4 editor picks in Los Angeles.
4 listening bars in Los Angeles our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Los Angeles nightlife.
Gold Line in Highland Park, built by Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf, is the LA listening bar with 7,500 records and a Thorens turntable.
TipNo outside records or laptops. Rotating local DJs play house-party volume. Walk-in, cocktails $16 to $20.
Tabula Rasa Bar on Hollywood Boulevard in LA's Thai Town pours 20 natural wines by the glass and 200 bottles with live jazz and DJ industry nights.
TipLive jazz Sunday and Tuesday from 20:00 typically. Walk-in seating, food trucks rotate in the courtyard.
Sunset & Vinyl hides behind a back staircase inside 800 Degrees Pizza in Hollywood, a 70s-themed LA listening lounge devoted to vintage records.
TipOpen 19:00-02:00. Walk-up the staircase past the pizza counter. Smart casual; weekends fill by 22:00.
Only the Wild Ones on Abbot Kinney in Venice is the Japanese-style hi-fi listening bar that opened 2025 with LA natural wines and small-batch drinks.
TipResy reservations open weekly. Bar seats are walk-in; the Tannoy speaker set runs all-vinyl mid-week, mixed-format weekends.
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
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1.5 hours
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Guided tour · 3.5 hours
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