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     Los Angeles, California 90245
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Hilton Garden Inn - LAX/El Segundo

  • July 22, 2008
  • Rated 4 of 5 by ssullivan from Atlanta, Georgia
Hilton Garden Inn - LAX/El Segundo

The Hilton Garden Inn LAX/El Segundo is quite convenient to Los Angeles International Airport, and provides very comfortable accommodations with a moderate array of services and amenities. Like most Hilton Garden Inns, rooms feature one king or two queen beds, satellite TV with pay-per-view movies, large work areas with well-placed outlets, complimentary high-speed Internet, mini-refrigerators, and microwaves. Other amenities in the hotel include a complimentary business center with computers, printers, office supplies, and a copier, a fitness center, a pantry with snacks and sundries, a pool, and a restaurant providing full breakfasts and evening dinner service, with room service in the evenings only.

I've always enjoyed my stays at Hilton Garden Inns, and it is a brand I chose often for my work travel. Hilton has positioned the Garden Inn concept in between its full service Hilton, Embassy Suites, and Doubletree hotels and its limited service Hampton Inn hotels. As a result, the Garden Inns provide a variety of services not usually found at more limited service properties. For example, instead of just a continental breakfast, a full breakfast buffet with made-to-order omelets, eggs, and items like waffles and French toast is available. However, unlike limited service hotels, breakfast is not complimentary; the full buffet usually runs around $10, while a continental breakfast buffet only, consisting of pastries, fruit, yogurt, and other cold items, is available for around $5. However, unlike full service hotels, prices at Garden Inns are generally more affordable.

The LAX/El Segundo Hilton Garden Inn is really two hotels in one. The majority of the hotel resembles any other Hilton Garden Inn. However, one wing of the building is called the "university wing." Here the rooms are all different. Hilton uses this hotel as a testing ground for new furnishings and amenities, and as a training center for its staff. As a result, the university wing has rooms configured for all of the different Hilton family brands. In the university wing a room may look just like a Hampton Inn, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, or Homewood Suites room, even though it is technically still part of a Hilton Garden Inn. There are also some special technology rooms, with high-tech features such as lighting controlled by a central remote control, and advanced audio/video entertainment systems. The university wing has a more private feel to it, as it is accessed through a set of double doors that separate it from the rest of the hotel. The wing also features its own stairs and elevators, and a separate exterior entrance to the parking lot. This helps make the wing quieter than the rest of the hotel.

As a result of my Hilton HHonors Diamond status, I was upgraded to the university wing. My room was a test room for Homewood Suites, another Hilton family brand I've stayed in many times. Instead of a standard room, I had a two room suite with a full kitchen. The extra space was a nice treat, as I had just spent over 50 hours riding on Amtrak in a small Superliner Roomette. I also appreciated having the fully stocked kitchen, with dishes and utensils I could use to eat the dinner I had picked up at PF Chang's and taken back to the hotel.

While the location of this hotel is not the most convenient for much of the LA area, it's quite close to LAX and some of the beach areas. I also recommend it for its unique features in the university wing. Although these rooms cannot be reserved in advance, requests entered on the reservation for an upgrade to the university wing are often honored by the staff, especially for guests who have membership in the Hilton HHonors frequent stay program.

From journal Going to LA — The Really Long Way

Hilton Garden Inn - LAX/El Segundo

  • November 12, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Hal1026 from Scottsdale, Arizona
Hilton Garden Inn - LAX/El Segundo

I've now stayed many times at this Hilton Garden Inn just south of LAX, and I've come to really like it, both for location and amenities.

As far as location, it's tucked just a short way off on a side street near the major artery of Sepulveda Blvd. -- just under 2 miles from the airport. You're here in minutes after picking up your rental car or taking the Hilton's free shuttle. While it's officially in the business/industry town of El Segundo, it's also just a few minutes to South Bay towns like Manhattan Beach or Hermosa Beach, while Marina Del Rey, Venice and Santa Monica beaches are an equally easy 20-25 minute drive north. If you have to head into L.A. itself, the 105 (Century) freeway runs just two minutes south from the hotel, while north/south commuting is also accessible via the 405 (San Diego) entrance near the runway.

Accommodation here is great. The Inn has 162 rooms, and I always take advantage of the spacious work desk with high speed DSL Internet access, two phones (each with 2 lines), direct dial, voicemail and a dataport. Many's the time I've used the little "hospitality center" to warm up something in the microwave, or was glad for the refrigerator and coffee maker. The hotel has a complimentary business center for guests that's accessible 24-hours a day--which is personally the feature I value the most, between printing out documents, free faxing nationwide, and the free access to the internet. The restaurant's indoor section is off the main lobby to the left and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The complimentary American breakfast if you're Honors Gold is always a nice touch. All sorts of restaurants and fast food chains are right up the street on Sepulveda Blvd. if you want to eat out or bring anything back. Pavilion Pantry is stocked with various sundries -- snacks, toiletries, drinks -- but unless it's the middle of the night you're better off going up the block to the 24-hour Safeway for anything. There's an outdoor pool with whirlpool I've used a few times on summertime stays here.

From journal Los Angeles - 8 Million Ways to Live

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