Hidden bars & speakeasies in Los Angeles

Looking for hidden bars & speakeasies in Los Angeles? These 6 are the genuinely strange ones — Tio's Tacos, Tiki-Ti, La Descarga and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Los Angeles they'd never find on their own.

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Tio's Tacos Behind a working Mexican restaurant, Martin Sanchez has spent decades turning one acre into a dense folk-art… Riverside
Tiki-Ti This twelve-seat tropical hut on a busy stretch of Sunset has been run by the same Filipino-American family s… Silver Lake / Los Feliz border
La Descarga After clearing the doorman, a hostess sends you through a dusty armoire that opens onto a balcony overlooking… East Hollywood
Tonga Hut Opened by brothers Ace and Ed Libby in 1958, this is the oldest tiki bar still operating in Los Angeles, dim… North Hollywood
The Lucky Tiki Hidden above the rebuilt Tail o' the Pup hot dog stand, this tiki lounge is reached by buzzing an intercom tu… West Hollywood
Cold Shoulder Tucked beside the easygoing Fairfax bar Blue Collar, Cold Shoulder hides behind a secret bookcase that swings… Atwater Village