Ocean Dining Room

Grass Room’s Courtyard flows into the Ocean Dining Room through 18-foot tall, uncommonly shaped archways built from the original building’s deconstructed bow truss ceilings and topped with stained glass. On the dining room’s original brick walls you’ll find handmade clay and seaweed murals (literal impressions of kelp fronds collected from the Santa Monica beach shoreline). Carved totemic sea creatures by Ivan Lee Mora oversee the space; the effect is a loosely aquatic, otherworldly setting. The tables, which can hold up to 150 guests, are built from squared-off, tongue and groove floors salvaged from the original hotel, and paired with suave Italian leather chairs. This dining room is thoroughly versatile, suitable for elegant seated dinners and live performances ranging from as few as 35 to as many as 150 guests, and features a 16-foot cinema screen, lighting systems and mixing board for dining ambience, screenings and live events.