Axel’s take
It’s a useful Little Tokyo base with rooms that show their age.
- Choose it for
- Little Tokyo restaurants, spacious rooms and the rooftop Japanese garden.
- Skip it if
- You need dependable quiet, fresh bathrooms or a pool.
Read Axel’s full review
Axel’s rating: 7.4/10 · An older full-service business hotel on Little Tokyo’s western edge
This older full-service DoubleTree makes sense for Little Tokyo dining, Civic Center business and Downtown museums. Its strongest extras are the rooftop Kyoto Garden and staff who earn repeated praise on Expedia and Tripadvisor. Rooms offer useful space, but dated furniture and uneven upkeep make this a practical base rather than a polished four-star stay.
The drawbacks deserve real weight: bathroom complaints dominate that topic in the feedback, sleep reviews lean negative, and parking is an unwelcome extra. Cleanliness earns stronger overall ratings on booking sites than those weaknesses might suggest, so this is not a blanket rejection. We’d choose it for a Downtown-focused trip with meals in Little Tokyo; we’d skip it for dependable quiet, fresh bathrooms or a hotel-centered vacation.
- Rooms
- Spacious rooms and comfortable beds receive praise, but dated furnishings, bathroom wear and maintenance faults recur.
- Cleanliness
- Booking.com rates cleanliness 8.0/10 and Expedia 8.4/10. Those aggregates are reassuring, although detailed reviews include housekeeping shortcomings.
- Service
- Friendly reception and helpful staff are recurring strengths across Expedia and Tripadvisor; problem handling is not uniformly good.
- Amenities
- Kyoto Garden is the distinguishing feature. There is a fitness center, Justice Urban Tavern and an atrium lounge, but no swimming pool is listed among the hotel's amenities.
- Fees and surprises
- Self-parking is $49 per day and valet is $58, with 10% parking tax added. Breakfast costs extra. Conflicting published Wi-Fi and deposit terms are omitted.
Axel’s opinion, from the hotel’s website and guest reviews, scored for what the hotel is. Sources: Hotel website · Expedia · Tripadvisor · Booking.com · Reddit. Reviewed Oct 28, 2026.
The location
120 S Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles
The hotel occupies the east side of Los Angeles Street between 1st and 2nd, beside Weller Court and Little Tokyo’s restaurants. Use the signalized intersections for crossings toward the Civic Center. Grand Central Market is 10 minutes on foot; The Broad is 14 minutes, with an uphill approach toward Bunker Hill.
What guests say
3.9/5
3,537 reviews on Google
Amenities
Kyoto Garden is the distinguishing feature. There is a fitness center, Justice Urban Tavern and an atrium lounge, but no swimming pool is listed among the hotel's amenities.
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi in public areas
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Table service
- Breakfast
Good to know
- Self-parking
- $49 per day plus 10% tax, with in/out privileges.
- Valet parking
- $58 plus 10% tax, with in/out privileges.
- Check-in / check-out
- Check-in is 4 PM; check-out is 11 AM.
- Breakfast
- Buffet breakfast costs extra unless included in the booked package.
- Airport transport
- No hotel airport shuttle.
- Smoking and pets
- The hotel is smoke-free. Pets are not allowed; service animals are welcome.
Checked Oct 28, 2026. Sources: Hotel website · Expedia · Tripadvisor · Booking.com · Reddit · Guest reviews and travel times · Hotel supplier catalog.
Additional hotel policies
- Hotel policies: Wi-Fi: $10 per guest per night; Wi-Fi: $10 per room per night; Extra bed: $25 per guest per night; Deposit: $75 per room per night; Early check-in or late check-out: $25
AI-readable version · facts, comparisons and links
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown — Los Angeles, United States
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown is An older full-service business hotel on Little Tokyo’s western edge in Los Angeles, United States.
Address: 120 S Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles. Property ID: 1114863.
Source: https://helloaxel.com/en/hotels/los-angeles/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-los-angeles-downtown-1114863
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About DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown
- Property type: Hotel
- 4-star hotel
- 120 S Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles
- City page: Hotels in Los Angeles
Axel's take: 7.4/10
It’s a useful Little Tokyo base with rooms that show their age.
- Choose it for: Little Tokyo restaurants, spacious rooms and the rooftop Japanese garden.
