Club Spectrum on Whitten Road in East Memphis is a long-running dance club with electronic and Latin nights, two dance floors and bottle service in the back.
Tip: Open Thursday to Sunday. Cover charge varies by event night.
Address: 2150 Whitten Rd, Memphis, TN 38133
Hu. Roof on the 17th floor of the Hu. Hotel downtown Memphis runs Friday and Saturday DJ nights with Mississippi River views and a small dance floor for hotel-bar dancing.
Tip: Friday and Saturday DJ sets from 22:00. Cover charge sometimes on big-name DJ nights.
Hu. Roof sits on the 17th floor of the Hu. Hotel on Madison Avenue downtown Memphis with panoramic Mississippi River views, the city's only all-season rooftop bar.
Tip: Sunset views west of the Mississippi River are the draw. Reserve a window seat ahead.
The rooftop bar at the Hyatt Centric Memphis on South Main has Mississippi River sunset views and a small cocktail menu, popular with hotel guests and South Main visitors.
Tip: Book a sunset table on OpenTable for prime hour. Light bar menu, cocktails by reputation.
The Westin Memphis Beale Street Rooftop on Lt George W Lee Avenue downtown runs a hotel rooftop bar with a Mississippi River view and a small cocktail menu in summer.
Tip: Open seasonally May to September. Hotel guests get priority access; walk-ins fine when not full.
Memphis Whistle is a small cocktail program tucked downtown that runs themed nights and pop-up bars, the city's quietest insider cocktail run by mixologist Brent Brouwer.
Tip: Follow on Instagram for pop-up locations; bookings are limited and run private.
Old Dominick Distillery on South Front Street downtown Memphis runs distillery tours, cocktails and a dimly-lit tasting room in a restored 50,000-square-foot industrial space.
Tip: Book the tour and tasting in advance. Cocktail bar walk-ins fine.