Karen D.
Yelp
This is a follow up to my initial review from just 2 days ago... make sure you read that one first if you can!!
To recap, I was paid up in advance for two nights, contemplating whether we could tolerate our 2nd nights stay.
Instead of attempting to go to the front desk prior to 11am to see about canceling our 2nd nights stay and turning our room key in, we got the heck outta the room for a few hours, went hiking, then had lunch before returning back to our room.
I figured by mid-late afternoon it might be too late to ask if they'd let us check out early, with a full one day refund, so we reluctantly went back to our room to at least take showers (after our hike) and to grab our belongings.
We had a much sweeter offer on our plate to go stay at our family's place 15 minutes away... or to stick it out for the 2nd night, sleep terrible again, with ZERO room accommodations... but get "my money's worth" since I already paid for it, and check out at 11am.
We said, screw it... let's get the eff outta dodge and head to my family's 21st floor high-rise condo in DTLA, watch the sunset from the west facing balcony and be surrounded in luxury and of course, loved ones.
We told the ladies (mother&daughter) at the front desk as we turned in our key 16hrs early that "we had to go.."
Waste of money and time for sure.
I can only hope for the sake of future, potential, nightly occupants and travelers that these live-in owners do a much overdue, much needed floor to ceiling cleaning and even budget friendly ad-ons to the rooms to boost their non-existent accommodations.
Being that it's an old outdated building is one thing -- some things are very expensive to change or re-vamp, but if they only knew they could spend a little bit by adding a few simple, non expensive things to the rooms to accomidate their paying guests, AND try thoroughly wiping down walls, doors, fingerprints, etc... people like us wouldn't be so put-off by staying there, even purposely checking out early.
How they (owners) don't see all the disgusting, dirty and questionable smudges all over in random places is beyond me. It was everywhere we looked.
People don't want to look at that stuff, and they shouldn't have to. Who wants to see anything gross from Lord knows whoever stayed there 10, 20, 100 times ago.
Add to that, there being absolutely ZERO, ZILCH, NONE, NADA as far as room accommodations or creature comforts in an already old, run down building.
Not exactly a positive experience. And like I said in my initial review, umm... it might be a decent place to stay if it were in a 3rd world country or, if you were just released from Shawshank, San Quentin, etc.
They should use the money I so regrettably gave them and purchase $5 full-length wall mirrors from Walmart for each room, a dozen packs of dozen-pack washcloths so people can have something to wash with... a few gallons of bleach, 409 Cleaner, spray bottles, rubber gloves & Lysol to wipe sh*t down from top to bottom & corner to corner.
How's that for a suggestion? Then maybe later, invest in $35 microwaves for each room and who knows, maybe even invest some of their stock piled money for mini fridges or even better... adding electrical outlets so guests can charge their things instead of having no outlets except the ONE directly over the bathroom sink.
This was my experience and it was by far my worst. And I'm not usually one to complain about older buildings, staff shortcomings, etc. But at least in those past circumstances there were minor consulations that made up for what was lacking.
The Roxy Motel on Western Ave in Hollywood lacks everything, and screams "I need to be updated!!!"
Still left it two stars even though it deserves half... to one star. Although my review seemed abrasive, I'm trying to be nice and only offering the live-in owners constructive criticism.
However, by encountering who I had to deal with (man, lady, older teen girl - entire family) ... I'm not optimistic they'll "get it" or even care.
Peace~