Mai Tai Bar Royal Hawaiian Live Music ★ 4.3
$$waikiki{'monday': '11:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-23:00', 'thursday': '11:00-23:00', 'friday': '11:00-23:00', 'saturday': '11:00-23:00', 'sunday': '11:00-23:00'}
The Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki Honolulu runs live music 18:00-22:00 nightly under the beachfront tent, mixing Hawaiian acoustic sets.
Tip: Live music 18:00-22:00 daily. Oceanfront tables turn at 19:00; arrive early for the sunset table.
Sky Waikiki Raw and Bar ★ 4.3
$$$waikiki{'monday': '16:00-22:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-22:00', 'thursday': '16:00-23:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '16:00-02:00', 'sunday': '16:00-22:00'}
Sky Waikiki Raw and Bar on top of the Waikiki Business Plaza in Honolulu is 19 stories above Kalakaua with a wraparound deck over Diamond Head.
Tip: Happy hour 16:00-18:00 daily. Birria tacos as the late-night menu after 21:30 nightly.
Hideout by the Laylow ★ 4.3
$$$waikiki{'monday': '11:00-22:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-22:00', 'thursday': '11:00-22:00', 'friday': '11:00-22:00', 'saturday': '11:00-22:00', 'sunday': '11:00-22:00'}
Hideout by the Laylow in Waikiki Honolulu is the open-air poolside rooftop bar at the Laylow Autograph Collection, with craft cocktails and Modern Hapa.
Tip: Daily 11:00-22:00. Live music many evenings; the back lanai has the Diamond Head view.
The Tchin Tchin Bar Rooftop ★ 4.6
$$chinatown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-22:00', 'thursday': '17:00-22:00', 'friday': '17:00-22:00', 'saturday': '17:00-22:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
The Tchin Tchin Bar rooftop in Chinatown Honolulu is the plant-walled terrace above Lucky Belly with hanging lanterns, wines by the glass, and the city's.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 17:00-22:00. Closed Sunday and Monday; terrace seats first-come.
Bar Leather Apron ★ 4.9
$$$$downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-00:00', 'thursday': '17:00-00:00', 'friday': '17:00-00:00', 'saturday': '17:00-00:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Bar Leather Apron in Downtown Honolulu is the intimate mezzanine cocktail bar inside the TOPA Financial Center, the 2023 James Beard winner for Outstanding.
Tip: Wednesday to Saturday 17:00 to midnight. Reservations highly recommended; walk-ins by availability only.
Podmore ★ 4.5
$$$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.
Tip: Tuesday 15:30-22:00, Wednesday to Friday 11:00-22:00, Saturday 10:00-23:00. Closed Monday.