JW Marriott LA Live is big. Hand written notes might mean something in a B&B, but not a hotel this size. The valet entrance is on Olympic. As of May 2012, valet parking is $40/day with a discount for alternative fuel vehicles.
Location is central to the Staples Center.
The fitness center gets crowded in the afternoons.
The central atrium is as loud as my high school cafeteria was, and unfortunately it is decorated in the style of a middle school dance.
Instead of using classy room furnishings, they went with a blend of modern cubism and 70s decor (reminiscent of the W off of Lake Shore Drive, except badly done). My favorite piece of trailer park furnishing passed as art is the coffee table in the atrium made from aspen tree trunk segments banded together with a piece of glass on top. Likely costly, but not classy.
By design or defect, my floor was not level, not by alcohol.
It's still a JW, but I would not choose this hotel on my nickel.
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