The Formosa Cafe

Visit The Formosa Cafe in Santa Monica, West Hollywood by 1933 Group. Relax, Drink & Dine at Best Restaurant in Los Angeles. We help you to organize events and parties in The Formosa Cafe.

Private parties and catering are also available. Call several weeks in advance to reserve the original train car room or the upper patio deck.

Stop in weekdays from 4pm to 7pm to take advantage of discounted sake, cocktails and small plates.

This "vintage" WeHo Asian from the 1930s is "a slice of LA history" and still has the aura of an "old movie-star hangout", complete with signed photos on the walls from its famous former clientele; the menu isn't highly regarded, but most go for the drinks, the "cool" ambiance and the "nostalgia" factor.

Across the street from the former Goldwyn Studio, this boxy red bar with an ersatz Chinese interior has been a favorite drinking spot for decades. There's still an air of bygone glamour; more than 200 black-and-white photos of celebrities who've graced the place line the walls, and the bar is still used as an occasional movie location (a scene from L.A. Confidential was shot here). When an...

A little more George Clooney than Clark Gable these days with an updated facelift and a new scene. You might need a Black Dahlia wig to fit in, or a zoot suit, but a nonsensical t-shirt will have you just as much at home with struggling actors, less struggling writers, and those I-Bankers that make you green over their green. From the above average bar food to the rooftop party space, this is...

The Scene
Opened in 1934, this trolley-car restaurant has preserved its star-studded history, making it an ever-trendy watering hole in West Hollywood. Dimly lit, the two red and ebony...

Forget the usual Los Angeles haunts—why not pay a visit to a little hole-in-the-wall café that's so rich in movie star history you half expect Marilyn Monroe or Clark Gable to come waltzing through the door. If the walls of the Formosa Café could talk the stories they could tell—at least one behind each of the 250 black and white photos of the stars who've dined there over the years.