2025 EP Club Recommended Hotels: Curated Luxury Stays

The Sun Rose West Hollywood sits at 8430 Sunset Blvd, where Montage International's California modernism meets the Sunset Strip's film and music heritage. With 149 rooms earning Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and a Condé Nast Best Hotels ranking of #11 (2025), the hotel anchors Wolfgang Puck's return to the boulevard that made his reputation. It is as much a cultural venue as a place to sleep.

Set in a private cove between Tulum and Playa del Carmen, Conrad Tulum Riviera Maya positions itself at the more structured, amenity-heavy end of the Riviera Maya luxury market. With 349 beachfront rooms, 11 restaurants and bars, five pools, and a Star Wine List recognition for 2026, it trades boutique intimacy for breadth of programming and direct Caribbean access.

On West 57th Street, directly opposite Carnegie Hall and a short walk from Central Park, Park Hyatt New York positions itself at the intersection of Midtown culture and luxury hospitality. The 210-room property holds a 97-point La Liste Top Hotels rating (2026) and a Pearl Recommended designation (2025), with 350 MoMA-commissioned artworks running throughout its spaces and a 25th-floor spa and saltwater pool that few Midtown competitors match.

The Carlyle has anchored the Upper East Side's hotel hierarchy since 1930, carrying a reputation built across nine decades of discreet service, Art Deco interiors, and a cabaret programme that remains one of New York's most consistent cultural offerings. Ranked #64 on the World's 50 Best Hotels list (2025) and awarded two Michelin Keys (2024), it sits at the intersection of residential comfort and institutional prestige, with 190 rooms starting at $1,600 per night.

Spread across 258 acres of rolling Sonoma vineyards and oak groves, Montage Healdsburg sits at the convergence of Dry Creek, Russian River, and Alexander valleys. The 130-bungalow resort earned Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and La Liste's 98-point hotel rating, with a 15.5-acre estate vineyard, two restaurants, and an 11,500-square-foot spa setting the standard for contemporary wine-country luxury in Northern California.

Firmdale's Midtown foothold on West 56th Street brings the group's signature design intelligence to a neighbourhood already dense with American luxury. Eighty-six rooms, a 130-seat private cinema, afternoon tea service, and Kit Kemp's characteristically bold interiors earn the Whitby a Michelin 3 Keys (2024) and Pearl Recommended status at around $1,600 per night — placing it firmly among New York's design-led independents.

Opened in 2020 in Otemachi's high-rise financial district, the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi occupies the upper floors of a 39-story tower with direct views over the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace and, on clear days, Mount Fuji. With 190 rooms, Michelin 3 Keys recognition (2024), and a cluster of French, Italian, and cocktail venues, it sits at the larger, more view-forward end of Tokyo's luxury hotel market.

A 2025 Pearl Recommended property set in the agricultural heartland of the Bolgheri wine corridor, Relais Sant'Elena offers an intimate alternative to the grand-scale Tuscan resort format. The property sits close to the cypress-lined Viale dei Cipressi and within reach of the Sassicaia and Ornellaia estates, placing guests in one of Tuscany's most concentrated premium wine territories without the infrastructure of a larger hotel.

Post Ranch Inn sits 1,200 feet above the Pacific on Highway 1, with 39 rooms designed by architect Mickey Muennig to disappear into the Santa Lucia Mountains. Sierra Mar restaurant holds a Michelin Guide selection and a Wine Spectator Grand Award-winning list of more than 3,200 selections. Forbes Travel Guide rates the property Four Stars; La Liste placed it at 96 points in its 2026 Top Hotels ranking.

Set on the North Kona Coast against a backdrop of black lava and white sand, Four Seasons Resort Hualalai earned Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and a La Liste Top Hotels score of 98 points (2026). Its 249 rooms are arranged in low-slung bungalows designed to dissolve into the volcanic landscape, with five distinct neighbourhood clusters, eight pools, and a dining program that spans a seven-course omakase counter to a new steakhouse by Chef Tyler Florence.

Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star and La Liste Top Hotels (95 points, 2026), The Broadmoor occupies 5,000 acres at the foot of the Rockies in Colorado Springs. With 784 rooms, multiple restaurants and bars spanning a 19th-century English gastropub to the refined Summit, and wilderness outposts extending another 2,000 acres, it operates at a scale that few American resort properties attempt.

