Stayed in this apartment for a week with my spouse and a 6-month baby.
What we liked:
- The apartment was very clean
- Upgraded fully stocked kitchen and bathroom
- Ocean view from the balcony. Even though it is only a partial view (obstructed by neighboring towers), it was still very nice.
- Beach chairs and towels were provided.
- Parking in the building and it was included in the room rate.
- Location is overall good, just one block to the beach, but you'll have to walk a bit more to good restaurants and stores since they're like 5-6 blocks away.
What could have been better:
- The listing didn't mention that the room is right in front of the elevators. Every time an elevator arrives, it dings (at night as well), and this sound was very audible in the room.
- No dishwasher. You have to hand wash if you're planning to cook.
- Beach umbrella was not provided, so we had to spend $25 to buy one in the convenience store nearby.
- Mattress was very soft. This is subjective as someone might like it that way, but we had a lot of troubles sleeping on it.
- Smoke detector in the bedroom flashes every minute and it was ridiculously bright! Another thing to impact our sleep. Why can't you just get a detector that doesn't flash?
Now the worst part:
- There was an evacuation call every other day. This is absolute absurd and I have no idea why fire marshal hasn't shut down the building yet. By the end of our stay we had learned to ignore those alarms which I believe is exactly how residents treat them.
- Elevators are very slow and often crowded. One out of 4 elevators was down for the whole week of our stay and often the second one was down as well, leaving just two working elevators for 38 floors.
- We asked to provide a portable crib for the baby and the thing turned out to be some dingy contraption without a mattress, so there was no way the baby could sleep there.
Overall, I would not recommend staying here. Especially if you travel with young kids, you should really look elsewhere as those evacuations are extremely disturbing.