A beach house on the sand, a suite across from Palisades Park or a room high above downtown: with us you find the luxury hotel in Santa Monica that fits you, with personal advice from our travel advisors. Anyone booking through suitespot receives, depending on the hotel, benefits such as breakfast for two, a room upgrade subject to availability, hotel credit and VIP service – worth around €500 on average for two nights.
Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica · DowntownFor couples who want the ocean at the door, we recommend Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, a beach house set right in the sand where dogs are welcome too. Spa lovers and food lovers book Regent Santa Monica Beach, with a Guerlain spa and a Michael Mina restaurant. History buffs stay at Casa Del Mar Santa Monica, a beach club from 1926, and anyone who needs space will find nothing but suites around a garden pool at Oceana Santa Monica.Which of the best hotels in Santa Monica suits your days on the Pacific? The best-known addresses appear side by side here, each with its location, its suitespot score and the price per night. Our recommendation: if you want to walk barefoot to the water in the morning, stay at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica; if you prefer to see the bay from above, book Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica by Palisades Park.
| Hotel | Location | suitespot score | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica | Downtown | ★ 4.8/5 | 439 € |
| Casa Del Mar Santa Monica | – | ★ 4.6/5 | 526 € |
| Huntley Santa Monica Beach | Downtown | ★ 4.3/5 | 405 € |
| Regent Santa Monica Beach | Pier | ★ 4.7/5 | 1366 € |
| Oceana Santa Monica | Downtown | ★ 4.5/5 | 732 € |
| Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica | Downtown | ★ 4.1/5 | 458 € |
| Sandbourne Santa Monica | Ocean Park | ★ 4.0/5 | 285 € |
| Santa Monica Proper Hotel | Downtown | ★ 4.4/5 | 422 € |
Hand-picked by our travel experts: every hotel in Santa Monica with the benefits that are included when you book through suitespot, its nightly rate and our Score.
4.8I PreferOne Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States
4.6I Prefer1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States
4.3I Prefer1111 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90403, United States
4.7IHG One Rewards1700 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401, United States
4.5Hilton Honors849 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403, United States
4.1ALL (Accor)101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401, United States
4.0Marriott Bonvoy1740 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401, United States
4.4Marriott Bonvoy700 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
Many of our partner hotels in Santa Monica offer special conditions bookable via suitespot – from free nights to discounts on longer stays. Your suitespot benefits (breakfast, upgrade chance, hotel credit) apply on top. Worth singling out: Fourth night free (on selected room categories) at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica.
| Hotel | Offer | Bookable until |
|---|---|---|
| Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica | Fourth night free (on selected room categories) | April 24, 2027 |
Since October 2024, Regent Santa Monica Beach has welcomed guests to a building stripped back to its shell and redesigned from the ground up. Where 347 rooms once stood, there are now 167 rooms and suites, and even the entry category measures 720 square feet. Butler service comes with the stay, and down on the sand a Beach Butler looks after you.
Regent Santa Monica Beach · PierThe rebuild also brought the Guerlain Wellness Spa, the restaurant Orla by Michael Mina and Ayesha Curry’s Sweet July Café, serving coffee, pastries and light California fare. House cars are on hand for trips around town.
At Oceana Santa Monica, the brasserie La Monique opened in October 2025 in a room designed by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio: chef David Fricaud serves seafood towers and steaks up to A5 wagyu. Ever since the 2021 renovation, the 70 suites have been dressed in Frette linens and Loro Piana bedding.
Whether you swim laps or would rather soak up the sun, the pools at the luxury hotels in Santa Monica could hardly be more different.
Casa Del Mar Santa MonicaOcean views: The heated pool at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica sits on the upper level of the beach house, with a whirlpool, a fireplace, private cabanas and loungers facing the Pacific; in season, the pool bar brings drinks to your lounger. At Regent Santa Monica Beach, the Azure pool occupies a raised deck above the beach, and the Azure Bar is reserved for hotel guests. The Palm Terrace Pool at Casa Del Mar Santa Monica is compact, more for cooling off, with a whirlpool and sea views.
