Review: Four Seasons Los Angeles At Beverly Hills (One Of The City's Best)

Amongst the regions hotels the Bel Air Hotel is pretty nice with only 148 rooms and suites, given its location and nice gardens. I also like the Beverly Hills hotel. People are surprised it’s actually 111 years old. The beverly wilshire and Chateau Marmont are also classics.

Great write up. My stay there (about a year ago) was just about the same. Everything about the hotel is perfectly fine and the service is what you expect from a FS, however with so many iconic hotels in the area, I'm not sure why'd anyone would pick this.
My only gripe - I see they are still doing canned water in the rooms. Can't stand that...

This hotel is fine but bland. The Peninsula remains my top pick.

Among those frequent the Beverly Hills area, the best is the Beverly Hills Hotel. Unquestionably. It's reputation for level of service is unmatched. Certainly, the other properties are nice. Certainly, the other properties have their look and feel. But, the BHH is in a league of its own. It's like in London. Among those who frequent London, the best is Claridge's. Unquestionably. Sure, the Ritz is nice. But, there is truly nothing that matches Claridge's level of service.

By the way, Marilyn lived at the BHH. Bungalow 7. Don't let the statue fool you.

And they will continue to have canned water. Plastic is one of the biggest polluters and microplastics are bad for your health (and mine). I’m an engineer and have worked on these issues so I do know what I’m talking about.

Drink the canned water or fill your reusable water bottle from the tap (water is fine in la) or the filtered water in the gym. It’s an easy way to help save the planet.

Puzzling framing to this article — I agree with the 4 seasons assessment, but you could easily find a stay at the Beverly Hills or Bel Air hotels to be materially more life changing.

I've been staying here on and off for 15 years. I agree, the location and service are very good. The rooms though, even after the renovation just prior to Covid, can't make up for the reality of the dated building. Low ceilings in the rooms, odd layouts in many, meh bathrooms, it just can't seem to escape a 1970's kinda feel to it. With that said, I still stay here at times if the rates are ok. The bar is lively and the pool area is always nice. It has a lot going for it in some ways because, as you said, it's LA and not the best hotel market out there.

Just, would it be hard to put two chairs on the balcony? They refuse but it is perfectly sized for two small chairs to allow for more than just standing there.

Honestly, these days, I love The Shay. Modern rooms, great food at Etta, fantastic location close to everything - including easy access to LAX...and Culver City is far more interesting than a residential neighborhood of BH. And you can book a suite with a nice furnished balcony for less than a standard room at the FS. (Not to mention Hyatt Points)

It's just stupid expensive! I have stayed a few times because of events held at the hotel. I just never understand how Four Seasons hotels can command such a premium?

The biggest advantage to FHR over the 4S program that isn't mentioned is the 5x points. Unless there's a rate discount, that makes it the clear choice to me every time (infinitesimally higher upgrade odds and room service breakfast aren't worth a ton imo)

Are you saying aluminum water bottles do not have a plastic lining?

They are common in carbonated beverages, in aluminum cans.

There is a difference between a true luxury hotel and an expensive hotel.

There must be something here that I fail to see.

To me, this looks like a perfectly fine four-star hotel with nothing special about it. If you book a room instead of a suite, it will not be large (supposing the room is half the size of Ben's suite). You have two overprized casual eateries and a basic pool. And that's it. So why would this place be "excellent" and worth a thousand dollars a night?

I would have to agree with that. The bedroom looks incredibly bland and I would have never guessed this is a Four Seasons.

My last stay was in a "room" - it was a corner room and based on the photos of Ben's bedroom in the suite, mine was much more spacious.
Not here to defend the hotel (my last comment was I don't know why you'd pick here over the other amazing hotels in the area), but it is a 5-star hotel, the pool area is really nice, the service was fantastic across the board, and the views from my room were much better than what you get from a lot of the other properties. It's a perfectly good stay - but when you are in Beverly Hills and have truly iconic places there that have a real sense of place, it makes no sense to me that you'd stay at the FS.

Staying in Beverly Hills is pretty underwhelming since it's hard to walk anywhere. Might as well stay at the Waldorf, which has very nice rooms (as opposed to the bland ones at the FS) and a great roof-top pool.