Thompson Hotels’ Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel has reinvented itself again with the redesign of 60 of its guestrooms, as well as the introduction of three new entertainment venues. The Cabana Rooms have been refurbished to evoke a retreat to Palm Springs in the 1950s. Design details include hardwood flooring, herringbone-patterned fabric walls, chaise lounges with orange leather accents, and white marble bathrooms. In addition, retractable walls of windows allow for the ultimate indoor/outdoor experience and easy access to the famed Tropicana Pool, while select guestrooms offer private patios and balconies.
Locally based design firm Studio Collective is responsible for the interiors of Public Kitchen & Bar, which celebrate the hotel’s original Spanish Colonial architecture. Brass chandeliers hang from the 1927 ceiling fresco, recently uncovered and restored. Rustic oak cabinetry, black walnut tables, and cabernet leather booths contribute to the venue’s vibe, while a large, masculine, three-sided, marble-topped bar looks out to the hotel’s grand lobby and serves as the entry point.
Meanwhile, the Spare Room is a modern-day gaming parlor with two reclaimed bowling lanes and custom-built backgammon tables. Rounding out the new entertainment venues is Beacher’s Madhouse, a Vaudeville-inspired theater on the hotel’s lower level. Guests enter the theater through an inconspicuous passageway hidden behind a library bookcase and travel through a light tunnel into a fantasy-filled world outfitted in tiered glass stages, oversized objects, floor-to-ceiling crystal chandeliers and a mish-mash of unique objects such as mannequins and vintage furniture pieces.
