Shutters on the Beach

Santa Monica, Los Angeles

5 stars

A member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Shutters on the Beach is an award-winning establishment with a distinctly discerning clientele. Similar in style to a 1920s or 1930s beach resort, it is light, airy and luxurious with many works of art on show, including pictures by David Hockney and Robert Motherwell. Rooms and suites boast all the comforts of home and are very generous in size with great views of the ocean. Amenities include the gorgeous ONE Spa offering a wide range of signature treatments, including the Signature Facial with Augustinus Bader. There’s also a swimming pool to laze by and a well-equipped fitness centre with sauna and steam rooms. One Pico is the hotel’s fine dining restaurant, showcasing a seasonally changing menu of modern American cuisine. If a more laid-back atmosphere appeals, however, beach-side cafe Coast more than fits the bill and is open from morning until night. For afternoon tea and evening cocktails, look no further than the lobby lounge, a cosy, intimate space that is popular with locals and guests alike.

Amenities

Bar
Fitness Centre/Gym
Internet Access
Laundry Service
Restaurant
Room Service
Safety Deposit Box
Spa
Swimming Pool

Shutters on the Beach

Santa Monica, Los Angeles

5 stars

Amenities

Bar
Fitness Centre/Gym
Internet Access
Laundry Service
Restaurant
Room Service
Safety Deposit Box
Spa
Swimming Pool

“Great place, highly recommended, if the budget has no limits.”

Aug 22, 2026GuidoKarp

It's a great luxury hotel. As we live in LA, we rarely stay. Yesterday, our CPA appointment ran unexpectedly short and we bridged our time until dinner with drinks on their balcony. Service, ambiance (and view) and drinks we as nice as one would expect from a place like this. We were the only table who did not get chips with their drinks. Why "only" four out of five stars? Because of the chips? C'mon, gimme a break. Of course not. Without question this is a very upscale hotel. I try to avoid to combine this with upscale expectations - how could you rate this say against a $100-a-night-motel. The motel will always fall short. So in my rating world, when I go, the place as automatically three stars. If it had not, I would not go. Depending on the experience, regardless of the status of the place, I give it more, or ... less. The place is and was really nice and I highly recommend it. By pure definition, it sure deserves five stars. A five star hotel with five star service and five star prices. Now, having lived in the world of the rich-beauty-famous for most of my life, that alone does not impress me too much. If the five star hotel would fall short - and I have seen this, my individual experience may lead to two stars or less, and sadly, it happened. In this case, we loved it and would go again. BUT: to achieve five stars in my rating scheme, I need to be willing to make a 30+ min detour just to go to this particular place. And while ambiance, view & stuff was nice, it was not nice/ special/ outstanding enough to earn its five points. And after Shutters, I went to a place that was clearly worth five stars. A place I have been to often, in walking distance - and a place to I would drive an hour out of my way just to go. But that's another story :-)

“A Fine Celebration Weekend”

Aug 17, 2026prbrody

We combined a celebration of my mother's 85th birthday with dropping my son off for his freshman year of college into a weekend at Shutters. We arranged for a private birthday party in the Coast Restaurant in the private dining room, and we also gathered the whole family together the next morning for breakfast in our room with room service. The rooms, the service, and the food were all exceptional, and the hotel staff very consistently went above and beyond for the event. I've been visiting this hotel on and off for more than thirty years since I first came to Los Angeles, and it's really impressive how well they've kept up the standards!

“Great Family Get A Way”

Aug 06, 2026Resort619054

The Shutters is a wonderful experience the location, rooms ,staff and service were excellent. Expectations were high and they were exceeded. We had a small medical issue while there and the staff was so attentive and helpful!!! Along with providing what we needed without asking.

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