Aside from the familiar party-pleasing favourites on its jukebox, the Good Luck Bar is Mandarin-themed to the max: red-soaked, black-lacquered and windowless in a way that...

Smarter than the nearby Roost but still quite casual and cosy, the stylish Griffin is the kind of low-key, hipster-happy lounge you'd like in your neighbourhood. The music is...

The streets around it are constantly being rebuilt, but this old residential hotel remains unchanged. The same can be said for its ground-floor bar: divey yet approachable,...

Located off the Santa Monica Boulevard drag, the minimalist, upscale Here Lounge accommodates a large crowd comprised of the scene's prettiest and cruisiest guys. The Sunday...

If your ambitions for the evening ahead encompass drinking, a little dancing and perhaps a spot of cosy romantic isolation, this is the place. Tucked away in a residential...

Naturally enough, LA's best nautical-themed bar sits fully 15 miles from the water. This agreeably egalitarian bar is famed for the warmth of its welcome and the cheapness of...

Local moguls Sam Nazarian and Brent Bolthouse found the magic formula for success in LA years ago - in a nutshell, exclusivity - and have worked with it ever since. While a...

Since LA's actors and models are, to all intents and purposes, forbidden by fashion and overweeing ambition to tuck into a portion of fish and chips, they tend to stay away...

This old boozer, divey without really being a dive, has been discovered by artsy indie kids, who mix freely with locals and refugees from the York next door. Entertainment from...

One of a handful of old-school Mexican watering holes in the inner city that have been taken over by new-school hipsters, La Cita serves as a bar, a restaurant and a club,...

The Mexi-Goth styling may seem a little on the heavy-handed side. But you know what? After the first margarita, all that black velvet will start to feel about right. If you...

At Pasadena's upscale Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa, a pianist skips the kitsch and plays romantic jazz every Friday and Saturday.

On a scene where DJs are known more for their tabloid exploits than their skills, DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein, is the real deal. Goldstein's deft hip hop and rock juggling create...

You'll probably feel at home at this neighbourhood bar, even if it's not in your neighbourhood: it's a real antidote to the high-end drinking and carousing scene just north in...