The 5 Best Clubs in Los Angeles

1. The Mayan

The Mayan is part dance club, part Mayan museum. The inside of the building is even more impressive than the exterior, which is a daunting three-story resemblance of a Mayan temple. Inside, the décor and the lighting all make for one hedonistic party. The lobby level of the Mayan displays an impressive collection of Mayan artifacts and works of art.

The Mayan is one of the best clubs in Los Angeles because it offers two different levels of party. On one floor, musicians take the stage to provide live music to dance to. Another level lulls dancers onto the floor with hypnotic house beat.

2. Club 740

You're in a glass VIP skybox, dangling three stories above two dance floors where people move rhythmically to the music, in a building that appears to be one of those old Hollywood theatres renovated in a club. Girls dance on go-go platforms while the lights from above spin around and give the entire place a surreal atmosphere. A private waiter comes along and asks you if you need a refill on your bottle service. This is the kind of LA club that gets mentioned in novels by Bret Easton Ellis.

You must be at Club 740.

3. Deep

Deep has a dance floor and a DJ booth and a bar, but the club considers itself a little different from the rest. And it is.

Deep is just a little more avant-garde than your average house music club. It's a good time, but it's not just about the good time. It's great people, but it's not just about the great people. Deep is a dance club that is passionate about its music. If you can live without another top forty dance club song and want to hear some real rhythm-filled, heartfelt beats spun by some of the industry's best DJs, Deep is the absolute best club in Los Angeles for you.

4. Avalon Hollywood

When Avalon Hollywood isn't busy hosting Grammy parties, Rolling Stone soirees, live headlining bands, and exclusive celebrity after parties, the renovated stage theater hosts hot dance club nights with some of the most talented DJs and live musicians from across the country.

This historic nightclub began as an opulent stage theater in the 1920s. The restoration to its current state is phenomenal, as is the amount of star power that has graced the building. Hands-down, one of the best clubs in Los Angeles.

5. Das Bunker

Some of the biggest names in industrial music have taken control over the DJ booth at Das Bunker, spinning the hardcore techno goth beats that the city's underground craves. The club is the best goth club in Los Angeles. Break out your gas masks, platform combat buckle boots, fishnets, and old KMFDM t-shirts on Friday nights for a party dark enough for the city of LA.

If you need to tone the party down a decimal or two, check out the best bars in Los Angeles.