If you’re spilling out from your roommate’s pay-to-play Whisky A Go Go set, Bar Jubilee offers a funhouse-like environment worth getting lost in at least once. Plush booths encourage intimate conversation, while a small stage can host live jazz and bass-bumping DJs alike. Up a gilded staircase, they’ve kept Rock & Reilly’s hidden game room, swapping out foosball for a pool table.
The menu offers bottle service while mimicking the ambition of Cold Shoulder with its milk-washed mescal and homemade syrups (peaking with their popcorn syrup-ed Old Fashioned). The execution, however, lands neutrally or just on the right side of pleasant. As the latest venture in ongoing attempts to revitalize the Sunset Strip, Bar Jubilee feels more like a novelty event venue than a destination.
Time Out Tip: A nightly happy hour from 7pm–8pm brings the drinks down to a more palatable $12 (from $18 for cocktails and $14 for mocktails).