Goldfinch Tavern at the Four Seasons opens its terrace bar alongside the hotel's infinity pool, looking out over the Great Wheel and Puget Sound. Live jazz with Brian Nova Thursday through Saturday.
Tip: Reserve dinner via OpenTable; the bar runs the same hours and is the easier walk in. Sip Champagne after sunset from the pool side.
Address: 99 Union Street, Seattle, WA 98101
Bookstore Bar at the Alexis Royal Sonesta on 1st Avenue is the library style hotel bar with floor to ceiling bookshelves, an award winning bourbon list and quiet cocktail service.
Tip: Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations via OpenTable; the bar holds the dark wood, the smaller dining room sits one step up.
Canon on 12th Avenue is Jamie Boudreau's Capitol Hill cocktail room with the largest spirits library in the country at 4,000 plus labels and a strict four guest cap per party.
Tip: Open Wednesday through Sunday from 17:00 to 00:00. Walk in friendly, limited reservations; the bar caps parties at four to keep service tight.
Needle and Thread hides above Tavern Law on 12th Avenue. Pick up the vintage telephone in the back of the downstairs bar and the vault door buzzes you up to a 36 seat menu free cocktail room.
Tip: Reservation only via OpenTable, parties of one to six, up to six days ahead. The bartender builds drinks to your taste from scratch.
Bathtub Gin tucks into the alley off 2nd Avenue, inside the boiler room of the 1928 Humphrey Building. A multi level Belltown speakeasy with a real bathtub in the window seat.
Tip: Open nightly 17:00 to 02:00. Look for the unmarked alley door off 2nd Avenue between Bell and Blanchard; no reservations, walk in.
The Doctor's Office on East Olive Way is the intimate global spirits tasting room where Matt Powell built personalized cocktails to order, ranked in the World's 50 Best North America list.
Tip: Reservations strongly encouraged via the bar's site; the room is tiny and walk ins are rare on weekends. Daily 16:00 to 01:00.
The Hideout on Boren is Greg Lundgren's First Hill art bar, 20 years deep, with classic cocktails poured under contemporary work from more than 80 local artists on every inch of wall.
Tip: Happy hour 16:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday with discounted wells. Saturday opens at 18:00, Sunday closed.
Bookstore Bar at the Alexis Royal Sonesta on 1st Avenue is the library style hotel bar with floor to ceiling bookshelves, an award winning bourbon list and quiet cocktail service.
Tip: Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations via OpenTable; the bar holds the dark wood, the smaller dining room sits one step up.