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About 10Best's recommendations for Los Angeles's Best Bars:
10Best searched far and wide before ranking these bars as the best in Los Angeles. How'd they earn their way on the list? Beer selection, specialty cocktails, cool aesthetics, great jukeboxes, hip crowds – we consider it all before deciding which ones belong on a list of Los Angeles's Best Bars.
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 8171 Sunset Blvd, Chateau Marmont Hotel, Hollywood, CA 90046
This elaborately decorated bar features a tropical motif with a stuffed peacock holding court and faux monarch butterflies dotting the ceiling. The bar itself is bathed in red light while neighboring tables are illuminated by white lamps. It all creates a romantic, Eastern ambience, attracting famous folks like Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp, who...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 3172 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039
Prepare for an evening in the north woods, but leave your flannels at home – Bigfoot Lodge caters to urban lumberjacks. Campy-chic is the rule at this fun bar, where an electronic raccoon cavorts beside a huge fireplace while patrons suck down "Toasted Marshmallows" and "Girl Scout Cookie" cocktails. (Any hangovers can be remedied at the weekly...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 930 Hilgard Ave, W Los Angeles Westwood, Westwood, CA 90024
The focal point of this elegant New American restaurant is its 12-foot white sandstone bar, topped with teak wood; behind the bar, an ice-blue backlight illuminates a wood screen, producing a bamboo pattern. This statement of minimal, clean design is echoed throughout the restaurant's interior, as well as on the pleasant stone patio, which absorbs...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 400 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
A beautiful Art Deco bar tucked into this neighborhood cafe is the place to be on late weekend nights. Subtle, warm lighting sets the scene and complements the space's dark wood accents. The wine list impresses with a lengthy list of domestic, European, and South American labels. A superb late-night menu can also be enjoyed at the bar – nosh on...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 3705 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Half Indian restaurant, half bar and dance floor, Tantra provides an evening's worth of activities under one roof. Once a theater, the large bar area now plays to patrons with concoctions like the exotically-named Tears of Ganesha and Pinilla Dream. Adding to the Eastern ambience are Bollywood movies broadcast on plasma TVs scattered throughout...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 692 N Robertson Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90069
Retaining its original touch of Gothic decor, this hotspot of gay and lesbian (and increasingly, straight) nightlife has evolved to include three distinct bars, a hip lounge, and several coveted outdoor cabanas. A relaxed coffeehouse and restaurant by day, The Abbey effortlessly transforms into a lively nightspot in the evenings. Elaborate and...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 5851 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028
Providing an antidote to LA's glut of overly swanky cocktail bars, The Bar is refreshingly low-key and, consequently, attracts a mixed clientele who come for rock tunes and strong mixed drinks. Most weeknights, DJs spin a mix, so grab a seat and enjoy the tunes. As the evening gets later, the crowd is increasingly well-dressed, so show up on the...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 1630 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041
Designed to evoke a cozy ski lodge, The Chalet attracts a mixed crowd of Oxy students and neighborhood hipsters who snuggle up in booths and sip cocktails at the candlelit stone bar. Appropriately, a fireplace warms the scene, and while you won't find live music, a superb, eclectic mix of indie and alternative rock spills from a much-tended...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 417 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Somewhere between kitschy and cool, you'll find this former dive bar, now a downtown hipster hangout. Large chandeliers, gopher-shaped lamps, and vintage Atari games (think Centipede and Ms. Pac-Man) demonstrate that the bar doesn't take itself too seriously, and the mixed crowd of locals couldn't be happier. The tiny patio is an adequate place...
Category: Bars - Los Angeles Nightlife
Address: 4427 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Polynesian drinks and Hawaiian shirts abound at this tiny bar. Although small on space, it's big on fun. Enjoy a dynamic crowd and the large selection of fruit drinks. For something deliciously different, try "Ray's Mistake" – a mistake that went terribly right! Keep your eyes peeled as the rich and famous have been known to enjoy Tiki Ti right...
