The Hollywood Roosevelt

Best true Hollywood Experience. The staff is awesome. The hotel is very neat and unique, with lots of history and staff that are knowledgable and must really love the hotel. Location is about as good as it gets if you want to be right at the heart of the main Hollywood walk of fame area. The rooms were clean and felt relatively updated, nice tub/shower/bathroom. We got a pretty cheap room, so it was nothing extravagant, I am sure the nicer rooms are... nicer, but for the price I was happy with it. The pool area is great, and the other bars that we tried were also nice. Drink prices were high, but to be expected at a destination hotel. There was a lot of action too when we went, setting up for some filming on the top floor, taking down an outlandish production level set from a multi million dollar wedding, a movie premier right outside the doors.

This is a great historic hotel. They went out of the way to keep us up to date! For example, the day one elevator was being maintained they told us all that we could also use the service elevator. However, on the last day they had a penthouse event and they reserved an elevator for that. Why not add the service elevator? Also the spare room had no hostess but yet we were asked to leave our table because suddenly there was a hostess and reservations. Huh? The library bar on the other hand was an outstanding experience!!!

Great old hotel that has charm but doesn't feel too dated. Loved the lobby! Everyone single employee we talked to was helpful and kind. Valet parking was easy and convenient. Room was super quiet and clean. Housekeeping was very attentive. My only complaint and this is probably because I'm an east coaster was the pool "scene". Reserving chairs, not enough space, etc. My 14 year definitely didn't want to hang put or feel comfortable swimming. They have a cafe area at one end that would be great for some more pool chairs even though its not right next to the pool. One other thing is the elevator situation! They were super apologetic about it though. They only had one elevator running because of maintenance. We were on the 11th floor...