The Best Sports Bars in Los Angeles

The Westwood location is the best Yard House in the LA area for sports, with an elevated setup near UCLA that draws a consistent crowd for Lakers, Dodgers, and Rams games. Over 100 beers on tap plus an extensive cocktail list, and screens in every sight line. The bar itself is enormous and the booths accommodate groups well. Arrive thirty minutes before tip-off for any major game and you will be settled in properly.

Order: Stone Brewing IPA on draft, loaded nachos

Silver Lake's best sports bar leans into craft beer with forty rotating taps while maintaining a genuine commitment to screen coverage across both its main room and the back patio. The crowd here is the LA sports fan who drinks well and cares about the game — less jersey-wearing than other spots on the list, but the passion is identical. Lakers nights in particular draw a full house from tip-off onwards. The Korean BBQ bar snacks are the best food option on this entire list.

Order: Rotating West Coast IPA, Korean BBQ sliders

BJ's is the right call when you want a reliable sports-watching experience with a large group. The Burbank location has excellent sight lines, a full kitchen running all day, and enough screens to ensure nobody in the party misses a play. The house-brewed beers are better than they need to be for a chain restaurant, and the Pazookie dessert is non-negotiable. This is where the San Fernando Valley goes to watch the big game.

Order: BJ's Harvest Hefeweizen, deep dish pepperoni pizza

Casey's is a downtown LA institution that has been showing every major sporting event since before sports bars were a category. The screens cover every wall and the bar wraps around the room, meaning there is genuinely no bad seat. The downtown location fills with office workers for weekday afternoon games and fills even harder on weekends with transplants who have found their home base. Go for international soccer and boxing specifically — the crowd for those events here has real energy.

Order: Guinness on draft, traditional Irish stew

Cabo Cantina is the Sunset Strip's most reliable sports bar option, with large screens visible from both the main floor and the outdoor patio. The margarita program is strong, the tequila selection extensive, and the kitchen runs late enough to be useful after a late game. Rams and Chargers watch parties happen here with enough regularity that the staff knows exactly how to configure the sound for a full crowd. Best for afternoon kickoffs when the patio is open.

Order: Premium margarita on the rocks, chicken street tacos

Brennan's is one of those bars that has been running for so long that the regulars have regulars. The Marina del Rey location is the Westside's legitimate answer to a neighbourhood sports pub — unpretentious, reliable, and completely serious about showing every game. The turtle racing on Thursday nights is a genuine LA institution, but it does not compete with the sports bar operation. On weekend game days, this place fills from the back patio forward.

Order: Draft Anchor Steam, Reuben sandwich

The Short Stop has been the Dodgers bar for the Echo Park and Silver Lake crowd since before the team's recent championship runs, and the reputation is fully deserved. Game nights fill the back bar and the front room equally, the sound gets turned up for big innings, and the bartenders work fast under pressure. The beer is cold and cheap, the cocktail menu is minimal but correct, and the energy on Dodgers playoff nights here is the best in the city.

Order: Modelo Especial can, house margarita

Village Idiot is the Melrose pub that does everything reasonably well and nothing poorly. The draft selection covers domestic, imported, and a few California craft options. The screens are well-positioned across a comfortable room. The kitchen does good pub food without pretension. This is the sports bar you end up at when you have not planned ahead and need somewhere to watch the game that will not disappoint — and it never does.

Order: Draft Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, fish and chips

The name is accurate. Football on Fifth exists to show every NFL game simultaneously across its wall-to-wall screen setup in downtown LA, and it does this job with complete commitment. The bar program is straightforward — good draft selection, solid cocktails, no pretense — and the kitchen runs a menu designed around the pace of a football game. Go here for Sunday afternoon NFL when you want to watch four games at once and be surrounded by people doing the same.

Order: Draft beer, loaded nachos or wings

The Roost is Los Feliz's honest dive bar with serious sports credentials — cheap drinks, good screens, and a crowd that has been coming here long enough that the bar understands what they need on game night. The jukebox yields to sports broadcast audio without argument. The prices are the lowest on this entire list. This is the bar you go to when you want to watch the game without performing the LA experience around it.

Order: Can of Tecate, well bourbon