Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian is a bar in Honolulu.
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.
Food program: 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.
Address: 2259 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
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.
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.
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.
Duke's Waikiki on Kalakaua in Honolulu has been the Outrigger Waikiki beach bar since 1994, named for Duke Kahanamoku with the Hula Pie ice cream finish and oceanfront barefoot bar.
Signature drink: Hula Pie
Food: Local plates, fish
Tip: Daily 07:00 to 24:00. Live music 16:00 to 18:00 and 21:30 to midnight; Barefoot Bar walk-in only.
Bar Leather Apron in Downtown Honolulu is Justin and Tom Park's intimate cocktail bar on the TOPA Financial Center mezzanine, the 2023 James Beard winner for Outstanding Bar.
Signature drink: Old fashioned
Food: Small plates
Tip: Reservations highly recommended; walk-ins welcomed by availability. Open Wednesday to Saturday 17:00 to midnight.
House Without a Key at the Halekulani in Waikiki Honolulu pours sunset cocktails under a 130-year-old kiawe tree with Hawaiian entertainment, the signature mai tai a Charlie Chan reference.
Signature drink: Mai Tai
Food: Hawaiian small plates
Tip: Sunset hula starts 17:30. Bar tables walk-in only; the Kawehewehe blue curacao cocktail is the new house move.
