Auto Club: Top Southern California Hotels And Restaurants Earn 2010 Four Diamond Awards

(LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, 2009) — Sixty-six Southern California hotels and 32 restaurants have earned the 2010 AAA Four Diamond Award, the Automobile Club of Southern California announced today.  Six locations appear for the first time on the 2010 list, including the SLS Hotel and the Montage in Beverly Hills; two in Rancho Mirage; one in Pismo Beach and one in San Diego County.

 

The coveted rating plaque featuring a design of four raised simulated diamonds and the AAA Four Diamond Award logo is presented to hotel and restaurant general managers and executive chefs to recognize the award-winning properties, which rank among the top 3.4 percent of more than 2,600 Southern California hotels, motels, and restaurants inspected by the Auto Club, the nation’s largest AAA affiliate.

 

“North America’s AAA Diamond Rating System is a long-time trusted method of rating lodgings and dining establishments, especially during what has been a difficult economic year for the hospitality industry and also for travelers,” said the Auto Club’s Approved Accommodations Supervisor Patricia Marenco.  “Southern California’s hotels and restaurants that earn the AAA Four Diamond award maintain a very high standard of service in their hotels and restaurants in order to continue pleasing their guests.” 

 

The list of 2010 AAA Four Diamond hotels and restaurants throughout Southern California follows, along with the consecutive years each property has earned the award:

 

Inyo/Mono Counties		Hotel				Years
Death Valley National Park	Furnace Creek Inn					23
Los Angeles County		Hotels				Years
Beverly Hills	Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel					17
	Montage Beverly Hills					1
	SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills					1
Glendale	Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale					10
	& Executive Meeting Center
Hollywood	Renaissance Hollywood					2
	Hotel & Spa
Los Angeles	Sofitel Los Angeles					17
	Omni Los Angeles Hotel					7
	InterContinental Los Angeles Century City					22
	Hyatt Regency Century Plaza					27
Pasadena	The Westin—Pasadena					5
Santa Monica	The Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows					8
	Le Merigot - A JW Marriott Beach Hotel & Spa					8
	Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel					21
Universal City	Hilton Universal City & Towers					3
West Hollywood	The London West Hollywood					2
	Sunset Marquis Hotel & Villas					3
Los Angeles County		Restaurants				Years
Beverly Hills	JAAN (in Raffles L’Emitage Beverly Hills)					6
	Spago Beverly Hills					6
Calabasas	Saddle Peak Lodge					13
Glendale	Gennaro’s Ristorante					10
Long Beach	The Sky Room					6
Los Angeles	Gardens (Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles					15
	at Beverly Hills)
	Patina					19
Marina del Rey	jer-ne restaurant					9
(The Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey)
Pasadena	The Raymond Restaurant					5
Santa Monica	Valentino Restaurant					15
Westlake Village	Hampton’s (Four Seasons Westlake Village)					3
Orange County		Hotels				Years
Anaheim	Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa					9
Dana Point	Blue Lantern Inn					19
	Laguna Cliffs Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort					6
Huntington Beach	Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort					19
	Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa					7
Irvine	Hyatt Regency Irvine					7
Laguna Beach	Surf & Sand Resort					19
Newport Beach	The Balboa Bay Club & Resort					6
	Fairmont Newport Beach					3
Orange County		Restaurants				Years
Fullerton	The Cellar					20
Huntington Beach	The Californian (Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach					7
				Resort & Spa)
Laguna Beach	Studio (Montage Laguna Beach)					2
Newport Beach	Palm Terrace  (The Island Hotel Newport Beach)					3
	The First Cabin At The Balboa Bay Club & Resort					6
	The Ritz Restaurant & Garden					17
Riverside County		Hotels				Years
Cabazon	Morongo Casino Resort & Spa					5
Indian Wells	Hyatt Grand Champions Resort					23
	Miramonte Resort and Spa					2
	Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa					7
Palm Desert	Desert Springs, JW Marriott Resort & Spa					23
Palm Springs	The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn					13
Rancho Mirage	Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa					1
	The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa					1
Temecula	Pechanga Resort and Casino					8
Riverside County		Restaurants				Years
Rancho Mirage	Wally’s Desert Turtle					17
Palm Springs	Europa Restaurant at the Villa Royale Inn					5
	Le Vallauris					17
Riverside	Duane’s Prime Steaks & Seafood (Mission Inn)					15
San Bernardino County		Hotel				Years
Big Bear Lake	Alpenhorn Bed & Breakfast					10
San Diego County		Hotels				Years
Coronado	Hotel del Coronado					5
	Loews Coronado Bay					18
Del Mar	L’Auberge Del Mar					8
Pala (near Fallbrook)	Pala Casino Spa and Resort					6
Julian	Orchard Hill Country Inn					14
La Jolla	Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa					5
	Hyatt Regency La Jolla					20
	The Grande Colonial					2
Rancho Santa Fe	Rancho Valencia An Auberge Resort					20
San Diego	Hard Rock Hotel San Diego					2
	Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego					17
	Omni San Diego Hotel					5
	Rancho Bernardo Inn					33
	Pacific Terrace Hotel					3
	San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina					26
	The US Grant					3
	The Westgate Hotel					3
	The Westin San Diego					16
Valley Center	Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort					1
San Diego County		Restaurants				Years
Carlsbad	Vivace (Four Seasons Resort Aviara)					11
La Jolla	A.R. Valentien (The Lodge at Torrey Pines)					6
	George’s California Modern					10
	Sky Room (La Valencia Hotel)					19
Rancho Santa Fe	Mille Fleurs					19
San Diego	Baci’s					6
	Bertrand at Mister A’s					16
	El Bizcocho Restaurant (Rancho Bernardo Inn)					20
	Grant Grill  (The US Grant)					3
San Luis Obispo County		Hotels				Years
Cambria	Pelican Cove Inn					2
	Blue Whale Inn Bed & Breakfast					19
Cayucos	Cayucos Sunset Inn					8
Pismo Beach	Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa					1
Santa Barbara County		Hotels				Years
Los Olivos	Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort					4
Santa Barbara	Harbor View Inn					13
	Inn on Summer Hill					20
Santa Ynez	Chumash Casino Resort & Spa					6
	Santa Ynez Inn					8
Solvang	The Ballard Inn					17
	Petersen Village Inn					26
Santa Barbara County	Restaurants					Years
Santa Ynez	The Willows (Chumash Casino Resort & Spa)					5
Solvang	The Ballard Inn Restaurant (The Ballard Inn)					5

 

AAA’s Diamond rating program is the only hotel and restaurant review system in the nation that uses specially trained full-time field representatives. As part of AAA’s national network, the Auto Club’s own staff reviews establishments in Southern California without prior notification using objective and detailed rating procedures.

 

Lodging inspections include at least one unannounced inspection each year. Inspectors review and rate exterior, grounds and public areas, room décor, ambiance and amenities, guest room, bathrooms, housekeeping and maintenance, management and staff and guest services. Once the inspection process is complete, properties that meet all requirements receive a rating of one to five Diamonds.

 

AAA approves and rates more than 31,000 lodgings and 27,000 restaurants each year throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.  A wide range of property listings are included in regional TourBook® guides, with a yearly distribution of nearly 20 million, and on AAA.com, where many travel planning and information services – including the well-known TripTik® Travel Planner, TourBook® listings and Diamond Ratings – are now available to non-members as well.  The AAA Four Diamond rating is exclusive in that less than 4% of all AAA approved properties achieve this rating. 

 

The 2010 AAA Five Diamond Award lodging and restaurant recipients will be announced in November.

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