2026 location index
Best Hotels in United States (CA)
Compare 124 hotels using seven years of Forbes Travel Guide recognition history, weighted toward recent performance.
Ranked for consistency
United States (CA) hotel rankings
124 hotels
| Property | Score | Destination | Country | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auberge du Soleil, Auberge Collection | 5.00 | Napa | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Meadowood Napa Valley | 5.00 | Napa | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Montage Laguna Beach | 5.00 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa | 5.00 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Rosewood Sand Hill | 5.00 | San Jose | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Beverly Hills Hotel | 5.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Resort at Pelican Hill | 5.00 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay | 5.00 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The St. Regis San Francisco | 5.00 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills | 5.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Rosewood Miramar Beach | 4.99 | Santa Barbara | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley | 4.96 | Napa | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Montage Healdsburg | 4.96 | Sonoma | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| The Maybourne Beverly Hills | 4.72 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| The Peninsula Beverly Hills | 4.60 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Fairmont Grand Del Mar | 4.07 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco | 4.07 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa | 4.07 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Solage, Auberge Collection | 4.07 | Napa | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Hotel Bel-Air | 4.03 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage | 4.00 | Palm Springs | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Balboa Bay Resort | 4.00 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bernardus Lodge & Spa | 4.00 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Carneros Resort and Spa | 4.00 | Napa | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Casa Palmero at Pebble Beach | 4.00 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Casa del Mar | 4.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Château du Sureau | 4.00 | Tahoe and Yosemite | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley at East Palo Alto | 4.00 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Hotel Californian | 4.00 | Santa Barbara | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Hotel Nikko San Francisco | 4.00 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa | 4.00 | Sonoma | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ojai Valley Inn | 4.00 | Ojai | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Post Ranch Inn | 4.00 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Shutters on the Beach | 4.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Terranea Resort | 4.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Inn at Spanish Bay | 4.00 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Langham Huntington, Pasadena | 4.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Lodge at Pebble Beach | 4.00 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel | 4.00 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe | 4.00 | Tahoe and Yosemite | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey | 4.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco | 4.00 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The US Grant, A Luxury Collection Hotel | 4.00 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Alila Ventana Big Sur | 3.97 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Fairmont Century Plaza | 3.97 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Yaamava’ Resort & Casino | 3.97 | Inland Empire | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| San Ysidro Ranch | 3.90 | Santa Barbara | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Alila Napa Valley | 3.83 | Napa | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club | 3.83 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Conrad Los Angeles | 3.73 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Regent Santa Monica Beach | 3.69 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | |||||
| The Lodge at Torrey Pines | 3.60 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| El Encanto, A Belmond Hotel, Santa Barbara | 3.28 | Santa Barbara | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Mt. Ada | 3.28 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Taj Campton Place | 3.28 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| The Beverly Hilton | 3.28 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village | 3.25 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara | 3.25 | Santa Barbara | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bardessono Hotel and Spa | 3.23 | Napa | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills | 3.15 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| L'Auberge Carmel | 3.08 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa | 3.08 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| The Clement Palo Alto | 3.08 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles | 3.08 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage | 3.08 | Palm Springs | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, A Four Seasons Hotel | 3.02 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Archer Hotel Napa | 3.00 | Napa | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Beach Village at The Del | 3.00 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa | 3.00 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa | 3.00 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Farmhouse Inn | 3.00 | Sonoma | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Hotel Drisco Pacific Heights | 3.00 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa | 3.00 | Palm Springs | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square | 3.00 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Nobu Ryokan Malibu | 3.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, San Francisco | 3.00 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Parker Palm Springs | 3.00 | Palm Springs | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Pendry San Diego | 3.00 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| SLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Beverly Hills | 3.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| SingleThread Farms | 3.00 | Sonoma | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The Ranch at Laguna Beach | 3.00 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Viceroy Santa Monica | 3.00 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Viejas Casino & Resort | 3.00 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 Hotel West Hollywood | 2.98 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Rancho Bernardo Inn | 2.98 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| San Francisco Proper Hotel | 2.98 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Santa Monica Proper Hotel | 2.98 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Stanly Ranch, Auberge Collection | 2.98 | Napa | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| The West Hollywood EDITION | 2.98 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Downtown L.A. Proper Hotel | 2.89 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero | 2.89 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Oceana Santa Monica, LXR Hotels & Resorts | 2.89 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Pendry Newport Beach | 2.89 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas | 2.77 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| Mission Pacific Beach Resort | 2.77 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| Paséa Hotel & Spa | 2.77 | Orange County | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| The Seabird Resort & Spa, part of Destination by Hyatt | 2.77 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| Vintage House at The Estate Yountville | 2.77 | Napa | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| W Hollywood | 2.77 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| L'Ermitage Beverly Hills | 2.75 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Hotel Les Mars | 2.48 | Sonoma | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel | 2.46 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Harbor View Inn | 2.46 | Santa Barbara | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Omni San Francisco Hotel | 2.46 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Pechanga Resort Casino | 2.46 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown | 2.45 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Pendry West Hollywood | 2.44 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| JW Marriott Los Angeles, L.A. Live | 1.69 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Napa River Inn | 1.69 | Napa | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Kimpton La Peer Hotel | 0.97 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel | 0.97 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Mr. C Beverly Hills | 0.97 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara | 0.72 | Santa Barbara | United States (CA) | 5 | |||||
| Hotel Figueroa | 0.72 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Hotel Valencia Santana Row | 0.72 | San Jose | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| InterContinental Los Angeles Century City | 0.72 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Sunset Tower Hotel | 0.72 | Los Angeles | United States (CA) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Hotel Corque | 0.43 | Santa Barbara | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| La Quinta Resort & Club, A Waldorf Astoria Resort | 0.43 | Palm Springs | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| Tradewinds Carmel | 0.43 | Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| W San Francisco | 0.43 | San Francisco | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| Willows Hotel & Spa at Viejas | 0.43 | San Diego | United States (CA) | 3 | |||||
| Calistoga Ranch, Auberge Resorts Collection | 0.32 | Napa | United States (CA) | ||||||
| Rosewood CordeValle | 0.32 | San Jose | United States (CA) |
Our methodology
Recognition that lasts
Hoslog looks across seven years of published designations. Recent recognition carries more influence, while earlier years reveal consistency. When a hotel goes unlisted, its previous recognition gradually fades.
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