Bars and Clubs in Los Angeles

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Rick's Tavern on Main
20s / Bar Food / Baseball / Baseball Caps / Blouses / Blue Collar / Budget-friendly / Burgers / Casual / Casual / Chill / Club Kids / Crowded / Day Drinking / Dresses / Friendly / Happy Hour / Jeans / Jerseys / Laid back / Late 30s / Late Night Happy Hour / Outdoor Area / Patio / People Watching / Restaurant / Rowdy / Sandals / Sandwiches / Shorts / Sports / Sports Bar / Sports Fans / Students / Surfers / Swimwear / TVs / Tourists / Unpretentious
Party Earth Review Often called the Cheers of Santa Monica for its friendly vibe – and the Bronx by the beach for all the Yankees paraphernalia – Rick’s Tavern on Main is an always casual drinking den and part-time rowdy sports hub in the heart of trendyville. Underneath the dark green awning, a tiny porch offers laid-back revelers the chance ... read full review of Rick's Tavern on Main
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Roosterfish
20s / 30s / 40s / 80s Music / Arcade Games / Barbeque / Baseball Caps / Burgers / Casual / Conversational / Cover Bands / Darts / Disco / Dive / Dive Bar / Flirty / Fun-loving / Gay / Gay Bar / Gay-friendly / Happy Hour / High Energy / Hot Dogs / Jeans and T-Shirt / Jukebox / Locals / Margaritas / Patio / Pool (Billiards) / Pop / Shorts / Theme Nights / Video Games

Party Earth Review The only gay bar on the Westside – and the only venue on Abbot Kinney Boulevard open for daytime drinking – Roosterfish is a beachside dive with a stellar upbeat attitude. A rustic wood and brick décor punctuated by beer signs, cowboy paintings, and rotating exhibits of homoerotic art creates an atmosphere that’s welcoming ... more
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The Churchill
20s / Actors / Alternative Music / Bar / Beer / Blouses / Breakfast / Brunch / Budget-friendly / Button-downs / Couples / DJ / Date Place / Day Drinking / Designer Jeans / Dinner / Drink Specials / Early 30s / Fun-loving / Gastropub / Good Looking / Happy Hour / High Heels / Hip / In crowd / Indie / Jam Packed / Laid back / Late Night Happy Hour / Lively / Locals / Lunch / Mimosas / Patio / Photo Booth / Pizza / Sandwiches / Scenester / Seafood / Small Plates / Smart Casual / Sneakers / Specialty Cocktails / Students / T-shirts / TVs / Trendy Casual / Trendy Vibe / Unpretentious / Valet Parking / Young Professionals

Party Earth Review Though The Churchill just entered the scene in late-2011, it has the distinction of being run by the same guys behind West Hollywood’s casual and very popular bar The Hudson. Churchill is bigger than its older brother, however, and its rustic design with old-fashioned Edison light bulbs and unfinished wood flooring creates ... more
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Venice Beach Wines
20s / 30s / 40s / Ambient / Artists / Bohemian / Breakfast / Brunch / Button-downs / Casual / Charcuterie / Conversational / Couples / Creative / Jeans and T-Shirt / Laid back / Locals / Lounge / Low key / Lunch / Occasional Live Music / Pizza / Romantic / Sandwiches / Shorts / Small Plates / Sophisticated / Sunset / Wine / Wine Bar / Young Professionals

Party Earth Review Part wine bar, part wine shop and artisanal deli, Venice Beach Wines has created a supremely relaxed little nightspot whose small wood and stone patio just past the wrought-iron gate is packed every night with a talkative and laid-back crowd of creative types and boho locals. On each side of the walkway, raised slatted ... more
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Harvard & Stone
20s / 30s / Artists / Bar / Beer on Tap / Blues / Burlesque / Cocktail Lovers / Cocktails / DJ / Dress Code / Flannel Shirts / Hipster / Industry Types / Jeans / Live Music / Locals / Mixology / Outdoor Area / Rock / Rockabilly / Smoking Area / T-shirts / Trendy Casual / Vintage / Whiskey / Whiskey Lovers
Party Earth Review If Rosie the Riveter bought a western saloon, decorated it like a mineshaft, hired a devout mixologist to plan the menu, and convinced her sexy friends to dance above the bar – it would look a lot like Harvard & Stone. A steel door out front is the first indication of the venue’s industrial aesthetic, which continues throughout ... read full review of Harvard & Stone
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Rock & Reilly's
20s / 30s / Actors / Artsy / Bar Food / Blouses / Boisterous / Burgers / Button-downs / Casual / Casual / Celebrities / Chill / Cocktail Lovers / Cocktails / Creative / Art / Music Types / Crowded / Deck / Dresses / Dressy / Groups / Happy Hour / Happy Hour / Irish Food / Jam Packed / Karaoke / Laid back / Locals / Musicians / Private Room / Pub / Pub Crawlers / Rock / Rowdy / Skinny Jeans / Sports / Sports Fans / T-shirts / TVs / Trendy Casual / Vintage / Vodka / Whiskey / Whiskey Bar / Whiskey Lovers / Young Professionals

Party Earth Review With a drinks menu heavy on whiskey, a dozen flat-screen tuned to sports, and a prime location along the famous (infamous?) Sunset Strip, Rock & Reilly’s attracts everyone from cocktail snobs and celebrities to sports lovers. The ground floor lies somewhere between the border of cozy and downright small ... more
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barbrix
40s / Ambient / Blouses / Bohemian / Boisterous / Budget-friendly / Button-downs / Casual / Charcuterie / Cocktail Dress / Conversational / Couples / Creative / Date Place / Dinner / Food Specials / Foodies / Funky Dresses / Good for Groups / Groups / Happy Hour / High Energy / Intimate / Jeans / Late 20s / Late 30s / Late Night Happy Hour / Mediterranean Food / Outdoor Area / Patio / Professional Types / Restaurant / Romantic / Seafood / Small Plates / Suits / T-shirts / Trendy Casual / Upscale / Upscale / Valet Parking / Wine / Wine Bar / Wine Lovers

