The Delphi Downtown La, Los Angeles

The Standard, Downtown LA has 207 rooms with minimalist appeal, platform beds, white Egyptian cotton bedding, extra-long desks, and walls and curtains with mod swirls and stripes of slate gray, mustard yellow and cream. Even the smallest rooms include queen-size beds with 100 percent Egyptian cotton bedding. Room features include big windows that open, table that seats six, separate water closet, and an extra-long work desk. Options range from 300-square-foot Medium rooms to the 915-square-foot Penthouse. The 590-square-foot Humongous room has space for just about anything.

The hotel's restaurant serves American comfort food like NY strip steak and eggs. Hermanos Coffee in the lobby provides espresso drinks and pastries. The most popular spot for a drink is the see-and-be-seen rooftop bar, which has striking views of downtown LA. Nightly DJs, food and special events have established the Rooftop Bar as one of LA's prized nightlife hot spots. Room service is available 24/7.

Guests can enjoy an outdoor lounge with fire pit, foosball table and ping pong table. The hotel boasts a rooftop pool, sundeck with cabanas and water beds, a pool bar with nightly DJs, pool tables and a gift shop. The 6,000 sq foot Rooftop offers views of Los Angeles and the mountains beyond. The sundeck boasts a poolside bar with nightly DJs. There is also a garden bar on the rooftop. The vibrant interior features yellow booths and a diner-style counter, as well as an outdoor patio complete with a water fountain that spouts flames. The gym has medicine balls, and stretching machines.

The Delphi Downtown La is in Downtown Los Angeles, near Grand Avenue's cultural corridor, with its art museums and performing arts venues, including the Walt Disney concert hall, a few blocks' walk uphill. The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is less than 1.5 km. The Standard, located between two Metro stops and blocks away from the Museum of Contemporary Art and the downtown library, continues to be geographically relevant for its youthful clientele. Beverly Hills Lily et Cie, widely regarded as the nations premier vintage clothing shop sparkles with Galanos gowns, Channel cocktail suits, and Judith Leiber bags On Burton Way. Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive ranks among leading shopping promenades worldwide with the likes of Armani, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Bijan, the latter by appointment only for 15, 000 mens suits and 50 socks.

All 207 rooms include 24-hour room service and laptop-friendly workspaces and air conditioning. Blonde & Brunette meeting rooms are the ideal space for your presentation, training session, screening, or small meeting. Minors are allowed if escorted by a hotel guest who is 21+ in the summer. PRP can do receptions for up to 150.