Cafe and cocktail bar
The Manifest in Chinatown Honolulu is the dual cafe-and-cocktail bar with the state's largest whiskey selection, serving Waialua-grown coffee by day and live music by night since 2009.
Signature drink: Hawaii's largest whiskey selection
Food: Toast bar, sandwiches
Tip: Tuesday 10:00 to 22:00, Wednesday and Thursday to midnight, Friday and Saturday to 02:00. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Tiki bar
Skull and Crown Trading Co. in Chinatown Honolulu is the modern tiki bar on Hotel Street, with fresh-juice cocktails and a deeper-than-typical rum list inside the Encore building.
Signature drink: Modern tiki cocktails
Food: Polynesian small plates
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 17:00 to 23:00. Closed Sunday and Monday; book ahead on Resy for weekends.
Beach bar
The Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki Honolulu pours the canonical Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai daily, the drink first served on hotel grounds in 1953 from Trader Vic's recipe.
Signature drink: Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai
Food: Bar bites, poke
Tip: Daily 11:00 to 23:00, live music 18:00 to 22:00. The Ali'i Mai Tai is the upgrade; oceanfront tables turn at 19:00.
Cocktail bar
Podmore in Downtown Honolulu is the cocktail bar Anthony Rush and Katherine Nomura opened in the 1902 Joseph W. Podmore Building, with bartender Alex Law running the spirits program.
Signature drink: House old fashioned
Food: Brunch by day, snacks at night
Tip: Closed Monday. Brunch Saturday and Sunday from 09:00 to 14:00; the library room books out first.
Cocktail bar
Bevy in Kakaako Honolulu is the SALT block cocktail bar with industrial decor, repurposed wine-box tables and a Mai Thai built on Bacardi 7, lemongrass syrup and candied-ginger foam.
Signature drink: Mai Thai
Food: Small plates
Tip: Tuesday and Wednesday 17:00 to 22:00, Friday and Saturday to 02:00. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Wine and cocktail bar
The Tchin Tchin Bar in Chinatown Honolulu is the rooftop wine and cocktail bar above Lucky Belly, with Japanese whiskeys, gins and Mediterranean small plates from a plant-walled terrace.
Signature drink: Natural wine and cocktails
Food: Mediterranean small plates
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The rooftop terrace is open by 17:00; cocktails run alongside the by-the-glass list.