3 live music in Carmel-by-the-Sea our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Carmel-by-the-Sea nightlife.
Barmel ★ 4.1
San Carlos Street · San Carlos St & 7th Ave, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
Barmel carries what remains of Carmel nightlife at San Carlos and 7th, craft cocktails with live music early and vinyl DJs running past midnight.
Tip: This is the village's latest regular closing time; weekend nights run to 01:30, an outlier in a town that sleeps by 22:00.
Terry's Restaurant + Lounge ★ 4.2
Lincoln Street · Lincoln St & 7th Ave, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
Terry's Restaurant + Lounge keeps live music in Doris Day's Cypress Inn in Carmel, cocktails and dogs side by side in the hotel's front room.
Tip: The lounge runs live music and welcomes dogs indoors, a Cypress Inn tradition dating to Doris Day's ownership of the hotel.
Dametra Cafe ★ 4.4
Ocean Avenue · Ocean Ave between Dolores St & Lincoln St, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
Dametra Cafe is Carmel's singing dinner: musicians move through the Ocean Avenue dining room most nights while the Mediterranean kitchen runs late.
Tip: Owners Faisal Nimri and Bashar Sneeh built the room around music; expect singing between courses and queues on weekend evenings.