6 hotels where the in-house table — from a Pink Palace power lounge to a Frank Gehry steakhouse — is reason enough to stay.
6 hotels chosen for a single reason: the restaurant or bar downstairs is worth the trip on its own. Verified against each hotel’s own site.
The Beverly Hills Hotel
Beverly Hills
The Polo Lounge
The 1912 “Pink Palace” on Sunset Boulevard, where the banana-leaf-wallpapered Polo Lounge has been serving power breakfasts and old-Hollywood dinners since the 1940s.
A 1929 Art Deco tower on the Sunset Strip whose Tower Bar and Restaurant remains one of the city's most reliable rooms for old-glamour dinners and skyline views.
Frank Gehry's steel-clad tower at The Grand LA houses José Andrés's theatrical steakhouse, a sixth-floor spectacle of open flame and Spanish showmanship above Grand Avenue.
A restored 1926 beach club turned grand hotel right on the sand, where Terrazza's Mediterranean-leaning menu and ocean-view Golden Hour tapas make the case for staying put past checkout.
A 1927 landmark on Hollywood Boulevard that just opened Gable, a California-cuisine restaurant timed to the hotel's 100th anniversary, next to David Hockney's painted Tropicana pool.
A boutique beachfront hotel steps from the Venice boardwalk, topped by a rooftop bar with nearly 360-degree views stretching from Muscle Beach to the Hollywood Sign.