Krystal Villa East

I’m not one to write Unilocal reviews, but these guys warranted my attention.
1) Management office was incredibly courteous, articulate, patient and helpful.
2) Passcode entry as opposed to a key entry into our unit is brilliant. We had multiple parties staying in our space, all coming and going at different times, up the mountain and down. Not having to distribute keys was a great convenience.
3) Ample heating, fireplace was effective, and space was clean. Only complaint is the walls have poor insulation, but there is every means of which to make up for that.
4) Bathroom was spacious, and exactly what one could ask for. Enough hot water for around 2 – 3 consecutive showers, assuming you were efficient.
5) Jacuzzi was close enough to run barefoot to, which made for a good personal challenge. Laundry room is on site as well.
Krystal Villa East simply functions as advertised. A very seamless check in and check out. No tricks here! I would highly recommend their facilities to any frequenters of Mammoth Lakes. We were also late by about an hour and a half to leave, which I obviously would not recommend, but management was understanding despite the maids’ need to service the facilities. They did not charge us an additional fee, on the understanding that we would leave ASAP. They were not rude or forceful about this request, either. They simply did it right.

Our trip to Mammoth this year was ruined by the lack of hot water in our Unit #226. We were hot water-​less for two full days and it was super inconvenient. We had no trouble at the place we stayed last year, so please avoid Krystal Villa East. It’s close to a lot of places like Vons and Rite Aid, but I’d rather have hot water and drive a little further than stay here again.
After calling the manager and explaining our problem, he said he would being in a plumber the next morning. We cleaned ourselves the old fashioned way by boiling water that night. It was time consuming and beyond inconvenient. That morning, the plumber tore up the wall in the downstairs bathroom and left. He left the mess of the torn down wall on the floor around the toilet (WTF?). The second night, the hot water worked long enough for one shower and then turned ice cold afterwards. I’ve never had to take such a cold shower before! I didn’t realize that the water was not heating up until after I had put shampoo in my hair. We called the owner finally and the owner called the manager. The manager was rude to us because we complained to the owner. We finally had hot water our last and final night in #226. The price we paid here was cheaper than other places and had more beds, but honestly the hot water situation just ruined our vacation.
Other things I did not like about our stay at Krystal Villa East was that there was a teensy tiny Jacuzzi only big enough to fit about five people comfortably and they did not have a community shower. Previous places I’ve been to could fit at least ten people! We weren’t provided with free wifi or cable. There were a few DVDs but that’s it. Our unit #226 had dirty carpet and I found several empty used Caprisun pouches in the nightstand drawers. Gross!
Bottom line is: DON’T STAY HERE! You’ll be forced to boil hot water for baths if your unit has no hot water. You’ll also get hypothermia washing dishes in ice cold water.

This place was great, very close to everything in town and only 5 mins to resort. The condo we had was clean and nice. The price was perfect for a group of buddies on a tight budget. Management was helpful even though we arrived late at night and the deadbolt wouldn’t open, they fixed it right away. I would definitely stay here again.

I have stayed here 2x within the last year for snow season and will continue to come back. I love this place and so does my bf! The 2 units I stayed in were 415 & 419. Each one was unique in its own way. I love the lofty & home like atmosphere both units had going on.
POSITIVES:
–location — close to shops and restaurants
–fully equipped units with everything you need
–price
–management is easy going and willing to work with you. If they aren’t available in person you can contact them via telephone or email
–it isn’t crowded and parking is ample
–jacuzzi is in the middle of the complex (do is the pool) so you don’t have to walk far to soothe your aches from a long day on the mountain
NEGATIVES:
–hit or miss with the water heater situation
–virtually impossible to get a fire going with the logs provided so bring some if you get a chance

We rented this condo through
. We got an amazing rate for this lovely condo. The owner Millie was really friendly. Apparently they used to have green carpet and now they have beautiful hardwood floors throughout the unit plus new flat screen TV’s! We loved this unit and how close it was to restaurants and shops. Cant wait to come again!

