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Freehand Los Angeles

4.0 star property

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2 bars/lounges, rooftop bar, lobby lounge
Property preview
Coffee service
Lobby sitting area
Sun deck

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Pet-friendly

Explore the area

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416 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA, 90014
  • Place, Orpheum Theatre
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, L.A. Live
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, Crypto.com Arena
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Airport, Los Angeles, CA (LAX-Los Angeles Intl.)
    ‪19 min drive‬

Room options

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

King

7.2 out of 10
Good
(25 reviews)
  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Premium King - City View

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(73 reviews)
  • 29 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Premium King - Skyline View

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(37 reviews)
  • 29 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Bed in Quad

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(29 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Bed in 6 bed room

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(24 reviews)
  • 31 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Bed in 8 bed room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(74 reviews)
  • 53 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Bed in Female Quad

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(37 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Deluxe King - Corner Studio

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(27 reviews)
  • 45 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Private Quad

7.0 out of 10
Good
(2 reviews)
  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Private 6 bed room

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(4 reviews)
  • 31 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 6
  • 6 Twin Beds

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Private 8 bed room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 52 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 8
  • 8 Twin Beds

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Deluxe Room, Women only

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Corner Deluxe King Studio

  • Sleeps 2

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Premium King Room with City View

  • Sleeps 2

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Premium King Room with Skyline View

  • Sleeps 2

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Cozy King Room

  • Sleeps 2

Family Room

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Superior King Room with Skyline View

  • Sleeps 2

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Superior King Room with City View

  • Sleeps 2

Bed In 8 Bed Room

  • Sleeps 1

Bed In Bed In Quad

  • Sleeps 1

Bed In Female Quad

  • Sleeps 1

Private 6 Bed Room

  • Sleeps 6

Private 8 Bed Room

  • Sleeps 8

Private Quad

  • Sleeps 4

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1 bedroom, Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Private Female Quad

  • Sleeps 4

Bed In 6 Bed Room

  • Sleeps 1

About the area

Los Angeles

A stay at Freehand Los Angeles places you in the heart of Los Angeles, within a 15-minute walk of Crypto.com Arena and L.A. Live. .This hotel is 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from Los Angeles Convention Center and 2.5 mi (4.1 km) from University of Southern California.

What's nearby

  • Orpheum Theatre - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Pershing Square - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • L.A. Live - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Crypto.com Arena - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Los Angeles Convention Center - 15 min walk - 1.3 km

Getting around

  • Los Angeles Cal State Station - 8 min drive
  • 7th Street - Metro Center Station - 8 min walk
  • Los Angeles Intl. (LAX) - 34 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Broken Shaker - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Andante Coffee Roasters - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen - DTLA - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Golden Gopher - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Joyce - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Freehand Los Angeles

Beaux Arts hotel with 3 restaurants and bars
Freehand Los Angeles offers 226 accommodations with designer toiletries and hair dryers. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 226 guestrooms. Your pillowtop bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. This Beaux Arts hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and shopping on site.
Enjoy local and international cuisine at The Exchange Restaurant, one of the hotel's many dining establishments, which include 3 restaurants and a coffee shop/cafe. Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges.
Featured amenities include express check-out, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk.
The Exchange Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in local and international cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Broken Shaker - This poolside rooftop bar specializes in local cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Rudolph's Bar & Tea - This lobby lounge specializes in local and international cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Cafe Integral - This café specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast and light fare. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Valet parking on site (USD 61.05 per night)

Food and drink

  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 3 restaurants
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A poolside bar

Restaurants on site

  • Broken Shaker
  • Cafe Integral
  • Rudolph's Bar & Tea
  • The Exchange Restaurant

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Outdoor pool
  • Shopping

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Lift

More

  • 1 building
  • 12 floors
  • At least 80% lighting from LEDs
  • Banquet hall
  • Beaux Arts architecture
  • Built in 1924
  • Smoke-free property
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian breakfast available
  • Vegetarian dining options
  • Water dispenser usage encouraged

