Best Non-Alcoholic Bars in Los Angeles, CA

Free Spirited is a fully alcohol-free craft cocktail lounge and scratch kitchen in Alhambra, run by husband-and-wife Amber Pennington and Arleo De Guzman, and one of Southern California's first dedicated non-alcoholic bars. It opened in 2023 in a former Mexican restaurant. The current menu runs 26 cocktails across four sections — Health Conscious, Funky Flavors, Sweet Stuff and Caffeinated — and everything is $9, with tax and tip already included in the price, which is close to unheard of. A flight of up to four tasters is $5 each, and happy hour from 5 to 6 takes 20% off. The kitchen is entirely gluten-free and largely vegan. CORRECTION: we previously said the bar makes its own non-alcoholic spirits in-house. We could not source that anywhere and have removed it — what is true is that the drinks are built on unbranded house spirits named by character rather than brand (aloe herb, citrus rind, roasted grain, spiced molasses) plus its own FS bitters and vermouth. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 5–9pm, with free parking.

STATUS UNCERTAIN — CHECK BEFORE PLANNING AROUND THIS. Bar Nuda is Los Angeles's first Mexican-inspired non-alcoholic pop-up bar, a roving, fully zero-proof operation founded around 2023 by Pablo Murillo and Morris Ellis, owners of the agua fresca company Aguas Locas, with drinks by Bryant J. Orozco. Its cocktails are built on native herbs — Orozco has infused them with chuchupaxtle, also known as osha root — and it describes each drink as having a functional objective such as relaxation or concentration. Its last confirmed run was a Wednesday-to-Friday residency at a Venice café through the summer of 2025; we can find no dated evidence of an event since May 2025, its own site has no menu or events page, and the café that hosted it no longer lists it. Documented drinks include zero-proof cempasúchil carajillos, the Rosa Nuda (non-alcoholic tequila, bougainvillea, rose hips, lemon), the Magón (beets, ginger, hibiscus, grape) and United Ferments' Snow Chrysanthemum non-alcoholic wine. Follow its social channels for any revival rather than travelling on spec.

Kavahana is a dedicated kava bar at 306 Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica's Ocean Park, three blocks from the beach, opened in February 2024 by Neil Bhatia — whose family has roots in Fiji, where kava is the national drink — and Hannah Wilen, whose own search for natural remedies for anxiety led her to it. A second room opened in Hollywood in 2026. It pours its own house-made kava nectar rather than third-party products: The O.G. is kava nectar and alkaline water at $9 for a single up to $19 for a quad, and the specialty nectars are $14 — Paradise (mango, pineapple, lime), Ube Coconut, Mexican Chocolate, Mango Lassi, Golden (turmeric, ginger, lemon), Cherry Drop, and Zenergy with Kona coffee and matcha, served until 6pm. Kava lattes run $12–$14 and there is a food menu of ramen, steamed buns and shave ice. IMPORTANT: it serves kava only — we found no kratom, kanna, THC or CBD anywhere, which is unsurprising since California made kratom illegal to sell at any age in October 2025. But note it publishes no dosage figures and no age policy. Open to 1am Friday and Saturday; free parking, dog-friendly patio.

De La Playa Records & Leisure is a fully alcohol-free hybrid record shop and community space in LA's Highland Park, opened in mid-2024 by three co-founders with roots in Long Beach and the Harbor area: John David Preap ("Bles"), Diego "Fuego" Guerrero, and Jon Paul Lourenço. The shop pairs thousands of vinyl records — hip hop, reggae, jazz, cumbia, salsa, funk, house — with a retail selection of 100-plus non-alcoholic beverages, including Greek- and Italian-style amaros, NA IPAs, de-alcoholized wines, and ready-to-drink cocktails. On weekends, the founders run "Bar Non," a made-to-order zero-proof cocktail stand on the patio (think an NA rum build with ube, cinnamon, maple, and black walnut, or a non-alcoholic Paloma with hopped grapefruit bitters), alongside guest DJ sets, listening parties, and vendor events. The founders deliberately chose to stay alcohol-free — one of LA's clearest dedicated-NA anchors.

