Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach in Dana Point is our top pick with a pool in Los Angeles: holds an AAA Five Diamond designation (2026), holds a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star award (2026), hotel class luxury, pool, pool type: Outdoor and 25 facts verified on its own website. L'Ermitage Beverly Hills and Montage Laguna Beach come next among the 105 hotels that can be ranked, out of 168 in Los Angeles whose own website states a pool.
168 hotels in Los Angeles state a pool on their own website; 105 can be ranked. Checked October 4, 2026.
The 15 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
Backed by 25 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 2 recognized awards and distances from open map data.
Backed by 14 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 2 recognized awards and distances from open map data.
Backed by 9 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 2 recognized awards and distances from open map data.
Backed by 23 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 2 recognized awards and distances from open map data.
Backed by 22 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
Backed by 26 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
Backed by 17 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.
Backed by 20 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.
Backed by 13 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 3 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
Backed by 30 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
Backed by 28 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 3 contact details from open place records, 2 recognized awards and distances from open map data.
Backed by 27 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.
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.
Backed by 13 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.
Backed by 17 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 2 recognized awards and distances from open map data.
Only hotels whose own website states that they have a pool are on this list. 168 hotels do, and 105 can be ranked. The other 63 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.
"Best" on this page means first by one published formula, not by anyone's opinion: recognized awards count 35 points, hotel class 30, verified facts (kind of pool, heated pool, pool hours and more) 25 and reader votes 10, 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, 35 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, 25 points: the share of these facts on record with a source: kind of pool, heated pool, pool hours, hot tub and fitness room.
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.
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.
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.
What is the best hotel with a pool in Los Angeles?
Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach in Dana Point is our top pick with a pool in Los Angeles: holds an AAA Five Diamond designation (2026), holds a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star award (2026), hotel class luxury, pool, pool type: Outdoor and 25 facts verified on its own website. Best here means first by our published formula of recognized awards, hotel class, verified facts and reader votes.
Which hotels are on this list?
Only hotels whose own website states that they have a pool are on this list. 168 hotels in Los Angeles do, and 105 of them can be ranked.
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 35 points, hotel class 30, verified facts (kind of pool, heated pool, pool hours and more) 25 and reader votes 10, 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.