Greenery instead of surf: Olive trees and daybeds frame the heated Garden Pool at Oceana Santa Monica, where The Veranda serves everything from breakfast to dinner. At Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica, The Miramar Pool lies among palms, and the Poolside Kitchen brings lobster rolls, shrimp cocktail and salads to the shaded loungers.
Guests of Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica can use the Miramar Beach Club, where butler service takes care of the day by the water. Oceana Santa Monica also has a Beach Butler, plus beach cruiser bikes for a ride along the shore.
A spa like a house of its own: The Guerlain Wellness Spa at Regent Santa Monica Beach covers 10,000 square feet. It has twelve treatment rooms, including a VIP suite for two, plus a champagne room and separate lounges with a plunge pool, sauna and steam room. The signatures are the Skin Perfection facial and the Crystal Vibes sound bath.
Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica · DowntownThe two sister houses on the beach: At ONE Spa in Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, the menu runs from hot stone massages and HydraFacials to the 60-minute Traveler’s Remedy Ritual. The Sea Wellness Spa at Casa Del Mar Santa Monica works with Omorovicza products, has a room for couples and offers yoga right on the beach.
No booking fee: the benefits simply come on top of the rate you book.
Heat and cold: Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica has an infrared sauna at EMWell Spa, along with a salon and Lloyd’s Barbershop. Smaller luxury hotels in Santa Monica play with heat and cold too: the Huntley Santa Monica Beach has no spa in the classic sense, but its Wellness Lounge offers saunas, a cold plunge and a saltwater whirlpool.
Dining by the water: 1 Pico at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica pairs coastal California cooking with the traditions of Naples: handmade pasta, fire-grilled steak and fish, and a wine list that holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. On weekends, there is brunch. Next door at Casa Del Mar Santa Monica, Terrazza looks through floor-to-ceiling windows onto the Pacific and the pier, from breakfast to dinner.
Oceana Santa Monica · DowntownFor food lovers: At Orla by Michael Mina in Regent Santa Monica Beach, the chef draws on his Greek and Egyptian roots, desserts arrive on carts and the private dining rooms take their cue from the Odyssey. At Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica, just eight guests sit at the Soko sushi bar, where Masa Shimakawa serves a six-course omakase; FIG next door is an airy bistro with a garden terrace.
Sunset drinks: In the Living Room at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, live music plays as the sun goes down. The Bungalow at Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica is a bar in a 1947 beach house, with ping-pong and an ocean-view deck, and from the Sunset Terrace rooftop at Oceana Santa Monica you watch the sky change color over the Pacific.
On the 18th floor of the Huntley Santa Monica Beach sits The Penthouse, with views all around over the Pacific to the Malibu mountains. Sunset cocktails at the bar need no reservation: first come, first served.
On May 1, 1926, today’s Casa Del Mar Santa Monica opened as Club Casa del Mar, a private beach club for Hollywood’s elite, built by Charles F. Plummer in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. After decades of changing uses, the owners of Shutters restored it and reopened it as a hotel in 1999; since 2018 it has belonged to Historic Hotels of America.
Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comFairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica reaches back even further: in 1889, John P. Jones, one of Santa Monica’s founders, built his Miramar mansion here. In 1921, razor inventor King C. Gillette sold the estate to Gilbert Stevenson, who turned it into a hotel; Greta Garbo lived here for years. The mighty Moreton Bay fig in the garden dates from the mansion era, the 31 bungalows from the 1930s.
Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica opened in June 1993 on a site that had been home to private beach clubs since 1925. Works by David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns hang in its hallways.
Awards: Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, Casa Del Mar Santa Monica and Regent Santa Monica Beach each hold one Michelin Key and four stars in the Forbes Travel Guide.
Santa Monica Proper Hotel · DowntownSanta Monica Proper Hotel also holds a Michelin Key and is listed as “Recommended” by the Forbes Travel Guide, as is Oceana Santa Monica.
Santa Monica is compact, and many addresses are within walking distance of the pier. Among the luxury hotels in Santa Monica, the main question is whether you want the sand right outside your room or prefer to look down on the bay.