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bulk dispensers for toiletries
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Water-efficient showers
  • Water-efficient toilets

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 2:00 AM

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
1 total (up to 75 lbs per pet)
Specific rooms only, restrictions apply; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 17 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 150.00 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Valet parking fee: USD 61.05 per night
  • Pet fee: USD 75 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

Pool access available from noon to 4:00 PM

Property is also known as

Freehand Los Angeles Hotel
The Freehand Los Angeles
Freehand Los Angeles Hotel
Freehand Los Angeles Los Angeles
Freehand Los Angeles Hotel Los Angeles

Reviews

Freehand Los Angeles Reviews

8.6

Excellent

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 1900 out of 3121 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 626 out of 3121 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 288 out of 3121 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 118 out of 3121 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 189 out of 3121 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Three day stay with two of them happening to be during the Dodger games. Staff accommodated the spike of guests as kindly, professionally and full service wise with the same level of quality as the slower night I stayed. Well done with grace and openness.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Maggie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
stayed in the Female Quad for a night. was assigned the upper bunk but for me (heavy and not really an athlete) it took me ages to climb down the bed and i dont think i can do it again. Fortunately they are able to switch me to another room with bottom bunk (thanks god and kudo to the staff!). Location-wise this is a good spot, couple of minutes walk from the metro, you have wholefood just down the street and plenty of food around the hotel. it's in a renovated old building and it's really retro and nicely deco. love it! I stayed for the night to attend concert at Crypto Arena, it's about 15-20mins totally walkable and it's not scary to walk alone at 11ish pm. people mentioned the noise on the street but i found that ok (stayed in 5th flr) only a little minus is they do not have shower gel (they have hand soap and a really fluffy thick towel) so make sure you bring your own.
Female Quad
Washroom
Front of the hotel
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Hilda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay in LA, nice staff and very affordable.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Kevin

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Kevin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed at the Freehand for 4 nights in September. The room was a good size and a bit dated but the bathroom was updated and very clean. Pool was nice and happy hour was decent. The area surrounding was a bit sketchy at times but nothing major. The golden gopher across the street was a great spot. Food at the pool was average. There is some great street tacos just up the street or tacos Rodriguez truck across the street was also pretty good. Price was decent all in all I would say good for short trips.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brent

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect stay will book again soon
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Diane, Hutchinson Island

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice property, neighborhood uncomfortable at night
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

SEAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Hilda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and easy to walk to Crypto arena.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

S

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness

Not what it used to be

I've stayed here almost 20 times over the last many years, since the hotel opened. As a business traveler it's nice to go back to the same hotel again and again. It saves precious time knowing what will be in the room & proximity to parking late night food etc. Little by little they've been deleting amenities, 1st slippers, then you had to ask for robes & lotion, now they don't give them at all despite the fact that they still list robes on their site & this site. Now they don't even give a note pad & pencil to leave a note w/ your tip for housekeeping . I asked for a printed receipt yesterday and they said that because it was paid through Hotels.com they couldn't give one. On the other hand , the staff ( except one time ) are always really lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Ryan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to city landmarks.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was a little more dirty than previously.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Manuel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Naomi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
looked like a hotel, felt safe
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carrieann

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lucas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great hotel, ideal location, poor internet

Great hotel in an ideal DTLA location. The room was comfy and chic, the rooftop pool bar was to die for. My one quibble was that the internet just did not work for us. They said they were having trouble the Friday we checked in, but the problem persisted the whole time we were there. Hopefully, it's not usually like this and it wasn't a big enough problem to deter us from staying there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Francisco

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Place is ok
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Great location but some issues

Nearly a third of the loungers and seating is unusable as they've been "reserved". I was there for approximately 5 hours and I didn't see one being used, all whist people were sitting in the floor. The shared rooms are nice however they require the privacy curtains to be reattached onto the front of the beds.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

lindsey

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marcus

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place a lot of different things at walking distance
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jose

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
My deposit ?
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Amber

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025