How do you get into Rideau?
We have not confirmed it. Rideau is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at Rideau
How the venue describes itself: “Discover Arden in West Hollywood offering enchanting dining, brunch, and a speakeasy experience in a magical garden setting. Ideal for dining and events.” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Rideau sits
Rideau is in West Hollywood, California, in Los Angeles County, in the West of the United States.
Our directory currently lists three speakeasies and hidden bars in West Hollywood — too few for a city guide of its own yet, so they sit on the California page until there are more.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Rideau are Rideau Speakeasy @ Arden, about 950 m away and The Backroom, about 2.1 km away.
California holds 173 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our California speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in California
California came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in California.
What the newspapers recorded in California
Searching the Library of Congress run of California newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from California:
- La prensa, March 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, June 14, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, October 18, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, November 5, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Friday – Sunday 10:00am – 3:00pm
- Saturday 6:00pm-10:30pm
- Sunday 5:30pm – 9:30pm
- Thursday – Saturday 8:00pm – 12:00am
- Thursday 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach Rideau by phone on (213) 712-6567, through its own website, and on Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok.
What we have confirmed
For Rideau we hold telephone number, official website, social accounts, and opening hours. We do not yet hold street address, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.