Huntley Santa Monica Beach · DowntownOn the beach, south of the pier: Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica stands on the sand at Pico Boulevard, with Venice Beach and the Third Street Promenade within walking distance. Right next door is Casa Del Mar Santa Monica, a few minutes on foot from the pier, and on Ocean Avenue Regent Santa Monica Beach, which also puts the Santa Monica Place mall close by.
Up by Palisades Park: Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica spreads over five acres on the bluffs where Wilshire Boulevard begins. Farther north on Ocean Avenue, Oceana Santa Monica looks out over the Pacific; the walk down to the beach takes about ten minutes.
No booking fee: the benefits simply come on top of the rate you book.
Downtown: The Huntley Santa Monica Beach stands on 2nd Street, two blocks from the beach and one from the Third Street Promenade; rooms from the 9th to the 17th floor face the ocean. On Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica Proper Hotel is our pick, with a Michelin Key to its name.
LAX is roughly 8 to 9 miles away; by car, the trip takes half an hour to 45 minutes, traffic permitting. At Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, the concierge books a sedan or SUV, and our travel advisors are happy to time the pickup to your flight.
Rates start at 284 € at Sandbourne Santa Monica, Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica begins at 438 €, Casa Del Mar Santa Monica at 525 €, and Regent Santa Monica Beach starts at 1,380 €. To see what your travel dates cost, check the hotel list further down.
| Luxury hotel | From | suitespot benefits from | suitespot score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbourne Santa Monica | 284 € | 1st night | ★ 4.0/5 |
| Huntley Santa Monica Beach | 405 € | 1st night | ★ 4.3/5 |
| Santa Monica Proper Hotel | 421 € | 1st night | ★ 4.4/5 |
| Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica | 438 € | 1st night | ★ 4.8/5 |
| Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica | 457 € | 1st night | ★ 4.1/5 |
| Casa Del Mar Santa Monica | 525 € | 1st night | ★ 4.6/5 |
| Oceana Santa Monica | 731 € | 1st night | ★ 4.5/5 |
| Regent Santa Monica Beach | 1,380 € | 1st night | ★ 4.7/5 |
What all eight luxury hotels in Santa Monica share: a breakfast credit every day for a maximum of two guests, a hotel credit, plus early arrival or late departure when rooms allow. All but one add an upgrade on arrival, also subject to availability, and none of the eight asks for a minimum stay.
Sandbourne Santa Monica · Ocean ParkBreakfast: The credit ranges from $20 to $60 a day. At Regent Santa Monica Beach it is $60, at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica and Casa Del Mar Santa Monica $40 each.
The hotel credit is worth a closer look: Most often it is $100. At Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica, you can spend it in the restaurant or at the spa. At Santa Monica Proper Hotel, it depends on the rate ($100 or $50), and from the Deluxe Suite upward, a two-night stay adds another $100 for the restaurant and bar, not combinable with promotions.
Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comLoyalty programs: You earn points and status benefits at all eight properties, spread across I Prefer, Marriott Bonvoy, Hilton Honors, IHG One Rewards and ALL (Accor). At Oceana Santa Monica, Hilton Honors even credits double points.
When to go: There is no wrong season for a 5-star hotel in Santa Monica. In summer, the pier and the beach path stay busy late into the evening; fall brings clear air and mild water; and in winter and spring the beach and the sunsets feel almost private. Book early for vacation weeks in summer.
Sandbourne Santa Monica · Santa MonicaHow long to stay: A long weekend at a 5-star hotel in Santa Monica deserves three to four nights: enough for a beach day, a bike ride to Venice, an evening on the Third Street Promenade and a day at the spa.
In Santa Monica, the hotels are spread across five loyalty programs, from I Prefer to IHG One Rewards. suitespot always books at the hotel’s direct rate, so you collect points and status nights as usual, and the perks of your status are honored as well.
