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The Beverly Hills Hotel vs Sunset Tower Hotel

Sunset Boulevard either way, and each keeps its pool for guests. The Beverly Hills Hotel, from about $1,090, if you want the Pink Palace: the Polo Lounge, striped loungers by the pool and a bungalow in 12 acres of gardens; Sunset Tower Hotel, from about $595, if you would rather have a 1931 Art Deco tower, live jazz in the Tower Bar and The Comedy Store three minutes' walk away.

The Beverly Hills Hotel: The pool below the pink hotelThe icon

The Beverly Hills Hotel

The Pink Palace on Sunset Boulevard, open since 1912 and pink since 1948, where the Polo Lounge, the garden bungalows and a pool of striped loungers and pink cabanas still set the scene.

$$$$From about $1,090 a night

Choose The Beverly Hills Hotel if

  • A first Los Angeles trip
  • Old Hollywood and the Polo Lounge
  • Garden bungalow stays
  • Pool days with children

The catch

Extras sit on top of a four-figure rate. Beverly Hills hotel tax is 14 per cent and the hotel's other city and state levies bring the total to roughly 15.5 to 16 per cent, and parking is $70 a day, which you will want because almost everything is a drive.

Sunset Tower Hotel: The Art Deco tower above the pool terraceThe classic

Sunset Tower Hotel

A 1931 Art Deco tower on the Sunset Strip, with the Tower Bar downstairs and the city spread below the south-facing windows.

$$$From about $595 a night

Choose Sunset Tower Hotel if

  • Old Hollywood
  • Cocktail evenings
  • Couples
  • A first Los Angeles trip

The catch

The room rate is not the whole price. A nightly amenity fee of $52.43, tax included, is added to every stay, parking is by valet at $75 a night, and 16.695% hotel tax applies to the room.

Which of our lists each one is on

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Both hotels on the same scales

The Beverly Hills HotelSunset Tower Hotel

Under the radarSee and be seen
ClassicContemporary
Smart spendSplurge
InternationalStrong sense of place
Beach & pool optionalBeach & pool central
Central & walkableRemote escape
Food secondaryDestination dining

The Beverly Hills Hotel

Area
Beverly Hills, United States
From the centre
7.1 km
Airport
26 min from LAX
Price band
$$$$
Typical rate
From about $1,090 a night
Rooms
209
Last renovated
2021 (opened 1912)
Pool
Outdoor
Beach
None
Spa
Yes
Adults only
No
Restaurants
3
Parking
Yes
MICHELIN Guide
Three MICHELIN Keys (2026)
Selected by
Independent research
Last checked
October 2026

Sunset Tower Hotel

Area
Sunset Strip, United States
From the centre
3 km
Airport
27 min from LAX
Price band
$$$
Typical rate
From about $595 a night
Rooms
81
Last renovated
2018 (opened 1931)
Pool
Outdoor
Beach
None
Spa
No
Adults only
No
Restaurants
1
Parking
Yes
MICHELIN Guide
One MICHELIN Key (2026)
Selected by
Independent research
Last checked
October 2026

The verdict

Sunset Boulevard either way, and each keeps its pool for guests. The Beverly Hills Hotel, from about $1,090, if you want the Pink Palace: the Polo Lounge, striped loungers by the pool and a bungalow in 12 acres of gardens; Sunset Tower Hotel, from about $595, if you would rather have a 1931 Art Deco tower, live jazz in the Tower Bar and The Comedy Store three minutes' walk away.

Questions people ask

Good questions about The Beverly Hills Hotel vs Sunset Tower Hotel

The Beverly Hills Hotel or Sunset Tower Hotel?

Sunset Boulevard either way, and each keeps its pool for guests. The Beverly Hills Hotel, from about $1,090, if you want the Pink Palace: the Polo Lounge, striped loungers by the pool and a bungalow in 12 acres of gardens; Sunset Tower Hotel, from about $595, if you would rather have a 1931 Art Deco tower, live jazz in the Tower Bar and The Comedy Store three minutes' walk away.

Is The Beverly Hills Hotel worth it?

Book The Beverly Hills Hotel for the Polo Lounge, the pool and a building that has set the tone for Beverly Hills since 1912 and been pink since 1948, and choose a garden Bungalow Room over a bigger room in the main house. Budget for tax and $70 parking, and expect to drive to the beach and to Hollywood. A famous, very expensive and unmistakably Los Angeles hotel, where the pink building, the Polo Lounge and the pool are the point and the car is how you reach everything else. Expect company at the pool and in the dining rooms, and quiet on the garden paths.

Does The Beverly Hills Hotel have a pool or a beach?

It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.

Is Sunset Tower Hotel worth it?

Book it for the Tower Bar, the Art Deco tower and the city through the glass, and pay the step to a Studio Suite, asking for the south side, for room to enjoy it. Budget for the amenity fee and valet, and expect to drive to the beach. Old Hollywood still in use: an Art Deco tower on the Strip where the Tower Bar is the room and the city lies below the south-facing windows. It is dear before the fees, needs a car for everything beyond the boulevard, and has a small pool and no spa.

Does Sunset Tower Hotel have a pool or a beach?

It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.