(213) 687-7111

336 S Hill St
Los Angeles, CA 90013 34.051127 -118.249596

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Neighborhoods: Historic Core, Downtown, Central LA

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Hours:

Monday To Sunday From 10:00 AM To 02:00 AM

Last updated 6.23.11

Category:

Nightclubs, Neighborhood Bars, Bars & Clubs, Singles Bars, Dance Clubs, Dive Bars

Payment Methods:

Visa, MasterCard

Bar & Pub Special Features:

Dance Floor

Bar & Club Special Features:

DJ, After Work, 21 & Over

Minimum Age:

21

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What People Are Saying About La Cita

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In Short – It's amazing what a kitschy remodel and influx of KCRW-listening Westside hipsters can do. The interior still feels refreshingly cheesy, with ceiling-strung Christmas tree lights, red circular booths and mirrored artwork hanging throughout the bar and dance floor. Red lights and tiki-style lanterns lend an intimate shade of light to Heineken-ordering faces and disgruntled locals displaced by downtown gentrification. Weeknights feature indie-style DJs spinning eclectic groove, while weekends still entertain Latin music-minded locals for salsa and ranchera-style dancing.

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Know Before You Go:
The bar seems to have brought its fancy Echo Park prices along, with cocktails priced around $10.
When to Go:
Thursdays are the hottest night of the week for newbie loft-owners and artsy bohemians on-hand for KCRW DJs.
The Extras:
By next year, a patio is set to open the rear of the bar with cozy seating area and room for smokers.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “Either way, a very fun bar with great areas to chill.”
  2. “Serious good time potential if you base it on the location and structure.”
  3. “The employees are a deterrant to establishing regulars who appreciate good service along with groovy ambiance.”
drinks
75.0% positive
  1. “Either way, a very fun bar with great areas to chill.”
  2. “The beer is cheep, the bartenders are cool and the cover is super cheep too.”
  3. “He was made to stand in a ridiculously long line when he had been there consuming their overpriced drinks all night.”
  4. “La Cita bar on 336 Hill st. down town is an amazing spot that speaks for it self.”
  5. “So long as you dont deal with the bouncers and have a beer instead of mixed drinks, its a really nice place to hangout.”
  6. “The back patio is cool too, blaze one up and talk over some drinks.”
  7. “cheap drinks, great DJs, hipster crowd.”
  8. “couple of friends took me here, I had been my it a number of times in the past but always wrote it off as a some dirty downtown LA bar filled with gangsters so I never went in.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “If you love to party it up on the Eastside/downtown, this is a great place to stop by.”
  2. “This is a nice place to hangout with a bunch of friends after work.”
  3. “So long as you dont deal with the bouncers and have a beer instead of mixed drinks, its a really nice place to hangout.”
service
95.2400016784668% positive
  1. “The beer is cheep, the bartenders are cool and the cover is super cheep too.”
  2. “It's a cool place with regular people and not filled with the "I'm so cool" Hollywood types nor the "I live on the Westside" snobs.”
  3. “No line, no velvet rope, no entrance fee, no stupid dress codes, only good music and good people!”
  4. “The staff professional and efficient i can't get enough of La Cita.”
  5. “Everyone is friendly and most of them beautiful.”
  6. “The employees are a deterrant to establishing regulars who appreciate good service along with groovy ambiance.”
  7. “Finally I found a real palce in Los Angeles, excellent music and very cool and nice people!”
value
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. “the smoking patio is huge and quiet enough for an actual conversation.”
  2. “cheap drinks, great DJs, hipster crowd.”
  3. “He was made to stand in a ridiculously long line when he had been there consuming their overpriced drinks all night.”
wait time
50.0% positive
  1. “So long as you dont deal with the bouncers and have a beer instead of mixed drinks, its a really nice place to hangout.”
  2. “He was made to stand in a ridiculously long line when he had been there consuming their overpriced drinks all night.”
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/28/11

Great People

by Spfia at Citysearch

Great People! I love La Cita on punky/reggae friday nights! There is lots of different people and a great atomsphere! I heard alot of bad reviews about the bartenders and door men but, everytime I go I have great experiences with them. Plus, they allow in and outs! You know what that means! So, check it out if you like dancing to the reggae music!!!

4 Star Rating: Recommended

11/16/09

Not free before 11

by dansteely at Citysearch

Went Friday night at 10:40 after hearing it was free before 11. The girls in front of us were charged a $5 cover, despite saying, "We thought it was free before 11!" The doorman said no, free before 10:30. Either these guys are pocketing the $5 or the policy changed. Either way, a very fun bar with great areas to chill. We met some interesting characters and one of my friends hooked up. A good time.

  • Pros: Fun vibe, great back patio, cheapish beer
  • Cons: Supposed to be free before 11 - it's not
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/22/09

REGGEA REGGEA REGGEA!!!!!

by MULLET80 at Citysearch

WHO KNEW I WOULD FIND SOME REGGEA, SKA, GOTH, DARKWAVE, EBM IN THE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES? IT IS RARE TO FIND A GOOD SPOT TO LISTEN TO SOME GOOD MUSIC NOW ADAYS WITH THE MUSIC INDUSTRY BEING TURNED INTO A MONSTER OF TEENY BOPER POP FIASCO!!!!! I SAY SCREW THE MAINSTREAM RADIO AND HEAD OUT TO RADIKAL'S RADIO!!!!! AT LEAST THOSE FELLOWS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ARE PLAYING!!!!

EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY 9-2AM

  • Pros: SKA SKA SKA
  • Cons: OPEN MINDED HUMANS
4 Star Rating: Recommended

07/14/08

For a guy who hates bars and dancing - I love this place

by rtnla at Citysearch

A couple of friends took me here, I had been my it a number of times in the past but always wrote it off as a some dirty downtown LA bar filled with gangsters so I never went in. Turns out I was totally wrong. This place rocks.

It's a cool place with regular people and not filled with the "I'm so cool" Hollywood types nor the "I live on the Westside" snobs. They play different music each night so be sure to find out what they're doing before you go. If you like to dance it's a fun place to dance too.

The beer is cheep, the bartenders are cool and the cover is super cheep too. Unlike two other reviewers the door men have always been cool and polite.

They don't serve food. The outdoor patio is nice but it's filled with freaking smokers so that's the only downside with that.

Give it a shot, if you want to get away from the snobs and wannabes, give downtown a visit.

  • Pros: Cheep cover and drinks, cool bartenders, great music, patio, cheap night time parking
  • Cons: Smokers on the patio, no food.
1 Star Rating: Poor

05/18/08

Avoid the door-man

by amejia at Citysearch

A total fiasco, does he really think that he work in Studio 54?!?! This is just a hole in the wall, so please chill-out and relax dude!! anyways, since you can?t avoid the door-man, then don?t even go. Choose another place better and you?ll be more happier, trust me? xoxo XalliGirl

  • Pros: NONE
  • Cons: ALL OF THE ABOVE

The Details on La Cita

Place Categories:

  • really nice place
  • good music
  • very cool people
  • cool spot
  • beautiful everyone
  • quiet smoking patio
  • professional staff
  • stupid dress codes
  • terrible sound system
  • hates bars
  • awesome reggae
  • decent size dance floor
  • overpriced drinks
  • good groovy
  • cool bartenders
  • awesome tunes
  • good time potential
  • great djs
  • awesome party
  • interesting characters
  • decent pa system
  • great areas
  • hate hollywood
  • nice outdoor patio
  • good service
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