5 Best Pubs in Los Angeles (2026)

Arts District Brewing Company is a full-bar brewpub in Downtown LA's Arts District, pouring around 30 rotating craft beers alongside cocktails and wine, with pool tables, arcade games and a photo booth built into the room. Unlike a straight taproom, it operates as a proper hangout spot, food menu included, and stays open past midnight most nights of the week. It opened in December 2015 and has become one of the neighborhood's regular gathering spots.

The Red Lion Tavern is a German beer garden in Atwater Village that's held its neighborhood status for years, pairing a deep import beer list with a full German menu, schnitzel, pretzels and sausage platters. The back garden is the draw, an outdoor space built for settling in with a cold beer, and the same servers show up visit after visit, which regulars call out often. It runs late, open past midnight most nights.

33 Taps Silver Lake is a neighborhood pub and sports bar with 33 rotating taps, a full bar and a food menu covering burgers, wings and weekend brunch. It runs across four LA locations now, but the Silver Lake original built its name on hosting soccer matches, trivia nights and drag race bingo alongside standard happy-hour crowds. Big screens throughout make it as much a place to watch a game as to just have a beer.

Far Bar is a Little Tokyo cocktail bar and gastropub built around Japanese-influenced small plates and sushi rolls alongside its full bar and beer selection. It's a favorite happy-hour stop for locals and out-of-town visitors staying nearby, with regulars at the bar who reviewers describe as making newcomers feel instantly welcome. The Far Bar roll and Ming's Wings come up often as menu standouts.

Dublin's Irish Whiskey Pub is a DTLA Irish bar built around a whiskey selection and draft beer list, with pub food like sliders, wings and jalapeno poppers served late into the night. It leans into sports viewing, showing college football, PPV boxing and UFC events on its screens, and runs a happy hour split into two windows each day. The room has a no-frills, old-school dive-bar feel that regulars specifically like.