Residence Inn Los Angeles Torrance/Redondo Beach

This is my first stay at a Residence Inn and a long time since I’ve stayed at a Marriott brand hotel at all. Hilton doesn’t have a franchise that works quite like this one, separating the rooms into clusters of four and then keeping each block of four to a single building. Thus, when you check in with the friendly front deskers, they hand you a room key and tell you which building you’re in. I was in 221 so I found shade parking right across from the room for each of the three days I stayed. The décor is nothing to shout about and the rooms are truly straightforward. You walk right into the living room /​kitchen and the bed is a few yards beyond them which gave it the feel of a road-​side motel.
I think the kitchen was the most intriguing part of the room. There’s a print of a 20’s French train ad and matching stainless steel full size refrigerator, dishwasher and microwave. You can partially see into each stained wood cupboard via the frosted panes which is an elegant small touch compared to Extended Stays and Homewood Suites. Bed was comfortable enough though you may or may not need to pull out the spare guest blanket from the closet if the thin comforter isn’t enough or, if like me, you spend time fiddling with the air conditioner to keep the room at a steady temp. I had to use the blackout curtains due to the odd hours for my work assignment which helped keep the afternoon sun out. I also like the way they work their wifi — free for the duration of your stay versus the having to re-​log in every 24 hours at Hilton brand hotels. Lots of AC outlets everywhere in the lamps and at the desk, but the far half of a the room is a dead zone. No browsing in bed (maybe that’s a good thing if you’re not there alone).
The complimentary breakfast was pretty good for the one time I could get to it (I was working an early morning shift ²⁄₃ of my stay). They had breakfast sausages, some real scrambled eggs topped with cheddar (some of the tastiest eggs I’ve had at a free breakfast), surprisingly good mini hash browns studded with herbs and cheese sausage egg sandwiches which I didn’t try. The rest is standard — pastries, yogurt, fruit, bread and cereal. They provided styrofoam plates so I took my share back to my room. It still tasted great nuked up later. Since the presidential primaries were going on that week, most hotels near LAX wanted $ 300 — $ 400. I got a room at Residence Inn for $ 179 which was a bargain. There’s a Circle K nearby if you need to purchase a snack though they have a few items including wine, beer and sundries for sale at the front desk. If you have a car, Hawthorne Blvd has tons to offer: Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Ralphs and more. Good value overall and only 8 miles from LAX.

Uhm no. Just no. Run away. Far far away.
The only star for this was location, it’s convenient enough to go to and fro LAX, there’s a mall less than a mile away to unwind but the ball stops there.
We were greeted by pavement of trash which immediately raised a brow or two. Yes I know it’s the the top chain Marriott brand however trash on the pavement together with dirty laundry in a see– through bag doesn’t make it right. It was already 6pm. Ew.
The rooms are dated the bed has passed beyond it’s spring life and the pillows are flat and plain uncomfortable. The room smells like mildew.
Oh and don’t get me started with parking, if you’re doing construction at least allow enough parking spots for your guests no one wants to be stressed while traveling.
The front staff accidentally gave us the wrong key so late at night after a dinner and movie, we were tinkering with the door not know whether a stranger will creep at us; no the location is not secure and we had to park quite a ways to our room.

I’ve stayed at this hotel twice.
The first time I stayed at this hotel was in October of 2015. We enjoyed or stay enough to come back a 2^nd time. The breakfast was actually pretty decent for being complimentary. Free parking. Room seemed fine.
The second time we stayed was very upsetting. First of all there were stains all over the carpet. We had our 9 month old daughter with us, if you have kids you know they want to explore at that age and crawl around. I brought the Walker for her because I was a little uneasy about just letting her crawl around, but eventually there’s only so long until she wants to get out of the Walker. Let me mention that I’ve stayed at other hotels since she’s been crawling and I’ve never had an issue like I had here. I let her out of her crawler and about 5 minutes later I pick her off the floor and find her legs and feet filthy. It’s like she had been crawling in ashes. This was very disappointing. It made me question if the bed was even clean. So my advice to you, if you have a little one who’s in the crawling stages avoid this place at all cost. I’ve emailed the owner and look forward to hearing what he has to say. I will post an update once he has replied.

