The Restaurant at Huntley Santa Monica Beach

"But the hotel’s crown jewel, the shiny, 18th-floor Penthouse restaurant and bar, serves up a transcendent view of the city skyline and a high possibility of celebrity-spotting success along with its genuinely excellent contemporary American cuisine"

"The cool factor follows you from the lobby to the rooftop restaurant, The Penthouse, where you can marvel at the Santa Monica Mountains tumbling into the sea"

"A design-conscious, thoroughly un-beachy 18-floor hotel in the center of a beachside community with an exceptional restaurant -- but, disappointingly, no pool -- that attracts a mix of European hipsters, wedding parties, and business travelers"

"The view from the penthouse restaurant and lounge with a pan-Asian menu is a 360-degree panorama of nearly everything that locals hold sacred: the Malibu coast, Venice Beach, and far-off Hollywood"

"The most memorable space is the Penthouse, a handsome, airy and altogether quite impressive bar/restaurant that affords dramatic views over the Pacific"