Hotel Café, Music venue on Cahuenga Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States

Hotel Café is a live music venue set off an alley on the Cahuenga Boulevard strip in Hollywood. Its main room holds five elevated bar tables along the hallway linking front and back, plus six dinner tables set immediately in front of the stage. Capacity is 165.

The Hotel Café opened in 2000 as a coffee shop where singer-songwriters performed for small audiences; co-owner Maximillian Mamikunian recalled that steamers and blenders could only run between songs. In 2004 the club took over the neighbouring space and expanded for eight months. In November 2025 it announced closure at this location in early 2026, with plans to reopen elsewhere the following year.

The venue's name comes from its origin as a coffee shop, and its annual Hotel Café Tour has carried artists such as Gary Jules, Sara Bareilles, Meiko and Rachael Yamagata across the United States, Norway and Switzerland. Its website also serves as a discovery tool: Grey's Anatomy music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas found Meiko and Adele through the club and its site.

The entrance sits off an alley on the Cahuenga Boulevard strip, so look for the passage rather than a street-front door. Inside, the main room holds 165 people, with five raised bar tables along the hallway linking front and back and six dinner tables directly in front of the stage. The venue announced in November 2025 that it would close at this location in early 2026, with a reopening planned elsewhere the following year.

A music supervisor discovered several artists performing at this venue who later appeared in a well-known television series. This connection shows how such spaces can serve as a launching point for musicians into larger productions.