26 Rooftop Bars in Los Angeles for Stellar Drinks and Stunning Views

Best for Pretending Like You’re in France

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:oysters
• Reservations:sevenrooms.com

在好莱坞和汤普森酒店十5人们tality have created a little slice of the South of France on the expansive roof that was inspired by the effortless glamour of the Côte d'Azur in the 1960s. Take in the view of Hollywood sign while you graze on elevated canapés (don’t miss the griddled country bread with ricotta and honey), and drink rosé Champagne out of coup glasses before the second round of oysters arrive. There is also a Terrace café and plenty of alfresco seating near the pool plus the breezy indoor lounge area with velvet banquettes for eclectic live jazz music on Tuesdays (from the duo behindFrench Tuesdays) and DJs on the weekends.Ooh, la la!

1541 Wilcox Ave.

Best Bragging Rights

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:truffle Parmesan fries
• Reservations:Open Table

It’s on the 73rd floor of the new InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, which is touted as being the tallest outdoor bar in the Western Hemisphere. The panoramic views stretch all the way to Pasadena when the weather is clear, but don’t worry—a tall glass windscreen and heat lamps keep you cozy.

900 Wilshire Blvd., 73rd fl.

Best Traffic Jam Antidote

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:lobster burger
• Reservations:Open Table

让你的贝弗利山庄华尔道夫酒店一旦diately, if not to sleep there, then to have a drink at the bar and see the lights go down over Beverly Hills. Skip the weekends, when it’s packed; weeknights, this is your perfect after-work place to wait out the traffic.

9850年威尔希尔大街上。

Best Hipster Watching

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:taco plates
• Reservations:truflbookings.com

The top of this 1927 building draws in the fashionable crowd, who may be visiting out-of-town friends staying in the hotel or seeing a show at the grand theater in the building. Decorated by trendy celeb favorites Commune Design, the space features an outdoor area inspired by restored Aztec architectural elements and plenty of seating to mingle.

929 S. Broadway

Best for Out-of-Towners

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:Westminster (bbq) wings
• Reservations:Resy

During the day and at sundown, this is the best perch for an ocean view of the action on Venice Beach with the bike path and muscle beach below. But you’ll be oozing chill on top of the funky Hotel Erwin listening to music with a frozen mango margarita in one hand and a fish taco in the other. When the sun dips and the warm ocean breeze turns to a chill, order from the hot toddy or mulled wine section of the menu and settle in for the night.

1697 Pacific Ave.,Venice

Best Exotic Mixology

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:salt and pepper calamari
• Reservations:Resy

Just upstairs from the sister restaurant, E.P., the wraparound wooden bar looks like something from the Hollywood Hills, which is, not coincidentally, what you’re looking across into. But the real surprise from this perch is the Melrose Rooftop Theatre showing a mix of old and new releases seven nights a week. You’ll want to get the three-course dinner and a movie VIP package and specialty craft cocktails, such as the Tenderoni (gin, sloe gin, cherry herring, pineapple, lemon) which goes down easy in a bean bag chair while the sun sets.

603 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood

Best for Funky Hollywood Street Life

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:Le Royale Burger
• Reservations:sevenrooms.com

The multicolored tables and poppy striped banquettes lend a youthful feeling to this sixth–story rooftop, which takes over the roof of the reasonably priced (rooms from $179!) boutique hotel of the same name. Light meals include a make-your-own cheese board with grilled bread, grapes, jam, burrata and prosciutto. A glass (or two) of rose sangria pairs perfectly with that and the view.

6500 Selma Ave.

Best For the Actual Drinks

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:hot dog
• Reservations:Call (310) 388-6860

Those frothy-fruity-frozen piña coladas with a floating Hawaiian hibiscus flower from Lono in Hollywood are a work of art and also pack one helluva punch. Now you can get them on a fancy rooftop ‘social club’ at the Sixty hotel in Beverly Hills, along with burger-bar-bites thanks to the crew behind The Melrose Umbrella Company. There are cozy corners with fireplaces and sofas by the pool as part of the semi-private Umbrella Swim Club concept trio that will soon include a swanky new restaurant, Umbrella Supper Club on the ground floor.

9360 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills

Best for a James Beard Award-winning Duo

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:lamb meatballs
• Reservations:Open Table

Award-winning restauranteurs Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne’s(of beloved A.O.C.) long awaited outpost at the Downtown LA Proper Hotel (sister of Santa Monica Proper), designed by Kelly Wearstler, includes an all-day rooftop restaurant and bar. You can lounge by the pool and firepits, with stunning unobstructed views and a menu that focuses on market-driven cocktails and Angeleno food-favorites from al pastor tacos to seafood paella and focaccia from the wood-burning oven.

