Hotel Koxie

“A polite and empathetic receptionist with the guests.”

First of all, I would like to express my immense gratitude to the receptionist Cintia for knowing what hospitality and kindness truly mean; I've been going to Los Angeles for about 15 years and I've never seen such good service for a guest with limited English. As for the hotel, it provides good se… more

First of all, I would like to express my immense gratitude to the receptionist Cintia for knowing what hospitality and kindness truly mean; I've been going to Los Angeles for about 15 years and I've never seen such good service for a guest with limited English. As for the hotel, it provides good service; I found many of the reviews I had read before staying there unfair; it's very well located on a very important avenue in downtown Los Angeles. It doesn't have a restaurant (it was closed), but there's a convenience store nearby and a very good restaurant serving wood-fired roast chicken and rice and beans is 20 minutes away. A little further on there's a very good supermarket. It's also not far from a metro station. You can also find regular buses on the hotel's avenue (east-west) and Western (north-south). The room is very good, spacious, with a large window and view; forget comments that it's old. There's an old phone, but who uses hotel phones these days? The internet is very good. The bathroom is spacious, and I liked the water and the hermetically sealed paper and plastic cups. Tip: a coffee maker in the room and the availability to use or ask to heat food in the microwave, for long-stay travelers.

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“Budget Friendly and Comfortable for the Price”

We stayed in the condo styled units across the parking lot from the main tower. They were recently renovated and well appointed. Overall, they were clean and a comfortable place to stay the night. My only complaint is the air smelled a little dingy and the noise from the street really leaks through… more

We stayed in the condo styled units across the parking lot from the main tower. They were recently renovated and well appointed. Overall, they were clean and a comfortable place to stay the night. My only complaint is the air smelled a little dingy and the noise from the street really leaks through the windows even though they are closed. Overall, if your looking for a budget stay, this is an ideal spot in Ktown with the Galleria Supermarket one block over and convenience of being near downtown LA.

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“Dated but Gets the Job Done”

I booked here while in LA on a Spring Break trip with a friend largely because of its cheap price point for one night. Just about every other notable hotel within a reasonable distance of Downtown LA was going for exorbitant rates so we decided to book here. After reading the, I came in expecting t… more

I booked here while in LA on a Spring Break trip with a friend largely because of its cheap price point for one night. Just about every other notable hotel within a reasonable distance of Downtown LA was going for exorbitant rates so we decided to book here. After reading the, I came in expecting the worst. The hotel's location is average, it's not really near anything and is a bit of a walk away from the main points of interest in Koreatown. The staff were all solid and while they weren't the most amazing, they felt genuine. The room immediately showed its age through a variety of aspects. Both the chair and the desk chair were old and the desk itself was heavily worn. The decor was extremely outdated and it kind of felt like everything was from the 1990s at the latest. What surprised me, however, was that the cleanliness was excellent. Basically everything in the room was kept tidy which is definitely worth something. One thing that was really problematic with the room however was that there was a serious lack of outlits. The bedside table had no outlets and there were only four total in the entire room with two besides the desk and two near the bed farthest from the window. Also, the bed was quite soft as I think it was memory foam, which might be problematic if you prefer a more firm mattress. The bathroom was small and pretty basic though I do give points for the toilet being of a reasonable height and not having an extremely loud flushing mechanism. Similar to the room, there were no noticeable cleanliness issues in the bathroom and I really liked the shower setup with the glass door. The water pressure and temperature of the shower were both great. For the price, it's really hard to fault the quality of the accomodation, especially as the room was overall quite clean.

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