The main thing this hotel has going for it is Location-Location-Location. We walked everywhere. Thrift shops, record stores, restaurants, theatres, cafรฉsโฆ itโs all there.
One thing worth mentioning is that the hotel is a maze. You can get lost looking for your room. After a certain time at night, the front door is locked and a door beside it opens with the room key. From there, we made it up the stairs in a corridor with roomsโฆ nothing else. It took us some time to figure out that you have to leave the hotel by going outside on a balcony (on the second floor) and find another door to re-enter the hotel. Then, we walked through some maintenance room/hall and ended up back in a familiar part of the hotel and found our room. Coming back from the bar Saturday night, it was quite a surprise not knowing where to go or what to do. The front desk is empty, all the lights are offโฆ it didnโt feel safe. Maybe a little heads up or a warning from the front desk would have gone a long way here.
While weโre at it, the $25/day parking was convenient since we didnโt need our car at all. It has to be the tightest parking lot in town, snuggly located in a tight back alley where you need to do a 90 degree turn on a dime while avoiding a brick wall, an thick iron fence and a car that didnโt pull into itโs spot all the wayโฆ not impossible but not simple.
I want to end my review on a good note. We did have a good trip and the hotelโs location canโt be beat.