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Standard Hotel

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The Standard (The), in Los Angeles, is a 3 star inexpensive hotel. What travelers said they loved: "the view", "the service", "the people", "the atmosphere", "the pool", "the staff", and "the room". Sleep connoisseurs described the bed as "comfortable" and "great". Guests found the service "very good". The hotel is recommended by Gayot.com (it's on their Top 10 list for Hip Hotels). The hotel is near award winning restaurants, including Grace , Sona , and Bastide . Also nearby: CBS Television City , Tennis L.A. , and Robert Clergerie . Other local places to consider are Farmer's Daughter and The St. Regis Los Angeles.

Expert Reviews of Standard Hotel

Citysearch | Like an uber-hip spaceship, this futuristic coffee shop lends a touch of "2001" to the Strip.

The all-American diner gets a funky makeover--beaded curtains replace blinds and hard liquor spikes milk and coffee. Ghostly during daylight, this trendoid mecca heats up at night when runway-model waitresses...
citysearch.com - expert review - 12/18/2006
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Citysearch | Boutique motel that makes even shag carpeting chic.

Andre Balazs, hotelier of Chateau Marmont fame, has turned a former retirement home into the grooviest place to crash on the Strip (Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz are investors). Recognizing that...
citysearch.com - expert review - 11/08/2006
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Citysearch | Terminally hip diner-turned-bar for the jet set.

Every inch of Andre Balazs' Standard hotel is an exercise in surreal chic--from the scantily clad woman sleeping in the glass case behind the front desk to the fish hanging from the lounge ceiling. Lounge...
citysearch.com - expert review - 10/26/2006
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Hotelier Andre Balazs (ChA¢teau Marmont, The Mercer in New York and Sunset Beach on Long Island) has transformed this former retirement home on Sunset Strip into an affordable and playful high-tech hotel for...
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User Reviews of Standard Hotel

Yelp.com Review - by Mike A.

1.0 of 5 stars. This could be the worst hotel I have ever stayed at. Motel 6 has a nicer room. The pool was marginal at best. The staff were all complete assholes. Extremely overpiced! If I could give NO star I…
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jackie B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Me and my girl stayed here while we were in LA for the MTV video music awards. I didn't get to sit out by the pool, but it seems they had a pretty crackin pool/cocktail hr scene with a good DJ. My…
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Emily S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I've been there before and could care less for any place on "the Strip" but I have to say I had a pretty chill time. I highly recommend grabbing some friends and hanging out by the pool and ordering…
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Alex D.

4.0 of 5 stars. The food is good, atmosphere is v cool, and the restaurant is open 24/7 making this an ideal spot for an apres, or to sober up with some exceptional coffee.
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Don C.

3.0 of 5 stars. if it wasn't for location and the cool pool area with DJ and bar..oh and the coffee house, the hotel sucks and its looks like IKEA designed their rooms. Not really impressed for the price.
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lyndsay L.

2.0 of 5 stars. I like the decor, don't get me wrong. When I was 18/19, my friends and I threw a party here and met some homeless men on the street near by. We yelled at them, " party in room 154." Hours later, they…
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Glenn M.

3.0 of 5 stars. Meh. I think that is the perfect response for this place. Went here on a Saturday during lunch and there were maybe 2 or 3 other tables with people and definitely a whole lot of wait staff. I was not…
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Will M.

2.0 of 5 stars. $20 bucks for parking, $12 bucks a drink. Half empty club... totally not my scene! That's all I have to say.
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Claire P.

2.0 of 5 stars. Honestly, I don't know what to think of this place. I've been to the diner, and the lounge area and both are okay. The diner is O-K. It's better than regular diner food but [of course] overpriced. The…
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Alister F.

1.0 of 5 stars. Shit rooms, Shit service,
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by buntcake j.

5.0 of 5 stars. i know in l.a. looks / appearance awareness usually shape ones experience. duh. but imagine if it didnt. what would happen if you let go of that bullshit for a minute and just objectively reviewed an…
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott S.

3.0 of 5 stars. As the name suggests, you're getting standard American fare here. It's a bit pricier than Denny's, $8 for oatmeal and $3.50 for an iced tea, but the food is decent. Not great, just decent. For $12…
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jay S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Despite the small rooms I still love this place. Practically lived here at one point when DDALA was servicing the area. The 3 star ratings is, i think, a reflection of the Hollywood crowd's tendency to…
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Gerry K.

