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Conrad Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States · Conrad · High Luxury
Conrad Los Angeles occupies the upper floors of Frank Gehry's Grand LA tower directly across from his Walt Disney Concert Hall, with interiors by Tara Bernerd and Partners. It became Hilton's first California Conrad on July 6, 2022, and chef Jose Andres runs the hotel's dining program, anchored by the Spanish-California restaurant San Laurel and a 16,000-square-foot rooftop terrace.
- 305 rooms
- Opened 2022
- Neighborhood: Downtown
- Rooms from 348 sq ft (32 m²)
- Architect: Frank Gehry
- Interiors: Tara Bernerd & Partners
About Conrad Los Angeles
- Conrad Los Angeles occupies the upper floors of Frank Gehry's Grand LA tower, directly across from his Walt Disney Concert Hall.
- It became Hilton's first California Conrad on July 6, 2022, with interiors by Tara Bernerd and Partners.
- A 16,000-square-foot rooftop terrace is meant as an entertainment hub for both hotel guests and Los Angeles locals.
- Chef Jose Andres runs the dining program, anchored by the Spanish-California restaurant San Laurel.
History
Conrad Los Angeles occupies the upper floors of The Grand LA, the mixed-use development at 100 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles designed by Frank Gehry — the architect whose Walt Disney Concert Hall, directly across the street, transformed the Bunker Hill cultural corridor and helped establish Gehry as the defining architectural personality of contemporary Los Angeles. The Grand LA was the culmination of a long-running Grand Avenue Authority project intended to activate the stretch of Grand Avenue between the Music Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art with retail, residential, and hospitality uses, giving the arts corridor a street-level vitality it had long lacked.
The building, characterized by the undulating stainless steel panels and complex geometries that Gehry's practice had refined across five decades, opened in 2022. Conrad Hotels and Resorts debuted as Hilton's first California luxury Conrad property within it on July 6, 2022, occupying 28 stories with interiors designed by Tara Bernerd and Partners, the London-based firm known for its work on luxury hotels and residences across Europe and the United States. The combination of Gehry's exterior architecture and Bernerd's interior sensibility — warm materials against the building's angular geometries — produced a property that is visually arresting even by the standards of a city saturated with designed environments.
The dining program was entrusted to Jose Andres, whose ThinkFoodGroup operates San Laurel, the hotel's signature restaurant offering Spanish-California cuisine with views toward Disney Hall, and Airlight, the rooftop pool terrace venue. The 16,000-square-foot rooftop terrace is among the most scenically positioned outdoor spaces in downtown Los Angeles, with sightlines across the civic and cultural monuments that define Bunker Hill. A curated art collection moves through the public spaces and guest floors, reflecting the hotel's self-positioning within the cultural district rather than apart from it.
Conrad Los Angeles holds AAA Four Diamond recognition and arrived at a moment when downtown Los Angeles was experiencing its most sustained period of hospitality and cultural investment in a generation, with The Broad, the Hammer, and Disney Hall drawing audiences from across the metropolitan region to a neighborhood that had been predominantly office towers and parking structures as recently as the early 2000s.
The setting
Conrad Los Angeles anchors Grand Avenue at 100 South Grand Avenue within The Grand LA, positioned directly across from Walt Disney Concert Hall — Frank Gehry's titanium-clad masterpiece, one minute on foot. The Broad contemporary art museum is a three-minute walk; the Museum of Contemporary Art is five minutes further; and Grand Central Market, the 1917 food hall anchoring downtown's culinary revival, is eight minutes on foot. This alignment of landmark cultural institutions along a single boulevard is unmatched elsewhere in Los Angeles, explaining why the site was chosen as the flagship address for a brand that defines itself by proximity to the city's arts corridor.
Restaurants and bars
- San Laurel — Restaurant · Spanish · Chef José Andrés / Niki Nakayama
- Airlight — Poolside · José Andrés
- The Beaudry Room — Restaurant · Tapas
- Alto — Restaurant
- In-Room Dining — Room service
- Chef’s Table Tasting Experience — Restaurant · Chef José Andrés
- Agua Viva — Restaurant · Mexican · Chef Niki Nakayama
Amenities
- Conrad Spa Los Angeles
- 16,000-square-foot rooftop terrace
- private pool deck
- outdoor pool
- state-of-the-art fitness center
- curated art collection
- Hilton Honors / 1-3-5 experiences
- meeting and ballroom space
- Sauna
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- California's Leading Business Hotel 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
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