- $$$
- 140 South Lasky Drive
- Beverly Hills, CA
- Phone: (310) 281-4000
- Toll Free: (800) 432-5444
- website
- Local hotel tax is 15 %
- 43 rooms
- Wireless Internet for a fee
- Fitness center
- Complimentary use of swimming pool at nearby Avalon Hotel
- Room Service
- Continental breakfast $10 per person
- Complimentary wine reception every evening.
- Self-parking in adjacent lot $18 per day.
Half-sized ironing board, iron, in-room safe, Frette linens, down comforters and pillows, DVD players (DVD library at front desk), complimentary newspaper.
Check the Maison 140 website for specials that often include discounts on multi-day stays.
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The Maison 140's location is its best asset. It's on the edge of the Beverly Hills shopping district, just a short walk from famous Rodeo Drive. This small boutique hotel boasts a friendly and helpful staff.
At the Maison 140, each floor has a different color theme: red, yellow or gray, and rooms come in two styles: the Mandarin, with a king bed and the Parisian, with two double beds. Decor is a mix of French and oriental influences. Rooms are large enough for comfort.
Maison 140 is stylish, but the most important part of any hotel stay is a simple good night's sleep. The hotel provides very comfortable beds with high-thread-count linens, but if you're not used to European-style bedding, you may find the fact that the bed's only cover is a down-filled duvet uncomfortable at first. However, it's light and warm, and you soon get used to it.
With the telephone and Internet cable beside the bed and the working surface across the room from it and some rooms having no working desk at all, Maison 140 is better for vacationers than road-warrior business travelers (who will find Maison 140's nearby sister property, the Avalon Hotel much more comfortable).
Pluses: A real hair dryer in the bathroom, nicely-scented soaps and lotions, and a live orchid blooming near the window. The air conditioner/heating unit's remote control lets you adjust the room's temperature in the middle of the night without having to stumble around in the dark.
Minor flaws: The lobby is small and cramped. Hotel literature describes the elevator as "akin to a lift in a charming European inn," but simply put, it's small and slow, and the red walls and lighting would be at home in a B-Grade horror movie. In fact, designer Kelly Wearstler's decor, cutting-edge when the Maison 140 first opened in 2000, is beginning to seem a bit dated.
To set proper expectations, rates at other similarly-rated hotels in Beverly Hills are two to three times as much per night as the Maison 140. In that context, Maison 140 offers good value for money.
