Kaffibarinn is a bar in 101, Reykjavik.
Kaffibarinn on Bergstadastraeti has anchored Reykjavik nightlife since 1993, a cafe by day that turns into the city's most packed DJ bar by midnight.
Food program: Snacks
Tip: Part-owned over the years by Damon Albarn. Queues form after 23:00 at weekends, so arrive early.
Address: Bergstadastraeti 1, 101 Reykjavik
Slippbarinn on Myrargata was Reykjavik's first cocktail bar, a harbourside room at the Marina hotel mixing inventive drinks with a long daily happy hour.
Signature drink: Cocktail of the Month
Food: Bar food and burgers
Tip: The rotating Cocktail of the Month is the order. Happy hour runs 15:00 to 18:00 every day by the harbour.
Rontgen on Hverfisgata is a two-floor wine, beer and cocktail bar above Dill, a Reykjavik room of candles, art and curated low-intervention wines that won the Grapevine's best bar nod.
Signature drink: Curated low-intervention wines and draft beer
Food: Bar menu from Hosilo
Tip: Bar menu from Hosilo runs Tuesday to Saturday until 21:00. Happy hour weekdays 16:00 to 20:00.
Pablo Discobar on Veltusund pours tropical, mezcal-forward cocktails over two loud floors, a 70s-and-80s disco Reykjavik party bar with a huge mirrored ceiling.
Signature drink: Tropical disco cocktails
Food: None
Tip: Open from 17:00 daily, until 03:00 Friday and Saturday. Happy hour 16:00 to 18:00; karaoke later.
Skuli Craft Bar on Adalstraeti pours fourteen mostly Icelandic taps plus bottles, a focused Reykjavik beer bar named for an 18th-century town father.
Signature drink: Icelandic craft taps
Food: Snacks
Tip: Most taps are local, so it is a fast way to taste the Icelandic scene. Happy hour early in the evening.
Microbar on Laugavegur pours ten rotating taps and dozens of bottles, a Reykjavik craft-beer bar run by the founder of Gaedingur, Iceland's first craft brewery.
Signature drink: Icelandic and import taps
Food: None
Tip: Happy hour daily 15:00 to 18:00. Five-beer and ten-beer flights are the way to taste the Icelandic scene.
Kiki Queer Bar on Laugavegur is Reykjavik's main LGBTQ club, two colourful floors of pop and dance that fill up at weekends with a mixed, welcoming crowd.
Signature drink: Cocktails and dance floor
Food: None
Tip: The entrance is on the Klapparstigur side. Friday and Saturday are the big nights for the dance floor.
Slippbarinn on Myrargata was Reykjavik's first cocktail bar, a harbourside room at the Marina hotel mixing inventive drinks with a long daily happy hour.
Signature drink: Cocktail of the Month
Food: Bar food and burgers
Tip: The rotating Cocktail of the Month is the order. Happy hour runs 15:00 to 18:00 every day by the harbour.
Rontgen on Hverfisgata is a two-floor wine, beer and cocktail bar above Dill, a Reykjavik room of candles, art and curated low-intervention wines that won the Grapevine's best bar nod.
Signature drink: Curated low-intervention wines and draft beer
Food: Bar menu from Hosilo
Tip: Bar menu from Hosilo runs Tuesday to Saturday until 21:00. Happy hour weekdays 16:00 to 20:00.
Pablo Discobar on Veltusund pours tropical, mezcal-forward cocktails over two loud floors, a 70s-and-80s disco Reykjavik party bar with a huge mirrored ceiling.
Signature drink: Tropical disco cocktails
Food: None
Tip: Open from 17:00 daily, until 03:00 Friday and Saturday. Happy hour 16:00 to 18:00; karaoke later.
Skuli Craft Bar on Adalstraeti pours fourteen mostly Icelandic taps plus bottles, a focused Reykjavik beer bar named for an 18th-century town father.
Signature drink: Icelandic craft taps
Food: Snacks
Tip: Most taps are local, so it is a fast way to taste the Icelandic scene. Happy hour early in the evening.
Microbar on Laugavegur pours ten rotating taps and dozens of bottles, a Reykjavik craft-beer bar run by the founder of Gaedingur, Iceland's first craft brewery.
Signature drink: Icelandic and import taps
Food: None
Tip: Happy hour daily 15:00 to 18:00. Five-beer and ten-beer flights are the way to taste the Icelandic scene.
Kiki Queer Bar on Laugavegur is Reykjavik's main LGBTQ club, two colourful floors of pop and dance that fill up at weekends with a mixed, welcoming crowd.
Signature drink: Cocktails and dance floor
Food: None
Tip: The entrance is on the Klapparstigur side. Friday and Saturday are the big nights for the dance floor.