8 of the 8 hotels in Santa Monica belong to a hotel loyalty program, spread across five programs. The most represented are I Prefer with three hotels, followed by Marriott Bonvoy and IHG One Rewards with two and one respectively.
| Program | Hotels | Examples in Santa Monica |
|---|---|---|
| I Prefer | 3 hotels | Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, Casa Del Mar Santa Monica, Huntley Santa Monica Beach |
| Marriott Bonvoy | 2 hotels | Sandbourne Santa Monica, Santa Monica Proper Hotel |
| ALL (Accor) | 1 hotel | Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica |
| Hilton Honors | 1 hotel | Oceana Santa Monica |
| IHG One Rewards | 1 hotel | Regent Santa Monica Beach |
Which hotel in Santa Monica suits you often comes down to a few questions: is there a pool or a spa, how old is the building, when was it last renovated, and has the hotel received an award? The overview answers them for all eight hotels at a glance.
3 of the 8 hotels are housed in historic buildings. The oldest is Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica, welcoming guests since 1921. 6 hotels have a spa, 7 a pool. 4 hotels hold a Michelin Key, and 5 are listed in the Forbes Travel Guide.
✓ = available, – = not available, blank = no information.
| Hotel | Opened | Renovated | Pool | Spa | Michelin Keys | Forbes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica | 1993 | 2005 | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Key | 4 stars |
| Casa Del Mar Santa Monica | 1999 | 2014 | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Key | 4 stars |
| Regent Santa Monica Beach | 2024 | 2024 | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Key | 4 stars |
| Santa Monica Proper Hotel | 2019 | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Key | Recommended | |
| Oceana Santa Monica | 2021 | ✓ | ✓ | Recommended | ||
| Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica | 1921 | 2003 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sandbourne Santa Monica | 2024 | 2024 | ✓ | |||
| Huntley Santa Monica Beach | – |
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Carolin, Valentina, Madeleine and Andrea and our team know these hotels from the inside – and will help you find the right room, the right location and the right rate. 365 days a year, by phone, email or WhatsApp.
Meet our team →Rates begin at 284 € at Sandbourne Santa Monica and 438 € at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, while Regent Santa Monica Beach starts at 1,380 €. The suitespot benefits apply everywhere from the very first stay.
Couples who long for the sand stay at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, spa fans and food lovers at Regent Santa Monica Beach. If you love history, pick Casa Del Mar Santa Monica; if you need plenty of room, one of the suites at Oceana Santa Monica. Our travel advisors are happy to help you decide personally.
Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, Casa Del Mar Santa Monica, Regent Santa Monica Beach and Santa Monica Proper Hotel each hold one Michelin Key. Michelin Keys honor the entire hotel experience; stars are awarded to restaurants.
Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica and Casa Del Mar Santa Monica stand on the sand, and Regent Santa Monica Beach sits right on the beach near the pier. Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica is up by Palisades Park, a few minutes’ walk from the water.
You swim above the beach at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica and Regent Santa Monica Beach. Oceana Santa Monica has a heated garden pool among olive trees, and at Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica the pool sits among palms.
At Regent Santa Monica Beach: the Guerlain Wellness Spa covers 10,000 square feet with twelve treatment rooms. Smaller but right on the beach are ONE Spa at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica and the Sea Wellness Spa at Casa Del Mar Santa Monica.
Oceana Santa Monica is all suites, 70 of them. Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica has 62 suites and 31 bungalows from the 1930s, and at Regent Santa Monica Beach the Santa Monica Presidential Suite spans 3,200 square feet.
Yes, Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica and Regent Santa Monica Beach welcome pets. The Huntley Santa Monica Beach does not accept animals; for the other properties, our travel advisors will check before you book.
The Huntley Santa Monica Beach, with The Penthouse on the 18th floor and views over the Pacific and Malibu. Oceana Santa Monica also has a rooftop, the Sunset Terrace.
Yes, at all eight properties, because suitespot reserves at the property’s direct rate. The programs are I Prefer, Marriott Bonvoy, Hilton Honors, IHG One Rewards and ALL (Accor); Oceana Santa Monica adds double Hilton Honors points.
Regent Santa Monica Beach has been open since October 2024, after a complete rebuild of a 1989 hotel. At Oceana Santa Monica, the brasserie La Monique followed in October 2025.
Any time: summer brings a lively pier, fall pleasant air and water, and winter and spring quiet beaches. For summer weekends we suggest booking ahead, for example at Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica or Casa Del Mar Santa Monica right on the sand.