Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Reykjavik for grown-ups.

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15 places

Kaffibarinn

Drink Draft beer and cocktails

Kaffibarinn is a bar and café in a small red house on Bergstaðastræti in Reykjavik, open since 1993, with DJs every night and great coffee by day.

Slippbarinn

Drink Cocktail of the Month

Slippbarinn is a harbourside bar at Myrargata 2 in Reykjavik serving artfully shaken cocktails and unique food, with happy hour every day from 15 to 18.

Rontgen

Drink Curated wines and draft beer

Rontgen is a Reykjavik bar with a warm atmosphere that mixes cocktails, keeps a curated selection of fairly priced wines and sells beer on draft.

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Pablo Discobar

Pablo Discobar on Veltusund has two floors of disco and beautiful chaos, DJs bringing the heat, private soundproof bunkers and premium spirits.

Microbar

Drink Gæðingur beer

Microbar opened in 2012 on Austurstræti, run by the owners of the Gæðingur brewery, as what the owners call the country's first craft beer bar.

Lebowski Bar

Order A White Russian: vodka, Kahlúa and cream over ice, made the way the bar says it should be.

Lebowski Bar on Laugavegur is a Big Lebowski bar with a diner-inspired menu, burgers, thick milkshakes and over 23 versions of the White Russian.

Prikid

Prikid on Bankastraeti calls itself the oldest cafe in Reykjavik, open daily since 1951, a unique place that changes mode when evening comes.

Kex Hostel Bar

Drink Local beers

The bar at Kex Hostel sits in a former biscuit factory on Skulagata and pours local beers and cocktails until 23:00, with breakfast at Baxtur from 7.

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Dillon Whiskey Bar

Order One of over 170 whiskies, poured straight or mixed, or a whiskey cocktail.

Dillon has been a whiskey bar and live music venue on Laugavegur since 1999, with over 170 whiskies, live rock and blues and resident DJ Andrea.