rooms smelled and beds were not comfortable. Good service.

Nice place close to everything comfortable beds problem is if next door to you are loud partiers you can hear through the walls, if location is most important this is good choice
Only couple miles from Universal studios & CBS Studio City

when you arrive and the desk person is asleep in the lobby. Your instinct is confirmed when you receive your room key and it was from the Holiday Inn Express. When you asked about the elevator and was told "it's outside, behind the lobby," it added another measure of discomfort, particularly when it was behind doors that are apparently locked in the nighttime hours. Then you noticed the 'movie theatre' or 'bank tellers' window between the lobby and the elevator doors. WOW, where am I?

After driving 475 miles and being tired we decided to venture up to our 3rd floor room. Large enough, but unlike other Comfort Suites (we had stayed at a Comfort Suites in Sacramento the night before- fine place), no Fridge or microwave and a carpet that may not have been cleaned in 20 years. We dared not try the breakfast.

Fortunately, we had not prepaid for our 5 nights so we escaped the next morning to a Marriott Suites in Burbank.

Are there worse places? Probably, but this is pretty far down the list.

I have to admit that when I drove up to this hotel I was making a mental note of other hotels I had driven by in case I needed to stay at them - I think I drove by three or four adult bookstores on the way from the Burbank Airport . . . most of the buildings nearby are not in good condition and the whole area is dingy . . .

The lady that was supposed to check me in was a lot more interested in talking with her friends on the phone and took two fairly long phone calls during the 10 minutes I was standing in front of her . . . when she finished the last one I had to remind her that she was checking me in . . .

That said, though, the hotel itself is fine for the one night stop over I am doing - but if you have a family or like to go out after dark this is probably not the place for you . . .