This no-frills hotel has quiet rooms and is conveniently located to UCLA and Westwood's shops and restaurants. The furniture is old and in somewhat poor condition, but adequate. The staff members at the front desk are pleasant. This hotel provides basic accommodations for the budget traveler. If you are looking for in-room TV, in-room internet, free shampoo, or the other extras typically found in American hotels, however, you need to go elsewhere. Although the hotel does not offer food, it does have a refrigerator for guests to store food (for example, groceries from the nearby Trader Joe's).
My window in my first-floor room was just a few inches above ground, and the screen was torn. If you want to leave your window open during the day, a room above the first floor would be safer. On the other hand, my room on the first floor got (weak) internet, whereas occupants in most of the hotel must go to the first-floor lounge to access the internet.
I might stay here again, but I would probably spend a little extra to try the nicer hotel next door to this one. It is in the same quiet location but with (supposedly) nicer accommodations.
- Claremont Hotel Los Angeles
