The Roger Room ★ 4.4
$$$West Hollywood{'monday': '18:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '18:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '18:00-02:00', 'thursday': '18:00-02:00', 'friday': '18:00-02:00', 'saturday': '19:00-02:00', 'sunday': '20:00-02:00'}
The Roger Room hides behind a faux psychic storefront on La Cienega in West Hollywood, a 50-seat dim-lit cocktail bar that has been pouring classics since 2008.
Tip: No reservations, walk-in only. Smart dress preferred. Arrive before 21:00 weeknights to skip the line.
Sassafras Saloon ★ 4.2
$$Hollywood{'monday': '17:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '19:00-02:00', 'sunday': '19:00-02:00'}
Sassafras Saloon on Vine in Hollywood is the 1933 Group bar built around salvaged Savannah lumber, with pre-Prohibition cocktails and live music six nights a week.
Tip: Live blues and Americana most nights from 21:00. No cover, walk-in, kitchen open until midnight.
Townhouse and Del Monte Speakeasy ★ 4.3
$$Venice{'monday': '17:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '14:00-02:00', 'sunday': '14:00-02:00'}
Townhouse on Windward Avenue in Venice, established 1915, runs cocktails upstairs and the Del Monte Speakeasy below, a Prohibition rum cellar.
Tip: Townhouse walk-in upstairs; the Del Monte downstairs is ticketed for live music, comedy and burlesque most nights from 21:00.
The Abbey Food and Bar ★ 4.6
$$West Hollywood{'monday': '11:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-02:00', 'thursday': '11:00-02:00', 'friday': '11:00-02:00', 'saturday': '10:00-02:00', 'sunday': '10:00-02:00'}
The Abbey on Robertson has been West Hollywood's flagship gay bar since 1991, a sprawling indoor and patio dining, dance and drag destination.
Tip: Weekend drag brunches book through Resy. Stonewall Inn Gives Back certified LGBTQ Safe Space.
Akbar ★ 4.6
$Silver Lake{'monday': '19:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '19:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '19:00-02:00', 'thursday': '19:00-02:00', 'friday': '19:00-02:00', 'saturday': '19:00-02:00', 'sunday': '19:00-02:00'}
Akbar at Sunset and Fountain in Silver Lake, founded 1996, is the LA queer neighborhood bar with rotating DJs, comedy and a back dance floor.
Tip: No cover most nights. Tuesday comedy and Saturday Dance Yourself Clean DJ set are the regular standouts.
Micky's ★ 4.3
$$West Hollywood{'monday': '16:00-04:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-02:00', 'thursday': '16:00-02:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '13:00-04:00', 'sunday': '13:00-04:00'}
Micky's on Santa Monica Boulevard is the two-story West Hollywood gay nightclub, a downstairs floor and upstairs terrace in the Rainbow District.
Tip: Extended-hour license to 04:00 Saturday, Sunday and Monday under Hamburger Marys ownership since 2025. Free entry most nights.