The 10 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles Perfect For Your Next Shoot

The 10 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles Perfect For Your Next Shoot

From coffee shop scenes where your protagonists fall in love over a cuppa, to quaint cafes for shooting your next YouTube baking tutorial, LA never ceases to amaze us. There's always a right place to bring your creative vision to life here. We absolutely love how different every space is and it's brilliant that there is always some listing you can rent for all your shooting scenarios. It's also well-known that cafes and restaurants are some of the most sought after shoot locations among filmmakers and photographers, and boy do we have tons of restaurant rentals available for filming in LA! So, without further ado, we present to you our top 10 picks from the city of Los Angeles that you can rent on Giggster.


1) Pink's Retro Restaurant & Cafe Near Sun Valley

Pink's Cafe Near Sun Valley Los Angeles Rental

This Art Deco style café in Los Angeles is giving us major 80s vibes and can totally be out of a scene from Stranger Things. We love the retro-style red leather seats and can already smell the fresh pancakes and bacon. Featuring both a bar seating, and a booth style seating setup, there are tons of frames and angles waiting to be captured here. The large windows allows natural light to gush in through spades, making it a perfect space for filming. This place has seasonal rates and can provide customized packages for your shoot as well.

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2) Rustic General Store and Cafe-Style Restaurant near Toluca Lake

Rustic General Store and Cafe near Toluca Lake Los Angeles Rental

We know that Grace and Frankie would love this beautiful rustic cafe for their girls' brunch date. This cozy little location serves coffee and sandwich and has a simple, worldly charm to it. Wooden flooring and eclectic decor makes it a cool location for anything from the next Netflix Original rom-com to a photoshoot for the new Vegan restaurant downtown.


3) Family-Owned Bar and Grill in Montrose

Family-Owned Bar and Grill in Montrose Los Angeles Rental

A small, neighborhood mom-and-pop bar and grill in Montrose, this local hangout has tons of positive vibes and joys impossible to find at the high-end locations. Minimally decorated, and featuring a natural-tone color palate, there's tons of camera potential waiting for you at this restaurant listing. With a small, outdoor seating area, and plenty of space inside, this venue offers multiple looks over its 2,600 sq. ft. space.


4) Glamour Underground Nightclub and VIP Lounge in Hollywood

Glamour Underground Nightclub and VIP Lounge Los Angeles Rental

Tucked away in Hollywood underground, this art deco style nightclub and pub is destined to be the next set for your rustic themed project. Its vintage vibes, checked floors, and semi-private booths with leather covers gives you a throwback setting to an era of glamour and sophistication. True to its name, the decor of the place is definitely a high-end look and can be used for photography, themed events, as well as film shoots.


5) High End Steakhouse & Restaurant in West Hollywood

High End Steakhouse in West Hollywood Los Angeles Rental

Like every rom-com deserves a dinner date scene, your movie deserves this restaurant venue. Its décor is elegant, classy, and charming; which means its limited only by your script and creative vision. With tons of mood lighting adding to the subtle romantic vibes, this restaurant also has an alluring semi-outdoor seating area. Perfect for all sorts of shoots, there are many rich textures and colors that contribute to the one-of-a-kind look of this steakhouse.


6) Authentic Italian Restaurant in Los Feliz

Authentic Italian Restaurant in Los Feliz Los Angeles Rental

Want a taste of Italy in LA? This classic Italian restaurant housing hundreds of bottles of wine and pictures of celebrities who have dined in the past is your destination. In classic Italian diner fashion, the restaurant has leather booths and tables covered in red tablecloths and scenes of Italian coastlines and cities line its walls. Perfect for film and photo shoots, this restaurant also has an outside dining area that is available for you!


7) Historic Winery and Restaurant in DTLA

Historic Winery and Restaurant in DTLA Los Angeles Rental

If a trip to Wine Country is out of question, you can always book this captivating winery and restaurant venue bang in the middle of your city for a shoot. What's more? This place also has an interesting past that makes your shoot location authentic and desirable. It is one of the last surviving wineries in this part of town and has been operational for over 100 years! This hidden gem in downtown LA has a restaurant, wine cellar, wine store, a bistro and a gift shop.


8) Grand Gatsby-esque Social Club in DTLA

Grand Gatsby-esque Social Club in DTLA Los Angeles Rental

Aptly named, this gorgeous restaurant is a perfect example of an Art Deco venue. Suited for those charity ball and award night scenes, this vintage looking venue has a grand staircase and stunning historical features that greatly exemplify the classy, contemporary, and social vibes of this listing. Though its closed on Sundays through Tuesday, it is a steal with its stunning décor & old Hollywood charm!


9) Tranquil Fairy Tale Restaurant on Brick Road in Topanga

Tranquil Fairy Tale Restaurant on Brick Road in Topanga Los Angeles Rental

This looks like a place where Carrie and the girls from Sex and The City would brunch on their visit to LA. The tranquil restaurant is tucked away in the hills and a brick road leads to an oasis of fountains and trees with a circular patio for outside seating - talk about a wonderous, magical setting. Just below this, you'll find a creek with rocks and flowers underneath a dense forest. There's no doubt that this is a coveted destination for photography and events.


10) Happiness Garden Cafe near Fox Hills

Happiness Garden Cafe Los Angeles Rental

This clean, charming café looks like straight out of the Bobby Berk website. Its smart, minimalistic and green décor makes it a very good location for a film or photo shoots. This also is quite the perfect venue for filming that YouTube cooking tutorial that you have been planning to shoot!


When you are in the entertainment business, a café or a restaurant is more than just a place to eat. It's your opportunity to people-watch, to find inspiration, to finish that script or to shoot that film. So, if you need to find the perfect coffee shop or restaurant (or may be, a pub) to bring your script to life, and if you didn't find it on this list, then please follow this link to view our catalogue of restaurants available for film rentals in Los Angeles.

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