Hidden behind storefronts, tucked down staircases, and locked behind red doors, these are LA's most secretive drinking spots. Each one rewards the effort of finding it.
Venice · 52 Windward Ave, Venice, CA 90291
A century‑old local haunt, Townhouse lives above Del Monte, a Prohibition‑era speakeasy hidden beneath its wood‑paneled floors. The cocktail program here is a love letter to every era of American drinking, featuring cla…
Hollywood · 1719 N Hudson Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
A Hollywood magic club that refuses to phone it in. Tucked just off the Walk of Fame, it’s all velvet drapes, hidden doors, and candlelight that makes you question your peripheral vision. One minute you’re sipping a pro…
Arts District · 1356 Palmetto St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Part guided distillery experience, part gothic fever dream, this DTLA hideaway drops you into mossy trees, trickling waterfalls, and shadowy archways before the first sip even lands. The experience runs as a 2-hour, pri…
Koreatown · 3612 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Tucked into the historic Hotel Normandie in Koreatown, this place is low-key luxe: dark woods, amber glow, slick leather booths, and a horseshoe bar perfect for flying solo or people-watching. Their cocktails riff on th…
East Hollywood · 239 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Finding Lock & Key feels like walking into a secret handshake: red door, wall of doorknobs, and then—surprise—this huge speakeasy in Koreatown built for wandering. The interior is low-ceilinged, with plush green-leather…
DTLA · 475 Gin Ling Wy, Los Angeles, CA 90012
A Chinatown cocktail hideaway that feels like someone grafted an apothecary onto a speakeasy with a DJ booth — downstairs you’re dodging bodies and bass, upstairs you’re nursing inventive drinks on velvet couches while …
DTLA · 943 Sun Mun Wy, Los Angeles, CA 90012
A Chinatown relic that feels like stumbling into a ’50s speakeasy where jazz never really left. Grand Star splits its personality between cozy live tunes and DJs spinning everything from dusty standards to hip‑hop throw…
Koreatown · 3331 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005
That Koreatown speakeasy you tried to hit on your birthday but couldn’t crack the password? Yeah, that was this place. Inside it’s dark, wood-paneled, and prohibition-ish, with cocktails that don’t need theatrics and a …
Koreatown · 3514 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90020, USA
Mari has tended this cash-only, 10-seat bar for decades and already knows your drink before you sit down — wells run about five dollars, the jukebox leans classic, and nothing has changed while Koreatown has been rebuil…
Echo Park · 1606 W Sunset Blvd (Back Alley), Los Angeles, CA 90026
Tucked behind a market, this low-lit speakeasy oozes moody, cinematic energy. The candlelit tables, disco DJ sets, and dangerously smooth kumquat margaritas make it easy to lose track of time. You might show up for a qu…