Tea at Shiloh is a reservation-only Arts District teahouse opened in March 2022 by founder Shiloh Enoki, built entirely around alcohol-free socializing. Enoki started it after struggling to find late-night spots in Los Angeles that didn't revolve around drinking, so she created a screen-free "third place" of floor sofas, exposed brick, candles, and lanterns. By day it runs as a quiet co-working tea lounge (a roughly five-hour day pass, around $37, with unlimited tea); by night it hosts late-night tea sessions (about 7–11pm, ~$35, unlimited refills) plus jazz nights, sound baths, tarot, and art workshops. Drinks are entirely zero-proof: premium loose-leaf teas like the caffeinated Moonlight White, the red-rooibos Leche de Tigre, and the floral Love Potion, alongside a kava pop-up station. Everything is by advance reservation; no alcohol is served.

Kava Kulture LA on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village bills itself as Los Angeles's first kava bar, and it is run as a counter-service room where regulars settle into worn couches for conversations that run for hours. No alcohol is served. The menu is deliberately narrow — traditional kava, the house K-Tea, coffee drinks and herbal teas, with no food at all — which keeps it a drinking room rather than a cafe. Happy hour runs 3pm to 6:30pm, and the space doubles as a neighbourhood social hub with open mics for comedy, music and poetry, chess tournaments and tabletop card-gaming meetups. Everyone is welcome in the room and the coffee and tea are served to all ages, but kava itself goes only to guests 18 and over: it is a psychoactive South Pacific root drink, alcohol-free but genuinely sedating. Open to midnight on Friday and Saturday.

Lemon Grove is a rooftop restaurant, bar, lounge and garden at the top of The Aster at Hollywood and Vine, with unobstructed views of the Hollywood Sign, the Capitol Records building and the hills. IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: The Aster below it is a private membership club, but Lemon Grove itself is open to locals, hotel guests and members alike — only the weekday members-and-guests lunch is restricted, so brunch, dinner, the bar and the lounge are all public. It opened in October 2022; Daniel Pfeifer-Kotz is now executive chef, and cocktails are credited to Ash Ramos. Its drinks list carries a printed "Zero Proof" section holding three named mocktails — The Afters (espresso, cherry syrup, cola, cocoa), Meet Me In Venice (grapefruit, ginger beer, lime, mint, smoked salt) and Leading Lady (seasonal berries, lemon, cranberry, sparkling brut) — alongside genuine non-alcoholic wine, with Lyre's Classico Grande sparkling brut and Giesen's dealcoholised Sauvignon Blanc and rosé from Marlborough, plus Athletic Brewing's non-alcoholic golden ale. The section appears to be priced at a flat $16, though we could not confirm that beyond doubt. Closed Mondays.

COMPLETE MENU CHANGE — WE HAVE REPLACED THIS LISTING'S DRINKS. Big Bar is the cocktail bar attached to Alcove Cafe at 1929 Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz, housed with the cafe in two historic bungalows with one of the larger patios on the east side. It opened on 8 October 2010 from Tom Trellis, who had opened Alcove itself in 2004. The cocktail programme has since been rebuilt entirely around a board-game theme, and none of the drinks we previously listed — Supernova, Tropic Thunder, The Apothecary, Pocket Full of Horses — remain. The current non-alcoholic section is headed "fun & games non-alcoholic cocktails", four drinks at $14, each named for a game: Can Chevy Come Over? (Red Rover) with Plaid Circus kimono dragon, dandelion, lime and corn silk kefir; Sister Sister (Twister) with Plaid Circus vespa rossa, Optimist Cali amaro, dogwood lemon oleo, celery and blueberry; Billie's Holiday (Cat's Cradle) with Seedlip Garden, catnip cream and vanilla bean; and Something Wicked (Ouija) with Pathfinder, sour Fuji apple, green almond orgeat and lemon. Non-alcoholic Best Day IPA and Fremont Dark are $8 each. Open from 8 or 9am daily.

Kato is a two-Michelin-starred Taiwanese-American tasting-menu restaurant at Row DTLA, promoted from one star to two in the 2026 guide, from chef and co-owner Jonathan Yao — who won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: California in 2025. It opened in a Sawtelle strip mall in 2016 and moved to its current 4,000-square-foot Arts District room in February 2022. The main dining room tasting menu is $325 and an abbreviated bar tasting is $185. Its non-alcoholic offering is one of the most ambitious in America: a dedicated Alcohol-Free Flight at $120, described as a progression of alcohol-free beverages created by the bar team, and priced as a genuine peer to the $145 traditional wine flight rather than a discount alternative. Bar director Austin Hennelly, who built it, believes it is the largest alcohol-free wine, beer and ready-to-drink list of any bar in the country. Documented drinks include the Garden Tonic — bitter melon and Korean cucumber, clarified and force-carbonated with white tea — and an amazake swizzle. Guests must be 21 or over to sit at the bar.

