I really wanted to love this hotel, but it needs work, despite some strengths. LA is very conveniently located for shopping and restaurants, and it is close enough to the city center to soak up the energy without being too close. Another strong point was the staff, who were all very nice, although I’d recommend keeping Google Translate handy if you speak no Spanish. The room was very clean, and the cleaning woman worked at superhuman speed, so no complaints there. However, while the bed was comfortable and the rooms spacious, neither the room safe nor the TV worked. Torrential rains during our stay generated the faint smell of sewage or something similar in the room, which was also quite noisy at different times of the day. The hotel sits directly on one of the main streets of SMA, with one room literally a pane of glass away from the sidewalk. Some of these issues may be beyond their control, but I didn’t appreciate that the rooms did not live up to the website photos. The lobby picture was significantly enhanced; I am not sure the others even can from LA.