The name of this cheap but very cheerful hostel is slightly naughty, since it's not in West Hollywood at all. Still, the location is nonetheless excellent: close to both WeHo...

This unpretentious hotel underwent decorative renovations recently. Although it's still modestly furnished, it offers something most other Santa Monica hotels don't: free...

After a long run as a budget beach hostel, the pink Cadillac has been transformed into a boutique hotel by a new team. All the rooms, the lobby and the lounge have been...

Book far in advance for this four-floor, 260-bed Santa Monica hostel: the location ensures that demand is always high. The rooms more than cover the basics: the dorms sleep...

The rooms at the Beverly Terrace are smaller and less luxurious than other Beverly Hills hotels, but this mid-century spot does offer one of the best deals to be found in the...

This striking hotel is a dramatic mix of Morocco and Mexico, and oozes the kind of charisma after which boutique hotel designers flail but so often fail to achieve. Built in...

The individually designed rooms at this European-style B&B vary in size and character; the room rates all include parking and a full breakfast prepared by innkeeper/cook Patsy...

Once a luxury inn and later a Skid Row-esque slum, the decidedly un-ritzy Ritz was overhauled in 2003 and now rather optimistically sells itself as a low-budget 'boutique'. The...

Close to the Sunset Strip and yet enviably, surprisingly serene, the Secret Garden is one of LA's relatively few B&Bs. The operation changed hands a couple of years ago, but it...

This craftsman-style inn was built in 1911 by Warren Wilson, the owner of the now-defunct Los Angeles Daily Journal. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, it's been...