14 cocktail bar places in Santa Monica we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Santa Monica | Cocktail Bar across every city.

The Daily Pint ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $

pico · 2310 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405

The Daily Pint stocks more than 500 whiskies behind a Pico Boulevard dive-bar front in Santa Monica, with sharp rotating taps, pool and shuffleboard.

The Gaslite ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $

mid-city · 2030 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90403

The Gaslite has held its Wilshire Boulevard corner in Santa Monica since 1962, a come-as-you-are karaoke dive open 06:00 to 02:00 with free popcorn.

Harvelle's ★ 4.1

Cocktail bar · $$

downtown · 1432 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Harvelle's books blues, burlesque and soul into a low-lit 4th Street room in downtown Santa Monica, one of the Westside's longest-running music bars.

Basement Tavern ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $$

main-street · 2640 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Basement Tavern hides under the 1890s Victorian on Main Street in Santa Monica, a candlelit whiskey bar with live bands packed in most nights.

The Bungalow ★ 4.0

Cocktail bar · $$$

ocean-avenue · 101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401

The Bungalow sprawls through a beach-house maze at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, cocktails, DJs and pool tables with ocean air off the bluff.

Not No Bar ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $$

main-street · 2424 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Not No Bar plays throwback Euro disco over wood-fired pizza on Main Street in Santa Monica, bar director Kent Thompson's cocktails until 01:00.

The Daily Pint ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $

pico · 2310 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405

The Daily Pint stocks more than 500 whiskies behind a Pico Boulevard dive-bar front in Santa Monica, with sharp rotating taps, pool and shuffleboard.

The Gaslite ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $

mid-city · 2030 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90403

The Gaslite has held its Wilshire Boulevard corner in Santa Monica since 1962, a come-as-you-are karaoke dive open 06:00 to 02:00 with free popcorn.

The Daily Pint ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $

pico · 2310 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405

The Daily Pint stocks more than 500 whiskies behind a Pico Boulevard dive-bar front in Santa Monica, with sharp rotating taps, pool and shuffleboard.

The Bungalow ★ 4.0

Cocktail bar · $$$

ocean-avenue · 101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401

The Bungalow sprawls through a beach-house maze at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, cocktails, DJs and pool tables with ocean air off the bluff.

Not No Bar ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $$

main-street · 2424 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Not No Bar plays throwback Euro disco over wood-fired pizza on Main Street in Santa Monica, bar director Kent Thompson's cocktails until 01:00.

Harvelle's ★ 4.1

Cocktail bar · $$

downtown · 1432 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Harvelle's books blues, burlesque and soul into a low-lit 4th Street room in downtown Santa Monica, one of the Westside's longest-running music bars.

The Gaslite ★ 4.2

Cocktail bar · $

mid-city · 2030 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90403

The Gaslite has held its Wilshire Boulevard corner in Santa Monica since 1962, a come-as-you-are karaoke dive open 06:00 to 02:00 with free popcorn.

The Daily Pint ★ 4.3

Cocktail bar · $

pico · 2310 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405

The Daily Pint stocks more than 500 whiskies behind a Pico Boulevard dive-bar front in Santa Monica, with sharp rotating taps, pool and shuffleboard.