Suggest hotel in Los Angeles - Tiki Travel

T Tattoo Tiki Socialite Los Angeles Joined: Sep 24, 2005 Posts: 321	T Tattoo Posted posted on Tue, Apr 29, 2008 10:56 AM Every-time family visits I find myself in a similar quandary. Santa Monica is nice but expensive. The best place that feels like a 50's motel with the kidney shaped pool is the Calmar Hotel: http://www.calmarhotel.com It's cool and the location is killer. Tucked in the middle of a nice and save neighborhood, two blocks from the third street promenade, 3 blocks from the Pacific, and 10 minutes walking to the pier. I put my parents there because it's save, quiet, reasonable, and you can walk to many things. It's not fancy but very comfortable and as reasonable as it gets for that part of town. Call the hotel personally for the best rate - NOT online! Another cool motel is a new-retro motel called Farmers Daughter: http://www.farmersdaughterhotel.com It's in the heart of the Wilshire Miracle Mile / Hollywood area across the street from the famous Farmers Market and a new outdoor shopping mall called The Grove (think Disney does a mall). Meaning you can actually walk from the hotel to cool places including a funky little strip of stores on Fairfax which has the weird 24 hour diner Canters and a weekly flea market on Sundays at Fairfax and Melrose (yes I've found cool Tiki stuff there) . You're also 10 minutes driving to the LA County Museum as well as around the corner from the Melrose area of shops and pretty close to the Hollywood Blvd. area. Again, it's as reasonable as it gets for that part of town without being in a shit hole in the middle of nowhere. For my budget conscious friends I have offered up The Hollywood Downtowner - also mentioned earlier: http://www.hollywooddowntowner.com It's fine but not really luxurious - a friend of mine stayed there and found a used fake mustache in a dresser if that's any indication. Centrally located but there's nothing around since you're in the middle of an area called Thai town which is more or less between the Hollywood area and the Silverlake area. You really have to drive to places. Driving though, you're 10 minutes from the Tiki Ti, 10 minutes from Wacko. 10 minutes from Hollywood and Highland, 10 minutes from Griffith Park, and a few blocks from the 101 freeway which makes it very convenient. You can also look at the Best Western Hollywood Hills Hotel on Franklin: http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=05204 A decent place that's located near the Downtowner but just a hair nicer. On ground level there's the 101 cafe which is a really cool retro diner that was featured in the movie Swingers (go here for breakfast even if you're staying at the Downtowner). You're just a bit closer to the Hollywood area and also blocks from a cool strip of stores on Franklin. Hope this helps!

Every-time family visits I find myself in a similar quandary. Santa Monica is nice but expensive. The best place that feels like a 50's motel with the kidney shaped pool is the Calmar Hotel:

http://www.calmarhotel.com

It's cool and the location is killer. Tucked in the middle of a nice and save neighborhood, two blocks from the third street promenade, 3 blocks from the Pacific, and 10 minutes walking to the pier. I put my parents there because it's save, quiet, reasonable, and you can walk to many things. It's not fancy but very comfortable and as reasonable as it gets for that part of town. Call the hotel personally for the best rate - NOT online!

Another cool motel is a new-retro motel called Farmers Daughter:

http://www.farmersdaughterhotel.com

It's in the heart of the Wilshire Miracle Mile / Hollywood area across the street from the famous Farmers Market and a new outdoor shopping mall called The Grove (think Disney does a mall). Meaning you can actually walk from the hotel to cool places including a funky little strip of stores on Fairfax which has the weird 24 hour diner Canters and a weekly flea market on Sundays at Fairfax and Melrose (yes I've found cool Tiki stuff there) . You're also 10 minutes driving to the LA County Museum as well as around the corner from the Melrose area of shops and pretty close to the Hollywood Blvd. area. Again, it's as reasonable as it gets for that part of town without being in a shit hole in the middle of nowhere.

For my budget conscious friends I have offered up The Hollywood Downtowner - also mentioned earlier:

http://www.hollywooddowntowner.com

It's fine but not really luxurious - a friend of mine stayed there and found a used fake mustache in a dresser if that's any indication. Centrally located but there's nothing around since you're in the middle of an area called Thai town which is more or less between the Hollywood area and the Silverlake area. You really have to drive to places. Driving though, you're 10 minutes from the Tiki Ti, 10 minutes from Wacko. 10 minutes from Hollywood and Highland, 10 minutes from Griffith Park, and a few blocks from the 101 freeway which makes it very convenient.

You can also look at the Best Western Hollywood Hills Hotel on Franklin:

http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=05204

A decent place that's located near the Downtowner but just a hair nicer. On ground level there's the 101 cafe which is a really cool retro diner that was featured in the movie Swingers (go here for breakfast even if you're staying at the Downtowner). You're just a bit closer to the Hollywood area and also blocks from a cool strip of stores on Franklin.

Hope this helps!

Post #376960 by Tattoo on Tue, Apr 29, 2008 10:56 AM