Hollywood is all surface and no substance? Tell that to the regulars at Musso & Frank, who have been at the bar since 1919. This is the Hollywood worth knowing: Amoeba Music, a hidden bar behind a fridge door, a magic cocktail club off the Walk of Fame, Mozza's blistered crust, and the best city view in LA from a hilltop Japanese estate.
Hollywood · 6667 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028
Old-school Hollywood glamour since 1919. Get a seat at the bar, order a Manhattan (yes, it comes with a sidecar), then slide into a booth for a bone-in ribeye. You’ll feel like you’re in a noir film, minus the inevitabl…
Hollywood · 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Tucked into the mezzanine of the Hollywood Roosevelt, The Spare Room is a cocktail lounge built around two vintage bowling lanes from the early 1900s and a collection of handcrafted board games. The drinks are serious —…
Hollywood · 1611 N El Centro Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
You walk through what looks like a beat-up garage sale, peek inside an old fridge door, and suddenly you’re in a shag-carpet 1970s house party. Vintage furniture, record covers on the walls, hammocks, an Airstream trail…
Hollywood · 5632 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
A rock and roll palace with just the right amount of sleaze. Velvet, disco balls, gold-Deco pendant lamps, dark wood chevrons—sexy décor with elbow room for sweaty DJ sets and surprise shows.
Hollywood · 641 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
The crust is the main character here—blistered, golden, and dramatic. Toppings skew Italian with a California wink, but nothing feels overdone. The dining room hums, the wine flows, and that butterscotch budino is the r…
Hollywood · 718 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA
A 21-seat counter overlooking an open kitchen where Parisian bistro classics get made with scientific precision. The Omelette Petit Trois — Boursin-stuffed, custard-soft — is the move, though the Big Mec (wagyu double c…
Hollywood · 6200 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Amoeba is less a record store and more a chaotic temple for music obsessives, where crate-diggers, tourists, and old punks all flip vinyl in harmony under fluorescent lights. It smells like dust and nostalgia, and if yo…
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…
Hollywood · 1999 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90068
A hilltop Japanese estate that looks like it was airlifted straight out of a Kyoto daydream and dropped above Hollywood. The courtyard glows at sunset, koi ponds ripple below, and the city sprawls beneath you like it’s …