When I walked into my suite I got the impression it was formerly a large studio apartment that was converted to a hotel room. It was one large room with a bed at one end and a living area (sofa, chair, table, TV) at the other. There’s a small kitchen with the usual amenities (microwave, coffeemaker, range, etc) and the vanity/​bathroom was spacious (albeit a little outdated). At the end of the day, this isn’t a luxury property or a full-​service Marriott but it will be a clean, comfortable place to sleep. If you’re familiar with Marriott’s Courtyard brand it’s very similar in finishings to that — same bed, same soaps/​shampoos, etc.
Note — I stayed here as I just needed a place to stay in between an evening flight arriving at LAX with an early morning flight the next day. This property was about 15ish minutes from the airport — not the closest but it wasn’t so far that it was inconvenient either.

We’ve been displaced from my home for almost 3 weeks now due to major water damage at the home front. Relocating to Residence Inn was super convenient for managing all the various appointments with pump out/​dry out/​and demo team. Although geographically convenient but we will never go back to this ghetto style living. We have two single suites in different buildings. Unfortunately located in buildings 9&10 where living is like being at a football game. Both our suites are on the lower level. This is a design flaw. We believe the two bedroom suites with families should be on the lower level and group in the same buildings, because obviously families are by far louder and their lifestyles reflect it. We haven’t had a restful night since check in. Other members of our family work from evening through 6 am. It seems like anytime of the day, the environment is obnoxiously noisy and seriously disruptive. We’re not kidding when we count ten pairs of legs after 2 am, thump themselves from the outside staircase and continue their thumps and noise making banters until 5:30 am. Is that allowed to house that many people under a two bedroom hotel style living?! Between building 9 and 10, it’s literally a frat party style housing. Groups of approximately 10 – 15 kids from 8 – 16 years hang out between the court yard, balconies, and parking lot. Conversations are loud and obnoxious. To make matters worse, they found plastic buckets & sticks behind a commercial container tucked away in the corner of the parking lot. We have to listen to banging on the drums around 11:30 pm until security came. This is a violation to city ordinance. At least learn and have common etiquette to be quiet in shared living spaces inside or outside. Is it necessary to shout from across from various points of locations as if they are playing on a playground. Sorry to say that for the majority of guests here on site, we are looking for a residential quality of living with QUIETNESS AND TRANQUILITY. We don’t need to hear shouting among themselves over our sleep, work, or watching T.V. time. If we want this level of distraction, we go to Disneyland or equivalent. Every guest here are entitled to be at peace. Last night was the worst night with 4 complaint calls to the front desk. This morning, another sleepless night awaken by loud music and more thumping above, and shouting throughout the courtyard and parking lot. Oh, get this added bonus feature– petal to the metal car starts just like what you find at Speedway Zone! Not only are we displaced from our home, now we have to choose to displace ourselves on our day off from our temporary residence?! Seriously…
We enjoy having quiet complimentary breakfast served between 7 – 10 am, but not when it turned into carnival cafeteria. Can’t stand people and kids with no manners where they leave undue trash in the food common areas. Pick up after yourselves and don’t waste food by piling up a scientific project of a bowl with whip cream, oatmeal and jam, leaving it for all of us to see your wasteful habits. Then, have the nerve to ask a server for more whip cream to consume when you apparently just used an entire can for play.
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We stayed for one night. The hotel room was nice, however there was a full on throw-​down party complete with loud bass and drunk people until 1:00 am. First time I’ve ever had an experience like this any where. Hotel has a security guard at night, I don’t know enough about the area if that’s a necessity or not but he got his nights work in this night. We ended up checking out at 3:30am because we had a flight early that morning and could not sleep. I am in my mid twenties and still couldn’t handle the party.
Also, hotel rooms are bungalow style, so you hear any car doors being shut or people talking any louder than a whisper. Hard to get a good nights sleep here.

