Price$
NeighbourhoodWest Ashley
Hours{'monday': '16:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-00:00', 'thursday': '16:00-00:00', 'friday': '16:00-00:00', 'saturday': '12:00-00:00', 'sunday': 'varies by show'}

Tip: Open Monday to Friday from 16:00, Saturday from noon. Cover at the door for booked shows; the rest of the week the bar is free entry.

Location

Address: 1117 Magnolia Road, Charleston, SC 29407

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The Watch ★ 4.4

$$$$16 cocktails, walk-in deck, smart casualDowntown and the French Quarter{'monday': '11:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-23:00', 'thursday': '11:00-23:00', 'friday': '11:00-00:00', 'saturday': '11:00-00:00', 'sunday': '10:00-21:00'}

The Watch on the seventh floor of The Restoration Hotel is the downtown rooftop room with a wraparound view across Charleston's church steeples, a Lowcountry kitchen and a small outdoor deck.

Tip: Open daily from 11:00; the kitchen runs lunch through dinner. No reservations on the bar deck, walk-in and queue at the host stand.

75 Wentworth Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Stars Rooftop ★ 4.2

$$$$16 cocktails, walk-in, no reservationsUpper King and Cannonborough{'monday': '15:00-01:45', 'tuesday': '15:00-01:45', 'wednesday': '15:00-01:45', 'thursday': '15:00-01:45', 'friday': '12:00-01:45', 'saturday': '12:00-01:45', 'sunday': '12:00-01:45'}

Stars Rooftop on Upper King runs the open-air bar on top of the restored Arts and Crafts building at 495, with a 360 degree view across the peninsula and a small kitchen of flatbread pizzas and smashburgers.

Tip: The downstairs grill room closed August 2025; the rooftop bar continues as Stars Rooftop (also branded Satellite Bar). Walk-in, no reservations.

495 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403

Citrus Club ★ 4.4

$$$$16 to $18 cocktails, 21+, walk-inDowntown and the French Quarter{'monday': '16:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-00:00', 'thursday': '16:00-00:00', 'friday': '16:00-00:00', 'saturday': '16:00-00:00', 'sunday': '16:00-00:00'}

Citrus Club on the eighth floor of The Dewberry is the city's highest rooftop, a chic terrace shaded by olive trees with citrus-driven cocktails and a 360 degree view across the peninsula.

Tip: 21+ only. First come, first served via the lobby concierge; weekend evenings fill fast. Cocktails around $16 to $18.

334 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403

The Rooftop at The Vendue ★ 4.3

$$$14 cocktails, walk-in, smart casualDowntown and the French Quarter{'monday': '11:30-22:00', 'tuesday': '11:30-22:00', 'wednesday': '11:30-22:00', 'thursday': '11:30-22:00', 'friday': '11:30-00:00', 'saturday': '11:30-00:00', 'sunday': '11:30-22:00'}

The Rooftop at The Vendue, named Best Rooftop Bar by the Charleston City Paper every year since 2007, sits above Waterfront Park with a sweeping view of the harbour and the Ravenel Bridge.

Tip: No reservations taken; lunch through late evening seven days. Live music on weekend nights; arrive before 18:00 to claim a bridge-side rail seat.

19 Vendue Range, Charleston, SC 29401

Prohibition ★ 4.3

$$$Upper King and Cannonborough{'monday': '16:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-02:00', 'thursday': '11:00-02:00', 'friday': '11:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': '11:00-02:00'}

Prohibition on Upper King runs a 1920s speakeasy theme across a 300-seat room, with the 547 Manhattan and a Bacon Maple Old Fashioned anchoring the bar list and a dance floor that opens after dinner.

Tip: Brunch Thursday to Sunday 11:00 to 14:30; dinner nightly until 22:00. DJs Friday and Saturday 22:00 to 02:00, 23+ on the dance floor.

547 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403

The Gin Joint ★ 4.5

$$Downtown and the French Quarter{'monday': '17:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-23:00', 'friday': '15:00-00:00', 'saturday': '15:00-00:00', 'sunday': '15:00-20:00'}

The Gin Joint on East Bay is the long-running craft cocktail room from MariElena Raya and Joe Raya, with a no-reservations house rule and a dealer's choice menu built around a written flavour brief.

Tip: No reservations or call-aheads; walk-in only, first come first served. Closed early on Sunday at 20:00.

182 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401

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