Maison 140 is located almost exactly halfway between the ultra-high-end shopping of Rodeo Drive and the popular outdoor Westfield Shoppingtown Century City. When you step inside this boutique hotel, its European and Asian style, with deep color palettes and bold patterns, transports you to another place. But the guest rooms—equipped with amenities such as high-speed Internet access, Egyptian cotton bedding, Philosophy toiletries, flat-screen TVs with DVD and CD players, and in-room spa treatments, not to mention original abstract artwork—are all LA. The hotel’s bar, Bar Noir, decorated in black, white, and red, is just right for before- or after-dinner cocktails. Though the hotel doesn’t have an on-site pool, as a hotel guest you can use the pool at the Avalon Hotel (see), a half-mile’s drive away.

Maison 140 Amenities:

• 43 rooms. Check-in 3 pm, check-out Noon. Wireless Internet access. Bar. Fitness room. Credit cards accepted.