7 bars in Oakland, editor-picked for bars open late. Bars serving past 23:00. All bars in Oakland.
Sobre Mesa ★ 4.5
uptown · 1618 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Hours: Tue-Thu 17:00-23:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-00:30, Sun 17:00-22:00
Sobre Mesa on Franklin in Uptown Oakland is Top Chef Nelson German's Afro-Latin cocktail lounge. Dominican rum and Latin cocktails alongside up-tempo music.
Cafe Van Kleef ★ 4.3
uptown · 1621 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
Hours: Tue-Thu 18:00-24:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00
Cafe Van Kleef on Telegraph in Uptown Oakland is the famously eccentric cocktail dive that helped revive the corridor in the 2000s. Greyhound is the call.
Brotzeit Lokal Biergarten ★ 4.3
jack-london-district · 1000 Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94606
Hours: Wed-Thu 16:00-22:00, Fri 16:00-23:00, Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun 11:30-21:00
Brotzeit Lokal on the Brooklyn Basin waterfront pours German lagers under string lights, with estuary views. Pretzels, wurst and schnitzel on the menu.
Eli's Mile High Club ★ 4.2
north-oakland · 3629 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609
Hours: Mon 16:00-01:00, Thu 16:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 16:00-02:00, Sun 16:00-01:00
Eli's Mile High Club on MLK Way has been a Bay Area blues bar since the 1970s. Now a dive, a music venue, and a kitchen with daytime fried chicken too.
Mua Oakland ★ 4.2
uptown · 2442A Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Hours: Tue-Thu 17:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-23:00, Sun 17:00-22:00
Mua on Webster Street in Uptown Oakland is the long-running First Friday cocktail and supper room. Industrial warehouse lounge, steak frites, late drink.
The Hatch ★ 4.1
uptown · 402 15th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Hours: Mon-Sun 16:00-24:00
The Hatch on 15th in downtown Oakland pours an East Bay-centric beer list with Rico Tiongco's burger and bacon-dog program. Late-night, no fuss.
Viridian ★ 4.1
uptown · 2216 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Hours: Tue-Sat 17:00-23:00
Viridian on Broadway in Uptown Oakland is a cocktail bar with Pan-Asian small plates. The room replaced Daniel Patterson's Plum Bar in 2020.