El Patio Inn

The location was good for Universal Studios.

My husband and I were not very happy with the accomoodation. The web site states continental breakfast included and all we got was a very small muffin and a drink of fake orange juice. The room was very old and poky with a tv that was so okd it did not even have a remote.

The lady who was in the office was very pleasant and helpful. We were first put into a room where there was much street noise. We asked for a change of rooms and were quickly accommodated to a less noisy room. The second room turned out to be nicer and with more room as well as less noise from the street. The rooms were clean, not fancy, but suited to our plans since we were with family during the day and used the room for sleeping only.

Apparently the cable was down for TV and there were only 3 stations to watch. That did not create any problem for us since we were not in the room for any great length of time.

Only the location was convienant.

The room had a moldy smell. The bed did not seem to be a queen size, the airconditioner was very noisey. The bars of soap provided were extremely small and not usable. The towels were not bath towels and worn extremely thin. The linen did not appear to be crisp clean and the carpet was stained and dirty and in need of a washing or replacemnt. The room was over priced.

The room was in a relatively quiet position away from the main road

There was no extractor fan in the bathroom

It was very close to Universal Studios

All the towels were dirty and when I told the staff about it they made me fetch the towels for them. The second batch of towels still had one out of three that was unacceptable. One of the bed's comforter had stains on the underside. One of the beds bowed in the middle. The A/C unit started making loud knocking noises at 4 in the morning.

Nothing

Room was tiny, felt like a windowless box, with very ugly decor. Carpeting was disgusting - very old and shabby with cigarette burn holesl A/C unit was so noisy we couldn't sleep, and it didn't cool the room effectively. There was no A/C in the bathroom which was stifling. Hard to put on makeup in there but light so poor in bedroom there was no choice. Bath towels were like thin rags...no kleenex.