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The Pretty Woman hotel: what a night at the Beverly Wilshire actually costs
One hotel, one demolished hotel and one soundstage carry the film between them. Here is what the Beverly Wilshire costs today, which wing is the one you picture, what the hotel genuinely sells around the film, and why the penthouse can never be booked.
By Jack Williamson, Luxury Travel EditorPublished 16 September 2026Verified 16 September 202612 minutes
The quick answer
Pretty Woman was filmed at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, which in 1990 traded as the Regent Beverly Wilshire and became a Four Seasons in 1992. Rooms start around $495 a night. The penthouse Edward books was a soundstage set, not a real suite.
The hotel still trades on the film, but what it sells is not what most articles describe. There is no suite called the Pretty Woman Suite. What exists is a free photograph by the lifts, a $35 cocktail, a themed room stay from about $800, and a six figure experience booked by the suite.
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The penthouse was built on a soundstage
This is the single thing to take away, because almost every article about this film gets it wrong. The penthouse Edward Lewis occupies, the one with the piano and the terrace, was never a Beverly Wilshire suite. It was built on a soundstage for the production. Four Seasons says as much in its own hotel history, which credits the lobby and the Presidential Suite with having inspired the film's studio sets rather than having played them. Sources disagree on which stage was used, so this page does not name one.
What was real at the hotel is narrower than the legend: the exterior facade and the lobby. That is the honest list. If you arrive expecting to be shown Edward's suite, there is nothing to be shown, and no amount of money changes that.
Most interiors were shot at a hotel that no longer exists
The bulk of the interior work, including the ballroom etiquette scene, was shot at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, as movie-locations.com documents. The Ambassador was demolished across 2005 and 2006 and the site is now a school.
Anyone working through a location list hits a dead end there, and very few pages say so. It is the reason a Pretty Woman pilgrimage cannot be completed, whatever you spend on it.
The poolside scene is not the Beverly Wilshire pool
The pool sequence was shot at the hotel in Westwood that now trades as the W Los Angeles West Beverly Hills, again per movie-locations.com, with mauve flowers dressed in to match the palette of the film. Guests who book the Beverly Wilshire expecting that pool are booking the wrong hotel entirely.
The two wings, and which one is on screen
The Beverly Wilshire is really two buildings joined together, and knowing which is which changes what you book. The Wilshire Wing is the original 1928 Walker and Eisen building, Italian Renaissance in style, faced in Tuscan stone and Carrara marble, ten floors fronting Wilshire Boulevard, approached by a cobblestone driveway under gaslight lanterns imported from a Scottish castle. It was renovated at a cost of $100 million in 1988.
The Beverly Wing was added in 1971 on the site of the old pool and tennis courts, runs to 14 floors, and holds the Mediterranean pool that was inspired by Sophia Loren's villa. It was renovated at a cost of $60 million in 1989. It is the more conventional of the two and the one where most entry level rooms sit.
The exterior in the film is the historic Wilshire Wing, the Wilshire Boulevard facade everyone pictures. No single source states that outright, so treat it as the sensible reading of the building rather than a documented credit. If the architecture is why you are going, ask for the Wilshire Wing at the point of booking.
What the hotel actually sells around the film
Old press coverage has muddled this badly, so here is the current position, from the hotel's own Pretty Woman experiences page and its Pretty Woman for a Day listing. There is no suite on sale called the Pretty Woman Suite. There never has been.
| What | Price | Detail |
|---|---|---|
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Photograph by the lifts
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Free | The hotel invites guests to photograph the elevators used in the film |
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Feeling Pretty cocktail at THE Blvd
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$35 | Tito's, Combier Peche de Vigne, raspberries and Brut Rose |
| From about $800 a night | Bubble bath, robes and an in room screening of the film | |
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Pretty Woman for a Day
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From USD 100,000 per suite per night | Penthouse or Presidential only, four night minimum, 48 hours notice, blackout dates. Rodeo Drive styling tour, dinner at CUT by Wolfgang Puck, a private in suite chef's dinner, a 90 minute massage and a bespoke picnic with live music |
The free photograph is the one I would actually plan around. Everything above it in price buys the film's atmosphere rather than any room the film used.
The price of the fantasy has doubled
There is a genuine story in the numbers, and it only shows up when both are dated. For the film's thirtieth anniversary in 2020 the hotel packaged a Feeling Pretty stay at $300,000 for three nights, including a $50,000 shopping credit, as Luxury Launches reported at the time and Los Angeles magazine covered in its thirtieth anniversary piece.
The standing equivalent today is Pretty Woman for a Day at USD 100,000 per suite per night with a four night minimum. Set the 2020 figure against the 2026 one and the same fantasy has roughly doubled in six years. Everywhere else quotes one of those numbers without a date attached, which is how a 2020 promotion ends up being read as a current price list.
What a normal night costs, and what you get
Entry level rooms run $495 to $822 a night depending on room type and booking channel, checked September 2026. The hotel facts sheet puts the property at 395 rooms, 258 of them guest rooms and 137 suites, with the entry Signature Room at 400 square feet.
