Kimpton La Peer Hotel

Character and identity

Set in West Hollywood's Design District, this 105-room Kimpton trades on the work of Icelandic designer Gulla Jónsdóttir, who layered concrete, leather-clad walls and white oak floors with custom pieces including six-foot lobby sconces. Art, poetry and photography are personally curated throughout. Outside, olive trees and a vertical garden screen the pool into something genuinely intimate. The signature kitchen is Ladyhawk by Charbel Hayek, an Eastern Med-meets-SoCal sharing menu (tabouleh, fattoush, half chicken with whipped toum), with Courtyard Bar handling breakfast and lighter daytime fare. There's no in-house spa, but rooftop yoga and an Ole Henriksen partnership fill the gap.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What you're paying for is a genuinely design-led boutique experience in one of L.A.'s most walkable creative neighbourhoods, not square footage or resort breadth. Book a higher category if room size matters, ask about the fourth-floor penthouse showcasing Jónsdóttir's own furniture collection, and lean into Ladyhawk and the Ole Henriksen partnership to round out the stay.