The holidays have arrived in Los Angeles and these seasonal pop-ups will be serving up festive cheer in November and December. 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 enjoying a super festive plan in LA, from ice skating and gift shopping to catching a holiday Candlelight concert.
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 officially added its third location in Hollywood just last year.
Step into a glittering Christmas wonderland and take endless photos while sipping on cocktails from the “Naughty List.” We’re excited to try the Jingle Bell Fizz with hibiscus simple syrup and prosecco; as well as the Santa’s Mocha (Martini) with peppermint vodka, Kahlua, creme de cacao, and cold brew.
📅 Dates: Nov. 29 – Dec. 31, 2024 (6pm-1am Wednesday-Saturday, 6pm-12am Sunday)
📍 Location: Hollywood – 6555 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
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 Miracle locations and dates:
Patrick Molloy’s
📅 Dates: Nov. 22, 2024 – Jan. 7, 2025 (12pm-2am Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 10:30am-2am Thursday, 9am-2am Saturday-Sunday)
📍 Location: 50 Pier Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
The Ordinarie
📅 Dates: Opens Nov. 21, 2024 (11:30am-2am Monday-Friday, 11am-2am Saturday-Sunday
📍 Location: 210 The Promenade N, Long Beach, CA 90802
Denae’s Diner
📅 Dates: Nov. 18, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025 (7am-2pm and 6pm-12am Sunday-Friday, 7am-12am Saturday)
📍 Location: The Delphi Downtown LA, 550 Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90071
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.
📅 Dates: Nov. 21 – Dec. 31, 2024 (select 6pm or 9pm start time, closed Dec. 16-17 and 25)
📍 Location: Vault Speakeasy at Beverly Center, 8500 Beverly Blvd Suite 860, Los Angeles, CA 90048
4. Krampus Cove
Cole’s French Dip 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.
📅 Dates: Dec. 5-22, 2024 (3pm-12am daily)
📍 Location: Downtown LA – Cole’s French Dip, 118 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
5. 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, 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.
📅 Dates: Nov. 15, 2024 – Jan. 1, 2025 (5-11pm, closed Dec. 24-25)
📍 Location: Century City – Fairmont Century Plaza, 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles
6. The Elf Bar
Book a seat at the Elf Bar this December, open on weekends until Christmas in Downtown LA. See the Pattern Bar decked out with elf-themed decor and tons of tinsel, and enjoy festive food and games all afternoon. Drinks include Rudolph’s Cosmopolitan with vodka, cranberry sauce, elderflower, and a rosemary absinthe mist; and Santa’s Nog with cognac, cream sherry, and nutmeg.
📅 Dates: Dec. 14-15 and 21-22, 2024 (2:30pm start time)
📍 Location: Downtown LA – Pattern Bar, 100 W 9th St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
7. 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.
📅 Dates: Open now (5pm-1:30am Monday-Friday, 3pm-1:30am Saturday-Sunday)
📍 Location: Little Tokyo – The Mermaid, 428 E 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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.
📅 Dates: Open now (4pm-12am Monday-Friday, 2pm-12am Saturday-Sunday)
📍 Location: Eagle Rock – 4604 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles
9. Veil & Velvet at Four Seasons LA
The Four Seasons’ Beverly Hills location has set up a simply divine and elegant holiday lounge that transports you to a bygone Hollywood speakeasy. Take in the exquisite decor while sipping on signature seasonal cocktails and enjoying reimagined American cuisine, as well as live cigar rolling and a roving martini cart. Make sure to visit the hotel’s glittering lobby display featuring towering sculptures, cascading poinsettia flowers, and extravagant garlands.
📅 Dates: Dec. 1, 2024 – Mar. 3, 2025 (3pm-12am daily)
📍 Location: Beverly Hills – Four Seasons Hotel LA at Beverly Hills, 300 S Doheny Dr, Los Angeles
10. Winter Wonderland at Videre
Videre rooftop bar & restaurant is transforming their space into a Winter Wonderland for the season. From Dec. 1 to Feb. 8, Videre will have decorated ski chalet-themed cabanas, Christmas movies playing around the venue, and live holiday music playing on select nights. Plus, they offer make-your-own dishes like Cheese Fondue and S’mores, ready for melting at the table. And you can sip on seasonal cocktails such as mezcal-spiked hot chocolate with coconut vanilla whipped cream and a Biscoff-topped Irish cream espresso martini.
📅 Dates: Dec. 1, 2024 – Feb. 8, 2025 (7am-10pm Sun-Thurs, 7am-11pm Fri-Sat)
📍 Location: 6317 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048
11. Season’s Greetings at Death & Co.
Death & Co presents the Season’s Greetings pop-up bar in its 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 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.
📅 Dates: Open now (6pm-12am Sunday-Tuesday, 6pm-1am Wednesday-Thursday, 6pm-2am Friday-Saturday)
📍 Location: Arts District – Death & Co LA, 818 E 3rd St, Los Angeles
12. Tinsel Club at The Bamboo Club
The Bamboo Club is back with their over-the-top tiki Christmas bar in Los Angeles. This year’s rendition presents five of the best drinks from previous years alongside another five all-new delicious cocktails. Keep an eye on their Instagram for each week’s event announcement, because they have rotating dress-up themes, live music and DJs, and pop-ups.
📅 Dates: Nov. 26, 2024 – Jan. 1, 2025 (3-10pm Monday-Wednesday, 3pm-12am Thursday, 11am-2am Friday, 9am-2am Saturday, 9am-10pm Sunday. Closed on Christmas Eve, but open Christmas Day).
📍 Location: Long Beach – 3522 E Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA 90804
13. Blitzen’s
The Omni Los Angeles is hosting Blitzen’s, an over-the-top holiday bar decked out with tinsel and thousands of twinkling lights. They’ve partnered with renowned mixologist Julie Reiner to create a charming menu of festive drinks including cocktails and mocktails.
📅 Dates: Open now
📍 Location: Omni Los Angeles Hotel, Noe Bar Area 251 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles, California 90012