The Hotel Café is a live music venue located off an alley on the Cahuenga Boulevard strip in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that has become known for helping to establish the careers of new singer-songwriters in the 2000s. The venue began as a coffee shop, but has gained a reputation as an intimate performance space featuring acoustic-based songwriters, such as John Mayer, Zane Carney, Anna Nalick, Sara Bareilles, Katy Perry, Ingrid Michaelson, Priscilla Ahn, Charlotte Martin, Laura Jansen and Meiko.