The Pool at Hotel San Jose

"The pool is small but pretty, and the courtyard lounge serves bar snacks, beer, wine and select cocktails, like their signature champassions (champagne and passion fruit juice with raspberries)"

"Local hotelier Liz Lambert has revamped a 1930s-vintage motel into a chic SoCo retreat with minimalist rooms in stucco bungalows, a lovely bamboo-fringed pool and a very Austin-esque hotel bar in the courtyard that's known for its celebrity-spotting potential"

"There's a small swimming pool, an outdoor lounge serving drinks and snacks, and the locally famous Jo's Coffee next door"

"Restored from an old motel, it has a variety of minimalist rooms, some with shared bath, along with lovely gardens, a tiny pool and a cool coffeeshop, Jo’s, on site"

"The Shangri-La courtyard is abuzz every evening with clued-in locals who watch enviously as you take a dip in the mini pool"