5.0 of 5 stars. Growing up in the 70's, I crawled around shag-carpeted floors and blissfully writhed around to funky groovy music. Just like hanging out in the Lobby of The Standard.
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Ben K.

4.0 of 5 stars. The atmosphere of The Standard is top notch and my favorite part was the incredibly comfortable king bed in the Sunset room. On top of that, I got a deal for $199 at…
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Adine L.

4.0 of 5 stars. maybe i'm biased because i used to go to the standard to see a hottie i met online. maybe i'm biased because everytime i've gone to the standard on sunset, something oddly entertaining and more than…
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Rosie W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Here's what I liked about staying at The Standard: * The hotel is more whimsical than ostentatious. The decor is cool and youthful but not lavish. The staff was friendly and efficient but not…
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Arryn W.

1.0 of 5 stars. Bridge and Tunnel crowd with really snotty posers working the door.
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Christian L.

2.0 of 5 stars. After grabbing some drinks at Libertine my friends and I decided to grab some food before we headed home. We decided to eat at The Standard's diner. Unfortunately, all three of us were very…
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Wood H.

1.0 of 5 stars. Staying at this hotel was the downside of my recent trip to LA. The staff was terrible; they just don't care - only the valets had some personality. The room smelled and the decor reminded me of a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Paul C.

2.0 of 5 stars. Fuck their 24/7 restaurant's mockery of a Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Yes to everything else.
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Joey C.

1.0 of 5 stars. I found The Standard to be a bit overrated. The color scheme in our room seemed a bit off. And don't get me started on the shocking fluorescent orange bathroom. When you look at the website you see…
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by John B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Went to the standard Saturday for a quick bite and drinks with some friends. I really like this place.. it's low key, ultra modern decor... a girl lays in a see through box at the entrance sleeping…
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by patty k.

1.0 of 5 stars. what a rip off! the lobby and pool area "look" interesting and modern but the developers really skimped on the rooms. the carpet is cheap industrial carpet and the bathrooms are old... it's as if…
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Augusta S.

2.0 of 5 stars. Ok, I have stayed at The Standard numerous times. Numerous times enough to realize that now as I embark upon this journey known as my Early Thirties - I just don't wear my skirts short enough, flat…
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Wendy P.

3.0 of 5 stars. Great location, but way overpriced. I guess it is supposed to be trendy, but it feels cheap.
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by George B.

3.0 of 5 stars. After an interesting and fun couple of hours at Bar Marmont, we headed to The Standard to see it in action. Unfortunately, I hadn't any dinner and a few too many cocktails, so convinced my friends to…
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jo T.

1.0 of 5 stars. this place is way too hip for me. whats with the live person couped up behind the glass? that's the kind of ish that gives LA a bad rap. the drinks are way too expensive, parking is bitch and the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by andy s.

4.0 of 5 stars. Andy D. from itsallinyourhands.tv invited me to his post-Oscar party at the Purple Lounge, which had psychedelic lights and Star Trek sci-fi furniture, like the Encounter. The music was loud and…
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Brandon C.

3.0 of 5 stars. Really three aspects of the hotel to review: Drinks:
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by beth m.

2.0 of 5 stars. I'm not sure what twisted universe spawned this craze of acting smug and discontent when you are out "having a good time," but this was the vibe all over The Standard Hotel.....I'm going to call it…
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by nicole f.

2.0 of 5 stars. What? Ok I am from San Francisco and maybe this has something to do with it, but are you joking? I was in town this weekend, so we opted to go out to somewhere that is suppose to be happening. NO,…
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Cait G.

5.0 of 5 stars. I've stayed at the standard Hollywood twice before and have plans to go back later this month and I love it there! ROOMS: Last time I visited, we were getting into LA around noon-ish, so I called…
yelp.com - user review - 02/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by eric f.

3.0 of 5 stars. The Standard. What a wonderfully ironic, self-referential, post-modern name for L.A. in a microcosm.
yelp.com - user review - 02/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Bobby Petronick P.

3.0 of 5 stars. First time I've ever been to The Standard or Purple Lounge...very cool. I am going to suggest to friends from out of town to stay there...I had a great drink at Purple Lounge called the Junior…
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2008
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Great first impression

Went to the Purple Lounge inside The Standard last night and was really impressed. I had never been inside the somewhat hidden club or the hotel until last night. Great drink selections, especially the Junior...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by David N.