Above that the specialty suites step up quickly: Ambassador at 1,425 square feet, Governor at 2,200, Beverly Presidential at 3,200, Wilshire Presidential at 4,000 and the Penthouse at 5,000. The odd one out is the Veranda Suite, 750 square feet of interior with a 2,140 square foot private terrace on the tenth floor of the Wilshire Wing, reached by stairs from the eighth, with a Hollywood Glamping tent available on the terrace.
Seasonally, November is the cheapest month at an average of about $941 and January the most expensive at about $1,103, with June sitting in high season. No resort fee appears in the available records for this hotel, so this page does not state one. Confirm at the point of booking and check live rates for your own dates rather than working from any figure in an older article.
The other locations, and which ones still exist
A location list is only useful if it says what has gone. This one is drawn from movie-locations.com.
| Location | Scene | Status |
|---|---|---|
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Rodeo Drive at the Santa Monica Boulevard corner
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The shopping sequence | Street visitable, though the boutique has changed hands |
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Los Angeles Equestrian Center, Burbank
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The polo match | Still operating |
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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Stood in for the opera lobby | Open to visitors |
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Las Palmas Hotel, N Las Palmas Avenue
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Vivian's apartment | Still standing |
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Bank of America Plaza, S Hope Street
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Edward's office | Still standing |
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Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard
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Most interiors, including the ballroom etiquette scene | Demolished 2005 to 2006, now a school |
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Barb's Quickie Grill
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The diner | Closed in 1999 |
Two of the seven are gone, which is why no location tour of this film is complete.
If $495 is more than the film is worth to you
Three nearby options, in the order I would work through them. Rates were checked in September 2026 and move with demand, so open a live rate for your own dates.
| Hotel | What it is | The trade | From, checked September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small boutique hotel in Beverly Hills proper | No Four Seasons service and no spa | From about $175 | |
| West Hollywood, with a rooftop pool | Not Beverly Hills proper | About $263 to $273 | |
| Full service hotel near Century City | Chain feel rather than a sense of place | About $259 to $421 |
None of the three appears in the film. They are here because the address and the walk to Rodeo Drive are what most readers are really buying.
Questions readers actually ask
What hotel was Pretty Woman filmed at?
The Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, which traded as the Regent Beverly Wilshire in 1990 and became a Four Seasons hotel in 1992. Only the exterior facade and the lobby were used at the hotel itself.
Can you stay in the Pretty Woman penthouse?
No, because it does not exist. The penthouse was built on a soundstage for the production, and Four Seasons' own history page credits the lobby and Presidential Suite with inspiring those studio sets rather than appearing as them.
Is there a Pretty Woman Suite at the Beverly Wilshire?
There is no room or suite sold under that name. The current offerings are a free photograph by the lifts, a $35 cocktail, a Movie Night room stay from about $800 a night, and the Pretty Woman for a Day experience from USD 100,000 per suite per night.
How much does the Beverly Wilshire cost a night?
Entry level rooms ran $495 to $822 a night when checked in September 2026, depending on room type and channel. November averages about $941 across the property and January about $1,103, with June in high season.
Does the Beverly Wilshire charge a resort fee?
No resort fee appears in the records available for this hotel, so no figure is quoted here. It is worth confirming at the point of booking rather than assuming either way.
Which wing of the Beverly Wilshire should you book?
The 1928 Wilshire Wing is the historic Walker and Eisen building on Wilshire Boulevard, in Tuscan stone and Carrara marble across ten floors, and it is the facade everyone pictures. The Beverly Wing, added in 1971, runs to 14 floors and holds the pool.
Where was the ballroom scene in Pretty Woman filmed?
At the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, which handled most of the film's interiors. The Ambassador was demolished across 2005 and 2006 and the site is now a school, so that location cannot be visited.
Was the pool scene shot at the Beverly Wilshire?
It was not. The poolside sequence was shot at the Westwood hotel that now trades as the W Los Angeles West Beverly Hills, with mauve flowers dressed in to match the film's palette.
What was the $300,000 Pretty Woman package?
A thirtieth anniversary offer in 2020, priced at $300,000 for three nights and including a $50,000 shopping credit. The standing equivalent today is Pretty Woman for a Day at USD 100,000 per suite per night with a four night minimum.
Is the Rodeo Drive shop from the film still there?
The corner of Rodeo Drive and Santa Monica Boulevard is still there and free to walk, but the boutique used in the film has changed hands. The street itself is the draw rather than any single shopfront.
What is the Veranda Suite at the Beverly Wilshire?
A 750 square foot suite on the tenth floor of the Wilshire Wing with a 2,140 square foot private terrace, reached by stairs from the eighth floor, and with a Hollywood Glamping tent available on the terrace.
Is the Beverly Wilshire worth booking for the film alone?
Only if the lobby and the facade are enough, because they are the two things the film genuinely used. Readers who want the film's spaces are better served by a walk along Rodeo Drive and a cocktail at THE Blvd than by the most expensive suite in the building.