Somebody Loves Slogans Hotel

Last New Year's weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to stay in one of the best hotels I've been, The SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills. The Hotel features distinctive partners such as Sam Nazarian, Brent Bolthouse, Culinary Innovator José Andrés and New York's finest design Vanguard Moss. Definitely #1 in my list.

With designs by Phillip Starck, the creative mastermind behind SLS, a culinary program created by Chef José Andrés, curated retail by Moss the full collaboration is superb. The lobby is not your typical-hotel-lobby, but one step inside the lobby alcove and you know you're not in Kansas any more. The monkeys on the hotel's crest are a pretty good give-away. You're confronted by larger-than-life flower pots and a silver tea pot. Philippe Starck designed the interiors and much of the art. His playful touch is felt everywhere in the hotel.

SLS prides itself on being witty, hip, and clever. You get that from the way they twist-and-flip their "SLS" moniker slogans which can mean "Style Luxury Service," "Start Living Smartly," "Society's Latest Scandals," or "Shoes Love Shining."

I need say that they have the best ammenities EVER! From their round the clock excellent concierge services, car service within a 5 mile range around the hotel, fruit and Christian Lacroix designed H20 services within every hour.

Inside the guest rooms, prepare to have your vision of the traditional hotel room turned on its head. If you like predictability in your hotel rooms, then you should not stay here. The focus of the room is the bed. Apparently, [Phillipe] Starck wanted to create a sort of floating hotel bed. Thus the bed sits in a clear, but sturdy frame with two shelves jutting out from each side where a Macally Tune Pro iPod dock/alarm clock sits on one and a pen and pad sit on the other. The desk is located behind the bed and all that is in front of you is a 40" Sony plasma TV placed within a floor-to-ceiling black light box. It's SICK!

So I give it two thumbs up and a smile in each cheek. TOTAL SICKNESS!!!

SLS HOTEL
465 North La Cienega Boulevard.Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 246-2068    |    www.sls.hotels.com