Los Angeles' ocean view hotel restuarants

At the Malibu Beach Inn, there are views of the restored Malibu pier and surfers beyond and Carbon Beach to the south. The waves literally come in just below the dining room's windows and the outdoor deck (above). (If you're a fan of HBO's "Entourage," the hotel's romantic ocean side deck was the location used for the lunch scene where Eric intended to propose to Sloane).

Further south in Santa Monica at the Hotel Shangri-La, in an Art Deco-styled dining room that faces Santa Monica's wide beach, chef Dakota Weiss' menus are always innovative.  (Check out the hotel's rooftop view in the photo above! Nice.)

Baleen, the Portofino Hotel &Yacht Club's harbor side restaurant, faces luxe sailboats and ocean cruisers docked in the Redondo Beach Harbor. Wild sea lions can sometimes be heard barking just offshore. 

Dinner with an ocean view -- that's just so L.A.

Malibu Beach Inn
22878 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA  90265
310-456-6444

Hotel Shangri-La
1301 Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401-1019
310-394-2791

Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club
260 Portofino Way
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310-379-8481

Ocean view Pierpoint Inn Ventura

Drinking tea and taking in the Pacific Ocean view. Waves are a light jade green today.


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WP24 bar at Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles

The setting:


The view:


Details: wine rack as screen


A warm glow:

Biltmore Coral Gables

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3/25/10

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W Hollywood nighttime scene

Score One for Mid-Century Los Angeles

Score One for Mid-Century Los Angeles

Century Plaza Hotel made the news this week: curvy 1966-built edifice was saved from demolition by preservationists. Will be revamped into a mixed-use project with some hotel rooms becoming condos.