Pendry West Hollywood Luxe Hotel & Residence

Pendry West Hollywood Luxe Hotel & Residence

Located on the former House of Blues corner, Pendry West Hollywood & Residence is a new luxury hotel experience and uber glamorous luxury living destination in West Hollywood along the iconic Sunset Strip. The walkable neighborhood is becoming the lively hub to live, work and play. It’s the right property for the right time to meet the moment.

Pendry West Hollywood is a $500 million dollar project that has taken 15 years in the making, offering 149 luxury guestrooms in an urban oasis, and 40 luxury residences with a piazza separating the vibrancy of the hotel with the privacy of residential living.

Guests and residence owners will have exclusive access to hotel amenities, including a rooftop pool and bar, multi-purpose live music and entertainment venue, a screening room, bowling alley, Spa Pendry, a state-of-the-art fitness center and a curated art collection.

Martin Brudnizki, founder of Martin Brudnizki Design Studio, vision for the new Pendry West Hollywood is the glamour of the 1930s and 1950s with a contemporary twist. “Sunset is a stretched out Time Square,” said Brudnizki on a recent Zoom informational meeting. “Im creating an inviting public village, that is exclusively perched up above the Sunset Strip with steps cascading down the hill.”

Every resident will have a terrace, some are bigger than others, to showcase the Southern California sunshine, relaxed lifestyle, and Hollywood glamour. The environment inspires a zest for life with luxury residences ranging from 2,000 to 6,000 sq. ft in size. The asking price begins at a $3 million for a private home.

Pendry West Hollywood and Pendry Residences West Hollywood by Montage Hotel & Resorts has collaborated with award winning celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck by inviting him to return back to the Sunset Strip.

Wolfgang Puck first starting cooking in Los Angeles in 1975 as a chef of Ma Maison in West Hollywood. His big personality and innovative culinary flair attracted an A list of rich and famous foodies eager to experience his elegant fusion of French and California fare.

With award winning reviews and a steady following, Wolfgang branched out to create his first flagship restaurant, Spago, in West Hollywood in 1982. Perched on a hill overlooking Sunset Blvd., his restaurant became an instant culinary phenomenon. Many of his talented chefs later went on to open their own successful restaurants throughout Los Angeles.

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Puck pioneered “California Cuisine,” and became famous for its haute designer pizzas topped with smoked salmon and caviar, and innovative pasta dishes. Known as the pizzeria to the stars, super agent “Swifty” Lazar held his annual post-Oscar party at Spago, and just about every movie star hoped to secure an invitation.

This accomplished chef earned the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Chef of the Year, in 1991, and the James Beard Foundation Award for Restaurant of the Year in 1994, but won Outstanding Chef of the Year again, in 1998. Wolfgang Puck is the only chef to have won the Outstanding Chef of the Year Award multiple times.

After 15 successful years of success in West Hollywood, Puck moved Spago to the more toney Canon Drive in Beverly Hills. “WeHo is different now. When I had the restaurant on the Sunset Strip, it was funky and known for its wild nightlife,” said Puck.  ‘Now Sunset Blvd., is being revitalized. It’s amazing. The Pendry West Hollywood will be the center of the Sunset Strip,’ said Puck. ‘I like it so much, that I have moved my office here.’

Guests and residents can expect to enjoy Puck’s Michelin-starred, seasonal cuisine, highlighting local ingredients and organic options, along with carefully crafted wine and cocktail lists developed by Puck’s acclaimed beverage team. He is creating a casual indoor breakfast, lunch, and dinner concept with an outdoor patio, and a sophisticated rooftop restaurant offering stunning views of Los Angeles.

“It’s an honor to team up with a world-renowned chef and one of Los Angeles’ culinary icons to bring our food and beverage concepts at Pendry West Hollywood to life,” said Michael Fuerstman, co-founder and creative director of Pendry Hotels. “Wolfgang has played a singular role in shaping the city’s culinary identity, and we are excited to collaborate with an LA legend to continue to push the food scene to even greater heights.”

to learn more visit pendry.com/west-hollywood.

About The Author

Jill Weinlein

As a travel journalist for 17 years some of my favorite experiences have been climbing The Great Wall in China, swam with Stingrays in Bora-Bora, explored caves in Belize, followed a pod of Orcas in Alaska, swam in the warm waters of Krabi in Thailand, visited Marco Polo's house in Korcula, Croatia and sailing around Richard Branson's Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. Read my travel reviews to be inspired to see the world.

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