If you are from anywhere but LA and want to stay in a hotel when you are visiting that sums up everything you think LA should be, then stay at the Standard... but only for one night. One night is all you need to be entertained by its "LA" ridiculousness from the bizarre furniture, rooms, live model in the case behind the lobby, etc... If you stay a second night, the nostalgia kind of wares off...
Pros: Fun, Hip, Bizarre
Cons: Style over substance
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