What you get is an apartment (we had a studio) with a great roof deck, 1/2 block to the beach. You're at the quiet end of Venice, closer to Santa Monica. You can walk to the craziness, but you aren't staying in it. These are older apartments but if you're in Venice, you aren't here to lounge in a hotel. You're getting out and going places. Walk to the beach and cafes. Drive anywhere else. We were very happy here. The room was a tight fit with the roll away bed for our 14 year old. Still, great to have parking included and a kitchen to save money on food.

Never again...it has parking and it is clean enough and it is located close to everything. The walls are paper thin and there are no rugs or drapes on the windows to help with sound. Each unit echoes and so you hear every tiny sound amplified from neighboring units. The people above us kept very odd hours and we got little to no sleep at all, the entire 5 nights. We could hear the noises from the bathroom even the light switches turning on and off were audible. We downloaded some white noise but the echoing feet pounding across the bare floors, partying and getting sick sounded like they were in our unit with us! Things were more quiet outside than in our rooms from one in the morning till about 4 or 5 and then everyone seemed to take their dogs out and do stuff on the beach.... so while we went to business meetings with an extra large coffee they slept so they could keep us up all night... so unless this is a trip for pleasure where you will keep these sort of hours or NOTHING wakes you this is not the place to get a good nights sleep.

after our arrival around 10PM we found out a lot of hair in our bed, it looked liked if the bed wouldnt be changed after last visitor. When we asked the manager for changing the bedding , we received something what smelled like fresh washed but still there were permament coloured spots from who/whatever. Also amount of hair in bathroom on the wall. Besides this the location is fine (few steps from the beach) and the appt. is well equipped.

Stayed at the Venice Admiral Suites for four weeks during November/December and was looking for a place that was close to the beach whilst still being a bit quiet because I needed to do work as well. This property suited my situation. Louise was fast with replying to questions when I initially enquired and easy payment process via credit card for the deposit and then the remainder once due. Security deposit was promptly refunded upon leaving.

About a $30 taxi fare from the airport (at 5:30am so less traffic) and a $18 shuttle when leaving.

Pros
- location is right on the edge of Venice and Santa Monica so perfect for going in both directions. Twenty minute walk along the beach to the Santa Monica Pier and a few minutes in the other direction to the Venice Beach area
- fast, stable internet with wireless router in the room
- quiet and hardly saw the other guests
- roof top area if you wish to sit outside
- all the facilities although as these are well suited to corporate housing, a workstation would be good rather than having to use the hard bench seat and the kitchen table
- initial stocks of bathroom items such as soap, shampoo etc. Not a big deal although with ridiculous luggage limits on airlines these days, many of us travel without toiletries and buy them at each location so enough for a few days takes the pressure off to shop on the first day
- supermarket (Albertsons on Lincoln) is about 25 minutes walk
- local organic shops and markets for fruit and vegies
- many good cafes close by on Main Street if you don't wish to walk far or head down to Abbot Kinney in Venice which is a pleasant 10-15 minute walk
- car parking included
- on site laundry
- on site manager

Cons
- difficult to sit and work for long periods as the bench setup in the kitchen is too uncomfortable