Kimpton Hotel Palomar Los Angeles-Beverly Hills
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Character and identity
Set on Wilshire Boulevard between Westwood Village and Beverly Hills, this 264-room Kimpton trades street-level subtlety for a richly theatrical interior, the product of an $11 million 2017 redesign by Dawson Design Associates. The lobby riffs on indie film studios: wool and leather seating, smoked glass, perforated rusted metal, warm timber, and a camera-lens fireplace. Rooms run a noir-inspired black, white and red palette with murals by Eddy De Leon. Double Take handles food and drink in a Hollywood backlot setting with a game room, while a sixth-floor gym and compact pool deck round out the amenities. Service is small-team but resourceful.
Who's it for
Best for:
Design-minded couples who want Beverly Hills proximity without Beverly Hills pricing, UCLA-bound families (loaner bikes, skeeball and shuffleboard at Double Take help), and business travellers who value quiet rooms and a walkable Westwood base. The complimentary one-mile Lyft radius makes it genuinely useful for Rodeo Drive day trips.
Should look elsewhere:
Spa devotees and anyone wanting a proper resort pool will find this property thin: there's no spa, and the pool deck is small enough that one bachelorette group can take it over. The resort fee and daily F&B credit structure is opaque, and parking at $48 self / $68 valet stings given free street parking nearby.
Bottom line
The draw here is location and design value: a stylish, well-run boutique that puts you between Westwood and Beverly Hills for materially less than the postcodes around it. Book a 650-square-foot suite (the Skyline for sunsets, the Beverly Hills View for the cityscape) if you want the room to match the lobby's ambition, and park on Manning Ave to sidestep the fees.
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