Poolside bar

Reviews of Freehand Los Angeles

4 out of 5
Freehand Los Angeles
416 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 726 out of 1397 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 299 out of 1397 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 148 out of 1397 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 95 out of 1397 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 129 out of 1397 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jade

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place I just didn't like the area to much.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 16 Apr 2024
Thank you, Jade. DTLA is not for everyone, but we do have a lot of cool things going on around the hotel. All within walking distance. Check with the front desk on your next visit. Happy to guide you.

10/10 Excellent

Janice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent experience
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 16 Apr 2024
Awesome...thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Second time staying at Freehand. I love downtown LA and this hotel’s central convenience.
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 15 Apr 2024
Awesome! Thnak you, Mark! We truly appreciate your continued patronage.

4/10 Poor

Peng

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Some people play music the whole night in the room. So very noisy!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 15 Apr 2024
Please do not hesitate to call security. Happy to assist if any noise issues. Sorry for this during your visit.

10/10 Excellent

Ira

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great all around But the people make it amazing
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 11 Apr 2024
Wonderful, Ira! Glad you had a great experience with us recently. Please visit again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Keith, honolulu

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 11 Apr 2024
Thank you, Keith.

10/10 Excellent

Haneum

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Workers were really nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 11 Apr 2024
Nice to see our staff made such a positive impression!

10/10 Excellent

Jordan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
would stay again
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 8 Apr 2024
Thank you, Jordan!

8/10 Good

Heiske

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The lighting to low
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 8 Apr 2024
Apologies.

8/10 Good

Jiajing

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 11 Apr 2024
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Ean, Auburn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 11 Apr 2024
Glad you enjoyed, Ean!

8/10 Good

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not enough stations on the TV for guests to watch
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 8 Apr 2024
Hi Christopher...we have 82 channels available for viewing.

10/10 Excellent

Ira

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unreal what you get for what you pay! Clean spacious modern energized! A hostel in a 4 star hotel! My favorite so far!!! Go go go!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 8 Apr 2024
Wow...wonderful! Thank you, Ira! So happy you had a great stay. Hope to see you back soon.

10/10 Excellent

Karen Sue

Staff was great; loved the location
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 8 Apr 2024
Thank you so very much, Susan. We are happy you had a great visit recently.

8/10 Good

Raymond Peter de la

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Parking was expense. Lack of restaurants within walking distance
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 8 Apr 2024
Hi Raymond. Our valet is comparable to other hotels in the area but understand the concern. There are dozens of restaurants, cafes and fast-food places available all within walking distance We actually have the best cental location in all of DTLA.

10/10 Excellent

LEONEL IGNACIO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s centrally located and the staff is friendly
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from ro on 5 Apr 2024
Appreciate it, Leonel!

8/10 Good

Marcus

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice stay. The architecture of the space is beautiful and it was very clean. The neighborhood is okay, I felt safe enough but just like any big city. I would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 5 Apr 2024
Wonderful to read. Thank you, Marcus!

10/10 Excellent

Maria G

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good place to stay in downtown LA! Good places to eat and walkable distance! The rooftop bar is beautiful and the drinks are good
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 4 Apr 2024
Awesome...thank you! So happy you enjoyed, Maria. Please come back soon.

10/10 Excellent

victor

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved everything about the place,the staff was amazing
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 3 Apr 2024
Wonderful review...thank you, Victor!

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 3 Apr 2024
Thank you.

6/10 Okay

Evan

Business traveller
I didn’t like how my laptop ‘mysteriously’ came up missing the day I was due to check out and when I called the hotel and told them exactly where it should be, they told me security somehow couldn’t find it. Even though it was there before i left the property for breakfast that morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 28 Mar 2024
Hi Evan...you stayed in a shared 8 bed room. We provide in-room lockers you can use to secure your personal belongings. We always suggest this to our guests in the dorm rooms. We cannot be responsible for any items left out and unsecured in these rooms. We are sorry for any inconvenience and happy to have security look into this further for you.

8/10 Good

Raven

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 15 Apr 2024
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location & Ambience!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 26 Mar 2024
Thank you Mike!

10/10 Excellent

Gabriela

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The views were everything I imagined, the rooftop was awesome the room was so cool and the vibe was so hipster I liked it
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Wonderful...thank you, Gabriela! Hope to have you back soon.

