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San Jose de Cabo: Which Celeb Love Nest Would You Rather: Scarlett Johansson's Or The Bieber's?

juliab — 2011-03-03T09:46:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/lasvetanaspool.jpeg" class="top"> The pool at Las Ventanas. We declare it #winning. The question that were chewing over as we chew over our oatmeal this morning: if you were embarking on a new affair with a sexy celeb, where would you take them for a night of passion? In the red corner, we have Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez who, it turns out, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/03/01/2011-03-01_justin_bieber_and_selena_gomez_stayed_st_regis_resort_in_penthouse_suite_night_b.html">spent the night</a> before the Oscars shacked up <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/9/245/95427/hotels/Golf_Gourmet_Food_And_Cougars_at_the_St_Regis_Monarch_Beach">with the cougars</a> in a penthouse suite at the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/773'>St. Regis Monarch Beach</a> at Dana Point. And in the blue are Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn who, <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2011-03-02-scarlett-johansson-sean-penn-are-in-cabo-together">Perez Hilton revealed</a> yesterday, swept into Cabo for a one nighter at <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/185'>Las Ventanas al Paraiso</a> on

Dana Point: Golf, Gourmet Food, And...Cougars at the St. Regis Monarch Beach

EricRosen — 2010-03-16T15:25:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/St_Regis_Pool.JPG" class="top"> Theres no shortage of luxury resorts on the Orange County Coast, or the California Riviera as some fancy folks call it, but during a recent stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/St.+Regis+Monarch+Beach/local/773">St. Regis Monarch Beach</a>, we wanted to know what set Californias only five-star, five-diamond resort apart from the pack. Um...aside from being California's only five-star, five-diamond resort that is. Situated just north of Dana Point, the hotel has the <a href="http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/LagunaNiguel/Default.htm">Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Montage+Laguna+Beach/local/1657">Montage Laguna Beach</a> for neighbors, but the St. Regis is situated on a links-style golf course (think St. Andrews) with an unobstructed view of the sea, and has its very own private beach, where guests can frolic during the day, and dine

Dana Point: Chef Michael Mina Dishes on Stonehill Tavern at St. Regis Monarch Beach

EricRosen — 2010-03-02T16:08:06-05:00

During a stay at the St. Regis Monarch Beach resort outside Laguna Beach, we stopped by Michael Mina’s restaurant there, Stonehill Tavern, for a quick sit-down with the famous chef-impresario.

While speaking with him, we found out about the exciting new changes in store for the restaurant now that it has a new executive chef, Brian Black, who comes to Stonehill after stints at Mina’s other restaurants and then at Loft at the Montage Laguna Beach just down the road from the St. Regis.

Dana Point: The Stonehill Tavern at St. Regis Monarch Beach Introduces $39 Value Menu

EricRosen — 2009-09-15T15:14:15-05:00

Though much of the recent reportage about the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point has been about the popular luxury resort’s financial troubles, we found at least one bright spot, economically speaking: the new $39, three-course prix fixe menu at Michael Mina’s Stonehill Tavern restaurant.

The budget menu is available Wednesday-Sunday (every night that the restaurant itself is open), and each night features a simple, hearty main course like Wednesday’s fish and chips, Thursday’s Kobe steak frites with roasted baby carrots, Friday’s cedar-plank salmon with potatoes and bacon vinaigrette, and Saturday’s roast prime rib with twice-baked potato.

Dana Point: St. Regis Monarch Beach is Citigroup's Problem Now

Jenna — 2009-07-20T15:43:46-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/stregisdanapnt1.jpg" class="top"> As we reported in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/10/12339/0966/hotels/What_Will_Happen_to_the_Troubled_St_Regis_Monarch_Beach_">June</a>, the <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/St.+Regis+Monarch+Beach/local/773">St. Regis Monarch Beach</a> also known as that hotel where <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/7/175757/204/hotels/AIG_Execs_Show_Us_How_to_Blow_500K_at_The_St_Regis">AIG execs blew 500K</a> on a corporate retreat just after the group got a federal bailout was facing foreclosure and now its owners have turned it over to its mezzanine lender, Citigroup. According to the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124811297285165893.html"> WSJ</a>, the resort missed payments in April on a $70 million mezzanine loan from Citigroup. Naturally, the Starwood talking heads had this to say about the transition between its current owner and Citigroup: <blockquote>"The acquisition (through foreclosure) will have no impact on the hotel, golf club or beach club," Citigroup spokeswoman Danielle Romero-Apsilos said. The resort will "continue