Melrose Umbrella Co. is a post-Prohibition-themed craft cocktail bar at 7465 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District, open since 2013 from owners Zach Patterson and Austin Melrose. The room is built from salvage: an 1890s fireplace facing an arched ceiling covered in New York City subway tile, and a massive 1920s wooden apothecary cabinet shipped from the East Coast and retrofitted as the back bar, with a string-lit heated patio behind. Its non-alcoholic offering is a genuine nine-item menu across two printed sections. Under "Non-Alcoholic Cocktails" sit five at $15: Not Even Smashed (Ritual zero-proof whiskey, blackberry, mint, lemon, elderflower tonic), the Pa-No-Ma (Ritual zero-proof tequila, prickly pear, green apple, ruby red grapefruit), the Keto Pepino (Ritual zero-proof gin, cucumber, lime, monkfruit, celery salt), The Valet (Pathfinder, Pentire Coastal Spritz, Seedlip Garden 108, orange), and a canned Piña Margarita or Negroni. Under "Non-Alcoholic Beers, Bubbles & Beyond" sit four cans at $7, including Athletic's Run Wild IPA and Deschutes' organic Kernza Golden. Open from noon, closed Mondays; reservations via Resy.

Belles Beach House is a retro tiki restaurant and bar at 24 Windward Avenue, just off the Venice Boardwalk, opened in late 2021 by restaurateur Nick Mathers of the Wish You Were Here Group, who describes it as Hawaiian izakaya meets tiki bar. Eater named it one of the fifteen most beautiful restaurants in Los Angeles: it took over the former Larry's, with teak sliding doors and no enclosed walls on three sides, so the whole place feels like an open-air patio. Art is by the Venice artist Larry Bell. Its zero-proof section is one of the larger ones on the Westside — CORRECTION: nine items, not eight, spanning $7 to $14 rather than mostly $11. The three fruit-and-herb spritzes are $11 each (Watermelon Mint, Apple Ginger, Thai Basil Cucumber), the Palm Reader is $14, the Red Wing Spritz $14, fresh guava lemonade $9, pure coconut water $9, and an iced mango sencha green tea $7. NOTE: the Palm Reader contains Aplós Ease, which carries 100mg of lion's mane extract per serving — a non-psychoactive nootropic, but worth knowing. Open from noon, to 2am on Friday and Saturday, with DJs at weekends.

Death & Co Los Angeles is the first West Coast location of the cocktail brand founded in New York's East Village on New Year's Eve 2006, and it opened in the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles at the end of 2019 from the Death & Co team of David Kaplan, Alex Day and Devon Tarby with Ravi DeRossi — the same group behind the Normandie Club, Bibo Ergo Sum and the Walker Inn. The main room runs a seasonal menu organised into six sections, from the lightest and most refreshing through the most spirituous, with zero-proof drinks treated as one of those sections rather than an appendix; a separate walk-up Standing Room bar operates Thursday to Saturday. The zero-proof list currently holds three built cocktails at $16–$18 on genuine non-alcoholic spirits including Seedlip, Ritual, Giffard and Wilderton, backed by non-alcoholic wine and beer from NON, Lyre's, Athletic and Suntory.

Bar Benjamin is a second-floor craft cocktail bar that opened in May 2025 above The Benjamin Hollywood on Melrose Avenue, from The Hundreds co-founder Ben Shenassafar with partners Jared Meisler and Kate Burr. The cocktail program — developed by Jason Lee (n/soto, Baroo) and beverage director Chad Austin — is known for elaborate, food-driven drinks, and the non-alcoholic list is a genuine priority rather than an afterthought: Austin, who is five years sober, builds the zero-proof cocktails with the same rigor as the full menu. Named NA drinks on the current menu include the Smiley Face (a mango-margarita riff with yellow bell pepper syrup, fermented mango, acid-adjusted pineapple, Wilderton Citrus Bitter, and Optimist Smoky), plus Aura Farm, Bangkok Dangerous, and Tepache Bird. The room is intimate and reservation-friendly, with walk-in bar seating.

