Opening in July 2026, Club HUE will debut as a new private members’ club in Los Angeles conceived for a globally connected member base that moves fluidly between cities, cultures and continents. Memberships are now open for application and prospective members based in Asia are especially encouraged to apply.
The club’s name itself signals its intent: HUE draws from Hueshik (휴식), the Korean concept of rest and restorative pause – a cultural philosophy that shapes everything from the club’s design to its approach to hospitality. Whether based in Los Angeles or arriving from Asia, members are invited into a discreet world that places them at the heart of the city’s cultural and entertainment landscape. Located within Koreatown’s historic Chapman Plaza, the club is designed not as a neighbourhood hangout but as a refined cultural hub – a private base for those who demand more than a hotel when Los Angeles is on their itinerary.
Club HUE reflects a new generation of private membership – one that is intimate in scale, intentional in design and international in outlook, led by a team whose backgrounds span Tokyo, Los Angeles and the world’s finest hospitality institutions. Club HUE reflects a new generation of private membership – one that is intimate in scale, intentional in design and international in outlook.
“Club HUE is built for people who understand that the best rooms in the world are the ones that feel genuinely considered,” says Greg Lee, Club Director. “We wanted to create a space that earns its place in the lives of people who have experienced everything – where the culture, the food and the feeling of being known all arrive at once, whether you are based in Los Angeles or flying in from Seoul or Hong Kong.” At a time when private members’ clubs are proliferating globally, Club HUE distinguishes itself through cultural fluency, design integrity, and a truly international point of view.
A New Chapter in Koreatown’s Cultural Renaissance
Set within Chapman Plaza, the iconic 1929 landmark at the heart of Koreatown, Club HUE is part of the neighborhood’s ongoing creative and cultural renaissance. Long celebrated for its culinary influence and nightlife energy, Koreatown is now emerging as one of Los Angeles’ most design-forward cultural corridors where hospitality, beauty, art, and fashion intersect. Hidden within the plaza’s historic walls, the club offers a sense of discovery known primarily to those who are invited inside.
Koreatown is also home to a gravitational concentration of Korean-American creative talent, spanning entertainment, music, fashion, and the arts, whose global influence has grown in parallel with the worldwide rise of Korean culture. Club HUE is conceived as a natural home for this community: a space where those who have shaped that cultural moment, and those inspired by it, can gather with intention and discretion.
A Culinary Destination Within
Food and beverage sit at the heart of the Club HUE experience. The club’s restaurant is centered on progressive Asian cuisine, balancing refined technique with shareable, social dining designed to move effortlessly from day to night. Led by Executive Chef Hiroo Nagahara – Tokyo-born, Michelin-starred, and a veteran of Charlie Trotter’s acclaimed kitchen, with stages alongside Guy Savoy, Hideki Ishikawa and Yoshihiro Narisawa – the culinary program brings a distinctly Japanese-inflected sensibility to progressive Asian cuisine, balancing refined technique with shareable, social dining designed to move effortlessly from day to night. The program emphasizes seasonality, layered flavors, and thoughtful presentation: elevated yet approachable, and tailored for both intimate meals and lively evenings. Menus are designed to encourage discovery, with dishes that feel equally at home at a long lunch, a celebratory dinner, or deep into the evening.
The bar anchors the space as a social focal point, wrapping around a central stage and setting the rhythm of the club as the room shifts from dinner into late-night revelry. Under the direction of Beverage Director Joshua Choe – an accomplished sommelier with over a decade in the Los Angeles scene, whose career spans restaurants helmed by Curtis Stone, Ludo Lefebvre and Joshua Skenes – the cocktail program blends classic foundations with subtle Asian influences, complemented by a globally focused wine and spirits selection designed to pair seamlessly with the menu.
Design, Art & Atmosphere: Where East Meets West
Inspired by the Korean concept of Hueshik (휴식), meaning “rest,” Club HUE offers a refined pause from the pace of modern life. Designed through an East-meets-West lens, the interiors evoke the romance of the golden age of travel with layered textures, warm lighting, sculptural details, and lush greenery. A central sculptural bar encircles a stage, complemented by private dining areas, and a private karaoke lounge – intimate, state-of-the-art, and designed for the kind of effortless late-night entertainment that defines elevated social culture across Asia and beyond – each space offering a distinct sense of intimacy and escape. Subtle references to the golden age of travel are reinterpreted for a contemporary, culturally fluent audience.
Anchoring the space is a commissioned mural by Michael Haight, inspired by his time living in South Korea and the concept of 한강휴식 (hangang huesik), the meditative leisure of summer afternoons along the Han River. Curated by Jane Lee, Artistic Director of HUE, the work creates a quiet dialogue between past and present, East and West, reflecting the club’s ethos of discernment, restraint, and cultural depth with additional works by RETNA accenting the space.
Membership: Curated, Global, and Intentionally Limited
To preserve the culture and experience at HUE, membership is highly selective and intentionally limited, bringing together creators, entrepreneurs, tastemakers, and globally minded leaders. Membership will be intentionally and strictly capped well below typical levels within the private membership landscape, cultivating a highly curated community that ensures discretion, intimacy, and meaningful connection. This is a community shaped by a shared fluency in both Eastern and Western culture – those who move between Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Los Angeles as naturally as they move between industries.
Membership is offered across several tiers, including Under 30, Founder, Founder Premium, Lifetime, and Corporate, each providing increasing levels of access and luxury services. Standard initiation starting at US$7,500.
Membership benefits include:
- Access to reciprocal private members’ clubs globally, with Asia-Pacific partnerships actively in development
- Priority access to partner hotels and relationship properties
- Dedicated concierge services
- Bar and dining access
- Invitations to members-only cultural programming and events
Premium Founder tiers unlock elevated privileges, including:
- Luxury chauffeur service within Koreatown
- Complimentary evening valet
- Priority access to future HUE locations worldwide
- Enhanced concierge and travel planning services
A Lifetime Membership is also available on a limited basis, offering priority access to all future clubs globally.
