Gardens at Wilshire Center Apartments

I lived at Gardens at Wilshire for two years and had a great experience.
The management was very attentive and helpful. If we ever had an issue with anything, they were on top of it. The shared facilities were also great. The pool and jacuzzi area were nice and always clean and well-​kept. We especially enjoyed the outdoor grilling areas, there were so many we never had to worry about one not being available, and throughout our time there hosted a handful of parties with friends on the various patios, this was a really great amenity. We used the gym facilities regularly which were also nice and convenient.
The building was very well maintained. It seemed that proactive maintenance was always being performed, fire alarm and extinguisher checks, pool maintenance, floors being cleaned, lightbulbs in common areas changed etc. etc. There was never anything that «fell by the wayside.» There is also a repairman there most weekdays who is available to do repairs quickly.
The building was home to various types of people, from college students to business people to families. We only had an issue once with noise and after speaking with the manager it was never an issue again. The building was nice and quiet, though if you face the pool, be prepared to hear kids playing down there.
The location is also great, it’s very easy to get to other areas in Los Angeles. We frequently used the metro which was just two blocks away to get to areas like Downtown and Hollywood.
Overall, we really loved this building and would highly recommend it.

We’ve been here for 6 months now and we’re enjoying our stay. Apartments are nice, pool is nice but not heated, bbq grills are great and the location is perfect. Pretty quiet, residents are respectful. Staff is great, whenever we had issues they were pretty attentive. No real complaints, it is on the higher side for rent, but so far it’s been worth it.
Will update when we move out.

I’ve checked out many, many apartments in koreatown/​downtown and I’ve gotta say this place probably is probably the best within the price range! I’ve been living here for a year and a half now and would definitely love to be here longer.
Safe location, gas stove, on-​site maintainance, washer/​dryer/​dishwasher included, BBQ grills, pool, and a gym! James & Jenna the managers are very accessible and responsive. Usually pretty quiet as well!

I’ve lived here for almost a year, and I love this place. It has a great pool and a hot tub. The apartments are nice and secure. The best thing about this place though, is the staff. They are friendly and attentive, and if there’s ever an issue, they tend to immediately. I would recommend this place to anyone. Washer/​dryer in the unit and secured parking!

Pros:
— Location is close to almost everything in walking distance
— SPACIOUS guest parking and resident parking
— Large pool and jacuzzi
— Hot Sauna
— Plenty of BBQ areas
— Very friendly, friendly staff (Sunny Sam, Oscar the Latin Hunk, and James the Godfather)
— Great 5^th floor view
Cons:
— The gym can be a lot larger
Special Thank Yous:
— Sunny Sam: You’ve helped me make living at Gardens at Wilshire a really great experience
–Oscar the Latin Hunk: Thanks for the great pep talks, bro!
–James the Godfather: I know you’ve always looked out for me as a resident at this apartment you manage, and hope the other tenants can appreciate the everyday problems you have to deal with. I’m definitely grateful for everything, man. Hopefully we’ll cross paths again sometime.

Just thought I’d drop a quick update on here since it’s been almost another year since I wrote the first one.
I’m still very happy with the place — in fact I think it’s gotten a little better. I haven’t seen any ants since the last review and I’m on the 1^st floor, so it seems like they’ve pretty much solved that problem. There had been some problems with people not controlling their dogs but after they posted very strongly worded warnings people have gotten the message. There’s a dog run at the back of the building (right under my window) and it seems to be getting a lot of use now. They have a great new maintenance team that really keeps the place looking great.
(On the subject of dogs, one neighbor has a very loud dog but this is something you’d run into in any building that takes dogs. Nothing really to be done about it. Live in a building without dogs if they annoy you that much).
I still hate the carpet in my apartment but that’s really more a problem of me being lazy — they offered to steam clean it for free but I never took them up on it. And this isn’t a problem with the particular carpet here, I just don’t like carpet.
On a side note they’ve also started doing occasional tenant appreciation events, which are a nice way to make it feel a little more like a community.
All in all a great place. I may move at the end of my lease this time around to be a little closer to downtown, but last time when renewal time came up they greatly reduced my rent so they made it too cheap to leave.
Oh lastly they also finally started taking credit card /​online payments for rent which is really nice. They’d never cared when I was a day or 3 late before because I forgot but now they have a nice easy email reminder system that then lets you pay online.

This was my husband and my first place together after we got married. We wanted to wait before buying a place of our own and save some money first. Well, living here was a BAD idea in the saving money aspect. The rent is ridiculously expensive for the size but I guess you pay for the location (we had a ~700 sq ft 1 bd 1ba for $ 1775 a month). After I had my daughter, I walked everywhere pushing her around in her stroller: Ralph’s, CVS, Assi (Korean Market), Kid’s Land (perfect for ppl with babies), Starbucks, Wells Fargo, Nara Bank (the list can go on and on because this is literally in the heart of Koreatown). My car was rarely used to the point where I had someone take over my lease! Anyway, getting back to the point… the place did have ant problems and we had to have our place sprayed twice in about 14 months. The spraying didn’t really do anything but at least we didn’t pay for it – the management took care of that. We just ended up having to be very careful about what making sure anything and everything edible was sealed properly in zip lock bags or put in the refrigerator. That seemed to keep the ants from getting out of control but still, you’d see them here and there. But from what I hear, you really can’t avoid the ant problems in Southern California so oh well. As far as the management goes, I thought they were great! The management company was really on top of everything. I’m not sure what the other reviewer meant by the manager being lazy… maybe it was a different person when they were there? James was the manager when we were living there and he was always so nice to us. He was always prompt about any issues we had and the best part is that they have an on-​site maintenance and repair crew. They also had 24 hr security (which I vaguely remember them changing to evenings and early mornings) which made you feel pretty safe. Anyway, overall, this is a pretty nice place to live with the double pane windows, granite counter tops, swimming pool, gym, and washer/​dryer INSIDE each unit. But the rent is the cost of some people’s mortgage and that just makes me feel like a dumbass for living there for 14 months.
Oh, I almost forgot… you shouldn’t live here if you don’t like to see/​run into room salon girls on a daily basis. I think at least a quarter of the residents are call girls.