1100 S. Broadway

Best For Date Night

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:lamb flautas
• Reservations:Resy

From the owners of fan favorite Mirame in Beverly Hills, this sister eatery in Los Feliz has even more nooks and crannies for a sexy date night that feels like you are in Tulum. There are multiple bars and levels but for a more intimate experience, head to the Tree House top level with a raised retractable glass ceiling and view of the iconic Griffith Observatory. Kick back and order an array of ceviche and mezcal concoctions the brand is known for.

1712 N. Vermont Ave.

Best Mix of Old and New Hollywood

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:potato wedges
• Reservations:Explore Tok

Spanning over 12,000 square feet, i|O at The Godfrey is one of the largest rooftops in Hollywood that includes two full bars, black and white modern lounging areas with a touch of art-deco, a pool, and spectacular views of the iconic Hollywood sign and Hollywood Hills. Graze on light bites or potato wedges and a detox-retox potion with vodka and pomegranate while you’re waiting to be discovered.

1400 Cahuenga Blvd.

Best for DJs and Day Drinking

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:breakfast burrito
• Reservations:TAOGroup.com

If you want live spinning while you look out over the Hollywood Hills, the Dream is known for booking top-notch DJs on the roof including Fisher and Steve Aoki. They also unveiled a new weekend brunch menu with standout versions of shakshuka, French toast made with challah bread, a breakfast burrito and the Party Pouch cocktail with white wine and brandy nectar because it’s high time for day-drinking.

6417 Selma Ave., Hollywood

Best Pacific Design Center Views

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:sweet potato taquitos
• Reservations:reservations.weho@editionhotels.com

OK, it’s not just the colorful Pacific Design Center views that keep us coming back, but the crispy sweet potato taquitos with red mole are also on point, and worth the wait for the elevator at this chic hotel from the legendary Ian Schrager. The open-air bar and lounge awash in shades of white has a wrap-around landscaped terrace that leads to a pool where everyone looks straight off a fashion runway.

9040 Sunset Blvd.

Best Bar Duo

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:duck fat popcorn
• Reservations:sevenrooms.com

酒吧在Merois网关食品药品沃尔夫冈Puck’s restaurant of the same name on the roof of The Pendry West Hollywood. Before your meal, after dining, or just for the fun of it, enjoy a Samurai Sword whiskey, Cointreau, ginger and honey concoction by the fireplace in a cozy art-deco clad lounge. Watch the parade of eclectic people going between the eatery and The Britely Social Club (where you must be a member) on the other side of the pool, also with spectacular views to downtown.

8430 Sunset Blvd.

Best for Gin Botanicals

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:grilled whole branzino
• Reservations:Open Table

Enter the marketplace level of Eataly at Westfield Century City and head up to the Terra restaurant where Bar Botanico takes center stage of the rooftop terrace. The wood-burning grill nearby wafts smoked meats and veggies with a menu called “Earth, Gin and Fire,” but the bar serves up its own smokey botanical cocktails with top-shelf gin and tonics, plus wines from Italy, if you must do the ‘when in Rome’ thing.

10250 Santa Monica Blvd.

Best Mexico City Vibe

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:tuna tostada
• Reservations:Resy

The Downtown LA Arts District is no stranger to rooftop views but this one has a bar-concept straight from the popular Colonia Tabacalera district of Mexico City. This buzzy south-of-the-border sister spot just added to the ever-growing regional Mexican wine list, a pasta with whipped avocado, crunchy tuna tostadas, and plenty of private nooks for imbibing when you’re not at the large outdoor marble bar gulping a Oaxacan zombie with aged and overproof tequila.

812 E 3rd St.

Best Ceviche by the Beach

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:ceviche
• Reservations:esperanzamb.com

Designed by uber talented Gulla Jónsdóttir (Kimpton La Peer), the chic all white ground-floor restaurant exterior-interior will lure you to a semi-secret back entrance staircase that leads ups to a lounge-bar with an outdoor terrace overlooking Manhattan Beach. Here, locals drink strong fruity margaritas and nibble fresh fish ceviche in the salty sea air almost just like you’re on a weekend break in Cabo, Mexico.

309Manhattan Beach Blvd.

Best for Agave Spirits Near LAX

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:squash blossom quesadilla
• Reservations:Open Table

The Hotel June rooftop bar-lounge at the adjacent Caravan Swim Club structure was inspired by a Baja-California road-trip with colorfully woven lounge chairs and hand-painted wall murals conceived by Venice-based Studio Collective. Restaurateur Steve Livigni curated an agave-based spirits list with over 100 options where you can graze on squash blossom quesadillas and all-day breakfast tacos while you can catch a glimpse of planes landing at LAX and plot your next getaway.

