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Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica

Address: 101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA, 90401 | Map It
Phone: 310/576-7777; 800/257-7544
www.fairmont.com/santamonica

Price range: $$$$
Location: Santa Monica, Venice, and Malibu

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 3.8/5

Fodor's Review:

A mammoth Moreton Bay fig tree dwarfs the main entrance; the modernized lobby bar opens out to a heated patio. Fig, the hotel's new restaurant, emphasizes local and fresh ingredients. Low-rise and extremely luxurious, residential-style bungalows, built between 1920 and 1946, are outfitted like minimansions, complete with butler service—a favorite of visiting VIPs. Standard rooms in the 10-story tower have no room to spare, but they do come with beautiful ocean views, alabaster light fixtures, carved wood armoires, Bose stereo systems, and down duvets. Ecoconscious efforts include free parking for hybrid vehicles and "green" meetings. Pros: walking distance to beach and Third Street Promenade shopping and dining. Cons: pricey in-house dining.

Hotel Details: 251 rooms, 51 suites, 32 bungalows
In-room: safe, refrigerator, Internet, Wi-Fi.
In-hotel: restaurant, room service, bar, pool, gym, spa, laundry service, Internet terminal, Wi-Fi hotspot, bicycles, parking (paid), no-smoking rooms, some pets allowed.
Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V

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Member Reviews and Ratings

Reviewed by mscarls from Carlsbad, CA on 1/1/08
We stayed right after Christmas in a 7th floor Ocean Tower room. It was a nice sized room with a comfortable bed and good shower. We really enjoyed the balcony with its ocean and mountain view. There were some palm trees slightly obstructing the view, but the hotel gets an "A" for mentioning this on its web site when describing the rooms.
On the other hand, the web site said there were coffee makers in the rooms, but we discovered they had been removed recently.
The location was very convenient to the beach, the pier, shopping and good restaurants.
The hotel is expensive but so are all of the quality hotels in Santa Monica. I did think $28 a day for valet parking was excessive, but again, by checking the web site and/or talking to the reservations clerk, I was warned.
I would do some price comparisons but be willing to stay there again.