Mammoth Trip, Mammoth Trip! We all decided to come up here for the weekend, the BF, and our friends wanted to get in some boarding action (or lack thereof). We were willing to share a hotel room, but then again we all wanted our privacy at the same time. Our friend went on a search and came across this condominium for rent. At $ 160.00, a night split four ways that was a deal. Our condominium was number «222“and from looking at the photos on the web site, it looked to be warm and cozy. We arrived in Mammoth around 2:30am; the complex is not too big, which was nice. Our condominium was located upstairs and not too far from the street. Laura and I went in first with our things, and WOW the place was big and had all the accommodations of home.
Two bedrooms (one full and one loft)
Two full bathrooms
Fully equipped kitchen for your every cooking needs
Bath towels and linens
Flat screen TVs (in the living room and bedroom)
PS2 with games
Children DVD’s and books
Electric BBQ
Complimentary firewood for the wood burning stove
Electric heating
Free Wi-​Fi
Full living room (with chairs and a sink in couch)
As we were unloading stuff and looking around, Laura and I realized that there was a light on in a room but the door was closed. Both of us freaked each other out about what might be behind that closed door. At first, she was going to open it, and then we decided to have one of the guys do it. Hello BF to save the day! BF looked at us as if we were crazy then cracked a smile and went to open the door. Whoever cleaned the condominium left the bedroom light on. So glad that there was not some weirdo in there! We laughed it off and started to unpack our things.
BF and I took the loft bedroom; the stairs are pretty steep and windy walking up with your luggage. Got a great workout that whole weekend too! Our area had plenty of space. Two full size beds, a torch lamp, and an old school TV that only had three cable channels a DVD/​VHS and plenty of kiddie DVD’s (womp womp)!
Now for the truly creepy part of our stay, I noticed that there was what looked like two boards put up over some windows. BF poked at one of the boards that were covering the space and it budged a little. Figuring that it was secure and that it was probably either another unit or a storage space we did not think much of it. As I went downstairs, we heard this loud bang, the board that BF poked had fallen into the other unit (or storage space) all three of us came rushing up to see what happened in the loft. To our surprise, there was another room complete with a single bed, a creepy old school desk in the corner and a lamp on the floor. I now definably cannot sleep with that board being inside that room. So Laura said she would go inside and try to put it back up. When she went in she realized that «other unit» was actually part of ours and it had a lot of crap stored in there (extra blankets, paint cans ect). I was so happy that we were able to put the board back up.
Now for the lowlights on the place (outside of the above mentioned):
–Bugs! Yes, I know it is the mountains but come on inside the house. This poor wood wasp was trapped inside our loft area window. He never came down to bug us. However, his buzzing scared me whenever I was sitting on the floor in our area.
–Dead bugs on our comforters.
–Our urber uncomfortable bed that come to find out was an extra mattress that was tossed onto our mattress.
–Bring your own TP. We started out with only one. No bueno when there are two dudes in the house!
–The heater works great! If you are staying in the loft, by night 2 you are sweating worse than in a sauna.
–Loft bathroom has an electric wall heater and a super bright vanity mirror, the combo of the two plus taking a hot shower makes it super warm (think mister toads wild ride hell scene)
–The place is in bad need of some fixing and a lot of TLC.
–Couch is made of feathers, which poke and hurt; we decided to use the extra comforter to put on top.
Parking lot had a lot of spaces to park at anytime of the day or night; the complex was quite during the day and night, which was nice. And everything is within walking distance too!
I would totally come back and stay here again, just probably not in unit 222! Eeks!

I’m giving this place a 3.5 maybe even a 3.8 oh fine…(changes star to a 4)…this place was really nice compared to the price we paid, it is the cheapest rate in town. We went with four people and for 4 nights it was $ 90 each person, with food included. It is in the middle of town with a Subway, Rite Aid McDonald’s all walking distance so if you ever need anything its a walk away.
The pool sucked, wasn’t heated and the jacuzzi was OK, I like my jacuzzi burning hot specially when its snowing outside, lukewarm doesn’t cut it!
They had just recently upgraded the TV’s to brand new flat screens that was cool, we watched the Lakers game there and made as much noise as we wanted and not even one complaint. We were supper loud how do i know this? Well a night of drinking and something else i cant say, will sure enough make a crap load of noise.
The rooms are dorm based similar to those of UCLA smaller kitchens bigger rooms, a few beds (4) and a fire place which was very effective against the Mammoth cold!
Don’t get confused there’s a West and East Villa, East is cheaper!
Thanks for reading!