13 cocktail bar rooms in Memphis we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Memphis | Cocktail Bar across every city.

Earnestine and Hazel's ★ 4.6

Cocktail bar · $$$

south-main · 531 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103

Earnestine and Hazel's on South Main downtown Memphis is the city's defining dive, a former brothel and pharmacy with a jukebox, Soul Burgers and ghost lore.

Bardog Tavern ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $$$

downtown · 73 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103

Bardog Tavern on Monroe Avenue downtown Memphis is a long, dark dive with red-brick walls, sliders and subs, and downtown's earliest weekday breakfast.

The Cove ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $$$

broad-avenue · 2559 Broad Ave, Memphis, TN 38112

The Cove on Broad Avenue in Memphis is a pirate-themed oyster bar with a Sazerac on the menu, a wood pirate-ship bar and live music on weekends in the back.

Hu. Roof ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $$$

downtown · 79 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38103

Hu. Roof sits on the 17th floor of the Hu. Hotel on Madison Avenue downtown Memphis with panoramic Mississippi River views and the city's only all-season.

Lamplighter Lounge ★ 4.1

Cocktail bar · $$$

midtown · 1702 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38104

Lamplighter Lounge on Madison Avenue in midtown Memphis is the city's defining smoke-stained dive bar, with cheap beer, a pool table and a relentlessly local.

Loflin Yard ★ 4.4

Cocktail bar · $$$

south-main · 7 W Carolina Ave, Memphis, TN 38103

Loflin Yard on West Carolina Avenue in downtown Memphis is a two-acre beer garden with three outdoor bars, fire pits, a creek and house-smoked BBQ on long.

Bar Hustle ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $$$

south-main · 477 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103

Bar Hustle on South Main inside Arrive Hotel Memphis is an intimate cocktail bar with a wall of vinyl, seasonal drinks like the Riverfront Spritz.

Young Avenue Deli ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $$$

cooper-young · 2119 Young Ave, Memphis, TN 38104

Young Avenue Deli in Cooper-Young Memphis runs over 100 beers, a deep tap list with 30-plus drafts, deli sandwiches and a live-music back room since 1995.

B.B. King's Blues Club ★ 4.0

Cocktail bar · $$$

downtown · 143 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103

B.B. King's Blues Club at 143 Beale Street in Memphis is the flagship of the B.B. Located in Downtown. Order the beer and pulled-pork sandwich.

Rum Boogie Cafe ★ 4.1

Cocktail bar · $$$

downtown · 182 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103

Rum Boogie Cafe on Beale Street in Memphis has run live blues seven nights a week since 1985, with over 200 autographed guitars hanging from the ceiling.

Mr. Handy's Blues Hall ★ 4.4

Cocktail bar · $$$

downtown · 174 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103

Mr. Handy's Blues Hall on Beale Street in Memphis is the only original juke joint left on the strip, a tiny no-frills room with live blues and Beale's rawest.

Old Dominick Distillery ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $$$

downtown · 305 S Front St, Memphis, TN 38103

Old Dominick Distillery on South Front Street downtown Memphis runs tours, cocktails and a tasting room from a restored 50,000-square-foot industrial space.

Lamplighter Lounge ★ 4.1

Cocktail bar · $$

midtown · 1702 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38104

Lamplighter Lounge on Madison Avenue in midtown Memphis runs cheap beer and a pool table to 03:00 daily, the city's longest-burning smoke-stained dive bar.