Our family had to move out of our home for renovations for 6 weeks. We found the Residence Inn in Torrance and I could not have chosen a better place for our family of of 4 (plus 2 dogs). We are staying in the 1 bedroom plus loft. It has 2 beds and 2 bathrooms and a full kitchen. There is a pool area that has been great for my kids. The barbecue and fire pit is very clean and an easy place to grill out.
The thing that I find that makes this place so great is the easy going staff. Everyone has been super helpful. The front desk staff greets me and my family all the time. Bridgette, Nancy, Sandra… etc. are super friendly. They are just nice people.
I’m looking forward to being home after this lengthy stay but I will always recommend this friendly hotel to everyone!

in the heart of the Torrance mall area. Great service. Bridgette at the desk was the best! Ignore the upgrading while open… they go the extra Mile to make you smile

The room is clean and front desk is friendly. agree with other reviews about noise as this place is not well insulated. Two stars reduction as I am still waiting to hear back from them. I checked out of the hotel this morning then realized I left my library book in my room. Called hotel immediately and left a voicemail: I was transferred four times between front desk and housekeeping and can only get a voicemail.
I’m hoping they could call me back today and I’ll update my review.

Worst fucking experience ever. They assigned me to a room next to a construction site. If you want to hear hammering and drilling 8:00am to 4:00pm, this is a place for you.

If you want a good night’s sleep, this is not the place. Paper thin walls between rooms and also to the outside led to us hearing traffic and sirens all night (close to a hospital) as well as our next door neighbor’s Saturday night party. My husband called the front desk twice and I called once to see if they could do something about the blaring music, loud voices, banging, and running (dancing?). When I called I got a front desk clerk with an attitude who told me that they already called security once and she didn’t know what was going on. My husband called again because they moved the music from the room (yes!) to the parking lot and car stereo (no!). The music finally stopped but the loud voices and banging continued for quite a while. Not cool when you have an 18 month old that is trying to sleep at 11pm.
We paid $ 250 for a «suite» that had two sleeping areas. Our older children enjoyed the upper loft and did not get the noise we did. The décor was a bit shabby, carpet was dirty, and there were white stains all over our sofa. The bed was clean and comfortable.
Our early checkout sums it up: My husband went to the front desk, they asked how the stay was, he said we would not be back, and they didn’t ask why, they just looked at him with a blank stare.
Forgot to mention the fact when we tried to check in at 4 (check in time), they made us wait 45 minutes because the room was not ready, always nice with a toddler. Also, the breakfast was not up to par, terrible microwave dried out sausage and the rest was just meh.
They give Marriott a not so great name!

Maybe the service as regular visitor is better but at this outlet I have only good experiences. Breakfast is a bit boring as it’s the same as for any other Marriott property. It’s close to a large mall so options enough nearby.

This was my first time staying at a Marriott period and I was very impressed. The room was very clean and cute and I loved having a kitchen. The free breakfast every morning had a lot of options and was so yummy. Belgium waffles, French toast, eggs, potatoes, sausage, oatmeal, bagels, yogurt, fruit, juice, coffee, and more. The hotel is minutes from the beach and there’s a very nice mall and lots of places to eat in the area. If you come back late at night they have a security guard at the entrance to make sure you actually belong there which I thought was great. The employees are friendly. They have a nice pool and hot tub, a bbq area. I had a great stay and this will be where I stay from now on.

Visited Southern California for a airline mileage run over a December weekend. Found this Residence Inn and used points. Townhouse apartment cluster type of Residence Inn. Excellent amount of space in the room, typical Residence Inn amenities– full kitchen and refrigerator, LCD TV, wifi, hot breakfast, fitness center, pool (a little cold to use right now), and parking. The hot breakfast was most surprising, as it was only the second Marriott property that served rice (the other was a Residence Inn near a Kia auto plant in Montgomery AL)! It’s a very small thing, but really makes a big deal for Asians/​Hawaiians staying. Very conveniently located near a major intersection with lots of shopping and restaurants. It was a good base to use to explore Torrance. Will repeat when my travels bring me back to the Torrance area and highly recommend!

