Nightlife in Los Angeles

Top spots in Los Angeles

• Grand Central Market

  Food & Drink

  Downtown

  Century-old food hall — Eggslut, tacos, fresh juice under neon signs.

Best nightlife in Los Angeles

12 hand-picked bars, clubs, live music rooms & late-night eats.

• The Varnish

  $$$

  Speakeasy · Downtown

  Hidden behind Cole's, the LA cocktail revival.

• Apt 503

  $$$

  Speakeasy · Koreatown

  Hidden Koreatown bar, complex cocktails.

• Bar Marmont

  $$$$

  Cocktail bar · West Hollywood

  Chateau Marmont's adjacent celeb haunt.

• Thunderbolt

  $$

  Cocktail bar · Historic Filipinotown

  Listening bar with vinyl & cocktails.

• Sound Nightclub

  $$$

  Club · Hollywood

  House & techno club, Funktion-One sound.

• Exchange LA

  $$$

  Club · Downtown

  Massive multi-floor club in old stock exchange.

• The Echo / Echoplex

  $$

  Live music · Echo Park

  Indie venues stacked on top of each other.

• Hollywood Bowl

  $$$

  Live music · Hollywood

  Iconic outdoor amphitheatre.

• Perch

  $$$$

  Rooftop · Downtown

  French rooftop with skyline view.

• Mama Shelter Rooftop

  $$$

  Rooftop · Hollywood

  Bright rooftop with foosball & city views.

• Brite Spot Diner

  $

  Late-night eats · Echo Park

  24-hour diner, post-bar comfort.

• Tacos Tu Madre

  $

  Late-night eats · Multiple

  Late-night taco favourite.

Where to eat

• Bestia

  $$$

  Italian · Arts District

  Pasta and charcuterie in a warehouse — hardest reso in LA.

• Guelaguetza

  $$

  Oaxacan · Koreatown

  Seven moles and live banda music on weekends.

• Republique

  $$$

  French bakery / bistro · Mid-Wilshire

  Stunning Charlie Chaplin-era room, all-day pastries to dinner.

• Howlin' Ray's

  $$

  Hot chicken · Chinatown

  Nashville heat in LA — the line is the lifestyle.

• n/naka

  $$$$

  Kaiseki · Palms

  Niki Nakayama's 13-course modern Japanese tasting.

Live & on stage

• Hollywood Bowl Summer Series

  Hollywood Bowl · Jun – Sep · Mixed

• FYF / Outside Lands LA

  Exposition Park · Aug · Indie

• Coachella Weekend (Indio)

  Empire Polo Club · Apr 10–19 · Festival

• Rose Parade

  Pasadena · Jan 1 · Parade / Free