Downtown Long Beach is a popular nightlife center with most restaurants, bars, clubs and live music venues located along Pine Avenue from 4th Street to the Pike and Shoreline Village. Venues close and move frequently, so check with the venue to make sure they're still open and at the same location.

Dress codes apply at most places and at some clubs men are routinely patted down.

Top Downtown Long Beach Nightclubs and Bars

Alegria

Spanish and Latin American Restaurant/bar with flamenco shows Friday through Sunday with live Latin fusion bands between sets. There's enough dance space for four couples to hit the floor comfortably, but who needs comfort when the music is good?
115 Pine Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 436-3388
www.alegriacocinalatina.com

Auld Dubliner Irish Pub

The scene here evolves from after work happy hour to a late night college crowd with tourists, conventioneers and locals stopping in for the hearty Irish dinner fare in between. A fun mix of local Irish and non-Irish musicians play late sets.
71 South Pine Ave, Unit C
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 437-8300br> www.aulddubliner.com

Club Cohiba

Upstairs dance club with entrance on Broadway at the southeast corner of Pine. Two dance rooms with DJs, a few go-go dancers and wall to wall people. There's a cigar lounge with pool tables off the smaller room.
110 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 491-5220
www.cohibalongbeach.com

Congregation Ale House

A popular church-themed pub with stained glass windows, lots of interesting beers on tap and good food at the corner of Broadway and the Promenade.

201 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 432-BEER

Cuban Pete's Mojito Lounge

Latin flavored club with two dance floors.
245 Pine Ave, Ste 290
(562) 646-7294
cubanpeteslongbeach.com

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District Wine

Trendy wine bar and gourmet beer club in the East village Arts District of downtown Long Beach. 144 Linden Ave
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 612-0411
www.districtwine.com

Harvelle's

Underground live music club under the Congregation Ale House at the corner of Broadway and the Promenade.
201 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 239-3700
longbeach.harvelles.com

Rock Bottom Brewery

Microbrewery that has a bar, but most of the space is the restaurant.
1 Pine Ave (at Ocean)
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 308-2255
rockbottom.com/long-beach

Sevilla Café and Nightclub

At Sevilla you can have dinner with a flamenco show, followed by dancing on a postage-stamp-size floor to a live Latin band, then head upstairs to bust a move with a DJ and go-go dancers in the main club.
140 Pine Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 495-1111
www.sevillanightclub.com, www.cafesevilla.com
Read the Review of Sevilla Nightclub.

Shannon's on Pine

Some people refer to Shannon's on Pine as a dive bar, but it's not that divey (although it is cash only, a feature of many a dive bar). It is however a local hangout, where downtown residents gather to watch the weekend sports on the many TVs over a reasonably priced beer and a burger, rather than a trendy tourist spot.
209 Pine Ave
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 436-4363

SIP

SIP is pretty hip for a hotel bar. It fronts right onto Ocean Blvd with a heated patio out front.
111 E Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 437-5900
www.siplongbeach.com

Sgt Pepper's Dueling Piano Cafe

Lively dueling piano bar at the Pike, across from the Long Beach Convention Center. Sing-along piano shows and piano karaoke Wednesday through Sunday.
91 S. Pine Ave, Unit C
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 499-4600
www.pepperspianos.com

Tequila Jack's

Another waterfront restaurant and bar at Shoreline Village, Tequila Jack's is more restaurant than bar. They're known for their ginormous margaritas.
407 Shoreline Village Drive
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 628-0454
www.tequilajacks.com

Wokano

A slick Asian fusian restaurant and bar with tasty food and drinks and a decent happy hour. The bar scene is predominantly professionals from young to not-so-young.
199 The Promenade N
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 951-9652

www.wokcanorestaurant.com

The Yard House

Something like 140 brews on tap, really good food and waterfront location at Shoreline Village keep this place hopping.
401 Shoreline Village Drive
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 628-0455
www.yardhouse.com/CA/long-beach-restaurant

For the best Long Beach dive bars, check out the guide to 4th Street Dive Bars, a local cultural phenomenon with regularly scheduled party buses.