From natural wine shops with bar seating to candlelit wine lounges, these are the best places in LA to drink wine without the stuffy sommelier energy.
Los Feliz · 4628 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
A wine bar with no menu, because real ones don’t need one. Instead, tell the staff what you’re into—earthy, jammy, ‘whatever pairs well with existential dread’—and they’ll find your perfect match. The space is airy, the…
Culver City · 11050 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
Tucked into downtown Culver, La Sabina feels like the kind of place you “discover” and then immediately gatekeep. The room glows warm and low, bottles line the walls, and the energy leans date-night-with-edge—natural wi…
DTLA · 1646 N Spring St Unit c, Los Angeles, CA 90012
A small working winery in a brick building across from LA State Historic Park, where the tasting room feels more like a backyard hang than a show. The wines are all LA-County sourced, vegan, minimal-intervention, and bu…
Beverly Hills · 447 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Wally's is where you go when you find yourself in Beverly Hills and want some food and drinks and not feel like you just bought a car. It honestly has a bangin' wine list, amazing cheese and charcuterie plates, and sinc…
Studio City · 12833 Ventura Blvd, Los Angeles, California 91604
Slipped upstairs in a lush plant-shop turned wine bar, Cosette blends old-world bottles with modern California ease—think cellar vintage meets brunch-neighborhood chill. Warm lighting, a menu that hits beyond cheese pla…
Malibu · 28912 Roadside Dr, Agoura Hills, CA 91301
An Agoura Hills wine bar that's small, warm, and built for lingering—bottles lining the walls, regulars posted up with a glass and a cheese board that keeps growing. The list leans thoughtful and approachable, with staf…
Santa Monica · 1417 2nd St C, Santa Monica, CA 90401
A snug Santa Monica wine room two blocks from the pier— think flights of elegant reds, spritz‑ready sparkling, and a rosé that pairs just as well with sandy feet as with linen‑napkin dinners. The vibe is warm and conver…
Culver City · 5357 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016
Blink and you’ll miss it, but that’s kind of the point. This West Adams bottle shop keeps things tight and thoughtful—shelves of small-producer gems, chill staff who’ll actually ask what you like, and zero snob energy a…
West Hollywood · 8310 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048
A snug 450‑sq ft hideaway on West 3rd that feels like your best friend's well-stocked living room—think well-thumbed bottles with peeling labels and mutable vinyl mood music. The food lean-in is real: buttery vadouvan m…
Culver City · 9620 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
A Culver City bottle shop for people who actually want to drink the inventory—sky-high wine racks, fridges full of obscure beer and offbeat spirits, plus a cozy bar pouring four wines and five rotating taps. Snacks punc…
Venice · 9 Dudley Ave, Venice, CA 90291
A block from the beach but blissfully free of boardwalk chaos, this Venice hideout feels like someone’s sunny surf shack that just happens to serve pristine seafood. Raw plates lean playful—Mexican heat here, Thai lime …
DTLA · 541 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Tucked into the Spring Arcade in DTLA, this French wine-bar feels like you're crashing a Parisian salon after the crowds go home. Warm lighting, marble bar, intimate tables, and a quiet “surfaced-from-a-boutique” store …
Sherman Oaks · 13456 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
A wine bar with serious range—one night you’re sipping something bottled last year, the next you’re eyeing a vintage from the 1800s behind glass. The room is sultry but not stiff: marble bar, chalkboard wine lists, low …
Echo Park · 1507 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Step into a sun-dialed corner of Echo Park gone full Italian afternoon: rich-green walls, a stone bar that looks like mortadella, and a vintage espresso machine gleaming like it knows all your secrets. It’s the kind of …
Venice · 529 Rose Ave, Venice, CA 90291
A small but mighty wine bar where the selection is thoughtful, the cheese boards are excellent, and the vibe is exactly what you want from a low-key night in Venice. Bonus: you can shop the bottles inside and take home …
Silver Lake · 3926 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Tucked just off Sunset Junction, this wine bar feels like stumbling into an eccentric Montmartre apothecary. Rare bottles line the walls available for both drinking and buying, while the courtyard under bougainvillea tu…
East Hollywood · 5140 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Chic little wine bar with limited seating and an excellent menu including house-made pastas and market-fresh vegetables. They also operate a wine shop (pickup only), including 6-bottle and 12-bottle variety packs for th…
Manhattan Beach · 1145-1147 Loma Ave, Long Beach, CA 90804
A Long Beach wine bar that skips the snob routine—good bottles, tight space, and a crowd that’s here to drink, not perform. It’s half shop, half hang, with people drifting between browsing shelves and settling in for “j…