The Standard, Hollywood

Great location, walking distance to the Sunset Strip. The bed was comfortable. I liked having a balcony you could walk out on. Staff were helpful.

Our room had a number of problems with the lock, resulting in needing to have the whole lock mechanism replaced after we were repeatedly locked out. We also had issues with the elevator doors and were stuck in the elevator for almost 2 minutes at one point with the doors not opening. It was a bit disconcerting -- we took the stairs after that. Staff seemed to respond when we reported the issues. The hallways are very dark and don't smell very good (like old wet carpet, urine and mildew). The darkness does not foster a sense of safety and while maybe they were going for sexy, it just doesn't do it.