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The 10 Best Whisky Bars in Los Angeles 2026

LA whisky bars are Downtown speakeasies and Hollywood Bourbon temples.

The 10 best whisky bars in Los Angeles

  1. 01

    Seven Grand

  2. 02

    The Varnish

  3. 03

    The Redwood Bar

  4. 04

    Musso & Frank Grill

  5. 05

    The Spare Room

  6. 06

    Bar Jackalope

  7. 07

    HMS Bounty

  8. 08

    The Prince

  9. 09

    The Doheny

  10. 10

    The Pikey

How Los Angeles drinks whisky

The 10 above are where Los Angeles actually drinks whisky — back-bar shelves with depth, staff who know what they're pouring, lists that go beyond Glenfiddich 12.

Senior US Editor — drinks his way through New York and writes about which bars actually deserve their reputations.

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