Shutters on the Beach

05/04/2008 Posted by weldonsphotography

Shutters is a great spot for a wedding. I've been a wedding photographer for many years and just love the way shutters looks in print, my couples love it and it makes a great setting for a beautiful wedding. I highly recommend shutters and suggest you visit their locations before making a choice. Some images can be viewed on my site at weldonsphotographydotcom

Pros: Ambience

Cons: Books fast

09/14/2007 Posted by timtest

Shutters on the beach is an awesome place to be. The chicks are hot, the service is good, and the food is awesome. I absolutely love this place. definately coming back again. specially since this is where i met my wife Daisy.

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07/09/2007 Posted by jenniferkuban

I was given a $900 giftcard to Shutters&used it to spend the weekend there with my 8 yr old daughter on 6/29. I should have sold the giftcard&stayed somewhere else. I think Shutters gets high ratings because of the lack of options at the beach, not because of its excellent standards of service. If you want to be at the beach, stay somewhere where they are more courteous & professional. Don't stay at Casa Del Mar-it's the sister hotel of Shutters&is equally disappointing. Now, I may have high expectations, but I feel that when you stay at hotels such as Shutters, you want to relax & feel catered to (at $600 a night, I don't feel like that's a lot to ask). But I encountered numerous problems during my stay there. 1st-the valet staff is extremely discourteous. I invited 2 girlfriends to have lunch with me at the hotel. The 1st to arrive, a housewife driving a Honda with a 2 month old infant crying in the back was told to "Go find street parking" because she was "not a guest of the hotel" - when she explained she was visiting a guest they told her it didn't matter. She was unable to find other parking & had to turn around & go home. My 2nd friend to arrive (only 5 minutes later), a model driving a nice Cadillac sports car, was fawned over and welcomed by valet. Then, on the day I checked out, valet did not bring my car for 21 minutes. When they finally did, they didn't bring it to me, they parked it off to the side & ran off with my keys. When I asked why they did that & could I please have my car, the manager yelled at me that they were busy & that I had not been standing there (which was a lie). I was forced to call the front desk and ask them to come outside & sort out the problem. Last, I handed the gift card in upon checkout & was told their "system was down" so I had to leave it there. 2 days later, I saw that the entire amount had been charged to my credit card & none of the gift card had been applied. Management still has not resolved the issue & are impossible!

Pros: Nice rooms (if you can spend the extra $200 for the ones with views) - One Pico is a good restaurant

Cons: Valet is terrible & will yell at you in front of other guests - management & accounting are incompetent

06/23/2007 Posted by lucybeauty

this place is very lovely and the staff is too. we had a lovely stay. the restaurants are under constrction so it is hard to get a meal

03/25/2007 Posted by ejergens

I got married here and it was beautiful. Honestly though, planning the wedding was a little difficult. I felt as though the wedding planner was a bit curt and it made me very uneasy, it was my wedding I was planning, a HUGE deal. I think she should have been a little warmer. But it turned out to be the most wonderful night of my life. If you marry here, get the seafood display for cocktail hour. It will impress the heck out your friends and family. The best part is, you need not decorate, you save a fortune in flowers etc...because the backdrop is the beach. My friends and family still talk about it! It was really my "dream" wedding through and through. Everything I could have ever imagined, including a drunk as hell father of the bride!

Pros: ROMANTIC AND BEAUTIFUL

Cons: oh so expensive, average for this area though

02/05/2006 Posted by stantheman310

Wife and I stayed a at Shutters for a little getaway. Wife wanted a little vacation from the ho-hum. Rooms were nice. but the best are the lemon ricotta pancakes at the resturant downstairs. price was $14 per plate, but worth every penny. My wife and I would stay again for sure.

05/09/2005 Posted by vegakrush

Shutters on the Beach is a BEAUTIFUL hotel. Our room had a gorgeous view of the Santa Monica pier. Each and every employee of the hotel we encountered treated us with respect and a smile (and every attempt was made to fulfill any request we desired) At the time we visited, the hotel was undergoing some construction right above our rooms , so it was a bit noisy which was the ONLY drawback during our visit.

Cons: noisy

11/19/2002 Posted by dragon176

The rooms and suites are all white, as is the hotel. Great food at both Pedals (casual outdoor patio dining) and 1 Pico is great for special occasions.

10/17/2002 Posted by itsmydime

There are not enough words to express the quality of this hotel and its staff. I moved here from NYC and was fortunate enough to stay for awhile here. I recommend this hotel to all. The staff should be applauded

06/14/2002 Posted by manure

go to shutters for a drink or dinner. or hope that your friends from out of town stay there so you can visit.... top notch. best place on the ocean

Pros: great rooms, great drinks, great location

Cons: expensive