Live music every Saturday  ·  Doors at six  ·  No cover before eight
A dark cocktail bar interior lit by low lamps
Downtown Los Angeles

Nocturneafter dark, on Spring Street

Forty-two seats behind an unmarked door. Classic cocktails made properly, a piano that gets used, and a room quiet enough that you can hear the person across the table.

Reserve a Table Saturday Lineup

Est. 2016  ·  21 and over  ·  No standing room after nine

Tue – SunSix until two
42 seatsReservations advised
SaturdaysLive from nine
No menuTell us what you like
Two guests at a dimly lit bar
The Room

Small, dark,
and on purpose

Nocturne is a basement on Spring Street with a door that has never had a sign on it. We seat forty-two and we do not take more than that, which means the room stays quiet enough to talk and the bartender has time to make your drink properly.

The bar is stocked for classics rather than trends. There is a written list, but most nights people tell us what they are in the mood for and we build from there. If you do not know what you like yet, that is the more interesting conversation anyway.

Come as you are, within reason. No sports on, no photographs of other guests, and phones on the table face down if you can manage it.

A singer and pianist performing in a smoky room
Saturday Nights

Live from nine

One act a night, two sets, no cover if you are seated before eight. The piano is a 1948 Steinway upright and it is played every week.

This Saturday Vera Lyle Trio

Vera Lyle Trio

Vocal jazz  ·  Saturday 2 August

Vera has held the first Saturday of the month here since we opened, backed by upright bass and brushes. The set leans on Billie and Nina, and the second one usually goes somewhere she did not plan.

Two sets9pm & 11pm
No coverIf seated by 8
42Seats, first come
Reserve for this night
Members & Private Hire

The back room

There is a second room behind the bar. It seats fourteen, it is not on the reservation system, and the password changes every week.

What's the word?

Regulars get it by text on Tuesday. Everyone else can ask a bartender, or use this week's.

This week's word is nightingale. Demo only, nothing is sent.

The Bar

A look inside

The back bar and bottles
An old fashioned on the bar
A bartender stirring a drink
A band playing to a seated room
A singer at a vintage microphone
Find Us

Reservations & house rules

Tables are held for fifteen minutes. Walk-ins are welcome at the bar, and on Saturdays they go early.

Hours

  • Tuesday to Thursday6pm – 1am
  • Friday6pm – 2am
  • Saturday6pm – 2am, live from 9
  • Sunday6pm – midnight
  • MondayClosed

214 ½ South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 555-0148
reserve@nocturnebar.com

Reserve a Table

House Rules

  • Twenty-one and over, photo identification every time, no exceptions
  • Parties of six maximum. Larger groups belong in the back room
  • No standing room after nine, and no queueing on the stairs
  • Photographs of your own table only, and no flash
  • Tables are held fifteen minutes, then released to the bar
  • Saturday reservations open two weeks ahead, at noon on Monday
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