Party Earth Review Set back from the street in a 1940s house, barbrix is a chic little spot that specializes in Mediterranean-inspired small plates and a large selection of wines from around the globe. As intimate groups take cover beneath string-lit umbrellas to devour daily specials on the front patio, scruffy bohemians head inside to the ... more
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Hyde Lounge (West Hollywood)
20s / A-list / Actors / Affluent / Alternative Rock / Bar / Bottle Service / Button-downs / Celebrities / Club / Cocktail Dress / Cocktails / DJ / Dance / Dance Floor / Dancing / Dinner / Entertainment Professionals / Exclusive / Fashion Forward / Fashion Types / Finance Types / Good Looking / High End / High End / Exclusive / High Heels / In crowd / Jam Packed / Late 30s / Long Lines / Lounge / Models / Old School / Outdoor Area / Rap / Sandwiches / Scenester / See and Be Seen / Skinny Jeans / Slacks / Small Plates / Smoking Area / Specialty Cocktails / Top 40 / Tough Door / Valet Parking / Wear Your Finest / Well-heeled / Young Professionals

Party Earth Review The Hyde brand has always been a mark of exclusivity, and the newly redesigned Hyde Lounge doesn’t buck that trend. A small club with a big following, the venue is usually besieged by paparazzi who huddle outside waiting to photograph celebrities as they come and go, and the strength of the velvet rope might as well be ... more
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The most visible social scene in LA undeniably revolves around the high-end nightlife: the famous and exclusive bars and clubs in Los Angeles. The in-crowd is deeply intertwined with the entertainment industry, and nowhere is this more evident than in Hollywood, with its ever-present lines of stunning wannabe stars waiting outside the swanky clubs and lounges, and the snap-happy paparazzi waiting for short-skirted celebs to step out of their Escalades.

Hot one minute and cold the next, the LA bars and clubs can be as fickle as the A-listers who frequent them. To entice these leggy blonde starlets, each club attempts to outdo its competition with kitschy themes, ostentatious décor, impenetrable access, and enough idolatrous fawning to keep them coming back.

LA’s pre-club scene is equally exclusive, as high-powered agents and producers talk shop at sceney Beverly Hills and Sunset Strip hotspots and bars with tight reservation-only policies and the steep price tags that come with them.

Yes, it pays to be famous, wealthy, and beautiful in LA’s gilt-edged scene, and those with deep pockets and even deeper connections will find the tall, tanned, and beautiful just beyond the iron-clad velvet ropes, where one can dance with a Kardashian one minute and do shots with Jeremy Piven the next, or catch a glimpse of Hollywood dealmakers green-lighting the next hot movie franchise.

Although the Hollywood entertainment scene garners the most tabloid attention, the rest of LA’s multifaceted nightlife is nothing to be scoffed at. With a variety of options stretching from the ocean to Downtown, Los Angeles offers inventive cocktail dens, speakeasy watering holes, club/lounge hybrids, Irish pubs, and lazy beachside bars.

In recent years, the mixology and craft beer scene has blown up in Downtown, Silver Lake, and Los Feliz, where trendsetting hipsters rub elbows with grizzled regulars over Dark & Stormys and Old Fashioneds, while beach bums, yuppies and divorcées congregate down by the water with a laid-back, anything-goes attitude that makes every day feel like a weekend.

Hitting a combination of all these types of venues in one night may require traveling across the city, but taking advantage of LA’s less stereotypical offerings is well worth the effort.

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Lucas

Sports? Pub crawls? Rowdy bars? Good beer? Then check out these suggestions from Lucas:

Barney's Beanery

20s / 30s

Big Wangs (Hollywood)

20s / 30s

The Parlor Hollywood

20s / 30s

901 Bar & Grill

40s / Bar Food

Lucas Likes: Beer Sports Rowdy Casual Anything goes Bar Flirty
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Adriana

Exclusive hotspots? Chic crowds? Bottle service? Posh shopping? Then check out these suggestions from Adriana:

The Abbey Food & Bar

20s / 30s

AV Nightclub

Bottle Service / Celebrities

Bootsy Bellows

20s / 30s

The Tower Bar

30s / 40s

Adriana Likes: Exclusive Nightclub Fashion Forward Shopping Jetsetter Lounge Hotel Bar High End / Exclusive
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Jonah

Eclectic crowds? Authentic bars? Live music? Nothing mainstream? Then check out these suggestions from Jonah:

Villains Tavern

30s / Bar

Thirsty Crow

20s / 30s

Sunset Beer Company

Ambient / Artists

The Viper Room

20s / 30s

Jonah Likes: Live Music Eclectic Indie Alternative Non-mainstream Laid back Conversational Creative / Art / Music Types
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Emma

Amazing drink deals? Unpretentious crowds? Karaoke with friends? Dancing all night? Then check out these suggestions from Emma:

Improv (Los Angeles, CA)

20s / 30s

Bigfoot West

20s / Ambient

Largo at the Coronet

Acoustic / After Work

Paradise Cove Beach Café

All Ages / Anything goes

Emma Likes: Happy Hour Culture Dancing Lively Budget-friendly Sightseeing Party Groups
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