We were fine with dreamhost, until we suddenly weren't. In a massive, site and email was down for a month with little compensation and no real help. I would recommend staying away from them, highly.

Unfortunately we don't have a great recommendation now. Liode is who L is using now, but they are more than a bit over the top tech for most. It's who he's using when he develops sites for others, but probably isn't want you are looking for.

But really, not Dreamhost.