Best Western Royal Palace Inn & Suites

First of all the staff (Fred?) was super friendly well beyond what you typically get from a "professional friendlyness" in other hotels. Upfront all my questions asked via Booking.com chat were answered very quickly and friendly. During checkin and checkout we had some nice chats and inbetween I saw him kidding with some guest's kids during breakfast hours. Makes you really feel at home. Speaking of which: The breakfast "room" is some space in the lobby which is not quite big enough to host a lot of guests. But during our stay we always found a place to eat. The breakfast itself is typical US style so its not much but it has everything you need. Also the breakfast hours are not as strictly as they are printed. I also saw some families arriving late at the breakfast and the staff then also happily refilled the pancake machine for them. The hotel also offers a laundry room for you so for 3,5 $ you get a load of whashing machine, dryer as well as detergents. After that you have your clothes clean and dry. Pretty cool if you are on an extended road trip. Now, I've read some comments about the parking lot. Well they offer parking and have two different spots. One for larger vehicles and one for the average size vehicle. The entrance to the second one is a bit small yes, but no problem for a standard driver in my opinion. The location of the hotel is great. There is a grocery in walking distance (8 minutes) and the metro station is 2 minutes walk. With the metro you can go to Santa Monica beach without 15 minutes, to downtown within 40 minutes and to Hollywood within 60 minutes. A daypass is about 3,5 $. Pretty nice and much cheaper than Uber. There are two pools as well. Not very big but suitable. The smaller one is a hot whirlpool. Having been in the area a couple of times and knowing other hotels there I got a lot more than what I expected from this hotel.

Stefan