Mathers Social Gathering ★ 4.4
$$$downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Mathers Social Gathering on South Magnolia Avenue is the third-floor speakeasy in the Mathers Building, behind a bookshelf and velvet ropes, with prohibition cocktails.
Tip: Take the back-of-building elevator; reservations recommended for groups over four.
Southern Nights Orlando ★ 4.4
$$milk-district{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '21:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '21:00-02:00', 'thursday': '21:00-02:00', 'friday': '21:00-02:00', 'saturday': '21:00-02:00', 'sunday': '21:00-02:00'}
Southern Nights on South Bumby Avenue in the Milk District is Orlando's flagship LGBTQ dance club, with packed drag shows, dance contests and a young queer crowd.
Tip: Friday and Saturday drag shows start at 23:00; arrive by 22:30 for a good view.
Lil Indies ★ 4.5
$$mills-50{'monday': '17:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Lil Indies on North Mills Avenue is the listening-bar side of Will's Pub, with a craft cocktail program, low-volume vinyl nights and an indie back-room crowd.
Tip: Sunday vinyl listening nights start at 20:00; arrive by 19:30 for a barstool.
Wally's Mills Avenue Liquors ★ 4.4
$mills-50{'monday': '10:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '10:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '10:00-02:00', 'thursday': '10:00-02:00', 'friday': '10:00-02:00', 'saturday': '10:00-02:00', 'sunday': '10:00-02:00'}
Wally's on Mills Avenue is the city's enduring 1954 dive bar, family-run with vintage wallpaper and a Mills 50 corner-of-Colonial-Drive late-night crowd.
Tip: Cash works best; the wallpaper murals are documented historical artifacts.
The Bull and Bush Pub ★ 4.0
$thornton-park{'monday': '11:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-00:00', 'thursday': '11:00-00:00', 'friday': '11:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': '11:00-23:00'}
The Bull and Bush Pub on East Robinson Street near Thornton Park is the British-style late-night neighborhood pub, with weekend trivia and pints until 02:00.
Tip: Trivia nights run Tuesdays at 19:30; kitchen runs until 23:00 weekends.
Tier ★ 3.8
$$downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'closed', 'thursday': '22:00-02:00', 'friday': '22:00-02:00', 'saturday': '22:00-02:00', 'sunday': '22:00-02:00'}
Tier on East Central Boulevard in downtown Orlando is the multi-level dance club above the Wall Street Plaza grid, with rotating DJ programming Thursday through Sunday.
Tip: Wall Street Plaza after-party crowd hits around 23:00; cover at the door for headliner nights and ticketed bottle service.