Felix Trattoria is chef Evan Funke's acclaimed regional-Italian restaurant on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, opened in 2017 with restaurateur Janet Zuccarini. Known for handmade pasta produced daily in a glass-enclosed "pasta laboratorio," Felix is a Michelin Guide restaurant and a fixture of LA's dining scene. Its bar runs a genuine named non-alcoholic cocktail program built around imported and craft zero-proof bases — England's Pentire botanical aperitivo and Seattle's Pathfinder hemp-and-botanical amaro — plus house-made ginger beer. Lead bartender Henry Terhune frames the list around Italian aperitivo culture: drinks meant "to pique your appetite" before a carb-rich meal. Named zero-proof options include the Monte Rosa, Mare Nostrum, Zenzero, and the Coca-Felix, a Chinotto-style "bitter Coca-Cola" riff — composed, restaurant-quality options rather than an afterthought.

The Rendition Room is a 1930s-style speakeasy hidden in the basement of Vitello's, the Italian restaurant that has served Studio City's stretch of Tujunga Avenue since 1964, entered through a door disguised as a bookshelf. The intimate, low-lit room leans hard into Prohibition-era Hollywood atmosphere, and the dress code is enforced rather than suggested: business casual or cocktail attire, with jeans, ball caps, shorts, T-shirts, sandals and athletic wear refused at any time. Its non-alcoholic list is headed "Spirits Away" and runs six drinks at a flat $12, all built on fresh juices and scratch sours rather than bought-in zero-proof spirits: Nectar of the Gods (watermelon, cucumber, scratch sour, lemon, seltzer), Eve on Earth (white cranberry, grapefruit seltzer, scratch sour), Pearadisio (scratch sour, pear, seltzer), Cloud 9 (pineapple, lemon, coconut, mango), Fauxjito (lime, mint, seltzer) and Spa Water (cucumber, mint, lime seltzer). Per Resy, the bar recently extended its NA offerings upstairs to its Rat Pack-themed lounge, The Velvet Martini, citing demand from younger guests. Vitello's Italian food can be ordered in the speakeasy, which is cashless.

Gracias Madre is a vegan Mexican restaurant at 8905 Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, opened in January 2014 in a former antique emporium — whitewashed brick, high ceilings with exposed beams, and a patio under mature olive trees with built-in heaters. CORRECTION: we previously described a spirit-free section called "On the Wagon" and a Michelada Sin Cerveza. Neither appears on the current menu. The section is now headed "zero/low proof" and holds four drinks at $16.50: the Rosemary Love (ginger and rosemary elixir, poured tableside) and Como No (Ritual apéritif, lemon, pineapple, jalapeño, guajillo, agave, foam), both printed 0 ABV; plus the Raspberry Orchard Shrub and No Sabo, both built on Green Apple NOOT. NOTE ON THOSE TWO: the menu defines NOOT as a functional blend of botanicals, herbs and nootropics containing under 1% alcohol, which cannot be served to anyone under 21 — so they are low-proof and age-restricted, not alcohol-free. Separately, eight standard cocktails can be made non-alcoholic with Cut Above NA tequila or mezcal at no extra charge. Aguas frescas and horchata are $6.50, seasonal kefir soda $8.50, and a rotating NA lager $10.50.

Botanica is a seasonal Southern California restaurant and natural-wine market at 1620 Silver Lake Boulevard, opened in May 2017 by former food writers Emily Fiffer and Heather Sperling as a home for what they call nourishing hospitality, with a focus on regenerative agriculture, sustainable seafood and responsible animal husbandry. UPDATE TO OUR EARLIER LISTING: we previously had no drinks on file and rated the non-alcoholic offering as minimal. It now runs a genuine printed "Zero Proof" section on both the dinner and brunch menus, seven or more deep, so we have raised the rating. At dinner: a blueberry yuzu shrub ($10), a cucumber, lemon and ginger spritzer ($12), a yuzu spritzer ($10), a Ghia spritzer ($15), Lovely Bunch apple juice ($8), Strange Water sparkling coconut water ($8) and Fermensch kombucha ($9). Brunch adds a sunrise juice of orange, grapefruit, lime, lemon, yuzu and ginger ($8) and a "little tomato", the house non-alcoholic bloody mary ($10). Beverage director Pierluc Dallaire also runs a low-intervention wine programme. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 10pm.

