Just returned from a stay at the Downtown Standard for an entire week. I'm on the fence about returning when business brings be back to LA in a few weeks. Why?
Pro's:
Cute touches, everywhere. The phone buttons are hilarious as are the garbage can liners and the Mini Bar items.
Loved the glass shower.
Rooms decor is modern and sleek.
The Mini Bar is very well stocked, but appears to not have been changed out in some time.
Room Service food was delicious.
Incredibly soft beds & pillows and no bed bugs (at least in my room)
Everything you could possibly want, a phone call away. 24hrs
I asked for a quiet room, and i have to admit, it was quiet. It also faced an alley so there was no view. But it was very quiet.
Centrally located
Great gift shop
Cons:
NO soda machines, no fridge in the room, no coffee maker. Nothing but the hotel restaurant (or the minibar) for food or drinks - and it's expensive. $7.50 for morning coffee. But if you don't mind the $$, this may be ok with you. Dont even think about toddling down to the uber hip cafe for coffee in no makeup & sweats. I did that once and it took the servers absolutely for-ev-er to take my order of a coffee, even though there was maybe two other customers and I was standing at the counter.
Plumbing problems. First room had a toilet that ran constantly, the engineer they called said it was broken. I asked to be moved as I was going to be there all week, and they did. To a room with a toilet that gurgles and literally sprayed out the top intermittently. I draped a towel over the thing to keep the seat dry. It actually got me once, it was "bidet-like"(without going into details) being sprayed unexpectedly with cold toilet water and wholly unpleasant. The floor and seat were constantly wet, and the noise woke me several times during the night. The Mgr. said it was probably because it was the third floor (!?!) where the plumbing intersected. He seemed nonplussed and I wonder if he knew already.
Parking. Darn, had to get up a half hour earlier just so the valets would have time to get the car out. They had great attitudes, as long as you tip. There was never any available spaces in the "cheap" self parking lot. At 30 a night for what boils down to mandatory valet, it adds up.
Bathroom sink was stained and looked like it could use replacing.
Missing room amenities. Missing Ice buckets, ashtrays, glasses, washcloths/towels (maids kept taking them and not replacing them), no robe. To make matters worse the ice bucket they brought me was dirty, like fingerprints and smears dirty. I sent it back. They were annoyed, and I did...not...care.
Will I go again?
Would you?
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