City Express By Marriott Manhattan Beach / LAX — Hotel in Manhattan Beach

We arrived to be greeted by Brent. The BEST check in we ever experienced. Brent is genuine, polite, courteous and he is extremely KNOWLEDGEABLE of the hotel and surrounding area. This location is a very nice part of California and felt safe. This BW was recently renovated and is well maintained. We stayed in a King suite. The living and kitchen area felt spacious. Some parts of room had older features but it is clearly immaculate and a very pleasant room. Fresh paint, porcelain tile, new rugs clearly make this room bright. Beautiful white shutters instead of curtains was a great feature. Air conditioning worked great and goes on and cools immediately!! The kitchen was a full service kitchen including an oven and dishwasher! The bed and pillows very comfortable. The kitchen counter serves as a very spacious desk area with plenty of plug ins. WiFi worked great. Bathroom had door separating sink area from toilet/tub area. They offer FREE parking located under hotel with elevator. Breakfast was included and had everything; eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, fruit, waffles, juices and so much more. Coffee in lobby available 24/7. I saw fruit and newspapers in the lobby. Very nice outdoor sitting area. Directly across the street was a food market and bagel store. Plenty of shopping in the area and Manhattan Beach down the street. They have a nice room service menu too. Would stay here again in a heart beat! Tip: ask for a room not facing Sepulveda Blvd because there is traffic noise certain...

I highly recommend staying at this hotel. Recently flew in from NYC and stayed at this hotel for five days. I was pleasantly surprised. The hotel was clean and the staff was extremely friendly, they even allowed me to check in earlier at 10 am which was a huge benefit to get rid of my bags and relax sooner. I stayed on the first floor which was quiet and they have a very nice patio with fire pit that is functional. Hotel offers breakfast daily which is the usual bacon, eggs, waffles, French toast, cereal and yogurt etc. From Monday to Thursday they have social hour from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. During social hour they have buffet style food, appetizers, different wines and Coors lights beer on tap. One day they offered lasagna, wings, mac and cheese and garlic bread. The second day they offered chinese food, egg rolls, dumplings chicken teriyaki and vegetables. All were good. Hotel even has guest laundry so you can wash your own clothes, you just need $1.50 in quarters for washer and for the dryer. The desk sells detergent and will change out money to give you quarters if you need it. I highly recommend hotel close to everything and free parking. I'm looking forward to going back again...

Less of a review; more of a “things I’d want to know if I was checking it out to stay.”

Location: Convenient; the beach isn’t walkable but close. Stores and food nearby. Pizza place across the way is good.

Parking: additional cost and a little awkward to get into but plenty of spaces available

Common areas: some great outdoor spaces with plenty of seating and tables that we brought food back to. A nice courtyard. No pool. We loved the courtyard.

Room: great decor and all the basic necessities.

Breakfast: our room had a kitchen so we didn’t use the breakfast. Not all rooms have a full kitchen but the ones that do are full kitchen - including stove. No frying pan but four different pots. :)

Beds: As a family of four we found s the room options limited. Double beds for 4 people don’t really work. Queen options would have been nice. We opted for the king plus sofa bed. The bed was great; the sofa bed was awful. We ended up with the sofa bed mattress on the floor and it was more comfortable.

Bathroom: everything was clean and in working order but know that it is a tight fit. The sink area is kind of a hallway with the closet. Shower...