Studio City Court Yard Hotel

I joked around of receiving a Kit Kat upon arrival with the front desk, and boom — on my bed was an 8 pack of Kit Kats!
Location, location, location — can walk to sweet restaurants, coffee shops and grocery stores and near all the LA attractions. Dig the pool steps from my room.
Awesome price compared to other places nearby — great value and location!

Do not stay here. Floor is sticky & dirty. Had food on the bed when we arrived asked to get the sheets changed and the housekeeping lady came in cussing in Spanish. Has a bad smell to the place. Bugs were found in the bathroom. Very loud area. Hair was found in the towels. Spoke to the receptionist Ricky and he didn’t resolve the issue so have to wait until the next day to speak to the manager so to be continued …

We arrived around 3:00 pm checked in opened room door all was very clean smelled good also my kids kept telling me that the beds were very comfortable. We all ate at The Five Guys Burgers across the street was very good all in all are stay was comfortable will stay again.

When I first saw the outside of the hotel I was unsure but when I saw the inside it was clean and very nice! Also I lost the second key to the room and the man in the front was so nice about it he didn’t even charge us for the missing key! My family and I are definitely coming back and telling everyone about their great service!

Room #105 has no real window ventilation. The only way to really feel like there was some moving air was to keep the AC on. TV very outdated, as well as carpeting in the room and tile in the bathroom. Honestly not worth what we paid for. The parking was super awkward. There is only 1 way in and 1 way out. There is another exit side, but the gate was looked. Not sure why since the back of the parking area did not provide much room for larger vehicles to turn around in. The best part was the bagel shop and coffee shop located right across the street. Also, that the hotel is located super close to Universal Studios. Hence the reason why we were there.

I was so impressed and pleased with their service. I had a last minute health issue come up, and even though there technically weren’t supposed to be refunds they were willing to work with me and didn’t charge a cancellation charge. When I do reschedule my trip to the area I will definitely stay with them.

Stars are for location, location, location. Other than that, pretty old and needs updating! Carpets filthy, top bedding dirty, only a couple of outlets work, had to run the shower water for about 10 minutes before the water turned from brown to clear. Coffee makers in rooms would be nice since they don’t offer continental breakfast. Front desk could use some training in customer service. So rating would be fair.

nice surprise. new management cleaning up this place. great location.

Nice cozy Hotel! Staff Is Always Very Nice And polite! Rooms are Clean And Comfortable! Love This Hotel

Well, this hotel is cheap and mostly clean. Horrible service, WiFi, towels just slightly better than a paper towel. I unplugged the smoke detector because they hadn’t fixed it three nights into our stay. There is no food, or microwave; but good restaurants in short walking distance.
We managed to sleep here only because there was nowhere else to stay within $ 75 of this price.
Definitely not recommended.

To be honest, I didn’t want to choose this hotel at first due to the pictures and reviews. I canceled a reservation from another motel, which was horrible and bed bug infested, then reserved at court yard. The front desk clerk, Martin, offered an exceptional customer service. He expressed that the stuff has been changed and the entire place had been inspected to meet clients standards and meet higher expectations. They have plastic mattress under covers, clean carpets and sheets, well aerated room, and is located in a nice neighborhood. From what I’ve seen, this is a cozy and welcoming clean place. NO BREAKFAST.
I gave it 4 stars based on the above assessment. And again, it’s a motel. Well priced and it’s good enough if you’d like to save money, yet be close to everything.

I was very hesitant about booking this hotel because of reviews I read but it wasn’t bad at all. We paid 88 dollars for one night.
The hotel is in Studio City, which is 10 minutes from Universal Studios. We found out from our Über driver that there are a ton of celebrities that live in the city, like George Clooney, Robert de Niro and others. Wikipedia confirms that along with the location of the Big Brother house is there as well. There is a five guys right across the street along with other restaurants. It really has an amazing location as well as free parking. The spots are narrow, but it wasn’t a big deal and our car was fine.
The room had two double beds and it was a smoking room, which I wasn’t too excited about but the location was amazing for what we wanted to do and we figured we would just be there to sleep anyway.
There was no smell of smoke, it was just old. It didn’t smell fresh but the faint odor wasn’t overwhelming.
The beds were comfy and the room was clean. It slept 4 adults comfortably.
The wifi didn’t work but they were having someone come to look at it the next day.
We didn’t get to use it, but they had a heated pool.
All in all, I was expecting a really sketch place but it wasn’t bad. It is not a super fancy five star hotel, but it was clean and safe.
If I ever go back to LA, I would stay there again.

Stayed here for two nights while we visited Universal Studios. This hotel is decent it’s just old and not the cleanest of hotels. A pro to this hotel is it’s location. It’s less than ten minutes away from universal studios and fairly close when exiting the freeway. There’s is also a coffee bean & tea leaf and a bagel place directly Across the hotel. It’s also close to other eateries which was nice. The beds are pretty comfortable and I was able to get a good nights rest. The swimming pool was fun to do with the kids, you can just tell it’s old and needs a fixer upper and to be maintained. Also it was free for parking and that’s always a plus. Despite all the pros I would not stay here again. For the price we paid it was around $ 120/​night. I’d opt to find a nicer hotel even if it’d cost more. Like I said not too bad but it wasn’t that great either.