5.0 of 5 stars. We had a b-day celebration at The Purple Lounge on a Saturday night and we enjoyed ourselves to the fullest. When we arrived we met the staff and were greeted very well. Our party had to be about 12,…
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by mazzy r.

1.0 of 5 stars. This is nothing more than a re-packaged Motel 8 hotel trying desperately hard to be tragically hip. This location is even worse than the downtown Standard hotel. The service has a serious attitude,…
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by ron j.

3.0 of 5 stars. A beautiful place spoiled by assholes. One of those places that will never live up to the pictures because of all the dickheads that work and frequent it .
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Skye R.

2.0 of 5 stars. I liked this place WAY better when it was an Old Folks Home. My friends and I would play ping-pong and shuffleboard out by the pool overlooking the city. Now it's all faux-hip, IKEA-decorated…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Smruti S.

2.0 of 5 stars. a big fat eh. Bouncer made a big deal of checking our name against a list when it was clear that the name was at the top of the list-I cold see it from 3 feet away. Decor was cool- would have…
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Bari H.

4.0 of 5 stars. I went to a reunion party here and I thought the decor was great!
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Joanna S.

1.0 of 5 stars. Kind of lame. If you want to get death stare'd by the servant dudes in white pants, be sure to order some french fries poolside. Oh my god, who DOES that on this side of town? Get me my fucking…
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Danielle C.

2.0 of 5 stars. If real life were like the movies, then as soon as we walked over to the pool area, i swear they would of cued up the crickets. What is the main attraction here to pay money to rent a towel and sit in…
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by shaun s.

4.0 of 5 stars. This hotel is hip, cool, and for the stylish young at heart people! If you don't get this hotel, you aren't any of the above.
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Tom E.

2.0 of 5 stars. Ever turned-up to a houseparty a little too late? Most people are gone, only the awkward people are left. How about doing a Larry David and turning up a full 24 hrs after the party ended? No-one is…
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Cin L.

1.0 of 5 stars. Ugh. This is the epitome of why I would never visit L.A. again. I came here about 6 years ago and I can't imagine it being any better since it was one of the lamest places I visited there. It was…
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by carlo m.

5.0 of 5 stars. i can't front.. this place is as hollywood as it gets.. but hey.. i spent 2nights of honeymoon bliss. if u can get over the wanna be hollywood g listers running around and the freaky chick in the…
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Trish F.

1.0 of 5 stars. "You know what you can do to get in." I felt like I was in some warped movie. Several of us had come to the Standard because it was the club closest to our car. Seriously. Well it was here or Saddle…
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris L.

2.0 of 5 stars. the review is just for the club. the doormen felt like it was their job to be a**holes. my friend and i waited....... and waited to get in. we finally gave up, and snuck in from the bushes. HOW GHETTO!…
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Brandon M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Every time I'm in Hollywood, it brings images of Paul Newman's character "Fast" Eddie Felson in the classic film "The Hustler". At The Standard, it really reminds me of "Fast" Eddie in the sequel…
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Stephanie M.

4.0 of 5 stars. First time in LA! This place reminds me of the bar at Trois in Atlanta, but better...Way better! I had to have had the best chicken quesadilla in my life here! Drinks are reasonably priced…
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Meghana A.

2.0 of 5 stars. This is place is so overrated and so lame. I'm used to the cushy comforts of hotels and this hotel was on Whitney Houston's whacky crack. It was equivalent to a cracked-out, cigarette smoking,…
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric M.

2.0 of 5 stars. 'You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.' The Standard is pretty much just that, standard. It is really a warmed over Motel 8 with a very cool looking lobby and rooms that go for the…
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Melissa K.

2.0 of 5 stars. So much swank. It's all for show.
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ani P.

2.0 of 5 stars. LAME! The pool does not blow my mind, neither does the view. The cocktails are good, just nothing to sing about. The food blows. A friend threw a brunch happy burfday gig and I made the mistake of…
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2007
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Good value and right on the strip

I was pleasantly surprised staying at the Standard. Customer service was fantastic (outside of one rude pool-side server). We were able to get a decent price on the room and really enjoyed the stay. The rooms...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris C.

