Los Angeles hotels · head to head
Two Los Angeles hotels from the same ingest sample — 4-star Loews Hollywood Hotel against 3-star The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios — compared on dated guest scores, not inventing rates or walks.
By Kaiser Khan · last reviewed
Rates for both move constantly, so nothing here quotes a price. Each full review carries the rate comparison for that property.
Both appear in the same Los Angeles shortlist with enough review volume to compare headlines, cleanliness and location categories honestly.
We publish a handful of comparisons per city, chosen by an editor. We do not generate a page for every possible pairing: at thirty hotels that would be 435 near-identical pages per city, and at five hundred it would be 124,750 for one city alone — which is a doorway-page pattern, not a service to anybody trying to pick a hotel.
Should you book this hotel?
Take Loews Hollywood Hotel if the higher headline (8.8 from 9,317) is the decision; take The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios only if its pin, star band or amenity list fits a different itinerary — both still need the named cons read aloud.
Loews Hollywood Hotel posts 8.8 from 9,317 as of 6 January 2026; The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios posts 8.4 from 6,672 as of 21 January 2026. Larger samples are more trustworthy when headlines are close.
Cleanliness: Loews Hollywood Hotel 8.69; The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios 6.86. Location: Loews Hollywood Hotel 9.7; The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios 9.37.
POI coverage: Loews Hollywood Hotel has 10 rows; The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios has 10 rows. We do not invent distances where rows are missing.
Neither page quotes a nightly rate — check partner links for your dates, then the hotel’s own site.
Verdict last reviewed . Rates, refurbishments and management change — re-check anything time-sensitive before booking.
4-star hotelHollywoodLoews Hotels
A 4-star Loews Hollywood Hotel at 1755 North Highland Avenue — Hollywood Walk of Fame at 0.15 km with a 8.8 headline from 9,317 reviews and rooms not ready on time named in the cons.
Third-party guest reviews: 8.8/10 from 9,317 reviews — as of
3-star hotelHollywoodIndependent
A 3-star The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios at 6141 Franklin Avenue — Universal Studios Hollywood at 0.6 km with a 8.4 headline from 6,672 reviews and cleanliness issues named in the cons.
Third-party guest reviews: 8.4/10 from 6,672 reviews — as of
Read the full The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios review
Every row is checkable against the supplier data on the two property pages. “Level” is a real answer and is used — a comparison where one side wins every row is usually a comparison somebody wrote backwards from the conclusion.
| What is being compared | Loews Hollywood Hotel | The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official classification | 4-star | 3-star | Loews Hollywood Hotel |
| Supplier guest headline | 8.8 /10 from 9,317 | 8.4 /10 from 6,672 | Loews Hollywood Hotel |
| Cleanliness category | 8.69/10 | 6.86/10 | Loews Hollywood Hotel |
| Location category | 9.7/10 | 9.37/10 | Loews Hollywood Hotel |
| POI rows in this seed | 10 landmarks | 10 landmarks | Level |
Rows taken: Loews Hollywood Hotel 4, The Hollywood Franklin Hotel near Universal Studios 0, level 1. Counting rows is not how you pick a hotel — one row usually decides it, and the verdict above says which.
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