This citified Ritz-Carlton is on the 23rd and 24th floors of a 54-story tower within downtown's L.A. Live entertainment complex. No antiques or gilded mirrors here, rather skyline views through expansive windows, blond woods, and smartened-up amenities such as flat-screen TVs-one hidden in the bathroom mirror. Within steps of L.A.'s vast convention center, the Ritz has its own small lobby and...
Opened in February 2010, the Ritz is notable because of its location next to L.A. LIVE, a vast entertainment complex that includes the Staples Center, the Nokia Theatre, and more than a dozen restaurants, in a newly gentrified area of Downtown L.A. The Ritz comprises floors 22 to 26 of a property that it actually shares with the JW Marriott, which represents the high-end branch of the Marriott...
It's a Ritz, so you know the drill: 123 elegant rooms done up in sophisticated neutral palettes, marble bathrooms with rain showers and flat-screen TVs, and a staff that bends over backward to please. Because of its downtown location next to the convention center, the clientele can feel all-business, but it's certainly not all about work here; the rooftop pool club, Blue, has some of the best...
L.A. is known for its epic views, but the towering Downtown Ritz-Carlton has that going on in spades. It's in the South Park neighborhood, where it dominates the vista. Look across to the ocean or down to the scurrying ants at the L.A. Live complex, the most mall-like spot Downtown. It's a Ritz, so you know what to expect: stuffy elegance.