Some days , a coolheaded , refreshing cocktail is the only affair to cure what pain you … we ’ve all been there . Whether you ’re ending a tenacious week , celebrating a special function , or are simply look for a fantastic bibulous beverage ( bonus point if it comes with a cool name ) , here are our favorite cocktail bars in Honolulu . Our survival of the fittest represent a range of mixology screen background and discipline , from classic cocktails to rum - ground Tiki drinks to high-pitched - destruction blends involving candied ginger foam ( yes , really ) .
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If there were a cocktail Olympics , conscientious objector - proprietor and honor - winning barman Justin Park would get all the max points for prowess , even from the Russian judge . This familiar , Prohibition - style bar is stocked with rarified and all right whiskeys , along with a cocktail list fill with classics like Old Fashioneds and Dark and Stormys . If you really want to give yourself a treat , reserve a nates at the Browning automatic rifle ( book reservationsonline ) and prepare to be wowed as expert barkeeper transform spirits , bitters , and mixer into potable works of artistry . Try one of Park ’s handcrafted concoctions , where key signature drinks are custom - made and smoked behind a glass bell , barrel , or bridge player - carved wooden tiki boxful . The demonstration is so pretty , you ’ll almost be sad to drink it … come on , we saidalmost .
Tchin Tchin!
The tapas - flair wine taproom ’s Gallic name originally come from the Taiwanese goner " qing qing , " an invitation to " please , please " enjoy yourself and pledge – and with a growing wine-colored list , beer , spirits , whisky and rarefied vermouth alternative , along with classic and original cocktail , partaking is extremely likable . Start off your night with In the Mood , a brandy and vermouth cocktail integrate with locally made kiawe woods and pineapple bitters , for a cool and wanton drink to , um , get you in the mood … for a cursory night of rooftop imbibing , of track .
Bevy
This European - style watering hole specialize in speakeasy - inspired cocktail , featuring farm - to - board fixings . conscientious objector - proprietor Christian Self craft signature tune drinks like the Mai Thai , made with Bacardi , Curaçao , falernum , lemongrass quicklime , and sugarcoat peppiness foam , alongside popular house cocktails like their uber - democratic Moscow Mule , serve in a pig physiognomy . turn back by the Kakaako neighborhood taproom from 4 - 7pm , Mondays through Saturdays , to take reward of their happy hour , where you could stuff your look with all the $ 1.50 oysters your abdomen can deal , and wash off them down with their $ 5 cocktail of the Clarence Day … before making your way down their extensive cocktail list .
Pint & Jigger
We can all thank this craftsmanship beer bar for being one of the first gastropubs on the island to pave the path for Oahu ’s growing beer and cocktail social movement . Here you ’ll find over 20 rotating beer on tap – not to mention a solid whiskey excerpt – but owner Dave Newman ’s cocktail list will also contend for your attention , and he always has at least one key signature cocktail on tap . That ’s right , the cocktail is on potation , so you may get your fluid libation when you want it ( which is mighty now , of course ) . Non - draft cocktail choice include rummy , rye , bourbon , brandy , and Scotch concoction , deftly mixed with the right amount of bitterness , vermouth , or yield succus .
The Pig & the Lady
We ’d leave it at " this place will sell you a cocktail impregnate with avocado mescal , pamplemousse rose , and a Sriracha ice regular hexahedron " ( which is monumental and square - shaped , by the way ) , but you probably want more entropy . The aforementioned drink is Kyle Reutner ’s " Cobra Commander , " one of the eight adventurous cocktails on their drink list . The tequila - like cocktail is smoky and piquant , but of course , you ’ll have to taste it yourself to get the full experience . For another spicy choice , “ All in the Reflexes ” is the room to heat up up and refresh your palate – it ’s an equally creative drink made with rum , coconut , lime , Basil of Caesarea , and chili pepper . And once you squander out your palate with live hot heat ( or you quash last down that route in the first place ) , sip up one of their equally delicious , soothing citrous fruit drinks .
Avenue’s Bar + Eatery
With drink gens like The Sparrow and the Lord , The Bitter terminal , and Samurai ’s Demise , this crafted cocktail listing by all odds has an revelatory feel to it , but after a few sip , you ’ll never feel more awake . With 10 handcraft cocktail , all of which bear evenly entertain names and challenging descriptions , it ’ll be knockout to prefer just one . The Vaccine might be a nice mode to begin – a powdered ginger - infused Scotch mix in with hydrated lime and an orchis white , which provides the drinking with a velvety - smooth , bubbling grain . But if you ’re quick to make a genuine nighttime of it , go straight for destruction ’s Door , a mix of gin , Scotch , mescal , and scandalmongering Chartreuse .
Downbeat Diner & Lounge
One of the few cocktail parallel bars on the island where you’re able to get okolehao ( that ’s Hawaiian moonshine ) and moonshine mixed drinks , these crafted cocktails pack a disarmingly serious slug . Okolehao is made from root of the ti plant and was outlawed twice – once by King Kamehameha in the early 1800s , and again during proscription . The buffet car ’s okolehao confection is mixed with elderflower , lemongrass , and hibiscus punch , which dilute the 100 - proof spirit a bit . Other cocktail options pasture from the gamut of vodka , gin , rum , and bourbon world , which are still strong … and probably meant to savor tardily . ratify up herefor our daily Honolulu electronic mail and be the first to get all the food / boozing / fun in township .
Bar Leather Apron
Bevy
Pint & Jigger
The Pig & The Lady
Avenue’s Bar + Eatery
