Mai Tai Bar Royal Hawaiian Live Music ★ 4.3
$$waikiki{'monday': '11:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-23:00', 'thursday': '11:00-23:00', 'friday': '11:00-23:00', 'saturday': '11:00-23:00', 'sunday': '11:00-23:00'}
The Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki Honolulu runs live music 18:00 to 22:00 nightly under the beachfront tent, mixing Hawaiian acoustic sets with the canonical Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai.
Tip: Live music 18:00 to 22:00 daily. Oceanfront tables turn at 19:00; arrive early for the sunset table.
Sky Waikiki Raw and Bar ★ 4.3
$$$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, the Pacific and the city lights.
Tip: Happy hour 16:00 to 18:00 daily. Birria tacos as the late-night menu after 21:30 nightly.
Hideout by the Laylow ★ 4.3
$$$waikiki{'monday': '11:00-22:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-22:00', 'thursday': '11:00-22:00', 'friday': '11:00-22:00', 'saturday': '11:00-22:00', 'sunday': '11:00-22:00'}
Hideout by the Laylow in Waikiki Honolulu is the open-air poolside rooftop bar at the Laylow Autograph Collection, with craft cocktails and Modern Hapa Hawaiian small plates nightly.
Tip: Daily 11:00 to 22:00. Live music many evenings; the back lanai has the Diamond Head view.
The Tchin Tchin Bar Rooftop ★ 4.6
$$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 hippest non-Waikiki sunset bar.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 17:00 to 22:00. Closed Sunday and Monday; terrace seats first-come.
Bar Leather Apron ★ 4.9
$$$$downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-00:00', 'thursday': '17:00-00:00', 'friday': '17:00-00:00', 'saturday': '17:00-00:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Bar Leather Apron in Downtown Honolulu is the intimate mezzanine cocktail bar inside the TOPA Financial Center, the 2023 James Beard winner for Outstanding Bar, with Hawaii's most extensive whiskey list.
Tip: Wednesday to Saturday 17:00 to midnight. Reservations highly recommended; walk-ins by availability only.
Podmore ★ 4.5
$$$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 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.