A gussied-up Best Western, the Carlyle is adjacent to Beverly Hills and Century City. Popular with an older crowd, rooms are on the small side, enlivened by bold gold and brown patterned bedcovers. Bathrooms are efficient shower-and-tub combinations and sparkling clean. Exposed outdoor walkways lead to rooms at this five-story pocket hotel.
On an uneventful stretch of Robertson Boulevard just south of Beverly Hills, this four-story inn is one of L.A.'s best midpriced finds. Making the most of a small lot, architects have created an attractive interior courtyard, which almost every room faces, that gives the property a feeling of openness and serenity that most others in this price range lack -- not to mention good outdoor space...
Contemporary urban style in an unassuming Westside property.:
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Defying its mall-like, pink stucco exterior, this pleasant boutique hotel is stylish on the inside. It is named after the 19th-century poet Thomas Carlyle, who was known for...