8639 Lincoln Blvd.

Best Bar for a Food Hall

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:Go Go Bird fried chicken
• Reservations:walk-in only

With all the new development in the downtown Culver City area off Main Street, you might have missed one of the greatest rooftop places to perch with a drink. This delightful rooftop is located inside the Citizen Public Market where you can also find Good Boy Bob’s coffee shop, The Jolly Oyster, WEHO Sausage company and Go Go Bird. Take the stairs or elevator up to a full bar floor (from the folks behind Café Birdie in Highland Park) with an ample outdoor wooden patio. Pro tip, you can even bring your food up here or order bar snacks so it’s a happy hour sunset win-win.

9355 Culver Blvd.

Best For DTLA Poolside Action

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:beef empanadas
• Reservations:Open Table

On the rooftop of the Hoxton hotel, Cabra is an open-air restaurant and bar fromTop ChefStephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat fame. This time, the fare is Peruvian-influenced with empanadas, crab causa, Jalea mixta and chorizo skewers. The downtown skyline is mesmerizing, but the pool is also centered right in the middle of the action and good for daytime people watching. After the sun sets, if you have one too many strong pisco cocktails, a staycation might be in order.

1060 S. Broadway

Best for Tiki Cocktails

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:crispy Brussels and pork belly
• Reservations:wayfarerdtla.com

Another mid-century modern inspired downtown hotel drawing an artsy crowd, The Wayfarer just re-opened on Flower Street with an enviable skyline view from The Rooftop bar and lounge that specializes in Tiki cocktails. There is also a tiny splash pool for cooling off if you decide to make a day of it and a firepit for when the sun goes down. We’ll call this one a daycation.

813 S. Flower St.

Best Hotel History

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:蘑菇烩饭arancini
• Reservations:sevenrooms.com

The historic 95-year-old Hotel Figueroa (which used to be a safe haven for female travelers back in 1926, and still supports female artists with a rotating art program) also holds a Spanish and Mediterranean-inspired two-story villa and cocktail lounge. Just above the famous coffin-shaped pool, La Casita features a coastal menu with ceviche, grilled shrimp and tacos alongside a hand-crafted cocktail program with an expansive agave list.

939 S. Figueroa St.

Best in Glendale

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:pork shawarma sliders
• Reservations:Open Table

That’s right, there is something cool to do in Glendale—the next-door neighbor of Burbank. Not far from the Americana at Brand lifestyle mall, lies the under-the-radar Glenmark hotel. The mid-century-inspired lobby décor leads to an elevator that will whisk you up seven floors to a massive 5,000 square-foot outdoor deck for cocktails or events with a full kitchen. Look into the frothy Glenmark Piña Colada with several types of rum and coconut chips or the Mezcal White Negroni with St. Germain that’s worthy of a west-side venue.

1100 N. Brand Blvd.

Best for Getting in a Workout

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:potato chips and caviar
• Reservations:sevenrooms.com

Award-winning chef Michael Mina brings his ode tohealthy-comfort cookingto Hollywood—yes, it’s a thing. And you’ll find it on the rooftop of the new HEIMAT five-story wellness concept building designed by Martin Brudnizki with several floors of workout equipment, classes and a spa. After breaking a sweat, head to the roof for a seat at the bar where the menu speaks to diets like keto, plant-based, anti-inflammatory and brain-boosting which is perfect for Angelenos.

960 N. La Brea Ave., 4th Fl.

Most Iconic View

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:mixed mushroom flatbread
• Reservations:Resy

For one of the most iconic views, head to the Aster Members Club and Hotel in Hollywood where you don’t have to be a member to dine on the roof at Lemon Grove Bar(adjacent to the main restaurant dining patio)with a view of the Capitol Records building. As an extra added bonus, Food Network regular Marcel Vigneron is the chef and they have just kicked-off a new “Moonlight Hour” menu from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. with a DJ and bar bites you can also enjoy in the lounge area under the stars.

1717 Vine St.

Best New York Import

• Can’t-Miss Menu Item:cedar smoked rainbow trout
• Future Reservations:Opening info

Exciting news for Beverly Hills can be found at UK import the Maybourne Hotel where the iconic New York aperitivo bar Dante will be taking up residency on the rooftop by the pool in April. Expect perfectly executed cocktails, such as the signature martini with Bombay Sapphire Grey Goose, and sophisticated caviar bar bites, along with roasted Santa Barbara black cod, with a view and a piano player to sooth your nerves after a long day of shopping on Rodeo Drive.

225 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills