Belles Beach House
Hawaiian restaurant · Venice
24 Windward Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90291
Highlights
Hawaiian grub & cocktails in a tropical-style space
Hawaiian grub & cocktails in a tropical-style space
"Belles Beach House is technically a restaurant that serves good tiki-adjacent cocktails, but it’s the experience of drinking here that earns it a place on this list. At Belles, we suggest leaning into the unsubtle tropical beach theme and ordering a mai tai, piña colada, or any drink poured into a tall decorative mug. That’s why you’re here. Besides feeling like you time traveled to 1970s Waikiki, this boardwalk bar offers other campy amenities such as punch bowl drinks, tequila-spiked slushies served in coconut shells, and a DJ playing tropical house music as you completely lose sense of which continent you are on." - sylvio martins
"The beach seems to come right to diners and drinkers at Belles Beach House, the Tulum-meets-Tiki newcomer on Windward where the coolest of the westside set hang out these days. Part bar, part restaurant, this is the place to smell the salty ocean and maybe see someone famous as you dine on pan-Asian dishes with Polynesian influences. Try the epic teriyaki cheeseburger with a draft yuzu spritz cocktail." - Eater Staff
"Those wishing they spent the holidays in Hawaii might feel most comfortable at this Venice playhouse just a few steps from the ocean (don’t worry, there’s plenty of heating inside). From 10 p.m. to late, a DJ will play curated tunes while punch bowls and cocktails spill forth from the Tiki-decorated bar. Cover charge is a modest $24 with a midnight champagne toast, while bottle service table options are also available." - Eater Staff
"Those wishing they spent the holidays in Hawaii might feel most comfortable at this Venice playhouse just a few steps from the ocean (don’t worry, there’s plenty of heating inside). From 10 p.m. to late, a DJ will play curated tunes while punch bowls and cocktails spill forth from the Tiki-decorated bar. Cover charge is a modest $24 with a midnight champagne toast, while bottle service table options are also available." - Eater Staff
"You can’t see Hawaii from the bar at this tiki-inspired Venice restaurant, but the thousands of miles of Pacific Ocean that separate the two seem more navigable while sampling the restaurant’s Hawaiian and Pacific Rim izakaya favorites. Taste a flight of The Lost Explorer expressions while ordering huli huli chicken or the miso black cod ssam and relaxing in its bright, wicker-heavy dining room. On a quiet afternoon, you can hear the ocean just steps away — though the lively vibe of the House means it’s rarely that silent." - Robert Spuhler