Apothéke LA is the West Coast outpost of New York's apothecary-themed Apothéke, at 1746 North Spring Street in Chinatown, opened in 2018 by founder Christopher Tierney after a two-year search for the right Los Angeles site. The room is a Biedermeier-revival fantasy — sconces made from scientific boiling flasks holding glowing herbal tinctures, ornate wooden furniture, velvet cushions and curtains, tufted wallpaper, and a glowing 40-inch marble bar at the centre. CORRECTION: we previously listed The Healer and The Baron's Cure as its non-alcoholic drinks. Neither is on the current zero-proof menu, and The Baron's Cure now appears on the regular list as a fully alcoholic cocktail built on milk-washed bourbon, cognac and overproof rum. What exists instead is a printed "Free-Spirited List" of eight drinks, made from house-made ingredients using organic produce, herbs and botanicals: four tea-based Elixirs built on ashwagandha, schisandra, dandelion root and milk thistle, and four Tonics on named non-alcoholic gin, tequila, vermouth and Pentire. No prices are printed. Open Thursday to Sunday evenings; sophisticated attire encouraged.

Dayglow is a multi-roaster specialty coffee bar at 3206 West Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake, opened in late 2017 by Tohm Ifergan, formerly of Portola Coffee Roasters. Time Out gave it five stars in 2025, describing it as part neighbourhood hangout and part subscription service, a haven for serious coffee drinkers and dabblers alike — and noting that the standout part of the menu is its house signature drinks, which take a craft-cocktail approach to dispensing caffeine. The multi-roaster claim is real and unusually deep: its retail shelf carries well over a hundred beans from roasters including Tim Wendelboe, Coffee Collective, La Cabra, Prolog, Friedhats, Dak, Nomad, Monogram and Morgon alongside its own house roasts. Its signature drinks include the Military Latte, the Warhol, the Totoro and a strawberry matcha. PLEASE NOTE: Dayglow publishes its bean shop online but not its café drinks menu, and the third-party listings that appear to carry it are stale or fabricated — so we cannot give current prices or ingredients for the signature drinks. Seating is limited and there are few outlets, so it is not a laptop café. Open daily 7am to 7pm. Ours is the Silver Lake location; there are five others.

Thunderbolt is a neighborhood cocktail bar opened in 2019–2020 by Atlanta-born owner-bartender Mike Capoferri, at the meeting point of Historic Filipinotown, Echo Park, and Downtown LA. The concept is Deep South-inspired — Southern-rooted flavors, a Southern food menu, an extensive Madeira selection — paired with high-tech techniques like centrifuge clarification. It ranked No. 24 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 and won that program's Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award for waste reduction and ethical sourcing. The bar runs a small but genuine named non-alcoholic program: zero-proof options include the Pride of Oxnard, School Night, the Lychee Daiquiri, and the Thumper (which incorporates a rare NA milk-punch), and the staff will build custom alcohol-free drinks on request. The room is casual and bright, with an open patio and a pink-and-green palette.

IMPORTANT CORRECTION — WE HAVE REMOVED THIS VENUE'S LISTED DRINKS. Mírate is an award-winning multi-level Oaxaca-inspired restaurant and mezcalería in Los Feliz from co-owner Matthew Egan and chef Joshua Gil, opened in late November 2022, ranked No.12 in North America's 50 Best Bars in 2025 and No.28 in 2026. We previously listed its Tepache and Nitro Pulque as non-alcoholic drinks. That was wrong. They sit in a section called "Bebidas Ancestral" — ancestral beverages — which appears between the cocktail list and the Mexican wine list as another alcoholic category, alongside Pasita, a Mexican rum-raisin liqueur. Nothing on the menu describes them as non-alcoholic or prints an ABV. Pulque is traditionally 4–7% ABV, roughly beer strength; tepache varies with ferment length. Beverage director Max Reis says he takes pride in offering them "in their authentic format" so guests can taste "the ingredient in its pure form", and the same tepache and pulque are used inside the bar's alcoholic cocktails. We found no dedicated alcohol-free section here. Ask the bar directly rather than ordering from Bebidas Ancestral expecting zero proof.