The Latest News from the West Hollywood Travel + Tourism Board

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Stylish New Digs 

True to the “you do you” spirit of West Hollywood, the city's 19 hotels each boast their own distinct character, ensuring that visitors of all kinds will feel at home here. New to the West Hollywood hotelscape is the West Hollywood EDITION by Marriott International in partnership with world-famous designer Ian Schrager, bringing luxury and exclusivity from top to bottom – literally. Located on the Sunset Strip, the property features 140 guestrooms and 50 suites and 20 residences, plus a rooftop pool, basement club and signature restaurant led by Michelin-Starred Chef John Fraser, a lounge and full- service spa in between. Also debuting on the iconic Sunset Strip is the 1 Hotel. Featuring 235 guestrooms and 50 suites, including dual penthouses perched atop the city skyline and a rooftop bar, the 1 Hotel celebrates the natural California lifestyle with a conscious earthy design and dramatically sweeping views from floor-to-ceiling windows. 

New on the Menu 

Soulmate is a gathering place for the community of West Hollywood offering Spanish Mediterranean food over a live fire, where chef Rudy Lopez crafts a menu of inspired dishes that emphasize Southern California's seasonality. The bar experience, taking its cues from the restaurant's open-air layout, and designed by Sean Leffers Interiors, features a diverse list of vibrant cocktails imbued with flavors from local herbs and fruits. Soulmate's extensive wine list boasts a robust selection of sparkling options from vintage and grower champagne to varietals from emerging winemakers, offered both by the bottle and glass. 

Issima at Kimpton La Peer Hotel - Issima, derived from the Italian word “bellissima,” feels like you've arrived for a luxury European vacation, with blue and white decor and fringed umbrellas designed to whisk you away to the seductive beaches of the Mediterranean coast. Craft cocktails are named after beloved European hotspots like “Cannes” and “Santorini” with a menu to match—think raw seafood, seasonal vegetables, whole fish, and the lamb radiatore, a fan favorite. The main dining room indoors is now open, but the best seats are outside where you'll find a DJ spinning music poolside to remind you that this adults-only restaurant is the closest you might get to the Mediterranean coast in a while.

Bottega Louie, the bustling restaurant and patisserie that helped launch Downtown L.A.'s culinary renaissance, has opened its long-anticipated West Hollywood location. From 8 o'clock each morning until midnight on weekends, the European-inspired menu always offers exactly what you're craving, whether that's Belgian waffles, chicken parmesan, steak frites, or a squash blossom pizza. You won't want to leave without a box of the iconic macarons, available in a dozen flavors like Earl Grey.

Helmed by Top Chef Season 3 winner Hung Huynh, the just-opened Warrior lounge caters to the nightlife culture of West Hollywood, with an eclectic Asian menu of creative fare.

Michelin Starred Chef and California native John Fraser spearheads the West Hollywood EDITION's signature restaurant Ardor restaurant. Renowned as one of the best vegetable chefs in the world, Fraser's menu features an artful balance of produce and meats, using techniques from around the world and products sourced hyper-locally. 

In the new 1 Hotel, 1 Kitchen serves up truly California farm-to-table fare, as the restaurant is sustained by the on-site, 100% organic garden and beehive and the fresh creations of Executive Chef Chris Crary. 

Also new to West Hollywood is the highly anticipated Olivetta, led by Chef Michael Fiorelli, who is known to champion flavors of the Mediterranean from Greece to France, Italy and Spain. 

Fitness for Your Face 

With its first flagship store on the U.S. West Coast, Face Gym has opened in the 1 Hotel on Sunset Blvd. The latest innovation to West Hollywood's fitness and beauty regimen involves a bevy of “workouts” for the face, courtesy of the professional Face Trainers at Face Gym. The concept approaches facial rejuvenation beneath the skin's surface, targeting more than 40 facial muscles with massaging, sculpting and contouring exercises. From vitamin-rich treatments to electrical stimulation and deep detox, the Face Gym aims to give guests that post-workout glow in a variety of ways. 

The Fittest Clubs in Town 

Also new on the wellness front are two membership-based options that take the fitness culture of L.A. and blend it with the cool factor of belonging to an exclusive club. Remedy Place is a social club that promotes the balance of health and fitness through treatments like cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ice and sound baths and a host of other current modalities. Meanwhile, Monarch focuses its approach to balance beyond the physical, fostering fitness as well as personal growth and optimization. 

House of Health 

Health House, the first dedicated rowing studio that combines crew mentality with full-body burn, has hit the WeHo fitness scene. This is the place for anyone who wants to chisel from head to toe and only has 45 minutes a day to do it. High-energy and high-tech, Health House takes your goals to the next level. 

