Originally Posted by
SWCPHX
Hotel Angeleno is the ancient round Holiday Inn off of the 405.
Have a look at The Brentwood In on Sunset west of the 405.
It was. They closed it and did a major renovation some years ago. Like I posted earlier, I prefer the Luxe to the Angelino, and only suggested OP look at the Angelino for the free shuttle to UCLA. It's not clear that OP wants to visit UCLA campus, but it can be very confusing to visitors not familiar with campus.
I've driven by the Brentwood Inn countless times (our kids went to pre-school nearby). It doesn't have much curb appeal, and I've never been inside. I see that it gets pretty good reviews on Yelp, however it is a "motel" and not a full service hotel. As best I can tell there is no restaurant/bar, gym, pool, etc. and the rooms appear to be very small at 270 SF, per their website. One other downside is that on weekdays, from 2 or 3 PM until rush-hour is over, traffic heading eastbound (toward UCLA and the 405 fwy) on Sunset Blvd from Bundy to Barrington is gridlocked.