The Best Cocktail Bars in Los Angeles, According to Eater Editors

The Best Cocktail Bars in Los Angeles, According to Eater Editors
The Mangoneada Margarita from the Daisy Margarita Bar.
The Mangoneada Margarita from the Daisy Margarita Bar. | Matt Egan

Unlike many cocktail towns, Los Angeles is not beholden to any one tradition. It’s a complex city where you can find jazz clubs, speakeasies, and plenty of aperitivo bars tucked into the same neighborhood, and each with a completely different crowd. From the early days of Hollywood to the more recent cocktail renaissance, Los Angeles remains a destination for daring drinking in part due to this freedom and out-of-the-box thinking. Here are the best cocktail bars in Los Angeles.

New this update: 80s-themed Night On Earth, Vandell, Force of Nature in Venice, Max Reis’s Daisy Margarita Bar, Real Charmer, and Bar 109 in Melrose Hill join the list.