Dogpound Rocker Adam Levine helped bring this ultra-hip New York City trainer's gym to the West Coast in 2019, where its Robertson Boulevard location in West Hollywood now boasts a celeb clientele (think Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber) to match its high-profile NYC counterpart. With teamwork, positivity, philanthropy, and authenticity as its core principles, Dogpound creates customized, results-driven regimens for its clients to help them smash their fitness goals.

Shaking up the stale norms of the group fitness concept, the Sunset Strip's Rumble is a boxing-based workout studio with super-fun, high-energy classes that are ingeniously designed for folks at any level of skill and fitness. As newcomers learn in a quick five-minute orientation before every class, the six basic punches of boxing are utilized in a fast-paced format that incorporates cardio rounds at the bags along with strength training and conditioning rounds on the floor, all set to party music and emceed by Rumble's motivational instructors.

New Hotels

The new Pendry West Hollywood features 149 guest rooms, including 37 suites and an additional 40 private residences. In the heart of Sunset Boulevard, it lies at the heart of L.A.'s film, music, and cultural history—and pulses with an energy all its own. Every guest room is designed with classic sophistication, distinguished with a contemporary twist. Clean lines, brass accents, art deco–inspired light fixtures, and luxurious headboards pair with curated works of art and modern technology. Guests and residence owners have exclusive access to hotel amenities including a rooftop pool and bar, multiple chef-driven restaurants, multipurpose live entertainment venue, screening room, bowling alley, Spa Pendry, state-of-the-art fitness center, and art collection. Spa Pendry features world-class, modern skincare technology with a calming, healing environment. Pendry West Hollywood is home to Merois and Ospero from Chef Wolfgang Puck. Merois features Japanese, Southeast Asian, and French/California cuisine. Ospero has a relaxed yet refined menu, including breakfast staples, salads, vegan dishes, grab-and-go, a wood-burning pizza oven, and full bar.

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LAVO Ristorante - Tao Group Hospitality is excited to announce LAVO Ristorante, an Italian eatery opening in early 2022 on the famed Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. LAVO Ristorante arrives as an all-day dining destination and neighborhood favorite. For its 4th location, LAVO Ristorante is a re-imagination of its sister properties, designed for a lighter and brighter West Coast flagship, and an elevated dining experience to complement the Angeleno lifestyle and its discerning diners.

The menu, created by Chef Ralph Scamardella, highlights signature dishes from LAVO's New York location including the 1lb Wagyu Meatball, wood-fired pizzas, and house made pasta, alongside new items inspired by Southern California's local produce. Influenced by flavors from coastal southern Italy, Chef Scamardella has crafted a menu of traditional Italian classics seamlessly paired with seasonal, local dishes. Chef Scamardella has nearly three decades of experience working at some of the most esteemed restaurants in the world including The Plaza Hotel and Carmine's Restaurant. As the son of Italian immigrants, Scamardella developed an affinity for cooking with fresh ingredients early on, enjoying seasonal produce as staples in the family's Brooklyn kitchen.

The airy, 250 plus seat space, designed by Venice-based Studio Collective, is as intimate as it is cinematic and will transport guests from the Sunset Strip to a charming seaside town in Southern Italy. A bar-height velvet banquette at the entry is dotted with marble-topped cocktail tables and sits beneath a dramatic double-height skylight, complete with Italian, mouth-bloanwn glass chandeliers. LAVO's horseshoe-shaped bar – a nod to the Italianate architecture – evokes an effortless elegance through luxurious materials and refined details. Guests are welcomed into LAVO's expansive patio dining terrace via an arched doorway from the bar. The triple-height ceilings feature a large retractable roof and fully operable windows, creating an unparalleled alfresco dining experience. A mix of seating, including plush banquettes and tables, allows for hosting both large parties and romantic dinners alike. The bespoke furnishings and colorful palette of sensuous fabrics and feminine detailing evoke summer on the Mediterranean and glamour throughout. LAVO Ristorante will be a timeless gem that brings coastal Italian luxury to the heart of modern-day West Hollywood.

SOHO House Hotel - Los Angeles is getting another Soho House. The members-only club will open Little House West Hollywood at 8465 Holloway Dr., formerly home to the Palihouse hotel, in early 2022. The new spot will include 34 bedrooms, a lounge, office spaces and a restaurant. “We're excited to be able to provide rooms to people visiting West Hollywood. We've been asked for years by our guests for a place to stay with us in the area, but we wanted to find the right space,” Soho House CEO Nick Jones tells Variety. “It's a more intimate house, with a great rooftop, offering views of the Hollywood Hills and glimpses of downtown, which I am sure people will love.” Founded in 1995 in London, Soho House now has a portfolio that comprises 33 properties throughout the world, including Berlin, Austin, Mykonos, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Madrid, Toronto, Chicago, Mumbai and Hong Kong.