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Westin Los Angeles

Average Price: $158  
 
Hotel Class:
5400 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, 90045 View map  
4-Star Hotel Rank: 5 of 45
Average review rating: 3.34
OpinionWell Value Index: 5
Traveler reviews analyzed: YahooTravel (38) , MyTravelGuide (2613) , Travelocity (15) , Expedia (42) , TripAdvisor (978) , BedBugRegistry (1)
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Appears in 1228 comments. 
76% wrote positive comments about room
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1. The floor I was on (4) smelled like smoke, not the room, just the floor.
"The staff is the best thing about the Westin! " Read full review on TripAdvisor   5/12/2012 Vote      
2. The room smelled funny and you can hear dogs barking consisently.
"Mixed Feelings " Read full review on TripAdvisor   4/25/2012 Vote      
3. The AC/HEAT system was totally shut off - the room smells pretty bad but I thought it might be caused by someone accidentally shut down the ventilation.
"Needs repair/update " Read full review on TripAdvisor   4/18/2012 Vote      
4. We entered the room and turned on the AC - out come this terrible sewage smell air.
"Needs repair/update " Read full review on TripAdvisor   4/18/2012 Vote      
5. I'd left my hotel room to have dinner with friends and upon my return, my bathroom was smoky and smelled STRONGLY of marijuana.
"Bad experience leaves bad taste... " Read full review on TripAdvisor   3/27/2012 Vote      
6. I had to stay up for this whole time, at the end he said it is not fixable and we have to switch rooms,by this time the horrible smell is all over our room, you could hardly breath!b He asked us not to use the sink either, My husband had already fallen asleep so I called the front desk and made them aware of the situation.
"Would have had a better stay at a 2 star hotel!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor   1/3/2012 Vote      
7. When we got to our room we were overwhelmed with this foul smell of mold.
"Okay for an Airport Hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor   11/29/2011 Vote      
8. After 45 min, I got a new room and it had a heavy cigar smell.
"Do yourself a favor and go to the Sheraton " Read full review on TripAdvisor   10/31/2011 Vote      
9. Cons:I had saw on previous posts about the age and cleanliness of the rooms - the age doesn't bother us and our room was clean - but there was definitely a strong mildew smell in the room, especially when the AC is running.
"Great Location for LAX...but disappointed " Read full review on TripAdvisor   10/11/2011 Vote      
10. This was a difficult review to write because I really wanted to give a higher rating, but I had to take away two stars because of the front desk service and the mildew smell in the room.
"Great Location for LAX...but disappointed " Read full review on TripAdvisor   10/11/2011 Vote      
11. However you'd have to rip this place down and rebuild it to rid it of the disgusting ashtray smell in the rooms.
"Spend as little time here as possible " Read full review on TripAdvisor   10/3/2011 Vote      
12. Room and en-suite were reasonably spacious and quiet but had a musty smell.
"a reasonable place to stay " Read full review on TripAdvisor   9/14/2011 Vote      
13. Like most hotels in this chain, the room was light, airy, fresh-smelling and clean.
"Big, busy, but quiet " Read full review on TripAdvisor   9/13/2011 Vote      
14. I was given a suite and once I opened my door, the room smelled like urine.
"The rooms are dirty and old and have a foul odor " Read full review on TripAdvisor   8/25/2011 Vote      
15. Never stayed in a room that smelled that bad.
"The rooms are dirty and old and have a foul odor " Read full review on TripAdvisor   8/25/2011 Vote      
16. Our club level room smelled like someone had been chain smoking in the room for several months.
"Better Choices Available " Read full review on TripAdvisor   8/8/2011 Vote      
17. ' As soon as we walked in our room, we were hit by the smell of an 'old' rundown room full of dust.
"Bad Stay--not what I expected. " Read full review on TripAdvisor   7/20/2011 Vote      
18. The hotel rooms need a lot of maintenance as they smell horrible, the furnishings are old, and by no means is the bathroom/shower 'heavenly.
"Bad Stay--not what I expected. " Read full review on TripAdvisor   7/20/2011 Vote      
19. The first room we were assigned smelled of tobacco.
"An extra charge for everything " Read full review on TripAdvisor   3/3/2011 Vote      
20. the rooms were extremely clean and fresh smelling.
"Amazing hotel at such an affordable price!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor   11/24/2010 Vote      
21. Whle the hotel is 'non-smoking,' the rooms still smell musty and were never really cleaned of their smoking smell.
"Decent quality rooms for airport hotel--but shuttle service disappointing " Read full review on TripAdvisor   9/4/2010 Vote      
22. Cons - $22 parking per night, Old hotel and parts of the hotel/room smells, needs dusting, gloomy hotel.
"Nice bed, great rates but don't expect too much. " Read full review on TripAdvisor   7/28/2010 Vote      
23. My husband is quirky about scents, but commented on how refreshing the room smelled as if his mom had freshly washed the bedding and made his bed for him.
"It was the airlines fault! " Read full review on TripAdvisor   3/22/2010 Vote      
24. The room reaked of a uric acid smell and turning on the air conditioner presented with mildew smells.
"Depressing at the least " Read full review on TripAdvisor   1/16/2010 Vote      
25. The air conditioning had been shut off in my room and turned back on at some point, so the entire room had a damp, moldy smell and the bathroom was hot like a sauna.
"This hotel has seen better days " Read full review on TripAdvisor   9/8/2009 Vote      
26. Mattress was great, lots of hot water, and no-smoke smell in the room (thanks!).
"Decent with great proximity to LAX " Read full review on TripAdvisor   7/22/2009 Vote      
27. The room smelled like smoke.
"Room condition " Read full review on Expedia   6/10/2009 Vote      
28. The hallways smelled fairly strongly of jet fuel, though the rooms smelled neutral.
"Average " Read full review on TripAdvisor   3/7/2009 Vote      
29. The room size was nice but we have many things wrong within the room: the telephone was inoperable, the plug in the wall did not work when we tried to iron our clothes, there were stains all over the carpet, the internet service stunk, the pool smelled terrible, beds were hard and uncomfortable, we were charged for a movie that we did not rent and $18 for parking and to top it all off, in the middle of the nights (2:45 am) some very loud alarms went off waking us and scaring us to death.
"Save yourself a headache...just stay somewhere else! " Read full review on TripAdvisor   11/3/2008 Vote      
30. There was a stale smell of smoke in the room also and the walls were marked and worn as was the corridoor en route to the room.
"Being honest and frank,this was poor enough... " Read full review on TripAdvisor   10/24/2008 Vote      
31. First room we moved in had dirty bed-sheets & smelled like somebody had smoked in it.
"Loud & overpriced " Read full review on TripAdvisor   10/16/2008 Vote      
32. the second room smelled like cat urine and over looked a dog kennel.
"No More - Not at this Westin Wannabe! " Read full review on TripAdvisor   10/14/2007 Vote      
33. Wet carpet, musty smell, missing tiles in the shower, dirty filthy room glad i used points and not cash.
"Is this a Westin? " Read full review on TripAdvisor   8/18/2007 Vote      
   
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