Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Orlando for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Orlando for grown-ups.
Hanson's Shoe Repair on East Pine Street downtown is the rooftop tiki speakeasy with a daily Instagram password, behind a Prohibition-style storefront.
Signature drink: Pearl Diver, Painkiller and rotating tiki classics
Food: Snacks and bar bites
The Courtesy on North Orange Avenue in Winter Park is the long-running cocktail bar from Orlando, relocated to Winter Park with the same craft program.
Signature drink: Rotating seasonal cocktails, classics with a twist
Food: Snacks, cheese plates
Wally's on Mills Avenue is the city's enduring dive bar, family-run since 1954 with vintage wallpaper and a Mills 50 corner-of-Colonial-Drive location.
Signature drink: Cold beer, well drinks and shot specials
Food: No kitchen
Lil Indies on North Mills Avenue is the cocktail-craft sister bar to Will's Pub, with a moody back-room program and a curated Mills 50 indie crowd.
Signature drink: Technical classic cocktails, low-ABV highballs
Food: Snacks; Will's Pub kitchen next door
Stardust Lounge on East Central Boulevard downtown is the retro Lake Eola cocktail lounge, with vintage drinks, velvet booths and a Tue-Sat calendar.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails, vintage tiki, frozen drinks
Food: Snacks
The Monroe on South Eola Drive downtown runs a craft cocktail program out of a Lake Eola corner restaurant, with a long bar and a Sunday brunch crowd.
Signature drink: Classic and modern craft cocktails
Food: Full kitchen, modern American small plates
The Imperial on North Orange Avenue inside Washburn Imports furniture showroom is the late-night neighborhood wine and craft beer bar with charcuterie.
Signature drink: Boutique wines plus craft Florida beers
Food: Cheese plates and charcuterie
House of Blues Orlando at Disney Springs runs a Southern American kitchen and live blues music venue, with the Sunday Gospel Brunch as the brand standard.
Signature drink: Blues-bar classics, frozen hurricanes
Food: Southern American kitchen, gospel brunch Sundays
The Robinson Room on East Pine Street downtown is the cocktail lounge with a Prohibition-era list, leather booths and a late-night downtown crowd.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails, prohibition-era list
Food: Small bar bites
The Bull and Bush Pub on East Robinson Street near Thornton Park is the British-style neighborhood pub with a fish and chips kitchen and weekend trivia.
Signature drink: Pints of British ale, Guinness and house specials
Food: Pub menu, fish and chips, shepherd's pie
Will's Pub on North Mills Avenue is the longstanding Mills 50 indie-music dive bar, with a nightly live band calendar and a checkered indie booking history.
Signature drink: Cold cans, well drinks
Food: Limited bar snacks
Ole Red Orlando on International Drive at ICON Park is the Blake Shelton country bar and restaurant, with three stories, daily live music and barbecue.
Signature drink: Country-style whiskey cocktails, frozen margaritas
Food: Southern American kitchen
Mathers Social Gathering on South Magnolia Avenue is a third-floor downtown lounge inside the Mathers Building, with a velvet-banquette speakeasy aesthetic.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails, prohibition-era reproductions
Food: Charcuterie plates
Bosendorfer Lounge in the Grand Bohemian Hotel downtown is the second-floor jazz cocktail lounge with a Bosendorfer grand piano and European cocktails.
Signature drink: Signature European cocktails and Champagne flights
Food: Light bar bites and cheese plates