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The Beverly Hills Hotel To Get Newer, Posher Bungalows

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 9641 Sunset Boulevard [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90210
October 30, 2009 at 12:33 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

We are suckers for old luxury hotels and the Beverly Hills Hotel is one of our favorites, not just because of its long history with silver screen stars or the guaranteed celeb sightings in the hotel's coffee shop but also because of the luxe bungalows that have been frequented by icons such as Marilyn Monroe (Bungalow #1), John Lennon and Yoko Ono (#9) and our personal fave, Phyllis Nefler.

The Pink Palace has 21 Bungalows in total (in addition to 200 rooms in the main building) and once you've stayed in one, you'll find it really hard to want to stay in the main building again. The bungalows feel like your own little apartment in the impressive 90210-zipcode rather than a standard hotel room. Yes, the furnishings might be a little too grand or fancy for your tastes but hello, this is Beverly Hills. And PS, the bathrooms are enormous.

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What’s On The Block at the Beverly Hills Hotel?

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 9641 W. Sunset Blvd. [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90210
October 22, 2009 at 1:04 PM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments

We continue our What's On The Block: Los Angeles Edition with The Beverly Hills Hotel.

All this week, we’ve been telling you What’s On The Block at some famous hotels around Los Angeles, and today we’re going to continue our tour with the city’s great pink dowager empress, the Beverly Hills Hotel.

First the bad news: there’s nothing on the block here. That’s right, the Beverly Hills Hotel perfectly typifies Los Angeles in that you have to drive to get anywhere. Perhaps that is why it is favored by Hollywood royalty and captains of industry. Its secluded location affords unparalleled privacy from prying eyes and paparazzi alike, yet starlets can still dream of being discovered by the pool…and admit it, you’ve always wanted to reenact the sleepover scene from Troop Beverly Hills.

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What’s On The Block at The Beverly Hilton?

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 9876 Wilshire Blvd. [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90210
October 21, 2009 at 1:53 PM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments

We continue our What's On The Block: Los Angeles Edition with The Beverly Hilton. This is a view from the hotel looking out on Century City.

Thanks to its prominence as the premier Hollywood awards show venue, not to mention its central location and luxury service, the Beverly Hilton sees its fair share of celebrity guests, but today, we thought we’d take you normal people on a little tour of What’s On The Block to let you see what all us plebes have to enjoy during a stay here.

First, let’s start with the iconic bar, Trader Vic’s, the tiki lounge that has specialized in mai tais and broken dreams for decades, and which has been experiencing a recent renaissance thanks to a revival of South Seas-chic (see Luau below) that has been taking Los Angeles by storm. Wander in for a rum cocktail then…well, let’s be honest, that will probably be the end of you.

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Note to Kathy Griffin: blue on blue at the Avalon Hotel is now oliverio

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 9400 W. Olympic Blvd. [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90212
September 24, 2009 at 10:51 AM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments

Well, this was out of the blue! The blue on blue restaurant (sorry we couldn’t resist!) Kor Hotels’ Avalon Beverly Hills has transformed into oliverio. Still lowercase, we’re not sure why. Taking over from Chef Scott Garrett is new Executive Chef Mirko Paderno, formerly of L.A. hotspots Cecconi’s and All’Angelo. We don’t know what prompted the changeover, but we’ve gotten a first-look at what the new restaurant, which had a "soft opening" this week, will be like.

We have high hopes for Pederno, whose past accolades include "Best New Restaurant of 2007" in Esquire and "Top Ten New Restaurants of the United States" in Gayot. He describes his menu as "Italian food with regional touches." That sounds ambiguous enough to encompass whatever he wants, but some of the dishes we heard about include: tortelli with braised lamb, butter and sage; gnocchetti with fresh tomatoes and smoked mozzarella; and simple dishes like fritto misto, caprese, and salume served with homemade olive foccacia.

The dish with the most pizzazz has to be the chitarra spaghetti with spicy langoustines, which will go for $21, meaning the restaurant is remaining in the same price category as before.

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Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake Do It At The Avalon...Lunch, That Is

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 9400 West Olympic Boulevard [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90212
August 28, 2009 at 9:04 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

This post about Jessica Biel will not harm your computer.

Once again the The Avalon Hotel has proven to be the newest yet randomest hotspot hotel for celebrities. In the past year, Kathy Griffin, Paris Hilton, William Baldwin, Guy Pearce, Eva Longoria and Selma Blair all have been spotted hanging out at the boutique hotel which is located on the corner of Olympic Boulevard and Beverly Drive--far from the secretive hangouts of the Sunset Strip or the posh hotels north of Rodeo Drive.

This time the hotel was graced with the presence of Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake who ate at the hotel's poolside restaurant, Blue on Blue. A source at the hotel sends us this "sighting":

This just in! Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel lunched today (August 27) poolside at Avalon Beverly Hills. According to a hotel guest: “Both dressed as if they had just worked out and ate their entire plates. Justin enjoyed Chicken Paillard and Jessica had a chicken salad.” Jessica Biel is a big fan of Avalon Beverly Hills and was overhead commenting about how she really loves the new look and design of poolside dining area.

