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'The Bachelorette' Dances On Andaz West Hollywood For Latest Date
Last week, we learned that The Bachelorette, Desiree Hartstock, filmed one of her numerous dates at the Ojai Valley Inn, much to guest Johnny Jet's dismay. This week, we learn that Des and her men took over the Andaz West Hollywood and what a date it was: Our tipster writes...
March 25, 2013
DineLA Restaurant Week Starts Today: Hotels Hoping For Your Hunger
Right on the heels of New York Restaurant Week is dineLA Restaurant Week, where the West Coast shows they’ve got culinary chops to display as well. This year's twice yearly 12-day event goes from January 21-February 1 and patrons will be treated to showcases specially-priced $15, $20, and $25...
January 21, 2013
These Yummy Soaps and Toiletries Have Hotels in a Lather
As committed hotel toiletries connoisseurs, we are fans of Lather soaps and bathroom goodies. (That includes the littlest hotel fans among us.) So we're happy to see that hotels around the country agree, and Lather is popping up everywhere from West Hollywood to Manhattan. We asked the Lather peeps...
February 15, 2012
At Andaz in California, Your Gold Passport Card is Also Your Room Key
Your Gold Passport will give you a ticket to ride, er, sleep in this bed.We keep wondering when keyless hotel rooms are going to take off but judging from this recent WSJ article, the future is a long ways off as guests haven't grasped the technology very well and hotels...
June 09, 2011
What's It Like Staying in an Advertectured Room?
A slightly older Andaz ad We’ve always wondered what it’s like to be in a hotel room whose window is sitting under one of those wall ads – you know, Donny & Marie at the Flamingo in Vegas, or, the one we always notice in LA, the Andaz WeHo....
June 07, 2010
Skip The Valet Parking at Andaz and Hit Up a Meter Instead (Just Bring Plenty of Coins)
Here at HotelChatter, we’ve heard of some obscene parking charges. And while admittedly this one doesn’t quite trump the $75 overnight fee at Smyth Tribeca, we were pretty shocked by it. Over the weekend, we went to visit a friend staying at Andaz WeHo. Having stayed there before, we...
March 10, 2010
The Sunset Tower Rooms Aren't Safe From Prying (Camera) Eyes
For all that talk that Jeff Klein gives about how his Sunset Tower Hotel is the most private of private celeb-friendly hotels and that his staffers are held to the highest of high non-disclosure standards, there's really nothing he can do about this view into his hotel, taken from...
March 03, 2010
Strike Two Against the Andaz West Hollywood
The perils of booking a room on Priceline are many, from the strategic "name your own price" tango to begrudgingly having to settle on whichever hotel you're offered. In the past, we've lucked out, having landed a great value on Paris' Le Meridien Etoile, and likewise for what ended...
October 30, 2009
The Best And Worst of Our American Road Trip
Do not attempt these stairs after a few drinks: the Hotel Monaco Baltimore Greetings from soggy London! After six weeks, 20 states and 7000 miles, our US road trip has finally come to an end and we are back in the city of grey. Hopefully we’ll be back to...
September 04, 2009
Living the Rock 'N' Roll Life at The Andaz West Hollywood
The West Hollywood drag of LA's Sunset Strip is synonymous with a frenzied rock 'n' roll lifestyle. This is the stretch of bright lights that The Viper Room and Roxy Theater call home, and where on any given night, well-heeled groupie types (or "Band Aids," as the Always Famous...
August 18, 2009
Free Booze and Views of Johnny Depp’s House at Andaz WeHo
Last week, after we’d checked out the Chamberlain and the Avalon, we spent a night at Andaz West Hollywood. As devoted fans of the London branch, we were a little nervous. Would they have got rid of the things we love (like the stationery kits in every room and...
August 05, 2009
Booking Our LA Hotels: A Hotwire Experience
So we had to book a couple of nights in LA this week. Where to start? So many hotels to choose from, so little money to afford them was the general obstacle we came up against. Being fans of Andaz London, we were up for trying out the WeHo...
July 24, 2009
A Festive Cocktail For the Fourth From Andaz WeHo
We've kicked off our Summer Cocktails series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink. Otherwise, enjoy and @reply us when you're wasted! Happy Fourth! Well, almost. Doesn't the whole world...
July 02, 2009
Structure And Style On Display For West Hollywood Hotel Tour
Want to see where all the celebrities stay and party in Los Angeles, but don’t have the cash to actually get in? Spring for the $75 tickets, and take the "West Hollywood Structures & Style: Hotels on the Cutting Edge of Design" tour instead on Saturday, May 30 from...
May 04, 2009
Would You Fork Over $35 for a Burger at Andaz WeHo?
The new, swanky Andaz West Hollywood — the first US property from the Andaz chain — used to be the old Riot Hyatt. Accordingly, the bar and restaurant inside the hotel is called RH (R for Riot, H for Hyatt, yes) and the LA Times recently went to check...
April 10, 2009
Andaz WeHo Now $169 a Night on Hotwire
When the old Riot Hyatt reopened as the Andaz West Hollywood (with a spiffy new interior and nightlife scene), the rates were holding steady around $295 a night. But thanks to this new deal on Hotwire, you can stay here for $169 a night during the week and $189...
March 11, 2009
The Oscar Parties Keep LA Hotels Kickin'
Last week we asked why the Sunset Tower was still in business. Or rather, we asked what was so special about the Sunset Tower that made the celebs go there so often — and what was so not special that we never heard anything about the hotel besides reports...
