The Top 20 Cocktail Bars in Seattle

1. 50 Best #89 · North America's 50 Best Bars
2. Esquire Amis Martini · The Best Martinis in America
3. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar
2. Difford's Guide 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
3. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

Woven kantael mats cover the walls and prahok, the fermented fish paste that anchors Khmer cooking, turns up throughout the menu, which is the quickest way to understand what this Greenwood restaurant and bar is about. The food leans into Cambodian flavors and technique without getting tangled in authenticity debates, and the cocktails follow the same logic: coconut-forward, creative, and only slightly less fish-sauce-forward than the food. Named a Bon Appétit Best New Restaurant in 2024.

1. Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
2. Eater Best New Bar
3. Seattle Met Seattle’s Best New Restaurants

1. Esquire The Best Bars in America

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle
2. Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle
2. The Infatuation The Best Restaurants & Bars In Fremont

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle
2. Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West

1. Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West
2. Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. West

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

1. Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
2. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Seattle

You book by text, and they text back; no app, no OpenTable, just your name and a party size to a Seattle number you'd better save correctly. Knee High is a tiny, reservation-only speakeasy-style cocktail bar tucked away on Olive Way, the kind of place where finding the door is already part of the evening. Late-night slots open up if you're bold enough to text after ten.

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

Those barrel-aged cocktails sitting in vintage crystal decanters along the back bar are Liberty's calling card, sharing shelf space with 70-plus whiskies, a coffee station, and a sushi setup that nobody questions. It's a casual Capitol Hill cocktail bar with couches by the front windows and bench seating opposite the bar, the kind of room built for lingering. Industry folks and neighborhood regulars tend to find each other here without much effort.

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

1. The Infatuation The Best Restaurants & Bars In Fremont

The narrow passage to the left of the bar does not lead to a secret larger room; that's just the toilet. Hazlewood is a tiny cocktail bar in Ballard, once a coffee shop, where the counter is a few strides from the door and the upstairs lounge has the square footage of a treehouse. Come on a quiet weeknight and you'll spend a moment genuinely confused about where everyone is supposed to sit. The answer, apparently, is close together.

1. Difford's Guide 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide