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Best hotels near Universal Studios Hollywood

Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City is our top pick near Universal Studios Hollywood: 0.3 miles away, holds an AAA Four Diamond designation (2026) and hotel class upper upscale. Hotel Amarano and Kimpton Everly Hotel come next among the 11 hotels that can be ranked, out of 94 within 3 miles of Universal Studios Hollywood.

94 hotels within 3 miles of Universal Studios Hollywood were considered and 11 can be ranked. Checked October 4, 2026.

Universal Studios HollywoodPhoto: 林振宇, CC BY-SA 4.0

The 11 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. Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City

    Universal City · 0.4 mi walk, about 8 min

    • AAA Four Diamond (2026 Diamond list)AAA · checked
    • Hotel class: upper upscale (chain scale of its brand)STR chain scales · checked
    • 0.3 mi from Universal Studios Hollywood, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked

    Best-of 65.1Score 41.1 · Early profile

    Backed by 3 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.

    Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City, Universal CityPhoto: Benoît Prieur, CC0

  2. 2. Hotel Amarano

    Burbank · 2.7 mi walk, about 51 min

    • AAA Four Diamond (2026 Diamond list)AAA · checked
    • Hotel class: upscale (the awarding body's definition of the level it holds)AAA · checked
    • Parking availablehotel website · checked
    • Poolhotel website · checked
    • 1.3 mi from Universal Studios Hollywood, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked

    Best-of 60.2Score 64.9 · Growing profile

    Backed by 22 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 1 contact detail from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.

    Answers: Does Hotel Amarano have parking? · Does Hotel Amarano have a pool?

  3. 3. Kimpton Everly Hotel

    Los Angeles · 3.2 mi drive

    Best-of 38.1Score 70.3 · 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 Kimpton Everly Hotel have parking? · Is parking free at Kimpton Everly Hotel? · Does Kimpton Everly Hotel have a pool?

  4. 4. The Tangerine

    Burbank · 2.7 mi walk, about 52 min

    Best-of 26.2Score 65.3 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 15 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 1 contact detail from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: Does The Tangerine have parking? · Is parking free at The Tangerine? · Is breakfast free at The Tangerine?

  5. 5. Colony Inn

    North Hollywood · 2.1 mi drive

    Best-of 23.4Score 70.0 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 16 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 1 contact detail from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: What time is check-in at Colony Inn? · Does Colony Inn have parking? · Is parking free at Colony Inn?

  6. 6. The Moment Hotel

    Los Angeles · 4.1 mi drive

    Best-of 17.6Score 74.4 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 24 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 1 contact detail from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: What time is check-in at The Moment Hotel? · Does The Moment Hotel have parking? · How much is parking at The Moment Hotel?

  7. 7. Hollywood Hills Hotel

    Los Angeles · 3.1 mi drive

    Best-of 16.9Score 75.1 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 18 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 3 contact details from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: What time is check-in at Hollywood Hills Hotel? · Does Hollywood Hills Hotel have parking? · Does Hollywood Hills Hotel have a pool?

  8. 8. Lexen Hotel

    Los Angeles · 2.7 mi drive

    Best-of 16.9Score 65.2 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 15 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 Lexen Hotel (2018 Highland Ave, Los Angeles)? · Does Lexen Hotel (2018 Highland Ave, Los Angeles) have parking? · Is parking free at Lexen Hotel (2018 Highland Ave, Los Angeles)?

  9. 9. Highland Gardens Hotel

    Los Angeles · 3.2 mi drive

    Best-of 16.5Score 70.3 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 15 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 Highland Gardens Hotel have parking? · How much is parking at Highland Gardens Hotel? · Does Highland Gardens Hotel have a pool?

  10. 10. Hollywood Celebrity Hotel

    Los Angeles · 3.0 mi drive

    Best-of 16.1Score 70.4 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 15 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 1 contact detail from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: What time is check-in at Hollywood Celebrity Hotel? · Does Hollywood Celebrity Hotel have parking? · How much is parking at Hollywood Celebrity Hotel?

  11. 11. Whisky Hotel Hollywood

    Los Angeles · 3.2 mi drive

    Best-of 14.7Score 75.1 · Detailed profile

    Backed by 30 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 1 contact detail from open place records and distances from open map data.

    Answers: What time is check-in at Whisky Hotel Hollywood? · Does Whisky Hotel Hollywood have parking? · Is breakfast free at Whisky Hotel Hollywood?

Walking and driving distances follow OpenStreetMap streets and paths from the hotel's map location to the landmark's map point (through its main entrance where one is on record). Walking times are estimates at about 3 miles an hour, not measured times; a drive is a distance only. Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, routed with GraphHopper (GraphHopper 11.0, map data of ), computed .

Best for walking to Universal Studios Hollywood

The ranked hotels within 1 mile of Universal Studios Hollywood in a straight line, closest first. A walking route can be longer than the straight line.

Best with free parking near Universal Studios Hollywood

Ranked hotels whose own website states that self parking is free, in the order of the list above.

Best with free breakfast near Universal Studios Hollywood

Ranked hotels whose own website states that breakfast is free, in the order of the list above.

Closest overall to Universal Studios Hollywood (not ranked for quality)

The nearest hotels of all 94 considered, by straight-line distance alone. Being close says nothing about a hotel; a hotel without a rank here is not ranked yet.

Which hotels can be ranked

94 hotels were considered and 11 can be ranked. The other 83 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 Universal Studios Hollywood.

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, breakfast and more) 15, reader votes 10 and distance to Universal Studios Hollywood 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, breakfast, pool and check-in time.
  • 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 3 miles from Universal Studios Hollywood, 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.

Read the full method

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: 13,199 sourced facts on 2,610 hotels, 471 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 near Universal Studios Hollywood?

Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City is our top pick near Universal Studios Hollywood: 0.3 miles away, holds an AAA Four Diamond designation (2026) and hotel class upper upscale. Best here means first by our published formula of recognized awards, hotel class, verified facts, reader votes and distance.

What is the closest hotel to Universal Studios Hollywood?

Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City is the closest, 0.3 miles from Universal Studios Hollywood in a straight line. It is ranked 1 on this list.

Which hotels near Universal Studios Hollywood have free parking?

Kimpton Everly Hotel, The Tangerine and Colony Inn state free self parking on their own websites, among the hotels ranked here.

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, breakfast and more) 15, reader votes 10 and distance to Universal Studios Hollywood 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
  • STR chain scales (1) · official-listing · checked
  • Hotel websites (10) · robots-permitted-page · checked
  • OpenStreetMap contributors, routed with GraphHopper · odbl-1.0 · checked

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