- Skip it if: You need dependable quiet, fresh bathrooms or a pool.
Axel's opinion of DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown, from the hotel's website and recent guest reviews. Sources: Hotel website · Expedia · Tripadvisor · Booking.com · Reddit. Reviewed Oct 28, 2026.
Room types
Room types and selected features reported for this hotel. Check your dates for availability.
Source: ETG room descriptions.
Room
Room Garden View
- Room features: Fridge; With view
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Mobility Accessible room
- Room features: Fridge
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Quadruple room
Quadruple room Garden View
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Mobility Accessible Quadruple room
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Hearing Accessible room
- Room features: Fridge
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Hearing Accessible Quadruple room
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Double room (full double bed)
- Beds: full double bed
- Room features: Fridge; Microwave
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Double room Garden View (full double bed)
- Beds: full double bed
- Room features: Fridge; With view
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Mobility Accessible Double room (full double bed)
- Beds: full double bed
- Room features: Fridge
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Hearing Accessible Double room (full double bed)
- Beds: full double bed
- Room features: Fridge
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Twin room (twin beds)
- Beds: twin beds
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Twin room Garden View (twin beds)
- Beds: twin beds
- Room features: With view
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Mobility Accessible Twin room (twin beds)
- Beds: twin beds
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Hearing Accessible Twin room (twin beds)
- Beds: twin beds
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Suite
- Room features: Fridge; Kitchen; Microwave
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Two-room Suite
- Bedrooms: 2
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Two-room Suite Garden View
- Bedrooms: 2
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Quadruple Suite
Two-room Quadruple Suite
- Bedrooms: 2
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Two-room Double Suite (full double bed)
- Beds: full double bed
- Bedrooms: 2
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Twin Suite (twin beds)
- Beds: twin beds
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Two-room Twin Suite (twin beds)
- Beds: twin beds
- Bedrooms: 2
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Two-room Presidential Suite
- Bedrooms: 2
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Two-room Governor Double Suite (full double bed)
- Beds: full double bed
- Bedrooms: 2
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Location
Best for Little Tokyo meals, Civic Center work and Downtown culture.
- The block: The hotel occupies the east side of Los Angeles Street between 1st and 2nd, beside Weller Court and Little Tokyo’s restaurants. Use the signalized intersections for crossings toward the Civic Center. Grand Central Market is 10 minutes on foot; The Broad is 14 minutes, with an uphill approach toward Bunker Hill.
- Getting around: Use the A and E lines from Little Tokyo/Arts District or Historic Broadway for trips across Downtown. Union Station provides the LAX FlyAway connection; the hotel has no airport shuttle. For scattered sights such as Griffith Observatory or LACMA, rideshare is more practical than treating this as a walking base.
- After dark: Little Tokyo provides dinner options, but guests disagree about the streets immediately outside. Sirens and other street noise can reach rooms; this is not a dependable quiet-sleep choice.
Location and comparisons: Reviewed Oct 28, 2026. Sources: Hotel website · Expedia · Tripadvisor · Booking.com · Reddit.
Best areas in Los Angeles for food lovers
- Downtown LA: 8.5/10 for food lovers. Grand Central Market anchors a broad nearby food selection, while rail connections and strong value leave room for a food-led itinerary.
- Hollywood: 7.9/10 for food lovers. Plenty of nearby restaurants and Vine Street dining make it easy to combine meals, theater and sightseeing.
- Santa Monica: 6.8/10 for food lovers. Main Street restaurants and farmers markets suit a coastal food trip, though hotel value is weak.
- West Hollywood: 6.3/10 for food lovers. Choose your district for late dinners and social dining; Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevard are not one continuous dining strip.
- Pasadena: 5.8/10 for food lovers. Colorado Boulevard and Old Pasadena support walkable meals and browsing, especially when your plans stay northeast.
- Long Beach: 5.8/10 for food lovers.
- Venice & Marina del Rey: 5.8/10 for food lovers.
- Beverly Hills: 5.7/10 for food lovers.
- Manhattan Beach & Hermosa Beach: 4.9/10 for food lovers.
- Universal City: 4.6/10 for food lovers.
