Eighty-eight Southern California hotels and 41 restaurants have earned the 2013 AAA Four Diamond Award®, the Automobile Club of Southern California announced today. Thirteen locations appear on the list for the first time, including seven hotels:
- Fess Parker Wine Country Inn, Los Olivos
- Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles
- Mr. C Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
- Ponte Vineyard Inn, Temecula
- Shore Hotel, Santa Monica
- The Hotel Wilshire, Los Angeles
- The Westin Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
New AAA Four Diamond restaurants include:
- Argyle Steakhouse, Carlsbad
- Great Oak Steakhouse, Temecula
- Maravilla (Ojai Valley Inn & Spa), Ojai
- Melisse, Santa Monica
- Raya (The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel), Dana Point
- Sirocco (Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa), Indian Wells
The coveted AAA Four Diamond Award is presented to hotel and restaurant general managers and executive chefs to recognize award-winning properties, which rank among the top 3.9 percent of 59,000 hotels and restaurants inspected by AAA and the Auto Club, the nation’s largest AAA affiliate.
“AAA Four Diamond hotels and restaurants are committed to providing every guest with a personalized experience in comfortable, high-quality surroundings,” said the Auto Club’s Approved Accommodations Supervisor Patricia Marenco. “We’re proud to recognize Southern California’s hotels and restaurants that earn the AAA Four Diamond rating. These establishments consistently exceed the expectations of the most discriminating traveler – the AAA inspector. We’re proud to have these dedicated businesses in our region.”
AAA’s Diamond rating program is the only hotel and restaurant review system in the nation that uses specially trained full-time field representatives who collectively visit some 1,200 hotels and restaurants every week. 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.
The list of 2013 AAA Four Diamond hotels and restaurants throughout Southern California follows, along with year rated:
Local Four Diamond Properties | Year Rated |
Death Valley | |
The Inn at Furnace Creek | 1987 |
Mammoth Lakes | |
The Westin Moncache Resort | 2011 |
Los Angeles County Hotels | |
Beverly Hills | |
Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel | 1993 |
SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills | 2009 |
Burbank | |
Hotel Amarano Burbank | 2011 |
Glendale | |
Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale & Executive | |
Meeting Center | 2000 |
Hollywood | |
Loews Hollywood | 2008 |
W Hollywood | 2010 |
Los Angeles | |
Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills | 2011 |
Hotel Bel-Air | 2012 |
Hotel Palomar LA Westwood | 2011 |
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza | 1983 |
InterContinental Los Angeles Century City | 1988 |
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE | 2011 |
Mr. C Beverly Hills | |
Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza | 2003 |
Sofitel Los Angeles | 1993 |
The Hotel Wilshire | 2012 |
The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles | 2011 |
Pasadena | |
The Westin-Pasadena | 2005 |
Rancho Palos Verdes | |
Terranea Resort | 2010 |
San Gabriel | |
Hilton Los Angeles/San Gabriel | 2011 |
Santa Monica | |
The Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows | 2002 |
JW Marriott Santa Monica Le Merigot | 2002 |
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel | 1989 |
Shore Hotel | 2012 |
Universal City | |
Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City | 2007 |
West Hollywood | |
The London West Hollywood | 2008 |
Sunset Marquis Hotel & Villas | 2007 |
Los Angeles County Restaurants | |
Beverly Hills | |
Bouchon | 2011 |
Cut by Wolfgang Puck | |
(Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel) | 2010 |
Spago Beverly Hills | 2004 |
The Blvd (Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel) | 2011 |
Calabasas | |
Saddle Peak Lodge | 1997 |
Glendale | |
Gennaro's Ristorante | 2000 |
Long Beach | |
The Sky Room | 2004 |
Los Angeles | |
Culina Modern Italian (Four Seasons Hotel | |
Los Angeles at Beverly Hills) | 1995 |
Patina | 1991 |
Marina Del Rey | |
jer-ne restaurant (The Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey) | 2001 |
Pasadena | |
The Raymond Restaurant | 2005 |
Santa Monica | |
Melisse | 2012 |
Valentino Santa Monica | 1995 |
Orange County Hotels | |
Anaheim | |
Disneyland Hotel | 2011 |
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa | 2001 |
Dana Point | |
Blue Lantern Inn | 1991 |
Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa | 2004 |
Huntington Beach | |
