The city of Los Angeles is not only famous for the best entertainment and breathtaking panoramas, but it also offers an incredible variety of restaurants.
People have come all over the world to the city of LA and brought with them many unique ethnic flavors that can please even the pickiest of eaters.
Many of our most celebrated restaurants are popular not only for their cuisine but also for spectacular entertainment, shows, specials, promotions and more.
One thing is clear, for a restaurant to succeed in the City of Angels they really need to bring it!
To beat the competition some spots have created special hacks and hidden Easter eggs to enrich your dining experience beyond just your taste buds.
Special menus, secret entrances, unknown discounts, and awesome atmospheres.
We are here to find and share some of those best kept secrets with you.
Here Are 6 Of Our Favorite Restaurant’s Hacks in LA.
The Tart
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The Tart offers an intimate atmosphere and popular delicious dinners including their tomahawk steak served with Italian chimichurri.
This restaurant is located at the Farmer’s Daughter Hotel on Fairfax across from CBS and the world famous shopping destination The Grove.
The restaurant is open every day until 10 pm and 11 pm on Sundays.
Location:
115 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Hack
Get 50% off your meal! The catch? You need to jump in their pool with all your clothes on!
The Tart restaurant has an ongoing promotion where they will give you a 50% discount off your bill if you jump into their swimming pool fully clothed!
If you jump in with your cell phone they give you a FREE lunch!
(I’ve never actually seen anyone choose this option LOL)
If you want to keep your clothes dry and still enjoy a happy hour price, then show up Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm.
Historic Cafeteria Clifton’s
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Party with dinner and drinks in one of the coolest and most historic eateries in Los Angeles!
Don’t let the word ‘cafeteria’ turn you off from visiting this restaurant. The Clifton’s cafeteria is not the one you remember from school that had the soggy mac and cheese and the unpenetrable “cool kids” table.
What really captivates its patrons is the amazingly unique atmosphere which includes a display of trees and taxidermied forest animals.
Come to Downtown LA and enjoy this cafeteria’s spectacular atmosphere, a variety of bars, tiki bear cups, awesome menus, drinks, beers, and even a waterfall!
Location:
648 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014
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But if this isn’t enough, bring your swing dancing shoes at night when this spectacular restaurant turns into a tiki bar!
NOTE: After this writing ( early 2019) Clifton’s stopped its daytime operating hours and now is only open at night from 6PM – 2AM. No more lunch 🙁
But it is now one of the hottest night spots for dinner and drinks in DTLA!
Prizon Bar
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As far as theme restaurants go this is one of the wackiest and most unique in Los Angeles.
Enjoy a meal in a Prison atmosphere, with metal fencing, chains and even black light murals that resemble what life is like on the “inside”.
This unique prison-themed bar is located in Koreatown and offers a Korean drinking and a delicious food menu that includes spicy sausages, fried calamari, flame broiled pork.
Location:
2500 W 8th St, Ste 108, Los Angeles, CA 90057
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You can experience fine dining “prisoner’ style but without all the nasty cellmates, mean guards and violence!
Ever wonder what is like to eat in a prison? Ha! well, I think this restaurant will take you as close as you can get to that without you getting into any trouble for it.
It also has a good catalog of strong drinks. Just don’t get too drunk. We don’t want a Prizon riot!
Barton G in Hollywood
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Enjoy an evening dinner out with a circus-style atmosphere at the wacky Barton G in Hollywood!
Love a unique dining experience?
Come to Hollywood for an evening at Barton G restaurant, a popular and elegant spot where your food is part of the show in the form of over the top and one of a kind dishes and drinks.
The food presentation is the star of the show here and there is something fun for everyone.
For carnivores, they have massive meat lovers dishes like their Lawn Moo-er for 2 which is a 48oz porterhouse!
If you are a salad lover then maybe the rake and ho garden salad which your server delivers in a wheelbarrow and pours out your dressing from a watering can satisfy your needs.
Definitely add this restaurant to your list, bring along your friends with eccentric taste buds and have a good time.
Location:
861 N La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Hack:
Enjoy spectacular tasting cocktails including sabrinatinis and buddhalicious both of which are popular nitrogen drink cocktails.
Also, these are about a perfect an Instaworthy drink as you can get to post on the Gram!
Milk Tavern in Korea Town
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Embrace your inner fat kid with the adult only dessert shop that also happens to be the largest cereal bar on the West Coast!
This hotspot in KTown is all the rage for those grown-up kids who like their adult version of their favorite desserts and cereals.
That’s right, if you are 21 and older you can come down to Milk Tavern and have your choice of many different kinds of liquor infused flavor ice creams or cereal bowls.
This innovative gem gives you the ultimate sugar rush with crazy unique but tasty options like their ‘Unicorn Crepe Cake’, Cotton Candy Ice Cream Burrito, their Ice Cream Cereal Bun and many more!
For more on the best desserts in Los Angeles click this article.
Location:
528 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
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If you are looking for an Instaworthy experience to match your sweet tooth The Milk Tavern is a perfect place to have a good time with a date or a group of friends or co-workers.
Bring your camera and be ready to share your snaps as they probably have the most Instagram friendly desserts in all of LA!
In-N-Out Burger
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For decades In-N-Out has been the Southern California staple and first choice for fast food restaurant goers to grab a quick delicious burger.
Some of the most popular In-N-Outs in LA are located in Hollywood, Palms -which is near the Museum of Jurassic Technology, and of course the number one stop for visitors is the In-N-Out located in LAX where you can see (and feel) the roar of planes overhead as you enjoy your food.
Everyone seems to know about the In-n-Out “secret” menu options.
But now adding to your choice of animal style, flying dutchman or protein style, you can take advantage of a little know secret free item with the right timing. (see our hack below)
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All over Southern California!
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Warm your kid’s tummy on a rainy day by taking advantage of a little known Free secret menu item at In-n-Out!
In-N-Out offers a FREE Hot Chocolate for kids 12and under anytime it rains!
Now we know it does not rain much here in LA but you can pick up your kids spirits and impress your friends anytime it does, with this little known In-N-Out hack!