Audioteca Listening Bar ★ 4.6
€€ForcellaWed-Sun 19:00-02:00
Audioteca opened in October 2021 in San Giorgio a Cremano on Naples' eastern edge as Italy's first audiophile bar, with a custom-built Finnish birch column.
Tip: The room is built around the speakers; the sweet spot is centre stage in front of the columns. Open Wednesday through Sunday, programme is vinyl all night.
Spazio Nea ★ 4.3
€€Centro StoricoSun-Thu 09:30-01:30, Fri-Sat 09:30-02:30
Spazio Nea runs an art-gallery cafe and cocktail bar on Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli at Piazza Bellini, opened in 2011 by Luigi Solito.
Tip: The terrace on Piazza Bellini is the seat in the warm months; the gallery rotates roughly monthly. Cocktails run a smoky old fashioned and house signatures.
Perditempo ★ 4.2
€Centro StoricoTue-Sun 19:00-02:00, closed Mon
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.
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 SpagnoliDaily 16:00-02:00
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.
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 StoricoTue-Sun 18:00-02:00, closed Mon
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.
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 StoricoDaily 18:00-02:00
Bar Fiorillo runs a small piazza-side counter on Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli at Piazza Bellini, with a sidewalk terrace, cheap aperitivo prices.
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.