meant... they told me to try google. It was the least customer care we have ever received from any hostel suite business stay /house rental in our lives, & Iv been a professional traveling musician for over 25 yrs. Please ask for the text conversation- that was insanely smug, rude & condescending. I have kept.
We did not even go into our room after the vicarious "check in", we went straight to work in Pasadena, & came back at 12:30 that night. With a band of 5, we were told this location slept up to 7- so we assumed there would be plenty of room. On arrival, there were two full size beds in rooms ( meant for 4 people) & a couch ( not a fold out sleeper) in the living room. Apparently there is a blow up mattress in the closet if a party of 6-7. Not cool. The suite had 2 glasses in the cabinet, 4 coffee mugs, 4 plates. ( again, party of 7? how could this ever work?) The two bathrooms gave 4 very washed & used brown bath towels. ( for all 5 of us to use!) The freezer, no ice, the kitchen- not even salt & pepper. Minimalist LA style is cool- but this pushed on non functional. It was very clean. Check out hard too