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Top 10 Los Angeles hotels: Options for all budgets

Barbara Delollis, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES - A guestroom at Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel.

A new Top 10 hotels list for Los Angeles gives travelers of every budget an option, with rates ranging from about $150 a night for a basic room to thousands of dollars for swanky suites.

The list was compiled for USA TODAY's Hotel Check-In by ReviewPro, a company that calculates hotels' scores by crunching consumer reviews from web sources such as online review giant TripAdvisor.

The No. 1 spot goes to the basic-looking, independent Magic Castle Hotel in Hollywood.

The most recent review on TripAdvisor says the Magic Castle is "reminiscent of the hotels of the '50s with the service of yesteryear. Where else do you get white-glove popsicle service poolside?" The hotel includes your Wi-Fi connection in the nightly rate.

Before we get to the full list, here are a few highlights:

  • Most affordable: The Omni in downtown Los Angeles, where TripAdvisor cites a starting nightly rate of $157.
  • Most expensive: The posh Four Seasons on palm-tree lined Doheny Drive on the Los Angeles-Beverly Hills border.
  • Hippest: The Redbury, located in Hollywood almost directly across the street from the landmark Capitol Records tower. Each spacious guest room contains a record player and a selection of vinyl records, and the hotel's restaurant Cleo with denim-wearing servers is a local favorite in hip Hollywood.
  • Most pet friendly: The Palomar Los Angeles-Westwood, which is part of the Kimpton hotel chain.
  • Newest: Mr. C Beverly Hills, a short drive away from the fashionable Rodeo Drive, opened in the summer of 2011 with Italian style from the Cipriani family (known for Harry's Bar in Venice and restaurants around the world).
  • Smallest: The contemporary, 49-room Elan Hotel at the crossroads of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.

The Top 10 list

1. Magic Castle Hotel ($201 and up)

2. Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills ($485 and up)

3. Mr. C Beverly Hills ($302 and up)

4. Omni Los Angeles at California Plaza ($157 and up)

5. Elan Hotel Los Angeles ($189 and up)

6. The Redbury @ Hollywood and Vine ($252 and up)

7. Sofitel Los Angeles ($260 and up)

8. JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE ($251 and up)

9. The Ritz Carlton Los Angeles ($380 and up)

10. Palomar Los Angeles-Westwood - a Kimpton Hotel ($200 and up)

LOS ANGELES - The stylish Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel has a piano in its lobby.

ReviewPro tracks more than 120 review sites and online agencies, including review giant TripAdvisor as well as travel agency sites such as Orbitz and Expedia. The firm tracks online reputations for an eclectic mix of hotel customers such as the country-kitsch Farmer's Daughter Hotel in Los Angeles and the luxurious Hotel Bel-Air in Beverly Hills.

Compare this list to TripAdvisor's

Given travelers' reliance on TripAdvisor, I wondered how ReviewPro's rankings compared with the online review giant's. In some cases, they're similar.

Here's the list of hotels listed in order of ReviewPro's ranking along with each property's TripAdvisor ranking.

1. Magic Castle Hotel: TripAdvisor's No. 1
2. Four Seasons Hotel: TripAdvisor's No. 2
3. Mr. C Beverly Hills: TripAdvisor's No. 8
4. Omni Hotel: TripAdvisor's No. 4
5: Elan Hotel: TripAdvisor's No. 3
6. The Redbury : TripAdvisor's No. 6
7. Sofitel: TripAdvisor's No. 12
8. JW Marriott: TripAdvisor's No. 16
9. Ritz-Carlton: TripAdvisor's No. 15
10. Palomar: TripAdvisor's No. 12

Top-10-ranked hotels on TripAdvisor that didn't make this Top 10 list are: The glitzy Beverly Hills retreat, the Hotel Bel-Air (No. 5 on TripAdvisor); Brentwood Inn (No. 7); Jerry's Motel (No. 9) and Rodeway Inn (No. 10).

Readers: Which Los Angeles hotels do you think should make a Top 10 LA hotels list?

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