The Restaurant at Viceroy Santa Monica

"YOU SHOULD KNOW The restaurant is closed for dinner on Sunday and Monday nights"

"There's no spa, but in-room treatments are offered from trendy Fred Segal Beauty; the restaurant, Whist, is excellent though needlessly pricey"

"You'll also enjoy the location, only a short walk to the beach and in the thick of the shopping, entertainment, and restaurant scene"

"The slick Cameo Bar and Whist, the restaurant helmed by Warren Schwartz, are hubs for the young and gorgeous (who love to catch sight of themselves in all those mirrors)"

"The bar hums with activity, though many drinkers take their cocktails to the bijou pool area out back; Whist restaurant provides sustenance"

"For a relaxing evening in, CAST restaurant serves a globally-inspired menu"

"A "hip bar scene" surrounding the "awesome pool" highlights this 1969 hotel "stunningly" redesigned by Kelly Wearstler into a "trendy" boutique ("if you like black-and-white decor with plates nailed to the wall, then this is the place for you"), though the restaurant is also "surprisingly good"; a "gorgeous" crowd makes for "great people-watching", the service is "attentive" and the "fantastic" rooms and location a block and a half from the beach don't hurt either"

"The recently redesigned and newly launched restaurant Cast serves chef Tony DiSalvo’s farm-to-table, globally inspired cuisine in an airy and polished dining room"

"Helmed by chef Tony DiSalvo, Cast restaurant uses local ingredients for dishes like burrata pesto crostini and grilled lamb with heirloom carrots and massaman curry"

"What happens next only ever occurs in the chicest of chic restaurants: the waiter brings me a black napkin because I’m wearing a black dress"