The Bar/Lounge at Hotel Zoso

"The restaurant, Simon Kitchen + Bar, is casual (rich flatbreads, cocktails), stylishly decorated, and quite good, but then again, the many other choices of downtown lie just beyond the driveway, and the hotel is literally around the corner from the city's biggest strip of gay bars, which brings us back to the central appeal of this property: It's good for a party"

"Additional house offerings include the Rock Spa, Body Rock Center for working out, an outdoor pool, a poolside cocktail lounge and meeting and event spaces that range from the pool-view ultra-terrace and the Woodstock Room, which hosts concerts"

"Its 163 guest rooms are spacious and sophisticated, with minibars and upscale bathrooms -- though some guests complain of housekeeping and maintenance issues"