Palihouse West Hollywood

Palihouse West Hollywood

Thirty-seven rooms are all Palihouse West Hollywood has, and that number does the work: the fireplace in the suites, the balcony off some rooms, the bathrobe waiting on the bed, none of it gets lost in a lobby built for a thousand check-ins. The hotel sits within walking distance of the Farmers Market, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Hollywood/Highland, so a morning without a car is entirely possible. Inside, the day runs on a restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop, and at night the nightclub takes over, which suits a guest who wants her evening to start downstairs rather than in a cab. A dog can come along for a fee, and a business center and conference space sit ready for anyone folding a meeting into the trip. What sets it apart from other boutique hotels nearby is that fireplace: a room-level fireplace is not something most 37-room West Hollywood properties bother with, and it changes the mood of a stay from transient to lived-in. This is not the address for anyone chasing a resort pool or a gym circuit; there isn't one listed here, and parking runs forty dollars a night on top of the room. Breakfast is not automatically included either, so check the rate before assuming it is. What it offers instead is scale kept small and a location that lets the neighborhood do the entertaining. For a woman who has stayed in enough hotels to know that lobby size and guest comfort are not the same thing, that trade is the whole pitch. Palihouse West Hollywood keeps it to 37 rooms, a fireplace in the suites and a bar-restaurant-nightclub run that starts before dinner and doesn't stop. Walk to the Farmers Market and LACMA, skip the pool that isn't there, and budget for parking and pets. Small hotel, big neighborhood.