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The Hotel Bel-Air 'Truly Regrets' Disappointing Brides-to-Be With Upcoming Renovations

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 701 Stone Canyon Road [map], Los Angeles, California, United States, 90077
August 25, 2009 at 12:29 PM | by juliana | 1 Comment

Yesterday we told you about how the Hotel Bel-Air impending renovations have left brides-to-be scrambling for a new place to get married until the renovations are completed, sometime in 2011. Brides who already signed contracts at the Hotel Bel-Air for their wedding days are now being moved to The Beverly Hills Hotel, a sister hotel just a few miles away that's equally posh but has quite a different feeling.

We compared it to stepping inside the pages of Us Weekly magazine where you see celebs left and right. It's the perfect hotel for a visit to Los Angeles (seriously, we see celebs everytime we pop in there) but it doesn't have the seclusion and intimacy of the Hotel Bel-Air.

It seems the hotel knows that and they sent us a statement, reiterating just how hard they are working to accommodate all the ladies in white who dreamed about getting married at the hotel. The hotel's full statement is listed below:

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Hotel Bel-Air's Upcoming Renovations Mess With Bride's Dream Wedding Day

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 701 Stone Canyon Road [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90077
August 24, 2009 at 2:00 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

The Save the Dates and the wedding invitations were mailed out. The flights for family members from out of state and out of country were booked. The deposits for the florists and the band were paid. The Vera Wang wedding dress was altered and waiting patiently in the closet. A bride to-be was now simply counting down the days (less than 90) to her very special wedding day at the Hotel Bel-Air, one of the poshest wedding sites in Los Angeles.

That is, until she received a call from her gym trainer. He told her that another one of his clients--a bride also set to get married at the Hotel Bel-Air--was in hysterics because the hotel had announced it would be closing on September 30 for 18-months for a major renovations project.

Our bride friend was in disbelief. The hotel had just taken a new deposit from her less than three weeks before and now they were closing? Without even telling her?

Apparently, yes.

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Beverly Hills' Luxe Hotel Gets "Fierce" With Project Runway

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 360 N Rodeo Dr [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90210
August 20, 2009 at 10:03 AM | by Heidi Atwal | 0 Comments

Following HotelChatter's recent sighting of Project Runway alum Christian Siriano at New York's Cooper Square Hotel comes the show's Season Premiere tonight on Lifetime. With a new cast of Prêt-à-Porter hopefuls, a litany of "auf Wiedersehen"s in store, and the promise of Michael Kors griping about being "underwhelmed," one LA-area hotel is marking the occasion by holding weekly viewing parties.

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Dreamin' of Biting Heads Off Bats at The Polo Lounge

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 9641 Sunset Boulevard [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90209
August 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM | by Heidi Atwal | 0 Comments

Follow Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard past the Chateau Marmont, past the mammoth-sized billboards, past the glitter and flash of trendy hotels and one prominent Coffee Bean and you'll find yourself driving along a beautiful, palm-lined stretch of Beverly Hills. The Beverly Hills Hotel is just about as Old Hollywood as you can get, its unmistakable "Pink Palace" bathed by sunlight and surrounded by a constant swarm of luxury cars and limos. This is California Dreamin' at its best.

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The Moonlight Martini at Raffles L'Ermitage

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 9291 Burton Way [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90210
July 31, 2009 at 9:37 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

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!

Had a hard day with paparazzi following your every mundane activity? From lunching at The Ivy to shopping at Barney's to picking up some Pinkberry, every where you went today it seemed those men and their cameras were on you. Well, that's why you need to escape to the Raffles L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills and step into their exclusive Writers Bar for a Moonlight Martini.

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Sun and Spa at SLS's Altitude Pool

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 465 S. La Cienega Blvd. [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90048
July 13, 2009 at 2:25 PM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments

A rooftop pool at a hotel isn’t exactly unusual in sunny Los Angeles, so it takes more than your average cement pond with a view of the shimmering downtown skyline to get us excited. With a nightclub name like Altitude, though, the amenities at the SLS Beverly Hills’ pool did have us reaching for the sunscreen (non-pore-clogging, of course) and rummaging through our closet for that cute bathing suit we bought to show off our summer gym bod.

Unlike most other hotel pools we’ve patronized over the years — where you have to strain your neck to avoid seeing guys in fedoras and speedos (at the same time!), plug your ears to drown out the bad techno music, and resist ordering those neon cocktails getting everyone into the “party mood” — the sixth-floor Altitude seems to be a tranquil oasis on one of L.A.’s busiest streets, La Cienega.

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Maison 140's Redecorating Appointment Coming Up

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 140 S. Lasky Dr. [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90212
July 7, 2009 at 3:32 PM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments

Like all respectable Beverly Hills ladies, the Kor Hotel Group’s Maison 140 knows that she’s got to schedule a touch-up or two to keep up appearances, so she’s booked herself for a little facelift this October. All 43 rooms will undergo a cosmetic redecoration, and we’re told she’ll look rested and refreshed by December.

We got a sneak peek at the new look—and we’re calling a mix between naughty French maid and doting Miami Beach grandmother. That means classic bark-patterned glossy wallpaper with Parisian marble lamps, plasma flatscreens over pink faux marble desks, a mirrored wall reflecting a lushly tufted headboard, and a Louis XIV chair with a mohair throw to keep you warm when there’s a draft.

All that and more was handpicked as usual by Kors in-house designer Kelly Wearstler, and we haven’t even told you about the Chinoiserie-chic Bar Noir downstairs that’s a cross between an absinthe bar and a Boca Raton cocktail party.

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