East Manhattan Beach Holidays from AU$1,578

It's quite nice with regular shuttle service and polite staff. The mattresses are also quite comfortable.

This is our second time staying at the Anza, it was ok but definitely not better than our first time. Our room had no hot water and even then we got warmish water, it lasted two minutes then went cold. The shower itself had mildew. I do love the space of the room, they are bigger than your average hotel rooms. I love how convenient requesting housekeeping is. When there is an issue they do truly try their best to accommodate you. What I hate most about the hotel is their parking situation, even though it’s not completely their fault. I don’t know why it’s only at the Anza (I’ve stayed at the Hilton Garden in Calabasas and this is not an issue), but these people can’t not park for crap. The patrons who stay here double park or park so misaligned you can’t park next to them and it’s a waste of a space and you have to struggle for parking. I understand it’s not the Anza’s fault although I do wish they would enforce something to prevent this. When we stay in Calabasas we stay for a week so it is an inconvenience that could actually prevent us from staying again. Overall though, I do like The Anza.

The check-in process took much longer than necessary, nearly a half-hour after I'd arrived at the hotel. While I was offered lobby bar drink coupons during the wait for my room to be ready, I would have been happier to just get into my room. Additionally, while I was preparing to check-out, I was locked out of my room a couple of minutes before checkout time (even though my key had worked perfectly up to this moment) and needed to have hotel security let me into my room to grab my luggage. The person security was working with initially couldn't find any record of my stay, so it took about 10 minutes standing outside my room before I could get back in. This is an amazing, historic property, but the guest rooms could do with some updating. The bathrooms are old, and the wood floors in my room were scratched and had large nicks showing raw, splintered wood. Also, there is such a large collection of purchasable items on the room desk, it limits use OF the desk. Additionally, other than the closet the room had no storage to speak of, and required everything to be stacked on closet shelves. On the plus side, the bar staff, valet staff, and security agent were all very polite, friendly, and courteous. Also, the drinks and food at the bar were great. This was my second stay at this hotel, but I don't think I'll stay there again. I enjoy the common areas, the pool area, and many of the amenities - but none of these make up for the guest rooms or the check-in/checkout issues.

Stayed here for 4 nights for Leadership Training held at Four Points next door. What a treat - the hotel is modern sleek, every staff I interacted with were of great attitude and helpful and finally the faciliites were top notch! The restaurant has a solid selection of food breakfast! Will highlight the neighhorhood is eh and air is yuck as it is near LAX. Regardless - highly recommend staying there if need to be in that area :)

Nice room. Steak I ordered was not so good. Pleasurable otherwise.