🍹 Best Bars & Cocktails in Charlotte
192 bars & cocktails spots in Charlotte, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Bars & Cocktails Spots
1
Caroline's Oyster Bar
An eight-seat Carolina-style oyster bar in uptown Charlotte, part of the JW Marriott's dining lineup. It pours East and West Coast oysters shucked to order, builds personalized seafood towers, and spr...
91
2
South End Hideaway
An all-day South End bar on West Bland Street that swings from daytime hangs to late nights — pool tables, a dance floor, cold local drafts and cocktails, plus a food menu running from quick bites to ...
91
3
Idlewild
No menu, no list, no specials board — you sit down, the bartender asks a few questions, and the drink arrives built to whatever you said. Eater Carolinas put it on the Best Bars list and the city has ...
90
4
Uchibā Charlotte
Hai Hospitality's izakaya concept lands on Commonwealth Ave — the same group behind Uchi — trading fine-dining reverence for a looser, bar-forward vibe. Think Japanese small plates and serious drinks ...
90
5
Rosie's Coffee & Wine Garden
A coffee-and-wine garden set inside the McGill Rose Garden in Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood. The draw is the setting: an outdoor garden space that pours coffee by day and wine into the evening, wit...
90
6
NoDa Company Store
A neighborhood wine bar on Yadkin Ave in NoDa, the arts district north of uptown Charlotte. It leans into the easygoing, bottle-shop-meets-bar format the area is known for, a spot to settle in over a ...
90
7
Wooden Robot Coffee Bar
Wooden Robot Coffee Bar is the coffee counter inside Wooden Robot Brewery's original South End taproom on South Tryon Street. Mornings run on espresso and a from-scratch breakfast; the rest of the day...
90
8
The Ugly
A neighborhood bar tucked off East 36th Street in NoDa, Charlotte's arts district north of uptown. It sits on the strip of galleries, breweries, and music venues that give the area its late-night pull...
90
9
Wake Coffee Co.
Part cafe, part cocktail-and-charcuterie bar, part co-working space on Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road in northwest Charlotte. Wake blends coffee and mimosa service with charcuterie boards, grazing tables...
90
10
Spaghett
Mixologist Amanda Britton and chef Kendall Moore's Italian restaurant in a 19th-century Fourth Ward home — moss-green walls, Campari art, and handmade pastas cooked al dente. Excellent $60 three-cours...
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All 192 Bars & Cocktails Spots in Charlotte
Muraya
89
Yunta
89
Haberdish
88
La Belle Helene
88
The Story of Mi Cariño
88
Primefish Cellar
88
Substrate
88
Sophia's Lounge
88
Fahrenheit
88
O-Ku
88
The Crunkleton
88
Dressler's Restaurant — Metropolitan
88
Oak Steakhouse
88
Bourbon Steak
88
The Bohemian: A Wine Bar
88
Crazy Legs CLT
88
The Hobbyist
88
The 800° Lounge
88
Carolina Steel Sports Bar
88
The Exchange at 36th
88
Plot Twist CLT
88
Park Road Pub
88
Soul Gastrolounge
87
Customshop
87
Emmy Lou's
87
Fin & Fino
87
Peppervine
87
Humbug
87
Lorem Ipsum
87
The Cellar at Duckworth's
87
The Capital Grille
87
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
87
Sala
86
Coquette
86
Sea Level NC
86
Middle C Jazz
86
Merchant & Trade
86
Nuvole Rooftop TwentyTwo
86
Stable Hand
86
Superica
86
PARA
86
Chapter 6
86
Mizu
86
Panko
86
Tap and Vine
86
New York Butcher Shoppe & Wine Bar
86
Blinders Sports Lounge
86
Church and Union
85
Orosoko Sound Bar
85
Hestia Rooftop
85
Copperhead Social Club
85
Frenchy's
85
Buho
85
Stoke
85
The Porter's House
85
NC RED
85
Super Abari Game Bar
84
Aura Rooftop
84
Novelty House
84
204 North Kitchen & Cocktails
84
The Cotton Room
84
Dram & Draught
84
STIR
84
Folia
84
The Waterman Fish Bar
84
Sixty Vines
84
Culinary Dropout
84
Common Market — Plaza Midwood
84
Paco's Tacos and Tequila
84
Rosemont
84
Mimosa Grill
84
Barcelona Wine Bar
84
Canopy Cocktail
84
Spice
84
McKoy's Smokehouse and Saloon
84
Let's Meat KBBQ
84
Fumée Kitchen & Cocktails
84
Dot Dot Dot
84
The Club House Bites and Booze
84
Canopy Cocktails & Garden
84
Morningside Pub
84
Dilworth Tasting Room
83
Dandelion Market
83
Reid's Fine Foods
83
Lincoln Street Kitchen + Cocktails
83
Joan's
83
Puerta
83
The Punch Room
83
The Royal Tot
83
Crave Dessert Bar
82
Dolce & Amaro
82
The Rose Honky Tonk
82
Small Bar South End
82
Eighty Eights CLT
82
Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q
82
Thomas Street Tavern
82
JackBeagle's NoDa
82
Midwood Country Club
82
Jackalope Jacks
82
Moosehead Grill
81
Mac's Speed Shop
81
Connolly's on 5th
81
The Union
81
Petra's Piano Bar & Cabaret
81
Brigid's Irish Pub
80
Ink N' Ivy
80
Petra's
80
Pins Mechanical Co.
80
StrikeCity
80
Antagonist
80
The Vintage Whiskey & Cigar Bar
80
Boardwalk Billy's Raw Bar and Ribs
80
Picasso's Sports Café
80
Postino Ballantyne
80
Seaboard South End
80
Zee's Tavern
80
The Local
79
Prohibition
79
Graham Street Pub & Patio
79
Supperland Speakeasy
79
Syn
79
Havana Smoke & Reserve
79
Bowlero South Boulevard
78
Topgolf Charlotte - Southwest
78
DeepCuts Hi-Fi
78
Bobbee O's BBQ
78
JackBeagle's
78
Protagonist Beer LoSo
77
The Conspiracy
77
Elsewhere
77
Thirsty Beaver Saloon
77
The Dunhill Bar
77
Whiskey Warehouse
76
Encore Charlotte
76
Room Service
76
Lulabelle's
76
Runaway Whiskey & Wine
75
Sneak CLT
75
Bar Moxy
75
Vin Master
75
The Ryal
75
Flight
74
VINYL
74
16-Bit Bar + Arcade
74
Bar a Vins
74
Sours
73
Queen Park Social
73
State of Confusion
73
Tilt on Trade
73
The Wine Loft
73
Half Shell
73
Cordial
73
Seaboard Brewing — Matthews
73
QC Social Lounge
72
Hattie's Tap & Tavern
72
Coyote Joe's
72
Coin Bar
72
Ten58 Sports Bar & Lounge
72
Stumptown Station
72
Platform Sports Bar
71
Courtyard Hooligans
71
1st Ward Social
71
Jeff's Bucket Shop
71
Primal Brewery — Belmont
71
Medusa Lounge
71
Streetcar Bar + Bites
70
Smokey Joe's Cafe
70
Clutch Kitchen & Pour House
70
Blackfinn Ameripub — Ballantyne
70
Freemore Tavern
69
Tiny Bar
69
Angry Ale's
69
On The Roxx
69
King Tut Hookah Lounge
69
Dom's Dive Bar
68
Dilworth Neighborhood Grille
68
QC Pour House
68
Sanctuary Pub
68
Lucky Lou's Tavern
68
Spurs Up
68
Two Buck Saloon — Pineville
68
Tommy's Pub
67
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