The Top 20 Cocktail Bars Near Ms. Cheezious

1. Bon Appétit America's Best New Bars
2. 50 Best #70 · North America's 50 Best Bars
3. Esquire The Best Bars in America

Dark green walls, framed art, and a room that somehow feels like midnight at noon, ViceVersa is a Neapolitan pizza and cocktail bar tucked just off the lobby of the Elser Hotel. The thin-crust pies are the anchor, but the bar program is the real argument for staying. The affogato martini landed on Esquire's radar, and the place sits on North America's 50 Best Bars list. A James Beard nominee for Best New Bar in 2025, too.

1. 50 Best #46 · North America's 50 Best Bars
2. Esquire Affogato Martini · The Best Martinis in America
3. Punch Best New Bars

Leopard-print stage, tartan wallpaper, red leather booths, and a baby grand with a jazz band squeezed in, all on a five-lane highway in Shorecrest. The Anderson is a craft cocktail bar that could not care less about beach-bar minimalism. One room goes full black on black; the other commits to New York kitsch so hard it loops back around to charming. The drinks, not the decor, tend to be the reason people come back.

1. Difford's Guide 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide

Live music fills the room most nights at this Cuban cocktail bar and restaurant on Calle Ocho, where the décor slides between Havana and mid-century Miami without quite landing in either. Michelle Bernstein and cocktail veteran Julio Cabrera run the place together, which means the food and the drinks get equal attention. It holds a spot on The World's 50 Best Bars list, and the James Beard Foundation named it an Outstanding Bar Semifinalist.

1. 50 Best #82 · The World's 50 Best Bars
2. 50 Best #42 · North America's 50 Best Bars
3. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar

1. The Pinnacle Guide 3 Pins
2. Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
3. Miami New Times 2025 · Best Hotel Bar · Best of Miami New Times

1. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
2. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

1. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
2. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

1. Esquire Cold AF Martini · The Best Martinis in America
2. Esquire The Best Bars in America
3. Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar

Dark wood, bare concrete, and blinds angled just enough to keep the early evening gloom intact: The Corner is a cocktail bar that dresses like it has nothing to prove. The beer list is deep, the liquor selection is serious, and the cocktails hold their own without any fuss. A few tables spill onto the sidewalk for watching a street that, frankly, isn't doing much. That turns out to be exactly the point.

1. Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
2. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
3. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

1. Miami New Times 2025 · Best Bar (Miami) · Best of Miami New Times
2. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
3. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

1. Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
2. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
3. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

1. Miami New Times 2025 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
2. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
3. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

1. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
2. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

1. Difford's Guide 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
2. Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bar Food · Best of Miami New Times
3. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars

1. Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
2. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
3. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

The cocktail menu at this hotel bar is organized by room, Sitting Room, Living Room, Guest Room, and Garden, which tells you most of what you need to know about the vibe. Tucked off the Albion's soaring lobby, Repour goes deliberately the other way: low ceilings, homey furniture, the feel of someone's well-curated apartment. The bartender behind it built the interior himself with family and friends, and it shows in the best way.

1. Difford's Guide 4 stars · Difford's Guide

1. The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin

1. Miami New Times 2023 · Best Gay Bar · Best of Miami New Times
2. Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
3. Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami

The long pearl bar counter is the first thing that registers, backlit against dark wood and warm gold light, with loose rosebuds packed into displays that somehow don't look like a wedding. This is a cocktail bar inside one of Miami Beach's sleeker luxury hotels, all Asian-modernist design and reclaimed Shanghai brick underfoot. Outside, Martinis get sipped poolside under palms by people who have clearly packed better than you did.

1. Difford's Guide 4 stars · Difford's Guide

The scallop-shaped pool behind this Art Deco cocktail bar is what most guests are actually aiming for, which makes the bar itself a pleasantly unhurried place to land. Andre Balazs owns the Raleigh Hotel around it, which explains the crowd that looks like it wandered off a casting call. Order something with gin, find a seat, and let the Collins Avenue faithful do their thing.

1. Difford's Guide 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide