An eye on: hotel dining

Friendly neighborhood joints—the newbies

March 20, 2008

 

Bistrotek
Room: Custom Hotel
Scene: An LAX-adjacent loft-style dining room.
Cuisine: American bistro fare with an edge, like on-the-bone Yankee pot roast and fried green tomatoes.
Locals-to-guests ratio: 70/30
What’s the view: Sorry, no windows. Enjoy the skylights and exposed ducts.
Valet tariff: $6 for two hours ($2 each additional hour), but the service is complimentary Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Amenities: The poolside Hopscotch lounge has a full bar menu and DJ lounge.

The Hall
Room: Palihouse Holloway
Scene: Guests in the hotel’s extended-stay “boutique urban lodges” brush elbows with WeHo’s fashionable set jonesing for steak frites.
Cuisine: Southern French brasserie fare done straight up.
Locals-to-guests ratio: 50/50
What’s the view: A leafy, walled-in patio courtyard and adorable Parisian-inspired outfits of the servers.
Valet tariff: $7
Amenities: The lobby lounge is decked to the nines in covetable sofas and accessories, and also provides an edited food-and-drink menu for the thumping after-hours crowd. A rooftop space, set to open in April, will be used primarily for large parties and private functions. Sorry to those of you who just want a room for the night: There’s a seven-night minimum.

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