1.0 of 5 stars. My first two reviews were too wordy. So, fuck this place.
yelp.com - user review - 10/26/2007
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A Nice Sandwich...

Go for the BaLT, stay for the chicks... I'l say it again - go for the BaLT, stay for the chicks.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Victor L.

4.0 of 5 stars. BEFORE I FORGET: THIS PLACE HAS COLT .45 40'S ON THEIR MENU. I JUST HAD AN ORGASM THINKING ABOUT THAT. So it took us about 10 minutes to figure out where the actual pool/lounge/patio was here, even…
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by jimbob b.

1.0 of 5 stars. No F'ing way man. This place is sad, not hip at all. The pool sucks, the blue astroturf is ugly, and the entire hotel, from the lobby to the pool to the bar to the restaurant and especially the…
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by summer r.

2.0 of 5 stars. I just stayed at The Standard this past weekend and man wish i hadn't. I've stayed at the one downtown several times and loved it...clean rooms, great service (let me check in at 6a.m once!), and a…
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by theo n.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place is not hip, unless your talking about hip fractures. Prior to a hotel, it used to be nursing home. Drooling seniors, pushed their wheelie walkers across the lobby past the…
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Barry B.

2.0 of 5 stars. The Standard is a bit...standard. And overhyped possibly. I guess in previous years it was the celeb hangout and place to go, but it all feels a bit too cool for school and industrialised now. By day…
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by sholom r.

5.0 of 5 stars. very nice hotel and there is a bar club lounge, its a great local bar to stumble to the bouncers remember you and treat you like a king and the pool during the day is beautifull you can go ther for…
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Suzanne S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I think Mark Twain called the post-reconstruction era The Gilded Age. Well the Gilded Age isn't dead yet. It's alive and well in Los Angeles and at The Standard Hotel. Reasonably priced and painfully…
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Mei Mei J.

3.0 of 5 stars. The food here is pretty good fancy snack food. Its great to meet some friends for some snacks and drinks before a show on the sunset strip. Its kind of cool looking lounge. But nothing too…
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Shelley H.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place has been around forever - and it shows. A once hip and happening hotel, it feels like a shadow of its former self. The poolside area still has a gorgeous view of Hollywood and the bright…
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by mary ann c.

2.0 of 5 stars. It looks like the sixties threw up on the lobby of this place... the furniture is regurgitated and bad........think overpriced thrift shopping on Melrose
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris P.

1.0 of 5 stars. I was not impressed with this place. Had drinks in the bar area with the Desert Mural. I think they were pumping hot air into that room to make it feel like a fucking desert. The drinks were all over…
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by art s.

2.0 of 5 stars. If your tastes veer toward the superficial and ridiculous, by all means consider The Standard. Before I go on, for context I should clarify that I am decidedly not hip, was staying at this hotel for…
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ria A.

2.0 of 5 stars. I've been here quite a few times and really it's not that great. The bubble chairs in the lobby are pretty cool and the random models that they have inside the glass box are slightly fascinating.…
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Amanda E.

4.0 of 5 stars. The Standard hotel is pretty much a fixture in Hollywood. I have been going to the Standard since it opened YEARS ago when I would try and pass through the front lobby on a weekend night with a fake…
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2007
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go for the BaLT...

Love the BaLT........Bacon. Acacado. Lettuce (no big thrill there). Tomatoes. And of course, there's usually hot chicks with not much to talk about .......go for the BaLT....
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Shanto K.

2.0 of 5 stars. I don't know what partof this hotel is intriguing, but I can't give you one. the only reason it has 2 stars instead of none,is first off I can't give it none, so we are up to one. But then since it's…
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Eli B.

4.0 of 5 stars. The Standard on Sunset has held up much better than the Standard Downtown; then again, it started off as simply a nicer hotel- better rooms, to begin with. Yes, it's a touch obnoxious, although most of…
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by nichole d.

3.0 of 5 stars. went here last weekend for the modular pre-daft punk pool party.....sounded like it was gonna be soo much fun. but i swear, i just don't get the standard in hollywood. the pool area felt like i was at…
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by John Eric S.

4.0 of 5 stars. During the week the rooms are decently affordable for the location, style and room amenities. I definitely dig the style and design and the convenience getting to/from your room and the…
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2007