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Best hotels in Pasadena

Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa is our top pick in Pasadena: 0.5 miles from the center, holds an AAA Four Diamond designation (2026), holds a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star award (2026) and hotel class upscale. Hilton Pasadena and Hyatt Place Pasadena come next among the 5 hotels that can be ranked, out of 23 within 2 miles of the center of Pasadena.

23 hotels within 2 miles of the center of Pasadena were considered and 5 can be ranked. Checked October 8, 2026.

The 5 best, compared

The 5 highest ranked hotels in Pasadena, in the order of the list below: straight line, parking, check-in, pets, class or award and facts verified. Checked October 8, 2026. Source: each hotel's own website; class and awards from the published lists; straight-line miles between map locations. "Not stated" means the hotel's website does not say, never that the answer is no.
HotelStraight lineParkingCheck-inPetsClass or awardFacts verified
1. Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa0.5 minot statednot statednot statedAAA Four Diamond (2026), Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026), upscale2
2. Hilton Pasadena0.4 mi$35 per night4:00 PMno petsUpper upscale19
3. Hyatt Place Pasadena0.2 mipaid, price not stated3:00 PMallowed, $100 to $200 feeUpscale24
4. Pasadena Hotel & Pool0.7 mion site, price not stated3:00 PMnot statednot stated27
5. Pasadena Rose & Crown Hotel1.0 mion site, price not statednot statedno petsnot stated19
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The 5 best, ranked

Ordered by the published best-of formula (best-1.1), never by payment. Each hotel shows the sourced facts behind its place. What "best" means here

  1. 1. Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa

    Pasadena

    • Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026 Star Awards)Forbes Travel Guide · checked
    • AAA Four Diamond (2026 Diamond list)AAA · checked
    • Hotel class: upscale (the awarding body's definition of the level it holds)AAA · checked
    • 0.5 mi from the center of Pasadena, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked

    Best-of 59.7Score 35.8 · Early profile

    Backed by 2 contact details from open place records, 2 recognized awards and distances from open map data.

  2. 2. Hilton Pasadena

    Pasadena

    Best-of 54.3Score 84.6 · Full profile

    Backed by 16 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 7, 2026), 3 contact details from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: What time is check-in at Hilton Pasadena? · What time is checkout at Hilton Pasadena? · Does Hilton Pasadena have parking?

  3. 3. Hyatt Place Pasadena

    Pasadena

    Best-of 51.3Score 75.1 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 21 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 7, 2026), 3 contact details from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: What time is check-in at Hyatt Place Pasadena? · What time is checkout at Hyatt Place Pasadena? · Does Hyatt Place Pasadena have parking?

  4. 4. Pasadena Hotel & Pool

    Pasadena

    Best-of 25.7Score 69.5 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 25 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: What time is check-in at Pasadena Hotel & Pool? · What time is checkout at Pasadena Hotel & Pool? · Does Pasadena Hotel & Pool have parking?

  5. 5. Pasadena Rose & Crown Hotel

    Pasadena

    Best-of 21.6Score 69.1 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 17 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: Does Pasadena Rose & Crown Hotel have parking? · Does Pasadena Rose & Crown Hotel allow pets? · Does Pasadena Rose & Crown Hotel have a pool?

Which hotels can be ranked

23 hotels were considered and 5 can be ranked. The other 18 are not ranked yet: our profile of each is not yet a Detailed or Full profile (a Journeyed Score of 65 or more) and no recognized award is on record for it. That describes how much we have verified so far, never the hotel itself.

Every hotel in range is on the page for Pasadena.

What "best" means here

"Best" on this page means first by one published formula, not by anyone's opinion: recognized awards count 30 points, hotel class 30, verified facts (parking, parking fee, check-in time and more) 15, reader votes 10 and distance to Pasadena 15, out of 100.

Only hotels with a Detailed or Full profile (a Journeyed Score of 65 or more) or a recognized award can be ranked, and no hotel can pay for a place on this list.

Formula best-1.1.

  • Recognized awards, 30 points: the highest level a hotel holds on the awarding body's own current list. MICHELIN Guide: Three MICHELIN Keys 100%, Two MICHELIN Keys 90%, One MICHELIN Key 80%. Forbes Travel Guide: Five-Star 100%, Four-Star 85%, Recommended 70%. AAA: Five Diamond 100%, Four Diamond 75%.
  • Hotel class, 30 points: luxury 100%, upper upscale 80%, upscale 60%, upper midscale 40%, midscale 20%, economy 0%, from the published chain scale of the hotel's brand, or from the awarding body's own definition of a level the hotel holds. A hotel with no class on record gets 0 here.
  • Verified facts, 15 points: the share of these facts on record with a source: parking, parking fee, check-in time, checkout time, pet policy, pool, fitness room and Wi-Fi.
  • Reader votes, 10 points: the share of reader Yes or No votes that confirm what the hotel states about its details, starting from a neutral 5 votes at 50%. A hotel with no votes yet gets half.
  • Distance, 15 points: full points at 0 miles and none at 2 miles from Pasadena, in a straight line.
  • Ties go to the higher Journeyed Score, then the shorter distance.

This list uses no guest reviews and no review-site ratings. Reader opinion enters only as Yes or No votes on specific details of a hotel, cast on its page. No votes have been counted for the hotels considered here yet, so every hotel carries the same neutral value for that part of the formula.

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Why trust this ranking

  • No reviews, by design. This ranking is built only from things you can check: facts each hotel states on its own website (each linked and dated), recognized awards read from the awarding body's own list, the hotel class of its brand, distances computed from open map data, and reader Yes or No votes on specific details once enough people have voted.
  • On record for Los Angeles: 15,243 sourced facts on 2,608 hotels, 593 hotel websites read and 84 recognized awards on 60 hotels from Forbes Travel Guide and AAA. Reader voting is open on every hotel page.
  • One published formula for every hotel. No hotel can pay to change a score or a rank, and a fact loses credit when it is not re-checked within 180 days.

How every score and rank is computed

Questions about this list

What is the best hotel in Pasadena?

Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa is our top pick in Pasadena: 0.5 miles from the center, holds an AAA Four Diamond designation (2026), holds a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star award (2026) and hotel class upscale. Best here means first by our published formula of recognized awards, hotel class, verified facts, reader votes and distance.

How are the hotels on this list ranked?

"Best" on this page means first by one published formula, not by anyone's opinion: recognized awards count 30 points, hotel class 30, verified facts (parking, parking fee, check-in time and more) 15, reader votes 10 and distance to Pasadena 15, out of 100. Only hotels with a Detailed or Full profile (a Journeyed Score of 65 or more) or a recognized award can be ranked, and no hotel can pay for a place on this list.

Is this list based on guest reviews?

No. This list uses no guest reviews and no review-site ratings. Reader opinion enters only as Yes or No votes on specific details of a hotel, cast on its page. No votes have been counted for the hotels considered here yet, so every hotel carries the same neutral value for that part of the formula.

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Sources

  • Overture Maps Places · cdla-permissive-2.0 · checked
  • AAA (2) · official-listing · checked
  • Forbes Travel Guide (1) · official-listing · checked
  • STR chain scales (2) · official-listing · checked
  • Hotel websites read in a browser (2) · official-page-read-by-person · checked
  • Hotel websites (2) · robots-permitted-page · checked

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