Hotel Figueroa - The Unbound Collection by Hyatt

Character and identity

Hotel Figueroa occupies a near-century-old building in the thick of Downtown LA, a few blocks from the convention centre, arenas, and theatres. The 268 rooms across 14 floors lean Spanish Colonial, with light walls, dark leather headboards, wood accents, and tiled bathrooms, and the public spaces double down on the property's feminist origin story through vintage portraits and rotating collaborations with women artists. Deme handles poolside Mediterranean cooking, Cafe Fig covers all-day, and Bar Magnolia mixes cocktails alongside a herbal elixirs menu. The coffin-shaped pool, the only full-sized ground-level pool in LA, anchors the courtyard.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What you're buying here is character: a 1926 women's hostelry reborn as a design hotel, with the pool, the murals, and the heritage programming doing the heavy lifting. Book it if you value story and style over a polished resort experience, and if you're downtown for a reason. The Rest & Recovery Suite is the standout splurge; otherwise a standard king is plenty.