HotelChatter - Santa Monica

Palihouse Santa Monica Is Now Officially Open

juliana — 2013-06-14T11:34:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/palihouseSMexterior.jpg" class="top"> When we toured the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/5274">Palihouse Santa Monica</a> a few months back, the hotel was still in the middle of transforming the old Embassy Hotel Apartments near Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade into hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/avi brosh">Avi Brosh's</a> vision for "Palihouse at the Beach."But now the hotel is ready to show off its incredible design. Here's a bunch of photos we've received from the hotel of the lobby and a guestroom. Take a minute and browse through these shots. We think you'll like. Room categories are classic rooms, studio suites and one and two-bedroom "residences." Rates range from about $350 to $1,500 per night. But remember, that includes free WiFi, AppleTV, Dean & Deluca minibar treats and

Prohibition Menus Come to The Georgian

justluxe — 2013-05-09T16:00:36-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/117511/Veranda_Breakfast.jpg" class="top"> Here's the latest happening in the luxury hotel world as told by <a href="http://www.justluxe.com">JustLuxe.com.</a> Got a question about luxury hotels, the travel biz, and where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it in</a> and we'll have JustLuxe answer it. If bartenders these days are to be believed, Prohibition was not the dangerous, skeevy, Mob-controlled booze era that history books and Hollywood movies have shown us. No, no cocktailing during Prohibition was sexy and elegant, and when a bar today really wants to prove its mixology credentials, it rolls out a special Prohibition cocktail menu. The latest one to do so is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Georgian+Hotel/local/47">The Georgian</a>, Santa Monicas distinctive Deco hotel and former hangout of Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and

How Mad is The Viceroy Santa Monica Right Now?

juliana — 2013-05-03T13:54:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/viceroySMconstruxzone.JPG" class="top"> This is the scene these days on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica and as you can see, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/583">The Viceroy Santa Monica</a> is right in the thick of the construction zone (without having any work done to its own building.)The construction, which has made this stretch of Ocean Avenue from Pico to Colorado a pain to get through, is all for the <a href="http://www.relatedcalifornia.com/oceanavenuesouth/">Ocean Avenue South</a>, a luxury apartment project from Related Companies, with 318 residences as well as retail, restaurants and walkable plazas. The sales launch for the units should launch this summer with construction going for at least a year beyond that. Which means that the entire north side of the Viceroy looks out onto

Dishing On Dining Rooms and Disney Characters at Oceana Santa Monica

ASchechter — 2013-04-24T09:17:40-05:00

Oceana Santa Monica General Manager, Christoph Moje

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We Lived The Life Aquatic At The Shore Hotel

ASchechter — 2013-04-22T09:17:47-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Shore_Hotel_Aquatic_Front_Pool.jpg" class="top">Last week, we gave you our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/4/14/194040/501/hotels/Blue_Plate_Taco_Next_to_The_Shore_Hotel_Left_Us_a_Little_Blue">full review</a> of Blue Plate Taco, the scene-y Mexican restaurant attached to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Shore+Hotel/local/4840">The Shore Hotel</a>. Despite reading constant positive reviews about this place, we were a little underwhelmed by the so-so tacos and poorly mixed cocktails. Suffice to say, we were a little disappointed. However, there's still one (major) part of the experience that we haven't gotten to yet: our stay at the hotel itself! We booked a Garden View Junior Suite, which, as the name implies, doesn't actually face the ocean but rather a small ground-floor patio tucked around the back of the hotel. Far off in the distance we could spy a little bit of ocean, as well