I am writing this review from inside the room that we booked at the Artisan. I have never given a bad review to a hotel, and I'm usually quite lenient in regard to rating accommodations. But, good lord this is the worst!
It is 5:10 a.m. on a Sunday morning and there has been club/mariachi music blasting downstairs/outside for the past 5 hours. Its so loud that we are COMPLETELY incapable of sleeping. We are on the 3rd floor, and their house music is still shaking the floor and drowning out the tv... Earplugs do NOT help. I'm supposed to travel 7 hours tomorrow and I'm exhausted!
Maybe you are looking for a club and that is your thing? Fine. Then, why would you pay hotel prices to go to a club/hotel when you can't sleep in the room? May work as one but not both.
Also, the room is in disrepair; multiple items broken. They make you put down $150 security deposit. I can see why.. This place is falling apart.
Creep factor is off the charts here too. The decor looks like it was designed by a vampire. Red fluorescent lights, dark, and spooky art everywhere. Surrounded by sketchy streets and strip clubs.
The other patrons here seem like complete weirdos too.
This place doesn't work as a hotel.
NEVER AGAIN!!! YOU ARE WARNED!