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Little Rituals
Cocktail Bar
A metal beaded curtain on the fourth floor of a downtown Marriott is not where you expect to find one of the country's better cocktail bars, and yet here we are. The menu arrives illustrated like a small field guide, one drawing per drink. The cocktails run from riffed classics to things you won't find elsewhere, with bar snacks serious enough to anchor a full evening. It won the Spirited Award for Best U.S. Hotel Bar in 2025, and a James Beard semifinalist nod followed.
Eleven honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Winner · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Hotel Bar · Best of Phoenix
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Ross Simon
One number, weighted & current 54
How we score
Nearby in the record closest first
- Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour Cocktail Bar Drink · 87
- The Grind by Chic Chef Eat · 65
- Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix Stay · 74
- Spin Room Eat · 54
- Coabana Cuban Cocktail Bar Eat · 36
- Pigtails Downtown Eat · 29
- The Ra Ra Room Eat · 54
- Wren & Wolf Eat · 76
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