Short Stories Hotel is in the perfect location for a visit to experience the Hollywood area of LA. It is located across the road from Farmers Market and The Grove, across the road from a Hop on Hop off bus stop. I even used the last HOHO bus of the day to get to a show at Pantages Theatre in the evening. The hotel itself is cute as a button. The courtyard, where they serve free tea and coffee each morning, is a haven from the hustle and bustle outside. The bar and restaurant staff were so friendly and really made my stay there so enjoyable. Happy hour was a highlight.

It’s a beautiful and centrally located property with a wonderful focus on art. It was very easy to get to Laurel Canyon, Studio City and other neighborhoods. The staff were are all very welcoming. The curated collection of Art books in each room on art and architecture inspired me to visit LACMA and art galleries. The rooms are spacious, elegant, extremely comfortable and very clean. The King Junior Suite is a beautiful, and had a seating area and a lovely bathroom. The hotel has both stair and elevator access. There are multiple seating areas in lobby, near the pool and on their patio. There are also deck chairs in the sun on the second floor. I walked to Neighborhood coffee every morning, and also went to I Love Pilates just around the corner. Canter’s Deli and Jon and Vinnys are a quick 5 min walk from the hotel.

I truly dont think I could have stayed somewhere with a better location. We could see the Hollywood sign from the balcony, across the road was the Farmers Market & the Grove. CVS down the road & Trader Joes + other grocery stores. Area felt safe. The hotel itself was divine. The atmosphere inside was absolutely stunning, the outdoor sitting area was so tranquil. The front reception staff and cleaners were always friendly and kindly answered my many questions. I absolutely will be staying here again next time I visit the States. I recommend this hotel to everyone who visits LA.

I really can not fault it.

The Junior Suit was very nicely appointed, good size and very comfortable. Small hotel and nicely kept, feels comfortable to move around in. Very nice and helpful staff. Restaurant/bar on site was nice, good food and reasonable priced. Onsite secure parking for tall vehicles!

Staff management of cleaning contractors - contractors arrived at 7am two mornings to pressure wash the hedges for an hour. This could have been done later in the day. While there was a coffee service every morning and brunch on the weekend days, it would have been nice to have the restaurant providing a "light" offering on the weekday mornings to go with the coffee.

The location is great, just across from the farmers market. Chic design and ambiance. Valet service was professional. Generously let us check in early.

Had to choose between privacy and lighting: our room was on the ground floor and the window was facing the parking lot - so we kept our blinds shut. There were no other windows in the room and it wasn't extremely well lit, so it ended up feeling quite dark and gloomy. Also, the room space wasn't planned all that well and we didn't have room to open our luggage comfortably. For the rate of this hotel, I expected much more.

Tthe hotel has a very nice pared down LA chic vibe. I loved the limestone courtyard and restaurant full of marble tables and palm trees -lovely. The rooms were comfortable and nice sized (jr king) The Staff was excellent and learned our names. It is right across the street from the Farmers Market and the Grove which was fun. Third street had a number of good restaurants within walking distance and centrally located with plenty of Hollywood sights nearby. The pool was quite small- certainly nice to have but nothing special. Overall we thought the hotel was an excellent value with plenty of style

No coffeemaker in the rooms!! also none in lobby- we had to go out every morning if we did not go to their restaurant (that did not open until 8am.) Coming from East Coast we wanted coffee earlier than that. There was a heat wave the weekend we were there (I know rare!) and there is virtually no indoor lobby so there was nowhere to meet our group (in for a wedding) that was air conditioned. The courtyard was gorgeous but we were all sweltering. But again heat waves and rain (we had both) are extremely rare here. Lastly and sadly there are a lot of homeless people on Fairfax- the problem is a growing one in all of LA so not specific to this area

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It’s old need to be maintained over priced and I stayed for 8 nights and they did not offer a special discount when I checked in the door was broken and chipped could not sleep because of the lights coming from the window second room was the floor was cracked more over they don’t have shutters so the Sun light will enter the room the shower pressure was too weak and the third room electricity shut down after using blowdryer I have changed my room twice due to the worn facilities doesn’t meet the value that I have spent

Super cute hotel in a great location. Short Stories was a motel back in the day and has been converted and modernised beautifully. It’s simply charming and a great option for anyone looking for a quiet, cute hotel. The rooms are spacious, clean and comfy. The bed is luxe and there is a nice seating area with table for chilling. All rooms on upper two levels are accessible via lift. The courtyard garden is lovely for drinks, chilling and also grabbing a meal. The person at valet was super nice! I didn’t grab his name but he was lovely. All the staff were great.

A nearly perfect little boutique hotel in one of the locations possible. Walk across the street to the Farmers’ Market; eat or shop on Fairfax or on Melrose; h relax in the charming courtyard. The bar/restaurant isn’t open all day, but the main bartender is friendly and makes a good cocktail. The rooms are well appointed (a good number of genuinely good art/novelty books to peruse) and comfortable, with a number of great design choices.

A few minor things make the hotel nearly perfect instead of perfect: - the rooms have low ceilings (nothing the hotel can do about the existing building) - there was some sort of machine whirring noise in our room (maybe we were close to a big HVAC unit). Coupled with the street noise from Fairfax, our room want the quietest even though most of it was like white noise - low water pressure in the building and hardly any sink/counter storage space for toiletries But these are small drawbacks. This place is great!

This place felt like home while being so far away from home. The aesthetic is so perfect, and it was a great retreat in a busy city. The staff at the restaurant were so wonderful and made me feel like a friend.

The conference room opens onto the pool so while lounging by the pool there was a company running a workshop with the doors open leading out to the pool.