Introduction <br>On arrival, guests experience the red carpet entrance leading to the front doors, with iconic green and white striped awnings and lush banana leaves. With just 185 rooms in a large three-story main hotel, and 23 unique bungalows spread throughout the grounds, the property is both grand and intimate.The best surprise of my trip, I spent my final night at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Built in 1912 before there was even a town called Beverly Hills, the hotel celebrated its centennial last year. Interesting fact: the hotel was named after Beverly Farms, the midwestern farm of the first owner’s wife, and the city took its name from the hotel. Located on 12 acres of tropical gardens “halfway between Los Angeles and the sea,” the Beverly Hills Hotel (aka “The Pink Palace”) is a self-contained urban oasis with the largest hotel pool in LA. Room <br>Standalone bungalows are situated on winding paths throughout the 12 acre property, perfect for guests who desire more seclusion and privacy. Each bungalow has a story, with many famous Hollywood figures having made their homes here at various times over the years.Lead-in Superior rooms average 400 sq ft, Deluxe rooms about 525 sq ft, and Premier rooms about 615 sq ft. First floor rooms in each category provide a higher “outdoor patio” category which you should bear in mind when figuring out the Diamond Club’s guaranteed “upgrade at booking.”<img alt="" src="/forum/hotelreview/uploads/userreviewimages/24793/images/Dorchester%20new%20%20201306.jpg" style="height:240px; width:320px">We were shown a model of one of the new Deluxe rooms. Though trimmed with updated furnishings and colors, the room nonetheless preserved a sense of the hotel’s historical past. A large wall-mounted flat screen TV was mounted on the wall opposite the bed (as opposed to a smaller flat screen on a pedestal in the armoire in my pre-renovated room). The new room’s desk provided convenient desktop access to power receptacles, computer connections, and other modern necessities. The remodeled bathroom preserved the hotel’s beautiful pink marble, essentially updating the wall treatments.<img alt="" src="/forum/hotelreview/uploads/userreviewimages/24793/images/Dorchester%20old%20%20201306.jpg" style="height:240px; width:320px">The Dorchester Collection offers iconic traditional hotels that do not feel dated or fuddy-duddy, and this is the case with both of their LA properties. I stayed in an extremely spacious Premier room. A wall of windows provided lots of natural light. Styling was traditional yet tasteful — the color spectrum including shades of green, brown and gold — with a sitting area, desk, and walk-in closet. The large pink marble bathroom had a large double vanity with a lot of usable space for two guests, soaking tub, step-in shower, and a WC.