Gay friendly hotels in west hollywood

Choosing where to stay in Los Angeles can be an overwhelming task — it is after all the second largest city in the United States! However, being such a large city means you are guaranteed to find plenty of gay and gay friendly hotels in Los Angeles to suit your needs. Los Angeles is huge — I have heard it referred to being as large as a small country!

This is much more believable when you realize that the county of LA includes 88 individual cities, and over neighbourhoods. The best way to choose your accommodation in Los Angeles is to start by deciding which neighbourhood you want to base yourself in, depending on the places you plan to visit, or where you will spend most of your time.

LA is not the easiest city to get around — even using Uber and Lyft most short journeys take time given the heavy traffic. As a result, most people visiting LA will often spread their time across numerous neighbourhoods, both to save travelling backwards and forwards but also to experience different areas.

This was my first visit to Los Angeles, and for the purposes of the visit the below two hotels came highly recommended, one located in North Hollywood, close to Universal Studios, and the other in the heart of Hollywood itself. Both hotels were incredible and suited y needs perfectly — we are confident that you would have a great stay here too!

GAY AND LESBIAN HOTELS IN West Hollywood

The Garland was home for my first 4 nights in Los Angeles, and I felt very warmly welcomed and well looked after during my stay here. One of my favourite features of the hotel has to be the large outdoor pool, the perfect place to cool off when the Californian sun got a little too much. The Garland also has an onsite restaurant — The Front Yard — a casual and relaxed dining venue with a menu designed to showcase LAs diverse food culture.

West Hollywood is the epicentre of gay Los Angeles. A city in its own right, West Hollywood more commonly known as WeHo is home to gay bars, gay clubs such as the iconic The Abbey, restaurants, shops, and bookstores. How cute is that? Petit Ermitage also has a friendly rooftop pool with incredible views of Los Angeles, as well as poolside cabanas and a stylish cocktail bar.

This is a great location to be in; the hotel is surrounded by art, architecture, and fashion. The hotel has a mixture of stylishly designed guestrooms and suites, has an onsite restaurant, hour fitness centre as well as an outdoor courtyard pool surrounded by olive trees. And after a hard day exploring, guests can unwind at the complimentary wine hour from — each day!

In fact, the Andaz often hosts various events during LA Pride. The Andaz was the first hotel on the Sunset Strip and is perfectly situated as the gateway to Hollywood and Beverly Hills. The hotel offers both stylish rooms and luxurious hotels, some of which offer views of the Hollywood Hills and west downtown LA.

In the immediate vicinity of the Andaz hollywood will find art galleries, music venues, shopping, as well as many restaurants and bars. I have included the hotel in this section as despite the name the hotel is located within one of the neighbourhoods of West Hollywood City, but it is just a 5-minute drive from Beverly Hills, and less than a mile from the Sunset Strip.

The hotel has a beautiful rooftop terrace, complete with pool, poolside cabanas, a pool bar and even a rooftop tennis court! All the rooms at Montrose are suites, and they have all been recently revamped for an ultra-luxury stay. Plus, it is gay too! Beverly Hills needs no introduction — hotels located in the zip code are a favourite amongst luxury travellers, although you will need to be willing to pay a little more.

Beverly Hills is a great location to base yourself, as from here you can be at the coast of Santa Monica within 20 — 25 minutes, as well as head into the gay neighbourhood of West Hollywood in less than 15 minutes driving time for both.