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa | 2003 |
The Waterfront Beach Resort, A Hilton Hotel | 1991 |
Laguna Beach | |
Surf & Sand Resort | 1991 |
Newport Beach | |
The Balboa Bay Club & Resort | 2004 |
Fairmont Newport Beach | 2007 |
Orange County Restaurants | |
Anaheim | |
Napa Rose (Disney's Grand California Hotel & Spa) | 2010 |
Dana Point | |
Raya (The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel) | 2012 |
Fullerton | |
The Cellar | 1990 |
Huntington Beach | |
The Californian (Hyatt Regency | |
Huntington Beach Resort & Spa) | 2003 |
Laguna Beach | |
Studio (Montage Laguna Beach) | 2008 |
Newport Beach | |
Palm Terrace Restaurant (Island | |
Hotel Newport Beach) | 2007 |
The First Cabin At The Balboa Bay Club & Resort | 2004 |
The Ritz Restaurant and Garden | 1993 |
Riverside County Hotels | |
Cabazon | |
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa | 2005 |
Indian Wells | |
Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa | 1987 |
Miramonte Resort and Spa | 2008 |
Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa | 2003 |
Palm Desert | |
JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa | 1987 |
Palm Springs | |
The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn | 1997 |
Rancho Mirage | |
Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa | 2009 |
The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa | 2009 |
Riverside | |
The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa | 2010 |
Temecula | |
Pechanga Resort and Casino | 2002 |
Ponte Vineyard Inn | 2012 |
Riverside County Restaurants | |
Cabazon | |
Cielo (Morongo Casino Resort & Spa) | 2011 |
Indian Wells | |
Sirocco (Renaissance Esmeralda | |
Hotel & Spa | 2012 |
Palm Springs | |
Europa Restaurant at the Villa Royale Inn | 2005 |
Le Vallauris | 1993 |
Rancho Mirage | |
Wally's Desert Turtle | 1993 |
Riverside | |
Duane's Prime Steaks & | |
Seafood (Mission Inn Hotel & Spa) | 1995 |
Temecula | |
Great Oak Steakhouse (Pechanga | |
Resort and Casino) | 2012 |
San Bernardino County Hotels | |
Lake Arrowhead | |
Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa | 2010 |
San Diego County Hotels | |
Coronado | |
Hotel del Coronado | 2005 |
Loews Coronado Bay | 1992 |
Del Mar | |
L'Auberge Del Mar | 2002 |
Jamul | |
Jamul Haven | 2011 |
Julian | |
Orchard Hill Country Inn | 1996 |
La Jolla | |
Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa | 2005 |
Hyatt Regency La Jolla | 1990 |
La Valencia Hotel | 2010 |
The Grande Colonial | 2008 |
Lakeside | |
Barona Resort & Casino | 2010 |
Pala | |
Pala Casino Spa and Resort | 2004 |
Rancho Bernardo | |
Rancho Bernardo Inn | 1977 |
San Diego | |
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego | 2008 |
Hilton San Diego Bayfront | 2011 |
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina | 2011 |
Omni San Diego Hotel | 2005 |
Pacific Terrace Hotel | 2007 |
Paradise Point | 2011 |
San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina | 1984 |
The US Grant, A Luxury Collection Hotel | 2007 |
The Westgate Hotel | 2007 |
The Westin Gaslamp Quarter | 2012 |
The Westin San Diego | 1994 |
Valley Center | |
Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort | 2009 |
San Diego County Restaurants | |
Carlsbad | |
Argyle Steakhouse | 2012 |
Vivace (Hyatt Park Aviara Resort) | 1999 |
La Jolla | |
A.R. Valentien (The Lodge at Torrey Pines) | 2004 |
Donovan's Steak & Chop House | 2010 |
George's California Modern | 2000 |
Sky Room (La Valencia Hotel) | 1991 |
Rancho Santa Fe | |
Mille Fleurs | 1991 |
San Diego | |
Bertrand at Mister A's | 1994 |
Grant Grill (The US Grant) | 2007 |
San Luis Obispo County Hotels | |
Cambria | |
Blue Whale Inn Bed & Breakfast | 1991 |
Cayucos | |
Cayucos Sunset Inn | 2002 |
Paso Robles | |
La Bellasera Hotel & Suites | 2011 |
Pismo Beach | |
Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa | 2009 |
Santa Barbara County Hotels | |
Los Olivos | |
Fess Parker Wine Country Inn | 2012 |
Santa Barbara | |
Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort by Hilton | 2006 |
Harbor View Inn | 1997 |
Inn On Summer Hill | 1990 |
Santa Ynez | |
Chumash Casino Resort & Spa | 2004 |
Santa Ynez Inn | 2002 |
Solvang | |
Hotel Corque | 2011 |
Petersen Village Inn | 1984 |
The Ballard Inn | 1993 |
Santa Barbara County Restaurants | |
Santa Ynez | |
The Willows (Chumash Casino Resort & Spa) | 2005 |
Solvang | |
The Ballard Inn Restaurant (The Ballard Inn) | 2005 |
Ventura County Hotels | |
Westlake Village | |
Westlake Village Inn | 2011 |
Ventura County Restaurants | |
Ojai | |
Maravilla (Ojai Valley Inn & Spa) | 2012 |
Westlake Village | |
Hampton's (Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village) | 2007 |