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Lola's Martini Bar

Cocktail Bar / Lounge

Reviewed by Adam H.

"Located on one of West Hollywood’s busiest streets, surrounded by residential neighborhoods, a nearby tanning salon, and a plain and unassuming edific ..." more

945 North Fairfax Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90046

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El Carmen

Mexican Restaurant

Party Earth Review For an upbeat vibe no doubt helped along by one of the best selections of tequila in LA, patrons will want to head to the kitschy El Carmen, a bustling cantina popular with a laid-back clientele of young professionals, artsy types, and neighborhood regulars. The small one-room space is packed to the gills with campy ... more

8138 West Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048

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The Daily Pint

Dive Bar / Whiskey Bar

Party Earth Review With a whiskey list running more than five hundred options deep, a daily rotation of craft beers, and more barroom games than a traveling carnival, The Daily Pint attracts fun lovers of every stripe in the mood for serious drinking and laid-back fun. Chilled-out West Siders, college students, and thirty-something whiskey ... more

2310 Pico Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405

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Basement Tavern

Speakeasy

Party Earth Review Buried beneath the beautiful mansion/event space The Victorian, Basement Tavern is a casual speakeasy, so hidden that visitors would have to be profoundly lost to stumble upon it. In-the-know patrons proceed around back, through a wooden doorway, past an open kitchen, and finally down two flights of stairs before discovering ... more

2640 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405

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The Writer's Room

Lounge / Speakeasy

Party Earth Review Formerly the back room of famed restaurant Musso & Frank, where early-century scribes like Hemingway and Fitzgerald sipped swill and poured literary gold into their suds-stained notebooks, The Writer’s Room may be that one Hollywood speakeasy with legit ties to the era it claims to represent. Sherlockian scenesters know ... more

6685 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
(entrance around back)

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Liquid Kitty

Cocktail Bar / Lounge

Reviewed by Chad F.

"Liquid Kitty on Pico near Fox is an awesome dive bar. It's not just dark...it's dark-dark. Anything goes here. It's a place you go to drink when yo ..." more

11780 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064

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Màs Malo

Mexican Restaurant

Reviewed by catherine c.

"I came here with my sisters and brothers for a random night out. I was impressed with their selection of cocktails, which can be spicy. Since tequila ..." more

515 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014

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Seventy7

Lounge / Speakeasy

Party Earth Review Hidden from the street down a dim alleyway, Seventy7 exudes a speakeasy vibe from the minute patrons step through the inconspicuous door until the last drop from the absinthe fountain has trickled down their throats. Part of the ongoing expansion of Culver City’s nightlife, the upscale lounge caters to a refined mix of ... more

3843 Main Street
Culver City, CA 90232

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Bar Lubitsch

Bar / Lounge / Vodka Bar

Party Earth Review A communist era-inspired lounge, Bar Lubitsch fills up on the weekends when fun-loving, twenty-something professionals turn up to let their hair down on the dance floor. Kitschy yet classy, the space consists of three distinct areas, including an ivied patio where smokers gather to mingle and a front room whose red and ... more

7702 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046

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The Bazaar By José Andrés

Cocktail Bar

Reviewed by Christie M.

"If you're anything like me you hate the overcrowded, overpriced, pretentious nature of most clubs in LA. That being said you can only go to the great ..." more

SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills
465 South La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048

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Thirsty Crow

Bar / Whiskey Bar

Party Earth Review A favorite haunt for local hipsters and Silver Lake denizens, Thirsty Crow is a homey neighborhood bar whose saloon atmosphere and excellent whiskey drinks have made it a destination for bourbon lovers from all over the city. Just past the velvet curtain and the display of antique whiskey bottles lies a large wooden horseshoe ... more

2939 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026

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Tortilla Republic

Mexican Restaurant

616 North Robertson Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069

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LA Cocktail Bars Overview

Lola's Martini Bar - Cocktail Bar | Lounge | Restaurant in LA

Sometimes you just want a cheap beer, but other times you want a high-end artisanal drink made with exotic bitters and the souls of unicorns, and that’s where Los Angeles cocktail bars come into play.

It won’t be hard to get a stellar drink in this town, as dedicated cocktail bars in LA can be found in most neighborhoods, from hipster-heavy but still gritty Echo Park to the glitzy expanse of Beverly Hills.

Keep in mind that going to an LA cocktail bar probably means you’re going to shell out more money than you would at the average dive, but the payout can be enjoying a drink that you’d never be able to get anywhere else.

Thirsty Crow over in Silver Lake is a homey neighborhood bar whose saloon atmosphere has made it a destination for bourbon lovers from all over the city, but patrons also know to show up for the extensive selection of handcrafted cocktails. Whiskey-lover’s paradise Seven Grand in Downtown, Los Angeles attracts an upscale clientele of both young professionals and artsy types looking to sample the venue’s three-hundred top-shelf whiskeys, or challenge the knowledgeable mixologists to incorporate one (or more of) into a delectable craft cocktail.

The White Horse Inn Cocktail Lounge in Hollywood, meanwhile, is a dive in the truest sense – nothing says hole-in-the-wall quite like free cheese puffs and a location on the first floor of a Super 8 Motel – but the joint manages to dole up some surprisingly good cocktail nonetheless.

From old-school speakeasies like Oldfield’s Liquor Room in Culver City to upscale lounges like Hemingway’s in Hollywood, cocktail bars in Los Angeles keep the mixes flowing and the shakers rattling all over town.