After reviewing Hollywood hotels on trip adviser, my wife and I chose the Celebrity for a two night stay. If you want clean, comfortable and quiet at a budget price, you should like this. See other reviews for general info.

We discovered that the Metro subway is a short walk from the Hotel. For the senior rate of 45 cents, each, we rode it one stop away to the bottom of the hill leading to Universal Studios, which provides a free shuttle bus right to the main entrance. The alternative is to drive through crowded traffic to park in Universal's lot for $10.00 or $17.00 to park closer, but not as close as the free shuttle bus will take you.

I stayed at the Celebrity from Nov 17-20. We booked the room directly from the hotel and got it for $79/night. The room was clean, very spacious and included a kitchen area. Our room was on the first floor (there are only 2 floors). The room was a bit noisy as you can hear everything in the room above you, including people walking around, so request a room on the 2nd floor.
The hotel offers a good continental breakfast with a variety of juices, muffins, croissants & bagels. They offer free use of a computer with internet access in the lobby which is really a nice touch. The parking lot is free, but very small.
The hotel is within a 5 minute walk to hollywood blvd, and all the attractions.
Overall, like most hotels there are a few kinks, but our stay was a pleasant one.

My husband and I reserved a room on Expedia for one night at the Hollywood Celebrity based on the glowing reviews on Tripadvisor. When we arrived, the hotel told us that they had a "plumbing problem" and offered us a room at their sister property the Hollywood Liberty Hotel across the street. They told us we could have a room at the Celebrity if we wanted to wait until 10 pm for it. This was not acceptable for us, as we had just driven for seven hours and needed to get ready to go to a party. I took the room they offered at the Liberty out of sheer exhaustion, I wish I had inspected it more closely before I agreed to spend a night in this dump. The halls and rooms smelled like cigarettes- despite the signs indicating that the hotel was non-smoking. What can I say about the room- my attached photos tell most of the story. The heat was a space heater! The shower didn't have hot water until the manager came in and said, "You have to find it..." and then calibrated it just so until a lukewarm trickle came out. The bathroom looked like it had been outfitted on a trip to the Dollar Depot, with a cheap plastic pink tension rod to hold up the shower curtain (actually it was just a liner). The bathmat was a hand towel. The coverlet on the bed was obviously stained and yellowed when we turned it down. The bed had no fitted sheet on it, so within five minutes of lying in it, the sheet was off and we were lying on the mattress. The most disgusting feature of this room was the walls. The walls were heavily stained with and looked as if they were last painted in the Nixon administration. There were cigarette ashes pooled in the windowsill of the bathroom. The biggest affront was that this room was supposedly comparable to the Celebrity. This room made the Super 8 seem like a four star resort by comparison. I never saw any of the rooms at the Celebrity but I can guarantee there was no steam room at the Liberty! I can't believe the owners have the gall to charge more than $40 per night for this place. The most outrageous thing is that Hollywood Celebrity offered no apology, no discount off the room or a free night at a later date, which would have been totally appropriate. They basically told us we could still come over for the continental breakfast at the Celebrity. No effort was made to refund any of my money, even though I had pre-paid a higher rate for the Celebrity. I hate to say it, but the way in which management treated us, I had the sinking feeling that they didn’t really have a plumbing problem, but that they had overbooked and given our room to someone else. Buyers beware! If they offer you a room at the Liberty, politely decline and take your business elsewhere…

Stayed at the Hollywood Celebrity from Nov 2nd-6th, 2005. The rooms were nice and large....everything was really clean. The rooms were not brand new, but everything was in great shape. The lobby area was nice and bright. Everything seemed to sparkle! The front patio was nice to sit and take a break. The beds were comfy and it was a really quiet place to stay - no loud parties while we were there.

Probably one of the key sellers for this hotel is location. Just a 5-10 minute walk from the center of everything in Hollywood. Right behind Kodak Theater and Hollywood and Highland. We were even able to cut through the parking lot for Hollywood and Highland and felt completely safe at all times.

As some previous posts have indicated - the parking lot is small. We never had a problem getting parking while we were there though. The day we left - we had a flight out at 6am, so we left the hotel in the morning hours. Our car was blocked in - but the front desk guy had all of the keys for the cars blocking ours and had our car unblocked in minutes.

One thing i would suggest for improvement in this hotel is more counter space in the bathrooms. That was a bit lacking. We used the window sill for our bathroom items, but there was not much room there. A small shelf was also on the mirror. Another thing that would be beneficial is better lighting in the bathroom/vanity area. It was a bit dim. Oh - and the hairdryer in our room wasn't extremely powerful, but it got the job done.

Would definitely stay here again in a minute. I would recommend this hotel to anyone looking to be close to what hollywood has to offer.