Just stayed last night… clean, cute, and while checking in, we were upgraded to a suite without even asking! Very nice and accomodating staff, and they do all they can to make your free breakfast a truly enjoyable experience (THANKYOU to Maria!)

I booked this hotel before reading any reviews on it. I was looking for a nice place to stay for four nights while doing the normal LA tourist stuff, but I didn’t want to be right downtown. I came across this place and I’m so glad I did.
We were driving down from the Bay Area and got there way before we thought we would. I called from the road and asked for an early check in, but I was told that they had been booked up the night before so it was highly unlikely our room would be ready when we got there. When we arrived at around 1130, I was told our room would be ready by noon. We waited in the courtyard until the owner came and got us, which actually was at noon, and we didn’t even get charged for an early check in.
The room was a good size, the bathroom was pretty outdated but comfortable none the less and it was clean. Housekeeping came every day while we were out, and never bothered us while we were there. The pool was big and clean.
The breakfast is in the office which is pretty small and usually packed in the morning, but there are two coffee shops across the street.
Parking is pretty tight. The spaces are narrow and limited but we always had a spot.
It’s close to all the things you want to see. It’s driving distance to mullholland drive, sunset blvd, downtown LA… We even drove the pacific coast highway to Malibu. It’s also a 20 dollar cab ride to universal studios. It’s walking distance to a ton of restaurants and shops, even a couple of dispensaries on Ventura.

I didn’t (gasp) check Unilocal before booking this hotel for our 4 night SoCal vacation.
Here are the basics of why I’m giving my first 1 star review (out of 255.)
I’d give it 1.5 if that was an option but only because of the location.
1. Cockroaches — each night, they came out into the courtyard, perhaps because of the humidity and tropical weather. First night there were several, second night a few, third night a couple, fourth night I didn’t see any. To me, it was disgusting, but we weren’t hanging out in the courtyard after the first night.
2. We were overcharged. It got rectified, but it wasn’t easy. We had to search through old texts between the people in our group to «prove» our rate… frustrating… but like I said, it got fixed.
3. Wi-​Fi wasn’t readily available because it’s dependent on # of users. Crazy.
Other things that didn’t help the rating:
— Great place for smokers but for those of us who don’t like the smell, was a bummer to have smoking allowed anywhere in the courtyard. Especiallyl since our room was right there.
— Free breakfast is nice but it wasn’t good so we ate out the other mornings. (Great bagel shop across the street.)
Best things I can say:
— Beds were comfortable.
— Ice machine produced the best crunching ice ever.
— Location was *ideal* for our trips back and forth to Universal Studios, Hollywood and Santa Monica.
Ok. I’m done. :)

Hmm… I didn’t have nearly as bad of an experience as some of the reviews I’m seeing here. Mind you it wasn’t the best, but I’ve stayed in worse hotels than this one.
I liked the location of this hotel in terms of restaurants that are nearby and overall access to places like Beverly Hills and Mulholland Drive. This hotel also offers free parking, so we were able to rent a car from Avis a few blocks down and drive it here without paying valet. Also, the rooms were relatively decent, as long as they are clean, with A/​C and beds are comfy to a reasonable degree I’m fine with it. I can’t comment on the business center or the gym as I don’t use the services.
A few things that did drive me up the wall are the wifi and the parking layout. The wifi is a «first come first serve» basis, and quite frankly it was frequently overloaded at night so you couldn’t access the wifi until after midnight. We actually had to leave our computers on just so the wifi connection stays put. As for the parking layout, there is only one entrance/​exit, yet the slanted parking is slanted away from the exit. The roadway itself is too narrow in the first place so straight parking lines aren’t possible, but surely there can be another exit? As the other side was fenced off.
Since LA is so big I definitely can’t guarantee staying in Studio City itself next time, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying I will never recommend this hotel to others.

Please pay a bit more and go to other hotels like Hilton or Sheraton (Sheraton is the same price on Priceline but just a bit further). I booked a suit 2 weeks prior to my trip, got there check in they gave me a regular king bed room and kept telling me that is their suit. What is your idea of a suit? I could of booked a room at Sheraton with the same price on Priceline but I chose this hotel because it was closer to universal studio. Big mistake, I was so mad and wanted to check out right away, he said there is no cancelation at this point since I alrd checked in and they alrd charged my card, I went back to the room and told him I’ll call my credit card company for fraud. 5 mins later the front desk guy called me and told me that his manager said I can check out with full refund. We left and got a room at Hilton with $ 100 more but walking distance to universal and much more beautiful.

I stayed at this hotel and the floor the was dirty. I took a shower and the metal shower drain got caught under my foot and I slipped and fell. I ended up in the emergency room twice. I spoked to management, gave the info and they stated that Mr. Patel will contact me. DID not hear from him at all.

Clean room, looks to have been recently renovated.
I loved the architecture, and the classic California feel to it.
It’s got a great central location to lots of great restaurants and shopping too.
Be warned though, if you want to sleep in be sure to put our the Do Not Disturb sign, as the maids come around at 9am and then every hour after that if you’re not ready then!