8 cocktail bar places in Dallas we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Dallas | Cocktail Bar across every city.

Dallas takes its cocktails seriously, with several rooms regularly cited well beyond the city. Midnight Rambler, the subterranean lounge beneath The Joule hotel downtown, has earned a place on the World's 50 Best Bars list with bold, creative drinks and live DJs. In Deep Ellum, Ruins pours mezcal, brandy, and cane spirits from Latin America in a room inspired by Budapest ruin pubs, and Ghost Donkey brought its NYC-born mezcal speakeasy to Main Street in 2025.

Ruins ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $$$

deep-ellum · 2653 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75226

Bohemian agave-spirit bar from the Armoury D.E. team, inspired by Budapest ruin pubs but stocked with mezcal, brandy, and cane spirits from Latin America.

Ghost Donkey ★ 4.1

Cocktail bar · $$$

deep-ellum · 2625 Main St, Dallas, TX 75226

NYC-born mezcal speakeasy that arrived in Deep Ellum in May 2025, stocking an encyclopedic agave spirit list inside a dramatic subterranean room beneath.

Midnight Rambler ★ 4.6

Cocktail bar · $$$

downtown · 1530 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201

Dallas's most acclaimed cocktail destination: a subterranean lounge beneath The Joule hotel with live DJs, bold creative cocktails, and a World's 50 Best.

Parliament ★ 4.1

Cocktail bar · $$$

uptown · 2418 Allen St, Dallas, TX 75204

Elegant Uptown cocktail lounge serving classics and champagne cocktails since 2014, with an all-day Monday happy hour and a 5-8pm Tuesday through Saturday.

Apothecary ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $$$

lower-greenville · 1922 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206

Lower Greenville avant-garde cocktail bar from the Rye team, known for ingredients like French onion soup reduction in cocktails alongside premium wine.

Midnight Rambler (cocktails and wine) ★ 4.5

Cocktail bar · $$$

uptown · 1530 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201

World's 50 Best Bars-listed subterranean lounge with a compact but precisely chosen wine list that complements its celebrated cocktail program.

Saint Valentine ★ 4.7

Cocktail bar · $$

east-dallas · 4800 Bryan St, Dallas, TX 75204

Saint Valentine on Bryan Street is the most sophisticated late-night option in East Dallas: a craft cocktail bar from two veteran Dallas bartenders open.

Saint Valentine ★ 4.5

Cocktail bar · $$

east-dallas · 4800 Bryan St, Dallas, TX 75204

Saint Valentine on Bryan Street in East Dallas is a craft cocktail bar with goose fat-washed Martinis, miso garlic noodles and caviar hash browns.