When you live in a place where the weather is picture perfect most all of the year, you take full advantage of it. Combine that with the desire to be completely different from other bars in your area, and you have to admit that things are definitely looking up…to Rooftops.
Here are the leading Rooftops bars in the greater Los Angeles area. Grab your shades and get out in the very vibrant sunshine.
Ace Hotel Upstairs
Address: 929 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone:(213) 623-3233
The most charming—and breathtaking—rooftop in Los Angeles belongs to the historic Ace Hotel. Their quaintly named “Upstairs” plays host to a panoramic view of downtown, freeform wood slab tabletops, rattan chairs, and live music. String lights decorate tree-lined walls, and underneath, stacked cushions bed lounge-worthy nooks—perfect for sprawling out in the delicate smolder of day’s last light. This Ace place owns a masterfully concocted cocktail menu of traditional favorites. Sip and soak up the everlasting days to come from this lofty perch.
The Standard - Rooftop
Address: 550 S Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone:(213) 892-8080
Mod-ish and suave, the Standard’s rooftop offers up an open air, sky-high experience. Playful zoological topiaries dance between tables of mid-century furniture, cushioned recliners, waterbed pods, and modular building blocks. The view: unobstructed, expansive, and not even close to being standard.
Chateau Marmont
WEST HOLLYWOOD
Address: 8221 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone:(323) 656-1010
Much like a springtime vision of the 1920’s, Chateau Marmont’s restaurant patio delivers a trellis-encircled sanctuary dressed in chic, neutral bistro tables and French elegance. Frequented by Hollywood’s tastemakers and A-listers for years, this iconic location also gifts any incoming guest a serene, high-walled respite away from the busiest street in LA, Sunset Blvd. The Chateau serves imaginative cocktails alongside gourmet plates, and may quite possibly be the most posh way to bathe in a late Sunday sunset.
