Top-notch service and amenities including warm chocolate chip cookies on check-in flat-panel TVs in every room and a heated outdoor pool with private cabanas get top ratings for the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Carson where pets are welcome for a fee. The 224 rooms of this eight-story hotel some non-smoking are contemporary in decor and rich in amenities with free Wi-Fi 37-inch flat-panel HDTVs premium bedding complimentary coffee/tea service mp3 clock radios and safes. There are large desks with executive chairs for the business travelers along with dataports speakerphones voicemail complimentary remote printing and free weekday paper delivery. Guests can order room service or enjoy the combination of California and Asian fusion cuisine at the on-site restaurant. More casual fare is available at the sports bar and lounge with both indoor seating (and flat-panel TVs for sports fans) and poolside service around romantic fire pits. There's also a Starbucks coffee bar and numerous other amenities including a Precor fitness center business center and gift shop. Parking is free. The hotel is off I-405 in Carson 19 miles south of LA and less than three miles from the Home Depot Center. There's a shopping mall a mile away and many nearby attractions in Long Beach (The Queen Mary the Aquarium of the Pacific) less than 15 minutes from the hotel. Long Beach Airport is less than nine miles east.