The stay at this hotel was one of my birthday presents last year. I told my husband I wanted to stay in haunted hotels in Southern California. Supposedly the Roosevelt Hotel is one of the “most haunted hotels in Hollywood”. In our research, we read there was a mirror on display in the lobby---the one that used to hang in Marilyn Monroe’s room. When we asked the front desk where the mirror was, they rolled their eyes and said it was put away in storage.
One good thing about this place is its location…you’re right in the middle of all of the touristy action of Hollywood. The Roosevelt was originally decorated in a Spanish Style but unfortunately it was remodeled in 2005 and looks as though they stripped most of the old grandeur one would expect to see. You can see in the hallways they carpeted over saltillo tiles. Our first suite was decorated in a modern style—it reminded me of a 1980’s bachelor pad. It had two bathrooms a living room with wooden ‘screen’ hanging from the ceiling separating it from the bedroom.
The walls are paper-thin.
The night we stayed there happened to be the same night of the premiere and parties for “Gulliver’s Travels”. The young folks in the room next to us were up ALL night talking, leaving the room—slamming the door, returning and continued talking. I understand the Hotel has no control of what their guests do in their rooms, but perhaps when they were remodeling, they could have installed thicker drywall.
The next morning we told the front desk about our noisy neighbors, they gave us a blank look and begrudgingly gave us a new room. The second suite we were given was decorated in the same dismal fashion as the first one; but it had only one bathroom and quieter ‘neighbors’.
We were happy to leave this expensive mistake and move on to our next haunted hotel; the Hotel Del Coronado—which is a FANTASTIC place to stay.
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