Bevonshire Lodge Motel

Very good

A "work in progress" hotel!...

Liked: New furnishings, but not yet done. Neighborhood is great, location to museums, fabulous outdoor shopping mall, next to CBS Studios, lots of restaurants. Parking included, but very tight and limited. We didn't move our car for 3 days! Nice desk and chair and couch/bed. Roomy and new windows so little street noise with also the white noise of the HVAC - good controls. New laminate flooring. Not sure how it is going to hold up since already badly scratched by couch. Also no door stopper so already a big hole in the wall! Big sign outside says Lyfe Inn and Suites. I gather Bevonshire is a new name.
Disliked: No closet just a couple of hooks, no hangers. No way to hang up good clothes. No coffee maker (not available), had to ask for a microwave. Small refrig (no freezer but ok). Two little plastic cups - we asked for more. Bathroom issues: skimpy towels, and stained. Only one partial towel bar on shower door, no hooks. Can't turn on shower without getting in and doused with cold water. No where to put soap or shampoo, etc except on floor. Two tiny bars of soap, and packets of shampoo - really cheap. Toilet didn't fill with enough water so often dirty - no toilet brush to clean. No stopper in sink. No nightlight so had to leave on bathroom light. One thin blanket and three so-so pillows for king bed. Strange on the TV that there was a pattern of lights that kept changing. Only turned it on once. Assume it was a problem with possible new TV. Construction going on as they are trying to do the rest of the rooms I guess. Two stories in a circle around a courtyard (filled with construction stuff) so ice maker not plugged in but soda machine was.

Exceptional

Disliked: No elevator

Perfect place to explore West...

Liked: Didn’t look like much from the outside but the interiors are meticulously remodeled and clean. Really recommend this place!
Disliked: Some neighbors were a little loud, but that was only for an hour one evening.

Poor

Cheapest option I could find...

Liked: Location is great. Walkable to the Grove and Melrose St and surrounds. Room was clean and had been recently renovated.
Disliked: The rooms have zero noise insulation. You can hear every car that drives by and every person who walks past. And if you're on the ground floor, you can hear people upstairs walking around and having conversations. Around midnight, our upstairs neighbors were stomping around and talking at shouting volume - so loud that it woke both of us up. I went to ask the concierge if there were quiet hours that could be enforced, and he was less than interested in helping. Bathroom layout was a little weird in enough ways for it to be inconvenient- no towel hooks, shelf in the shower, or soap holder for the sink.

one room not fit for...

Liked: got transferred to one of the newly renovated rooms... was exceptionally cleaner than the old rooms.
Disliked: first room I was checked into had the overwhelming smell of urinal cakes. the carpet looked like the floor of an oil change garage, and most fixtures were dangling. was moved to a newly renovated room part way through stay, which was much much cleaner, but still had a funky odor, and the television/phones weren't going to be operational, according to staff, until 2 weeks after my stay.

Serviced our purpose

Liked: Check in. Off street parking
Disliked: Hotel is remodeling and noise was terrible

Good