The Best Rainy Day Date Ideas in Los Angeles

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is a film museum in Miracle Mile. Film screenings can be bought without a museum ticket, so a movie alone works too. Adult museum admission is $25, dropping to $18 after 4:30pm for onsite purchases, and visitors under 18 are free. Open Wednesday through Monday from 10am to 6pm, the museum has Fanny's restaurant and cafe on site on the same days. The Wilshire/Fairfax Metro station sits across the street.

The Broad is a contemporary art museum in Downtown with free general admission. A timed ticket is recommended in advance, though walk-ups are available daily. Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room is open, and it requires an advance reservation. On Thursdays, doors stay open until 8pm. The underground garage charges a $19 flat rate on weeknights after 5pm and throughout the weekend.

The Hammer Museum is a free art museum in Westwood Village. No advance reservation is needed, and the galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 6pm. LULU, the museum's restaurant, books lunch and dinner. The Hammer Cafe serves warm drinks, with sheltered seating. Underground self-parking costs a flat $9 after 5pm on weekdays and throughout the weekend.

The Getty Center is a Westside museum with free admission and a timed-entry reservation. Its galleries are skylit, and the cafe windows look out between showers. A garden stroll or time with the art both fit, and the visit can be quick or leisurely. Parking is $25 per car, $15 after 3pm, and $10 after 6pm. The Center is open Tuesday through Friday and Sunday until 6:30pm, and Saturday until 9pm.

Grand Central Market is a Downtown food hall with covered communal seating. Ramen, birria, and coffee share one roof, and the people-watching is part of the draw. Each person can visit different stalls, then meet at a table. Ramen Hood sells soups and noodle bowls. The market is open daily from 8am to 9pm.

Highland Park Bowl packs a bowling alley, a bar, and a restaurant into one Highland Park building. It is a bowling pick on first-date lists. The building dates to 1927 and was restored by 1933 Group. Lanes are walk-in only, in one-hour blocks, and lane rental ran $35 to $70 per hour in 2024. It is all ages before 8pm and 21 and over after.

71Above is a restaurant on the 71st floor of the US Bank Tower in Downtown. A drink or a meal up there is a rainy-day idea. For a more casual date, the bar has a seat that faces the sunset. Two tables sit at the windows. Dinner is a $103 per person prix-fixe, before bread service, steak supplements, and extra courses, as of January 2026. Service starts at 4pm Tuesday through Friday and 5pm on other days.

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown LA is a cinema in the Financial District, and it is the city's only Alamo Drafthouse. It shows first-run and repertory films, so the lineup goes beyond new releases. A movie is an easy fit for a rainy evening.

Yamashiro is a Japanese-inspired restaurant above the Hollywood Hills. Here, a drink with a view is a rainy-day idea, and the garden courtyard with koi is best saved for a break in the weather. A 600-year-old pagoda stands beside a house modeled on a Kyoto palace. Wagyu Sukiyaki and Matcha Soba Noodles are on the menu. Dinner starts at 5pm, and Sunday brunch runs from 11am to 2:30pm.

Tam O'Shanter is a Scottish pub in Atwater Village. Inside, several fireplaces sit among tartans and bric-a-brac, which suits a drink on a rainy day. The patio has a fireplace too. Hot toddies and large-format tea cocktails are the cool-night drinks. Walt Disney and his Imagineers count among the pub's famous patrons over its 100-year run.