Barmel
Drink Craft cocktails built to the room's bohemian-saloon brief
Barmel keeps Carmel's late shift at San Carlos and 7th, a craft cocktail bar styled after old Carmel bohemians that runs DJs into the small hours.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Carmel-by-the-Sea for grown-ups.
Where to drink
6 places
Mulligan Public House
- ★ 4.0
- Sports bar
- $$
- Dolores and Lincoln
Drink Draft pints in front of the match
Mulligan Public House screens sport above Dolores Street in Carmel, an Official FIFA World Cup 2026 destination pouring pints toward midnight.
Brophy's Tavern
- ★ 4.0
- Irish pub and sports bar
- $$
- San Carlos and Mission
Order Monterey Bay calamari, then the Brophy's burger.
Brophy's Tavern runs Carmel's Irish pub and sports bar at 4th and San Carlos, plating Monterey Bay calamari and fish and chips under seven screens.
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Carmel-by-the-Sea: Classic Food Tour
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Carmel-by-the-Sea: Macaron making with a Master Chef
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Carmel Small Group Walking Food & Cultural Tour
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Links Club
- ★ 3.7
- Golf simulator bar
- $$
- Carmel Plaza
Drink Local craft beer on tap between simulator rounds
Links Club pairs Trackman golf simulator bays with a sports bar in Carmel Plaza, pouring local craft taps until midnight on weekend evenings.
Terry's Restaurant + Lounge
- ★ 4.3
- Hotel lounge
- $$$
- Dolores and Lincoln
Order An afternoon cocktail in the lounge, dog at your feet.
Terry's Restaurant + Lounge holds down Doris Day's Cypress Inn in Carmel, mixing cocktails in a lounge that welcomes dogs indoors all afternoon.
Hog's Breath Inn
- ★ 4.2
- Restaurant bar
- $$$
- San Carlos and Mission
Order Grilled Castroville artichokes, then the Plains Drifter prime rib French dip.
Hog's Breath Inn keeps its bar pouring to midnight in Carmel, the 1970 Clint Eastwood original restored in 2025 with its courtyard fireplaces.
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