One of eight vibes
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
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Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Hotel Lucile
Original stained glass filters jewel tones across the nave and dining room.
Kodō Hotel
Ash wood joinery, ryokan-inspired platform beds, and cast-concrete sinks set against industrial brickwork.
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Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Cara Hotel
Century-old olive trees, cream Venetian plaster, and a central reflecting pool in the courtyard.
Conrad Los Angeles
Undulating Gehry-designed architecture framed by molten lava stone and custom West Coast interiors.
Downtown LA Proper Hotel
Kelly Wearstler layers over one hundred custom tiles alongside Judson Studios stained glass.
Gold Diggers Hotel
Dark chevron paneling, gold velvet drapes, vintage furnishings, and custom paintings by Parquet Courts frontman A. Savage.
Hotel Covell
Suites styled as chapters in a fictional author's life, with Smeg kitchenettes.
The Paramour Estate
Theatrical maximalist interiors curated by Dana Hollister with gilded mirrors and vintage chandeliers.
The Prospect Hollywood
Martyn Lawrence Bullard fills the 1939 residence with gilded palms and malachite accents.
26 hotels on this page
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Alsace Living LA
White oak floors and site-specific glazed tile murals by Lukas Geronimas Giniotis.
Cameo Beverly Hills, LXR Hotels & Resorts
Custom burl wood, smoked white oak, and mid-century lines with Deco touches.
Dream Hollywood, by Hyatt
Mid-century lines, retractable glass walls, and custom street art murals frame the sunlit double-height lobby.
Elsewhere Topanga
Maximalist interiors across idiosyncratic bungalows, vintage wagons, and a modern hillside villa.
Fairmont Century Plaza
Minoru Yamasaki's midcentury crescent updated with retractable glass walls and light wood interiors.
Freehand Los Angeles
Custom cedar woodwork, colorful hand-woven tapestries, and vintage city map wallpaper fill guestrooms.
HOLLYWOOD VOLUME, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
Mid-century Case Study architecture inspired interiors with white oak floors and blackened steel.
Hotel Erwin
Interiors styled with wicker seating, funhouse mirrors, and seventies surf motifs.
Hotel Figueroa
Restored Spanish Colonial interiors pairing heavy timber beams, hand-troweled plaster, intricate tilework, and local female art collections.
Hotel June West LA
Studio Collective interiors in blonde oak and terrazzo fill Welton Becket's 1968 mid-century concrete tower.
Hotel Per La, Autograph Collection
A mirrored entry tunnel leads to guestrooms styled in Italianate azure and cream.
Kimpton Everly Hotel
Lauren Rottet interiors with twenty-eight-foot lobby ceilings and views framing the Hollywood Sign.
Kimpton Hotel Palomar Beverly Hills
Soundstage-inspired interiors center on a circular fireplace modeled after a camera lens.
Le Petit Pali Brentwood
Bold striped wallpaper and whimsical floral headboards outfit the four low-slung bungalows.
Moxy Downtown Los Angeles
Rammed-earth walls and lobby motorbikes channel the 1969 film Easy Rider.
Palihotel Hollywood
A reimagined 1958 motor lodge centered around a checkerboard pool deck.
Palihotel Melrose
Artist-loft rooms display bold striped headboards beneath weathered siding and a sidewalk marquee.
Palihotel Westwood Village
Mid-century modernism meets Parisian eclecticism with Scandinavian Sherpa headboards and chevron-patterned timber flooring.
Palihouse West Hollywood
Floral wallpapered ceilings and custom millwork evoke an eccentric European inn.
Short Stories Hotel
Checkered marble floors, Venetian plaster, and parquet frame sunlit boutique courtyard spaces.
Silver Lake Pool Inn
Handmade sunset-toned tiles, custom terrazzo vanities, and low-slung timber seating by Electric Bowery.
SLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Beverly Hills
Philippe Starck interiors accented by whimsical digital portraits, oversized mirrors, Carrara marble vanities, and contemporary artworks.
Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
Backlit geometric plaster reliefs rise behind a spiral staircase in the lobby.
Soho Warehouse
Raw concrete columns, exposed brick, and vintage velvet furnishings set against custom murals and original graffiti.
Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.