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El Cid
Club / Historic Bar / Lounge
Visitors to El Cid may feel like they’ve time-traveled into a 16th-century Spanish tavern, but this multilevel club actually offers a very modern spot to drink and dance. Built in 1900 by pioneering American ... read more
Live Music Venue / Nightclub
Reviewed by Rebecca L.
"My Take: I came to The Bunker in Koreatown to see Shook play on a Thursday night with a ton of friends who had mutual friends that helped set up the e ..." more
2500 West 8th Street
Los Angeles, California 90057
Bar / Club / Lounge / Restaurant
Party Earth Review Melding a little of the LA club scene with a laid-back Westside vibe, 31Ten Lounge attracts trendy professionals looking to wind down from work and club-goers in the mood for something different from the typical Hollywood hysteria. Those ready to hit the town early drop by for upscale bites of wood-oven pizza and tacos ... more
3110 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Club / Live Music Venue / Lounge
Party Earth Review Situated just above the immense Avalon club, the versatile Bardot is a seductive Hollywood mainstay that attracts a blend of funky artists, hipsters, and club kids. Comprised of three separate areas decked out in 1920s splendor, the space features an intimate outdoor terrace where guests lounge on banquettes among the ficus ... more
1737 Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Club / Lounge
Party Earth Review One of the shinier and more exclusive venues in town, MyStudio is an opulent work of art in itself, with enough copper and gold details to merit its status as a gathering place for its decked out clientele. Young models in training and actors with enough dough and good looks to get past the door will find a darkly sparkling ... more
6623 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Bar / Music Venue / Nightclub
Reviewed by Nikki L.
"MY TAKE There are plenty of better nightclubs to hit up than the Good Hurt. The talent that plays here is mostly local, and a lot of riff raff, but it ..." more
12249 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90066
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Party Earth Review An experiential Spanish-themed nightclub, Premiere Supper Club combines atmosphere with live performances in a lavish setting inspired by surrealists like Gaudí and Dalí. A décor of archways, crimson velvet curtains, and stucco walls recalls a Spanish villa, while gothic candlesticks, heavy chains, and statues of saints ... more
1710 North Las Palmas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Club / Members Club
Party Earth Review An ultra-exclusive, celeb-packed club that’s gone purposefully insane, Beacher’s Madhouse is a vaudeville-inspired performance space where beautiful women don little more than tassels, exotic animals traipse across the stage, and a little person or two flies through the air. Located in the basement of nightlife mecca The ... more
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
7000 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(entrance on Orange Street
south of Hollywood Boulevard)
Club / Live Music Venue / Lounge
Party Earth Review Given the tough door policy, not everyone gets into The Sayers Club – but at least the folks left standing on the sidewalk can console themselves with a wiener. Hidden as it is behind hot dog purveyor Papaya King, there’s little evidence of this swanky lounge’s existence until trendy scenesters and in-the-know music lovers ... more
1645 Wilcox Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Party Earth Review Perched high above the west end of the Sunset Strip, the 20,000-square-foot Soho House is a private members-only social club whose elite atmosphere has made it a preferred hangout for celebrities. A stylish clientele from the worlds of entertainment, fashion, and finance step off the private elevator into an elegant reception ... more
9200 West Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Club / Lounge
Party Earth Review One of Hollywood’s hottest clubs in the 90s, Las Palmas went through a seven-year transformation during which it was called LAX, only to reemerge with its old name and with the same notoriously difficult door policy that still attracts a discerning and trendy clientele. The packs of paparazzi have also returned, lurking ... more
1714 North Las Palmas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Los Angeles is famous for its exclusive clubs and opulent nightlife, and people either love the glitz or hate it – and the ones who hate it probably couldn’t get past the velvet ropes anyway.
Hollywood on the weekends seems to be one swath of velvet all to itself, with ever-present lines of stunning celebrities and often equally stunning wannabe stars waiting outside the swanky nightclubs and hotspots. Hot one minute and extinct before sunrise, Los Angeles clubs can fade into the mist as fast as an actor’s career, no matter if it’s a famous West Hollywood dance club or a sultry blues club Downtown.
It definitely doesn’t hurt to be famous, wealthy, and beautiful in LA – hey, when DOES it hurt??? – but all of the clubs in Los Angeles aren’t necessarily exclusive. Multi-floored megaclubs in Hollywood have room for just about everyone, and eclectic cool music clubs that dot the city couldn’t care less about what kind of shoes you’re wearing or who you’re totally writing a spec pilot for next week.
And for folks who just want to get their dance on, the options range from budget-friendly college haunts with Top 40 DJs and cheap rails in plastic cups to opulent dance floors with mortgage-level cover charges playing host to some of the top DJs in the world.