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Best Boutique Hotels in Hollywood

Wed Mar 26 2025

Hollywood proper is the historic center of the American movie industry, and while some production has moved outside its borders, it's still the film capital of the world. Visitors, for the most part, are here for the entertainment industry, in one way or another — not just for the studios but for the museums, theaters, and other film-history landmarks as well.

    The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    If there’s one thing that’s constant in Hollywood, it’s a process of continual reinvention. The 1927-vintage Hollywood Roosevelt was the site of the very first Academy Awards, and hosted everyone who’s anyone in the American entertainment world. And now, thanks to a huge renovation by Yabu Pushelberg, one of the world’s top hotel-industry architecture firms, it’s once again looking as glamorous as it did during Hollywood’s golden age. The tower rooms are true to the Spanish Colonial heritage of the hotel’s history, even as they’ve been thoroughly updated to please the contemporary eye. And the cabana rooms, which surround the famous swimming pool with its David Hockney un...

    The Prospect Hollywood

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    The idea of Hollywood may be synonymous with glamour, but nearly a hundred years after the so-called Golden Age, the actual place is a bit more complicated. The Prospect Hollywood, however, is a return to form: a 1939 Hollywood Regency building, rescued from an advanced state of disrepair by designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard and transformed into what is, beneath its retro styling and vintage furniture, a thoroughly contemporary boutique hotel. The days of monochrome minimalist “design hotels” feel very remote indeed from within these sumptuous spaces, with their ultra-saturated colors, their bold graphics, and their touchable textures. The garden courtyard, with its firepl...

    Hollywood Volume

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Tommie, as you may have guessed from the name, can be seen as the more youthful and more casual version of the Thompson Hollywood — and they’re easy to compare, as they’re right around the corner from one another, between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard in a vibrant and rapidly changing corner of the city. In fact it’s a member of Hyatt’s JdV brand rather than Thompson — long story — but the comparison still stands: where the other is unmistakably a luxury boutique hotel, this one is a bit more attainable, occupying, in its own words, a space “between luxury and minimalism.” The most practical consequence is that the rooms are economical with their square footage; with sim...

    The Aster

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    The Aster is, before anything else, a private club, a much-needed oasis at the very public intersection of Hollywood and Vine. The obvious way in is to become a member — but the Aster’s 35 suites are open to overnight guests as well, and it’s perhaps no surprise that they’re up there with the finest suites in town — a bit bohemian, a bit retro, more than a bit warm and welcoming, understated in their luxury and, above all, memorable. Naturally there’s more to any good hotel than the bedrooms, and that goes double for a private club. The Aster features a wellness program that goes above and beyond typical hotel fare, encompassing yoga and Pilates as well as weights and car...

    Kimpton Everly Hotel

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Practically in the shadow of the iconic Capitol Records building is the Kimpton Everly Hotel, a hotel that somehow manages to offer a fresh perspective on one of America’s most heavily traveled neighborhoods. It helps that it’s two blocks to the north of Hollywood Boulevard, on the east side of Vine; the whole of Hollywood is within walking distance, if you can imagine walking here, but you won’t be pushing through crowds to get to the Everly’s door. The rooms and suites, as is typical of Kimpton, are sunny and stylish, with modernist-inspired furniture and far-ranging views — some face the city skyline, while others have impressive direct views of the Hollywood Hills. Th...

    Palihotel Hollywood

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    There’s no mistaking the Palihotels aesthetic, marked as it is by a distinctive palette of soft colors and an eclectic design sense that’s equally reminiscent of modern boutique hotels and classic European inns. This is true even when the hotel in question is a renovation of a 1958 motel, which is what the Palihotel Hollywood is — now a 76-room boutique hotel right on Sunset Boulevard, complete with a spa, a courtyard swimming pool, and a poolside restaurant and bar. Rooms vary widely, and go well beyond their motel origins — spacious doubles, queens, kings, and suites, and even a few with balconies. The so-called Night Owl rooms are extra-cozy, with windows that face a c...