7 editor picks in Los Angeles.
7 speakeasies in Los Angeles our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Los Angeles nightlife.
No Vacancy in a Hollywood Victorian house in LA is the Houston Hospitality speakeasy where you ring a hotel bell at a closed front desk and a bookcase opens.
TipOpen Thursday to Saturday 20:00-02:00. Reservations through Resy preferred; walk-ins go on a waitlist before 22:00.
Apt 503 hides on the 5th floor of the Aroma Wilshire Center in Koreatown, a semi-rooftop Los Angeles lounge with DJs, dance floor and an outdoor patio.
TipReservations strongly recommended via Discotech. Dress code enforced on weekends; the patio fills first.
Death & Co in the LA Arts District opened in 2019 under Alex Day, Dave Kaplan and Devon Tarby, the West Coast outpost of the East Village room.
TipTock reservations open weekly. Walk-ins try the standing rail or the adjacent lobby bar at the Hoxton.
Dirty Laundry in a Hollywood basement, once Rudolph Valentino's prohibition stash, is the Houston Hospitality LA speakeasy with DJs in the back and stiff.
TipEnter through the alley off Hudson; password posted on Instagram some nights. No-cover walk-in early weeknights.
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.
TipNo reservations, walk-in only. Smart dress preferred. Arrive before 21:00 weeknights to skip the line.
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.
TipLive blues and Americana most nights from 21:00. No cover, walk-in, kitchen open until midnight.
Townhouse on Windward Avenue in Venice, established 1915, runs cocktails upstairs and the Del Monte Speakeasy below, a Prohibition rum cellar.
TipTownhouse walk-in upstairs; the Del Monte downstairs is ticketed for live music, comedy and burlesque most nights from 21:00.
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