Podmore ★ 4.5
$$$downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '15:30-22:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-22:00', 'thursday': '11:00-22:00', 'friday': '11:00-23:00', 'saturday': '10:00-23:00', 'sunday': '09:00-14:00'}
Podmore in Downtown Honolulu is Anthony Rush and Katherine Nomura's cocktail bar in the 1902 Joseph W. Podmore Building, with bartender Alex Law running the cocktail program in a lava-rock space.
Tip: Tuesday 15:30 to 22:00, Wednesday to Friday 11:00 to 22:00, Saturday 10:00 to 23:00. Closed Monday.
Skull and Crown Trading Co. ★ 4.5
$$$chinatown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-23:00', 'friday': '17:00-23:00', 'saturday': '17:00-23:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Skull and Crown Trading Co. on Hotel Street in Chinatown Honolulu is the modern tiki bar with fresh-juice cocktails, a deeper rum list and the Resy-only weekend reservations.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 17:00 to 23:00. Closed Sunday and Monday; book ahead on Resy for weekends.
Hula's Bar and Lei Stand ★ 4.5
$$waikiki{'monday': '11:30-02:00', 'tuesday': '11:30-02:00', 'wednesday': '11:30-02:00', 'thursday': '11:30-02:00', 'friday': '11:30-02:00', 'saturday': '11:30-02:00', 'sunday': '11:30-02:00'}
Hula's Bar and Lei Stand on Kapahulu in Waikiki Honolulu is the 50-year-old LGBTQ+ bar inside the Waikiki Grand Hotel, opened 1974 by Jack Law and Bob Magoon Jr., billed as one of the longest-running gay bars in the world.
Tip: Daily 11:30 to 02:00. Diamond Head view from the 2nd floor lanai; nightly entertainment.
Bacchus Waikiki ★ 4.4
$$waikiki{'monday': '12:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '12:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '12:00-02:00', 'thursday': '12:00-02:00', 'friday': '12:00-02:00', 'saturday': '12:00-02:00', 'sunday': '12:00-02:00'}
Bacchus Waikiki on Lewers Street in Honolulu is the friendliest gay bar in Waikiki since 2013, with a 2nd-floor wood interior, DJ-led weekends and drag shows alongside trivia and underwear parties.
Tip: Daily midday to 02:00. Wednesday GAYME Night 19:00 to 21:00. New ownership 2025 under Joseph Evans.
Wang Chung's Karaoke Bar ★ 4.5
$$waikiki{'monday': '17:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': '17:00-02:00'}
Wang Chung's Karaoke Bar in the Stay Hotel Waikiki Honolulu is the LGBTQ+ karaoke bar behind the Hyatt Regency, with speciality cocktails and $1 song queues nightly from 17:00.
Tip: Daily 17:00 to 02:00. Happy hour 17:00 to 20:00. Drag brunch and lesbian nights monthly.
The Manifest ★ 4.4
$$chinatown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '10:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '10:00-00:00', 'thursday': '10:00-00:00', 'friday': '10:00-02:00', 'saturday': '10:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
The Manifest in Chinatown Honolulu is the dual cafe-and-cocktail bar with the state's largest whiskey selection, with live music and arts programming late nights since 2009 on North Hotel Street.
Tip: Tuesday 10:00 to 22:00, Wednesday and Thursday to midnight, Friday and Saturday to 02:00.