Two decades after opening as the Strip's first non-themed resort, Wynn Las Vegas remains the standard-bearer for restrained opulence on Las Vegas Boulevard. Rated 98 points by La Liste (2026), Forbes 4-Star (2025), and Pearl Recommended (2025), the roughly 4,700-key property — encompassing the original tower and the Encore — draws regulars who return for consistency as much as spectacle.

Conrad Los Angeles sits inside The Grand LA development on Grand Avenue, flanked by Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall and The Broad museum. La Liste awarded the property 92 points in 2026 and it holds a 2025 Pearl Recommended designation. Its 305 rooms, tenth-floor restaurant San Laurel, biohacking-equipped spa, and suite terraces with 180-degree downtown views make it the cultural district's most critically recognized address.

Azulik sits at kilometre five of the Tulum Hotel Zone, where the jungle meets the Caribbean in a property built almost entirely from raw wood, rope, and natural materials. Named Mexico's Most Romantic Resort at the 2025 World Travel Awards and recognised by Pearl, it occupies a distinct position in Tulum's design-led accommodation tier. The address suits travellers who want the Yucatán coast without the all-inclusive formula.

A restored 19th-century gold-mining ghost town in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, Dunton Hot Springs fits 13 guests across hand-hewn log cabins and one teepee, with rates from $1,762 per night covering meals, drinks, and outdoor equipment. La Liste awarded it 95 points in 2026 and Michelin awarded it 2 Keys in 2024, placing it in a narrow tier of American wilderness properties where architectural authenticity and all-inclusive depth define the offering.

Operating since 1923 on 220 acres at the foot of the Topatopa Mountains, Ojai Valley Inn holds La Liste's Top Hotels recognition (93 points, 2026) and a Pearl Recommended Hotel designation (2025). The Spanish Colonial resort sits 90 minutes northwest of Los Angeles and runs five dining outlets, a 31,000-square-foot spa, and a George C. Thomas-designed golf course that has hosted seven Senior PGA Tour events.

On a private kilometre of Ha My Beach, 30 kilometres south of Da Nang, Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai anchors itself to Vietnam's central coast with 100 villas drawn from the nha vuon garden-home tradition. Three tiered infinity pools, a Japanese omakase counter, and proximity to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites position it as the region's most contextually grounded luxury address. La Liste rated it 94 points in 2026.

A design-led mountain retreat at 1,800 metres above Bressanone in South Tyrol, Forestis holds Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and 92 points on La Liste’s 2026 Top Hotels list. Stone, glass, and timber architecture defers entirely to the surrounding Dolomite landscape, with 62 rooms featuring picture windows, a forest-sourced spa programme, and a slow-food restaurant. Rates from $876 per night.

Occupying the top six floors of the Otemachi Tower, Aman Tokyo brings the brand's resort-calibre quiet to one of the world's most demanding hotel markets. With 84 rooms, a two-Michelin-key spa floor, and recognition from the World's 50 Best Hotels (#25 in 2025) and Tatler's Best City Hotel 2025, it sits at the upper edge of Tokyo's luxury tier — alongside peers like the Four Seasons Otemachi and Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo.

Harbor House sits on California's Mendocino Coast at the junction of redwood forest and Pacific bluff, holding a Michelin 1 Key (2024) and Pearl Recommended status. The property operates as a full-immersion destination: rooms, a celebrated dining program, and a wine focus that draws serious collectors to a stretch of Highway 1 most visitors pass without stopping. It is one of the few places on the American West Coast where remoteness is the entire premise.

Occupying the upper floors of Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower from the 30th floor upward, Mandarin Oriental Tokyo earned a Michelin 1 Key in 2024 and a La Liste Top Hotels score of 94.5 points in 2026. The property holds 179 rooms and suites, a sky-level spa across floors 36 and above, and a dining floor that spans Cantonese, molecular, and Japanese counter formats. Direct subway access via Mitsukoshi-mae Station places the whole city within reach.

The only all-suite hotel in Lower Manhattan, Conrad New York Downtown holds a Pearl Recommended designation for 2025 and pairs 430-square-foot-minimum suites with a 2,000-piece contemporary art collection. Its Loopy Doopy Rooftop Bar and event spaces catered by Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group place it firmly in the upper tier of downtown New York accommodation.

Twelve architect-designed cabins spread through Montana's Blackfoot River Valley, each engineered around a different relationship with the surrounding ponderosa pines. The Green O holds a Michelin 2 Keys rating (2025) and a Pearl Recommended designation, with all-inclusive dining built around open-fire cooking and hyper-local ingredients. Adults-only, with year-round activities from dog sledding to hot-air balloon rides.