The holidays have arrived in Los Angeles and these seasonal pop-ups will be serving up festive cheer all winter long. Holiday and Christmas bars in Los Angeles capture the joy of the season, plus lots of tasty cocktails with nostalgic flavors in their most creative forms. Don your most festive attire and round up your friends for a delicious winter drink after a day of ice skating or gift shopping.
1. Frosty’s
Frosty’s is one of the most over-the-top Christmas bars in Los Angeles with tinsel and festive decor covering every square inch of the Hollywood space. After opening in Chicago in 2017, and then debuting a new NYC location in 2022, Frosty’s has officially added its third location in Hollywood for the 2023 holiday season. Tickets to Frosty’s start at $25, but you can choose different drink and cocktail packages priced up to $71.
Step into a glittering Christmas wonderland and take endless photos while sipping on cocktails from the “Naughty List.” We’re excited to try the Orange Holiday Fizz with vodka or gin, blood orange juice, and prosecco; as well as the Santa’s Mocha with peppermint vodka, Kahlua, creme de cacao, and cold brew.
📅 Nov. 30-Dec. 30, 2023
📍 6555 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
2. Miracle
Miracle is a pop-up Christmas bar that takes over dozens of premier cocktail bars around the country every single winter. We’re lucky to enjoy three delightful locations in LA and even more in surrounding parts of Southern California.
The cocktail menu brings some favorites from years past, including the popular Christmas Cricket with Patron Blanco Tequila, Licor 43, Branca Menthe, pandan, coconut, and bitters. Recover from the bitterly cold LA winter with a steaming hot buttered rum or a mulled wine. Miracle’s specialty holiday glassware is also available for purchase if you want to take some cheer back home with you. At all 3 locations it’s worth making a reservation before you visit.
📍 LA locations and dates:
- Patrick Molloy’s (50 Pier Ave, Hermosa Beach): Nov. 22, 2023 – Jan. 7, 2024
- The Ordinarie (210 The Promenade N, Long Beach): Nov. 21-Dec. 31, 2023
- Neighbors (12751 Millennium Dr, Playa Vista): Nov. 21 – first week of January
3. Santa’s Secret
It seems remissive to define this LA pop-up as simply a Christmas bar, because it’s effectively a walk-through Christmas experience complete with drinks and performances. Throughout the evening you’ll wander amongst eight immersive installations featuring gingerbread girls, lumberjacks, and living snow globes, before stumbling into Santa’s secret speakeasy. There you’ll indulge in specialty themed cocktails while watching a live variety show featuring great music, drag, ballet, and burlesque.
📅 Through Dec. 31
📍 8th floor of Beverly Center Los Angeles, 8500 Beverly Blvd.
4. Season’s Greetings at Death & Co.
Death & Co has brought back the Season’s Greetings pop-up bar for its second year in the event space known as “Standing Room.” Cozy Christmas decor befits the intimate bar with warm lighting, glittering tinsel garlands, Christmas wreaths, and flickering candles.
The seasonal cocktail menu is to die for, with new creations including a zippy Polar Espresso to wake you up, and a Sugar Plum Negroni fit for any Nutcracker fan. Snack on peppermint muddy buddies and popcorn trios to capitalize on the nostalgic flavors of winter. Death & Co. also has a special surprise in store for anyone that brings a new toy or pair of socks to donate to Alexandria House and Brown Bag Lady.
📅 Open now
📍 Death & Co LA, 818 E 3rd St, Los Angeles
5. Krampus Cove
Lost Property hosts a macabre Krampus-themed cocktail experience that is decidedly un-festive for all you Scrooges out there. Settle in for an evening straight out of a cult horror movie, with appearances from demented snowmen, naughty elves, and Krampus himself.
The whiskey-centric bar will serve a complimentary vegan nog to kick off the experience, followed by your choice of creative and creepy holiday cocktails. You can book the 1.5-hour sit-down experience or wait until after-hours (8:30pm on weekends and 9:30pm on weeknights), when Krampus Cove opens to the public with the full cocktail menu available for purchase.
📅 Through Dec. 30
📍 Lost Property, 1704 Vine St, Los Angeles
6. The Siren Who Stole Xmas
The tropical cocktail bar known as The Mermaid presents a creative take on your typical Christmas bar this year. “The Siren Who Stole Xmas” is a haunting, nautical cocktail pop-up where guests are invited to brave the high seas. Reclaim Christmas from the siren’s clutches in a world of ghoulish galleons and eerie krakens.
The Mermaid’s accompanying December cocktail menu centers the best tiki flavors with a festive twist, such as the Sinterclaus with rum, green chartreuse, passionfruit, orange, and lime. If you order from the Cocktails for a Cause menu, a portion of sales will be donated to buy gifts for a family in need.
📅 Open now
📍 428 E 2nd St, Los Angeles
7. Swiss Chalet Après Ski at Fairmont Century Plaza
Fairmont Hotel locations around the globe tend to pull out all the stops during the holidays, and LA’s Century Plaza is no exception. They’ve brought back their cozy Swiss Chalet experience for the second year, where guests are invited to settle into gorgeously-constructed wooden chalets outfitted in snug decor.
This year, Fairmont has partnered with Veuve Clicquot for a curated champagne tasting. But it’s hard to pick just one favorite item off the seasonal menu featuring pork schnitzel, cheese and chocolate fondues, and decadent eggnog. The whole experience costs $105 per person for groups of 2-8.
📅 Nov. 15 – Dec. 31, 2023
📍 Fairmont Century Plaza, 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles
8. Capri Club
Capri Club is a retro aperitivo bar offering a cozy and intimate atmosphere any time of year. But during the winter it becomes an even more delightful experience thanks to whimsical strings of Christmas lights and seasonal aromas wafting throughout the space.
Enjoy an evening of Italian-inspired drinks and food at this understated pop-up LA Christmas bar. Bartenders have released a new menu of festive cocktails including “By The Fire,” a piping hot toddy with chai, Meletti Amaro, whiskey, and oat milk; and the “Twice Shy” with black pepper and rosemary infused gin, Braulio, honey, Orgeat syrup, lemon and bitters.
📅 Open now
📍 4604 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles
9. Après Ski at Four Seasons LA
The Four Seasons’ Beverly Hills location has set up a simply divine and elegant holiday lounge that transports you straight to the Alps. Take in the exquisite decor while sipping on signature seasonal cocktails and enjoying authentic French and Alpine cuisine, including cheese boards and chocolate fondue.
Make sure to visit the hotel’s glittering lobby display featuring towering sculptures, cascading poinsettia flowers, and extravagant garlands. If you visit between Dec. 19-25, you’ll also catch a breathtaking snowy wonderland transformation on the front drive which cycles through every 15 minutes.
📅 Nov. 27, 2023 – Jan. 1, 2024
📍 Four Seasons Hotel LA at Beverly Hills, 300 S Doheny Dr, Los Angeles