8/10 Good

Yoshio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not safe area but convenient enough
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from ro on 26 Mar 2024
Thanks. The area is actually safe but, as with anywhere, always best to be alert and aware of surroundings.

10/10 Excellent

Arina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Nice...thnak you!

10/10 Excellent

Moses

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Awesome
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Thanks, Moses.

10/10 Excellent

Ruiz

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place hotel
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Glad you enjoyed!

8/10 Good

Kayoko

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 15 Apr 2024
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

kayla

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Super cute room and the rooftop bar was stunning
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Thank you, Kayla!

10/10 Excellent

Pedro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Thanks Pedro.

10/10 Excellent

Astghik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Thanks!

8/10 Good

Olasile

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and comfortable location
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 25 Mar 2024
Thank you.

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service
The reception staff was not good: he did not check the availability of the room and give the bed which is not ready. Went back down to the lobby for complaint, he should have had a appropriate manner for the customer.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 19 Mar 2024
Sincere apologies for any issues. We are looking at this internally.

8/10 Good

Amber, St. Louis

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 8 Apr 2024
Thanks.

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 20 Mar 2024
Thank you, Daniel.

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 19 Mar 2024
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Raul

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 5 Apr 2024
Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Nayeli

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
For a good price it was a nice stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 18 Mar 2024
Appreciate it, Nayeli!

10/10 Excellent

Fernando

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 18 Mar 2024
Nice! So great to read. Come back soon!

10/10 Excellent

Antelmo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unique in every way
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 15 Mar 2024
Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Itzhel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
it’s really a calm place and it’s around everything needed! i love staying here
Response from ro on 15 Mar 2024
Nice to read. Thank you, Itzhel! Come again soon!

2/10 Terrible

Catherine

Absolutely awful awful hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 14 Mar 2024
We apologize you were not happy with your room type. The booking was made with Expedia for a King room for two adults. The room does not accommodate 1 adult and two children. We do hope the complimentary upgrade we gave you was sufficient.

10/10 Excellent

Jerre Mae

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 14 Mar 2024
Thank you!

6/10 Okay

Yesenia

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I’ve stayed at the freehand several times both in LA and in Miami and my last experience has caused me to not return. To start off the front desk reception was not very welcoming they seemed to be in a bad mood when we checked in. When we got to our room, it smelled like vomit that had been just recently cleaned, gross. We also noticed that we were missing a comforter for our bed so we called down to request from our hotel room but we got no response from reception. We had to physically go downstairs to talk to them and when we requested the blanket they told us one would be sent up. We never received the blanket. Also, the elevator takes forever to open it keeps you in suspense and it was pretty scary. Finally, the broken shaker, which is the rooftop bar, used to have magnificent drinks with amazing service, but the bloody Mary was honestly the worst concoction ever and the Mojito that I ordered tasted like syrup not to mention the fish tacos were bland and undercooked. I hope the property takes this review into consideration as it definitely lost a customer here.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 13 Mar 2024
Thanks for the review, Yesenia. We do showed you have stayed with us previously and we do truly appreciate this. We are extremely sorry for the issues you experienced on this stay and have our Front Office and Housekeeping departments following up internally. We are also reviewing your comments regarding the food and beverage at Broken Shaker with our F&B team. Again, our sincere apologies and we do hope this recent experience will not keep you from returning.Thanks again....and again, our sincere apologies.

10/10 Excellent

Patricia Louise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for a Lakers game in Crypto arena. Walkable for 12 minutes. Bar across the hotel opened until 2 am while everywhere around the place is already close by 11pm-12am. Fast and efficient valet parking. Other parking properties around the area available but if you wouldn’t want to be bothered walking back and forth, their valet parking service is a thumbs up. Hopefully, they can have breakfast service the next time but good place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 13 Mar 2024
Thanks for the review, Patricia! Happy to see our location worked out well for you. We really do have a spot in DTLA! Thanks, as well for the nice valet parking comment. They work very hard, and your acknowledgment is truly appreciated. Hope to have you with us again very soon.

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 13 Mar 2024
Thank you, Edward!

6/10 Okay

Alejandra

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 13 Mar 2024
Thanks.

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was our 2nd stay here. Front-desk was excellent. Valet was excellent.we even got to stay on the 13th floor😎😎. We will be back. Thank you for a great time.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from ro on 11 Mar 2024
Thank you, Vincent. What a nice review! So happy to see you liked the Valet and Front Desk teams. So wonderful to read! Thank you once again and please do return soon!