February 23, 2009
Inside Andaz West Hollywood
Last week, we told you how to check-in to the new Andaz West Hollywood hotel. Today we're telling you what you'll find after check-in. This is a quick video tour of a room on the 10th floor. In the hotel's former incarnation as the Hyatt on Sunset (or the Riot...
January 12, 2009
This is How You Check-In at Andaz West Hollywood
Yesterday we got a sneak peek at the first Andaz Hotel from Hyatt on this side of the pond--The Andaz West Hollywood. We ate dinner at the hotel's RH restaurant, we took in the nighttime views of the strip from the hotel's rooftop pool area and we toured a...
January 09, 2009
Andaz West Hollywood Is Opening Today
The moment is finally here. After learning about the bedtime reader-in-residence, the trippy bathrooms, the pink website and the Riot Hyatt tribute restaurant, we will at last set foot into the new Andaz West Hollywood.The hotel closed down about six months ago to begin the renovations. Rooms now feature...
January 08, 2009
Andaz West Hollywood to Pay Homage to the Riot Hyatt
Before Andaz stepped in to renovate the old Hyatt Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, the only saving grace of the hotel was its storied history as the Riot Hyatt where 70s rockers would lose their minds when in town. All sorts of antics went down here from John Bonham driving a...
December 22, 2008
Andaz West Hollywood Does Have a Plan
The other day we were a little dismayed by the Andaz West Hollywood website. For starters, it's pink. Two, it's got some teenaged text bopping around the page which we found to be unusual.Yet it turns out that unlike most teenagers in the world, Andaz Hotels has a plan. A...
December 11, 2008
Andaz's New Website Is For The Teenagers
OMG. Get ready for the US launch of Andaz. Hyatt has just relaunched the website for their Andaz Hotels, including a page for the Andaz West Hollywood which is due to open on January 9th, 2009. And both sites are not quite what we expected from the Andaz brand....
December 08, 2008
It's Always Sunny at Andaz WeHo's Restaurant
The LA Times' Daily Dish blog revealed the details behind Andaz West Hollywood's upcoming restaurant, 82/Sunny — the moniker of which is apparently both an homage to the loveliest of west coast weather and a nod to the "French-infused take on California cuisine" that will be coming out of...
November 25, 2008
Andaz West Hollywood Renderings Reveal a Hotel of the Future
In case you missed it the other day, we told you that the Riot Hyatt on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood would be turning into one of those funky Andaz by Hyatt brands come December. And today we have some very basic renderings of what the new incarnation of the...
September 25, 2008
The Riot Hyatt in West Hollywood Turning into Hyatt Andaz
One of The Sunset Strip's most legendary hotels, the Hyatt West Hollywood aka The Riot Hyatt, will reopen in January as The Andaz West Hollywood.Andaz is that funky new brand from Hyatt that opened in London last year but has yet to open anywhere else. There are two Andazs on...
September 23, 2008
Riot Hyatt is More like a Riot Motel
We've heard a lot about the Riot Hyatt in West Hollywood, namely its famous rock n roll guests and their drugged-out hijinks.But we hardly know what it is like to stay there in the present day.Thanks to Brian Baumley (who once profiled his "Crib" at the Beverly Hilton) we learn...
October 12, 2006
Riot Hyatt Party Features K-Fed Wannabes
Go Straight to HotelChatter Hollywood Star MapThe Riot Hyatt is well-known in these parts for hosting the heavy metal hairbands back in the 80s and a party the night before Fourth of July seemed to pay homage to that part of the hotel's history. Held on the very top floor...
July 17, 2006
Riot Hyatt :: Star Map Stop #12
HotelChatter Hollywood Star MapThe Hyatt West Hollywood is also known as the Riot Hyatt, where 1980s hair bands caused ruckus and damage all over the place. Axl Rose reportedly threw barbeque steaks off the balcony, and god knows how many groupies Tommy Lee had sex with when Motley Crue stayed...
May 19, 2006
LA Hotels to Stay Staffed
A new labor contract was struck on Saturday between seven major Los Angeles hotels and its employees,represented by the Unite Here labor union, avoiding a possible strike. On Thursday, workers at the Riot Hyatt in West Hollywood walked out because of the contract disputes, which had lasted for nearly...
June 13, 2005
Riot Hyatt Short-Staffed
The Hyatt Hotel on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood has long been known as the Riot Hyatt for its legendary rock-star guests who liked to ride motorcycles down the hallways and trash rooms. (Others like to call it the Rock 'n Roll Hotel) But today, about 120 workers...
June 09, 2005
Partner Reviews: Andaz West Hollywood
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Awesome movie nights every Wednesday! -
Ask to dj w your own iPod, either mine or Nikkah's! -
Come on Tuesday & Wednesday night for service from sexy lady bartenders! -
Awesome movie night every Wednesday night!!
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an East Village jewel -
Best bartenders in the city. -
Come on a Tuesday night and leave the bartender, Bianca, a huge tip. She is super sexy! -
My other 5th street go to. This place is a gem and possibly the closest replacement to Mars Bar you can find. -
Maddy hearts Bradley! Tip your bartender! -
241 happy hour every day til 8, and awesome movies on Wednesdays :) -
Tip the bartenders well and you'll always b treated well
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Also, the two heated pipes against the wall do wonders for your back. It's like a hot tub. -
Wear your jacket and don't fall off your stool.
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$6 PBR and well bourbon happy hour is appealing. As is the 4am and later lock-in where you can convince the bartenders to put on your iPod.
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actually John Ross is mayor of fish bar.
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