The Mosaic Hotel Beverly Hills

Hotel description

Los Angeles seems, at first glance, uninterested in subtlety. Here what gets noticed is the biggest, the boldest, the most ostentatious-and getting noticed is and end to itself. A stereotype? Possibly. But nevertheless, it’s a stereotype that is refuted by a place like the Mosaic Hotel.

This is Beverly Hills, where even the police station is a monumental landmark; and yet the Mosaic is an unassuming small hotel, just 49 rooms, tucked out of the way off of Wilshire Boulevard, in a quiet residential neighborhood. Once inside, though, it’s apparent that all this modesty is not intended to cover up any inadequacy on the part of the hotel.

The lobby is surprisingly warm and welcoming-no intimidating modernist sculpture or gigantic slab of marble, just a mahogany desk amidst the high-backed chairs of the library lounge. And the rooms are richly decorated in warm tones, a far cry from the dazzling white inflicted by more self-conscious hotels. The functional amenities are all present, including wi-fi internet and Frette linens, as well as some surprises one may not expect from such a small hotel, like 24-hour room service and a late-night gym. And apparently most of the nightly rate at those brand-name hotels goes to prop up the brand itself-rates here are quite reasonable, considering the plushness of the experience.