Viceroy - Santa Monica

07/01/10

Al Forno Fridays is on fire!

by mtcoolum

Tried the pizza poolside last Friday, first date of this new summer special. Going back next weekend with out of town guest for sure! Chef was cooking poolside, the vibe was fun (always is at Viceroy) and the pizzas were delicious - they had me at burrata mozzerella. Great selections of chilled beer too - chat with the Chef and he'll point you in the right direction!

• Pros: Delicious wood fire oven pizzas poolside

06/22/10

Viceroy Hotel Santa Monica

by suzyq1

I am sooo sad to say that best part of the Viceroy Hotel was the Friday recession Happy Hour...from 2 - 6. It turns out it was only in 2009. This was a 2009 Summer special. I recently read they had it back and called the hotel to confirm because I plan events all the time and was very sad to say they are not bringing it back. So CITYSEARCH needs to confirm the specials. They are no longer doing it this year. Instead they have another special called, Al Forno Fridays. Its not as exciting as the previous special, and no way near as inexpensive. It like any other pool bar :( citysearch, please check into what you print.

• Pros: FRIDAY RECESSION HAPPY HOUR 2009
• Cons: NO FRIDAY RECESSION HAPPY HOUR in 2010

05/25/08

Worst Boutique hotel!!

by puddingyy

I have stay at many different boutique hotels before, like The Keating at San Diego, Hotel Adagio at San Francisco. At Viceroy, I had the worst experience ever. The interior design in the hotel room is stylish but cheap looking. In our hotel room, we can hear people walking above us, and we can hear people knocking next door and it feels like people are knocking on our hotel room. The bath design is the worst, the shower area is half way cover with glass wall and water were all over the bathroom after shower. There is no plasma TV in the room and if you want to use the internet it?s 99 cents per minute. Overnight parking at Viceroy is $29 per night. For King Size ocean view room is $499 per night over the weekend. My boyfriend and I stayed at Viceroy over the Memorial weekend, you would imagine that ?ocean view? room is next to the ocean and you can get the whole view of the Santa Monica pier?..WRONG. The hotel is not literally ?next? to the beach, through our window we can barely see the ocean and there are other buildings are blocking the view. It doesn?t feel like that we have the ?ocean view? room. If you want to stay at a Boutique hotel, Viceroy is not the hotel that you want to spend $500 per night to stay at. For sure it will be my first time and last time staying at Viceroy.

• Pros: Unlike regular hotels, it's well design with stylist interior design
• Cons: it's not worth to spend $500 per night to stay at this hotel

11/28/07

Comfortable

by jag98

The Viceroy is a great place to relax and just hang out! The pool area is calming and peaceful. u can order drinks pull side and just chill. The staff is amazing and very informative! The concierge service rocks and always helpful! I'm treated like a celebrity every time!! Everyone is amazing! The service is great! The hotel is a place to be seen! Its charming and ostentatious without attitude! The Valet is good! The guys really have it together! The rooms are very nice! The shower does leak due to the slight flaw of the glass door ask for two or three towels! loool! but its true! The rooms are comfortable and clean! Many Celebrities hang out or stay at this hotel! Its worth staying and checking it out! I go every summer and its in such a ideal location! live life and go VICEROY SANTA MONICA! Jag

• Pros: Clean, friendly staff!
• Cons: More control over non- guests during weekends! (bar)

11/25/07

Overpriced, pretentious, bad drinks, but pretty.

by tumblebird

Once you get past the $16 parking, and equally expensive drinks, it's pretty inside. We went to get together with a friend who got engaged. But one of us couldn't get in. They waited in line outside for an hour and finally left. And the place was more empty than full. Clearly the line was for show.

My glasses of mediocre Syrah were $15 bucks a pop, which I had to go inside to get, because the server couldn't be bothered to come by to take our orders. My friend had a $30 mojito. God knows why he ordered it, but it was less than stellar. I suppose he felt he had to because the $15 or so mojitos were awful.

If you love pretension and a nice atmosphere, but not too showy, than perfect. Very nice place.... for half the price and if the service was better. All in all, I'll pass in the future. Enjoy. Hope they let you in.

P.S., We're not cheap and dress nice. So, it wasn't a place out of our league. I've been to places just as expensive that were worth it. We just found more wrong than right.