The good times have definitely passed this place by… Dated décor, stained carpets, furniture on its last leg, popcorn ceilings packed with asbestos and walls so thin you can here your neighbors thoughts are all that remain. I’ve stayed at plenty of Residence Inn’s and this one is in desperate need of some love and affection from the corporate office.
The bright side?
Front office staff is friendly and do their best to make your stay comfortable.
Great location — smack dab in the middle of Torrance with tons of shopping and restaurants nearby.
The price is right. We got a 2-​bedroom suite for a under $ 200 a night and they were nice enough to throw in free breakfast, albeit nothing to write home about unless you like microwaved sausage, powdered eggs and soggy potatoes. Pretty dismal.
At the end of the day, I’m a Residence Inn fan — I’ve stayed at some beautiful properties over the years and have always been happy with my experience until this weekend. Unfortunately, this location needs a lot of work before I’d stay again — upper management, it’s time to invest before this place falls a part!

I’ve stayed here more than once, this is my second time staying and I would have to say that I kind of like it.
The room was nicely clean and the breakfast was good

If you are not a known repeat customer, particularly a corporate contract customer, such as Mobile Oil; or you are not relocating for business and staying for 3 months with your family, you don’t want to come here. This property is not only set up for large groups, families, and corporate business, they prefer these guests and they will give them preferential treatment over you, no matter what the issue, even if they are offensive and creating an unusual problem.
That’s right… don’t stay here, if you expect fair play. Hard to believe of a Marriott property isn’t it? Oh… of course you won’t hear anything to this effect. They’ll be very professional. Just try to work out any issue with the on-​site management, Frank Godoy, and Vick McLaughlin and see how far you get when you aren’t the preferred guest.
After all, you’re a second class citizen and the others are staying longer than your 4 weeks! So… you’re having a bad time in the pool when 10 other kids jump in after you’ve had permission to swim after hours to avoid all this! Then you are awakened repeatedly, yes, every night by overhead guests who keep strange hours. Heavy men walking rapidly on your ceiling, after midnight every night! You call to complain and it stops, until the next night, this time 3:52AM, and the next night and the next night until you realize you aren’t going to get any sleep here. Hard to believe isn’t it! No exaggeration. Oh no, they would never confront that guest, or even suggest moving that guest to another room. If you don’t like it, they’ll be happy to move you… minimum 3 hours of your time to get setup again. With no guarantee you won’t get another corporate guest for a neighbor!
You get the picture… just don’t go here if you’re a second-​class citizen.

This hotel is okay. I’ve been here a couple times with family. There’s pros and cons.
Pros: The suites are ginormous and a great value. It has a little kitchen area and the desk also doubles as an island table/​peninsula thing. A little sitting area which can be considered a living room? No tv, you have to turn the tv to that direction. The bathroom area was big as well. I’ll get to more on the bathroom in cons. Again, it’s just a place to sleep, so not a big deal.
The gym is also open 24 hours and was clean and has cold water from a dispenser. The club house is neat with an upstairs lounge.
I’ve also stayed in one of the suites that was 2 stories. That one was really neat. It had an upstairs loft. Good for bigger families.
Now for cons:
The bathroom area is connected to the bedroom, no door, but there’s a door separating the tub and toilet from the rest. This can actually be both a con and pro. I prefer the privacy of the sink area though, running water in the sink might be loud to others in the room if they’re sleeping.
I’m used to thicker blankets and sheets. These were soft but felt really thin. The interior seems kind of drab, not dated, but very basic. A lot of red.
Overall your basic hotel only alittle more roomier. They serve continental breakfast which is another pro. I like it if I’m with family.

I have stayed here before, but it is depressing!!! There is a mess with the construction !!! Needless to say that I got a room with a pee smelling mattress… Breakfast in a tent??? If I would’ve known I would have scheduled some camping!

Excellent location, friendly staff, super clean property. We stayed for 2 nights, wish it could have been longer. Lots of security guards, every needed amenity… just a wonderful experience!
We’ll be staying here whenever we need a place to call «home» in Los Angeles!