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.
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.