Seattle's cocktail bars range from dense apothecary-style dens to easygoing neighborhood rooms. Canon on Capitol Hill is internationally known for one of the largest spirits collections anywhere, while Damn the Weather in Pioneer Square mixes a tighter, seasonal list. In Ballard, The Walrus and the Carpenter's bar and Hazlewood offer more relaxed late-night drinking.
8 cocktail bar places in Seattle we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Seattle · Cocktail Bar across every city.
Drink Old Fashioned with 4000 whiskey choices
Canon in Seattle's Capitol Hill is Jamie Boudreau's whiskey bar since 2011: 4000 labels, America's largest spirits collection and a tight kitchen alongside.
Drink Sazerac with house rye
Damn the Weather in Seattle's Pioneer Square is the brick-walled cocktail bar since 2013: 24-seat bar, tight kitchen and Monday half-price spirits.
Drink Pet nat by the glass, espresso through 15:00
Mr West Cafe Bar in Seattle is the downtown coffee-to-wine room: espresso and breakfast through afternoon, natural wine and cocktails until 22:00 in a daylit.
Drink Negroni Sbagliato
The Pink Door bar in Seattle's Pike Place is the small lounge inside the Italian room: aerial cabaret Thursday to Saturday, a tight pour list and antipasti.
Drink Pastis with house orgeat
L'Oursin in Seattle is the small French bar between Capitol Hill and the Central District: natural wines by the glass, classic French cocktails.
Drink Pho cocktail with Vietnamese spice
Ba Bar Capitol Hill bar in Seattle is the front-counter cocktail bar inside the Vietnamese restaurant: high-end spirits, late-night menu, pho until 02:00.
Drink Muscadet by the glass with oysters
The Walrus and the Carpenter bar in Seattle's Ballard is the marble counter at Renee Erickson's oyster room: walk-in seating, the city's best happy hour.
Hazlewood is on market street one block back from ballard avenue's noise, with no exterior signage; the room is candlelit, brown-leather and quiet.
