4 late-night dives in Naples, editor-picked by TableJourney. All Naples nightlife.
Perditempo ★ 4.2
Centro Storico · Via San Pietro a Maiella 8, 80138 Napoli
Perditempo runs an eclectic bookshop, record store and bar on Via San Pietro a Maiella near Piazza Bellini, with two scuffed inside rooms, sidewalk tables on the cobblestones and a student crowd drawn by cheap drinks and an alternative-leaning vinyl rotation past midnight.
Tip: Cash works best; the cocktails are cheap and pour heavy. Closed Mondays. The university crowd takes the piazza outside past 23:00.
Cammarota Spritz ★ 4.3
Quartieri Spagnoli · Vico Lungo Teatro Nuovo 31, 80134 Napoli
Cammarota Spritz has anchored Vico Lungo Teatro Nuovo in the Quartieri Spagnoli as the city's canonical one-euro Aperol spritz counter, with a tiny inside room, a crowd that fills the alley outside and prices that have kept students and locals in line for a decade.
Tip: Cash only and queues build past 19:00; the alley is the room. The base spritz is one euro and the bar shuts when the Aperol runs out.
Libreria Berisio ★ 4.3
Centro Storico · Via Port'Alba 28, 80134 Napoli
Libreria Berisio has run Via Port'Alba's second-hand bookshop quarter since 1956 and has doubled as a cocktail bar since 2014, with worn armchairs, dusty shelves, an alternative-leaning soundtrack and a programme that swings between book launches, jam sessions and DJ nights.
Tip: Drinks at the back armchairs are the seats to get; the front window opens onto Port'Alba on warm nights. The kitchen runs short snacks only.
Bar Fiorillo ★ 4.0
Centro Storico · Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli 88, 80138 Napoli
Bar Fiorillo runs a small piazza-side counter on Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli at Piazza Bellini, with a sidewalk terrace, cheap aperitivo prices and a long-running role as one of the queer-friendly meeting spots of the Piazza Bellini scene.
Tip: The piazza terrace fills first; reserve a table on busy weekends. Aperitivo plates run a few euros so it works as the early stop on a Piazza Bellini night.