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Midnight Rambler
Cocktail Bar
The mirrored back bar, lit from behind like a stage set, makes the priorities clear before you even sit down. Midnight Rambler is a subterranean cocktail lounge under the Joule Hotel, all art deco bones and low light, with a soundtrack chosen as carefully as the drinks. The cocktail program leans neo-classic, and the bartenders are the kind who can track down whatever obscure thing you're about to describe to them.
Ten honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Food & Wine The Top 10 Hotel Bars in the US
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Hotel Bar · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Seasonal Cocktail List · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Subterranean Bar · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Gabe Sanchez
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. Central
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. Central
One number, weighted & current 61
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- French 75 Dallas Observer
Nearby in the record closest first
- The Spa at the Joule Do · 86
- The Joule Stay · 77
- Pegasus City Brewery Drink · 64
- Starship Bagel NY-Style Bakery Eat · 90
- Mirador Eat · 74
- Fond Eat · 65
- The Adolphus Stay · 74
- Ye Olde Scarlet Pumpernickel Tavern Dive Bar Eat · 36
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