- LAX & El Segundo: 4.0/10 for food lovers. Where to stay in Los Angeles for food lovers
Hotels around DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown
- Kawada Hotel (Historic Broadway and the Civic Center). Kawada wins when: A simple museum-and-transit base for a short trip spent mostly outside the hotel. Keep DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown when: Keep DoubleTree for more room space, full-service facilities and Kyoto Garden; Kawada's tiny rooms and noise are meaningful compromises.
- The Biltmore Los Angeles (Pershing Square and the Financial District). Biltmore wins when: Grand historic architecture and a stay where the building's character matters. Keep DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown when: Keep DoubleTree for Little Tokyo dining and the Japanese garden; neither hotel reliably solves dated-room concerns.
Alternatives for the same trip
- Courtyard by Marriott Pasadena/Old Town (Pasadena). Courtyard Pasadena wins when: Refreshed rooms and an Old Pasadena restaurant-and-transit weekend, accepting extra parking and breakfast charges. Keep DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown when: DoubleTree makes more sense when Civic Center appointments, Downtown museums and Little Tokyo meals define the itinerary.
- Best Western Plus Hotel At The Convention Center (Long Beach). Best Western Convention Center wins when: A Long Beach convention trip where included breakfast and an indoor pool matter. Keep DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown when: DoubleTree keeps a Downtown Los Angeles itinerary together instead of basing the stay in Long Beach.
Getting around from DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown
Travel times from Google's hotel listing; walking unless noted.
- L.A. Union Station: 19 min.
- Hawthorne Municipal Airport: 22 min by taxi.
- Hollywood Burbank Airport: 29 min by taxi.
- Los Angeles International Airport: 34 min by taxi.
- John Wayne Airport: 46 min by taxi.
- Ontario International Airport: 48 min by taxi.
- Walt Disney Concert Hall: 15 min.
- The Broad: 14 min.
- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles: 16 min.
- Griffith Observatory: 57 min by transit.
- Dodger Stadium: 24 min by transit.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 60 min by transit.
- Grand Central Market: 10 min.
- Hollywood Walk of Fame: 36 min by transit.
- Hollywood Sign: 60 min by transit.
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: 27 min by transit.
- Crypto.com Arena: 15 min by transit.
- Universal Studios Hollywood: 47 min by transit.
What guests say
- Ratings: 3.9/5 (3,537 reviews).
- Praised: Atmosphere (93% positive); Location (82% positive); Bar or lounge (80% positive).
- Complaints: Bathrooms and toiletries (81% negative); Safety (69% negative); Parking (65% negative). Aggregate feedback, rather than a newest-review sample: service mentions are 71% positive, while bathroom mentions are 81% negative and sleep mentions 62% negative.
Good to know
- Self-parking: $49 per day plus 10% tax, with in/out privileges.
- Valet parking: $58 plus 10% tax, with in/out privileges.
- Check-in / check-out: Check-in is 4 PM; check-out is 11 AM.
- Breakfast: Buffet breakfast costs extra unless included in the booked package.
- Airport transport: No hotel airport shuttle.
- Smoking and pets: The hotel is smoke-free. Pets are not allowed; service animals are welcome.
Facts checked Oct 28, 2026. Sources: Hotel website · Expedia · Tripadvisor · Booking.com · Reddit · Guest reviews and travel times · Hotel supplier catalog.
Rooms, amenities and policies
- Rooms: Spacious rooms and comfortable beds receive praise, but dated furnishings, bathroom wear and maintenance faults recur.
- Cleanliness: Booking.com rates cleanliness 8.0/10 and Expedia 8.4/10. Those aggregates are reassuring, although detailed reviews include housekeeping shortcomings.
- Service: Friendly reception and helpful staff are recurring strengths across Expedia and Tripadvisor; problem handling is not uniformly good.
- Amenities: Kyoto Garden is the distinguishing feature. There is a fitness center, Justice Urban Tavern and an atrium lounge, but no swimming pool is listed among the hotel's amenities.
- Fees and surprises: Self-parking is $49 per day and valet is $58, with 10% parking tax added. Breakfast costs extra. Conflicting published Wi-Fi and deposit terms are omitted.
- Hotel policies: Wi-Fi: $10 per guest per night; Wi-Fi: $10 per room per night; Extra bed: $25 per guest per night; Deposit: $75 per room per night; Early check-in or late check-out: $25
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