The Garland

We stayed here 5 years ago and it was great. The Garland is still great. The rooms are great. The staff is wonderful and very helpful. The restaurant was super.

Wonderful hotel. Brilliant staff. Great facilities and lots of nice little touches-cinema evenings by the pool. Lovely rooms. Great food

We stayed here while visiting Universal Parks & Resorts nearby, and felt lucky to have found a hotel that added so much to our vacation experience! The hotel is charming, and full of character that you don't get from the "big box" hotel chains. It's family friendly without being bland for the adults in the family (or adults without kids). Sometimes online pix make a space look better than it is IRL, but The Garland looked exactly as pictured. The pool area is great too. There's music, drinks, food, and two hot tubs - one for adults only and one for kids/families (at a lower temp). I really liked that because my son loves being in a hot tub after the pool, but I don't want him in a tub that's hot enough for adults. They play family friendly movies outdoors by the pool area at night, so you can make it a poolside dinner & movie if you like. If not, you can eat at the Courtyard which is away from the pool area. There's on-site gym and laundry - but we didn't use either. On our last day I thought about coming back again...with or without kids!

The Garland was a beautiful, perfect location for our family trip to Los Angeles and Universal Studios Hollywood. The trolley they provided to and from Universal Studios was perfect and so easy. The hotel room was very clean and even though we were near the elevator, minimal noise was heard from outside of the room or from other rooms. The turn down service was perfect! I didn't have to ask for more towels or anything from the front desk. We used the restaurant for breakfast each day of our visit, which was good too. The only thing is the fruit we ordered one day was in a larger container than the second day. The hotel provided a pool and hot tub, but we didn't get the chance to jump in due to it being too chilly for us. They also had a movie of the night for kids but due to sightseeing and day at Universal, we didn't get a chance to partake in that either but it was nice to see it being offered. This hotel will be our place to stay when we return to L.A. and definitely worthy of being recommended, especially for families!

This hotel is gorgeous. All the staff were friendly and welcoming. Our room, two queen beds with a balcony was beautiful. The beds were extremely comfortable, the shower was powerful and it had everything we wanted. The swimming pool is lovely. There are two hot tubs, one for children and one for adults. There are always towels and sun lounges / chairs available. In the evening they show a film on a projector which is fun. The gym has everything you need and can be accessed 24/7 They do a free shuttle to Universal Studios leaving the hotel every hour and collecting from Universal City Walk every quarter past the hour up until 10.15pm. you can also book to be dropped at the Metro bus station. I would highly recommend this beautiful hotel.