The Top 28 Places to Drink in Miami Beach
The best places to drink in Miami Beach, by the professional record: Esquire, Spirited Awards, and Huckberry have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Medium Cool Cocktail Lounge comes out on top.
Mac's Club Deuce and Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery hold the next two places. Miami New Times shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Difford's Guide next.
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- Esquire The Best Bars in America
- Esquire Cold AF Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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- Difford's Guide 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bar Food · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
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- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
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Reservations required, a three-night-a-week window, and a bouncer who greets you like a long-lost relative: Saxony sets the terms before you've touched a drink. This late-night cocktail bar lives beneath the Faena Hotel, down a staircase into a basement of black terrazzo, gold-leaf ceilings, and Art Deco bones, with a DJ running things until 4am. The crowd arrived on purpose and dressed accordingly.
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Rank 8. Matador Room
Latin Fusion Mexican
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 8. Orilla Bar & Grill
Latin Steakhouse Cocktail Bar
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Rank 11. Repour Bar
Cocktail Bar
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.
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Hotel Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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The bar itself is barely the size of a large closet, which only explains why everyone crowds around it anyway instead of taking one of the many outdoor seats in the palm-shaded courtyard beyond. Broken Shaker is a cocktail bar tucked inside the Indian Creek Hotel, its walls and shelves so thoroughly cluttered with objects it feels less designed than accumulated. The drinks are the point, and regulars seem to treat the tight quarters as a feature.
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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Dive Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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