While Miami isn’t exactly historically known for its amazing cocktails, Magic City bartenders have really worked to up their mixology game turning the city into a hot spot for excellent craft cocktails. From world-class bars to sky-high drinking dens, Miami is now home to amazing cocktails bars perfect for every occasion, so we’ve put together a list of incredible spots for the next time you feel like downing down a drink or two. Salud!
1. Swan Upstairs, Design District
Located above Pharrell William’s popular restaurant ‘Swan’, which serves an innovative cocktail menu with drinks like the popular Purple Reign and passionfruit-mango No Laughing Matter, this sultry Moroccan-inspired bar is the perfect spot for cozying up with your date and enjoying some equally alluring cocktails, live DJs and bottle service.
Find it at 90 NE 39th St, Miami, FL 33137.
2. Broken Shaker, Miami Beach
This backyard oasis doubles as a herb garden, swimming pool, bocce ball court, and ping pong hall — a wonderful spot to gather up with friends! Broken Shaker offers plenty of refreshing options like aperol spritzes, “Barely Legal” margaritas and “The Luckiest” with Bacardi Ocho Rum, Martini & Rossi Fiero, Coppalli Cacao, Amaro, Orange Oleo, and Sstrawberry & lime.
Find it at 2727 Indian Creek Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33140.
3. Café La Trova, Little Havana
An absolute emblem of the cocktail scene, Café La Trova is considered one of the best cocktail bars in the world! Created by famous mixologist Julio Cabrera, you know you won’t go wrong with your drinks if you choose to head on over to this incredible Cuban spot in Little Havana. Options include the usual classics like mojitos and daiquiris as well as the house’s own concoctions with a Latin twist such as the award-winning “Buenavista” cocktail with Bombay Sapphire gin, cucumber, mint, elderflower liqueur, lime juice and sugar.
Find it at 971 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33130.
4. Casa Florida, Little Havana
Outfitted with a repurposed container turned mixology bar and DJ booth, Casa Florida’s pink deck is the perfect stylish and breezy spot in which to enjoy some carefully crafted cocktails with friends. This bar offers a carefully curated list of cocktails that include signature concoctions like their “Pink Flamingo” made with a homemade secret Coconut Pineapple & Hibiscus mix and Saint Benevolence Clairin Rum as well as classic options like Negronis, Mojitos, and Palomas.
Find it at 437 SW 2nd St, Miami, FL 33130.
5. Gramps, Wynwood
Come for the cocktails stay for the pizza tropical! This popular spot in Wynwood not only offers some of the best craft cocktails in the city but also some of the best pizza. Grab some frozen margaritas or some mules and pair them with a slice of their utterly delicious pizza for a totally fun night and a hangover-free morning!
Find it at 176 NW 24th St, Miami, FL 33127.
6. Minibar, South of Fifth
At this small but swanky bar in South of Fifth, you’ll find totally fun cocktails like the “Mini Mangonada” which comes served inside a mango nectar can, with Bacardi mango chili mini, fresh lime juice, citric acid blend, mango nectar and a tajin rim, or their “Chocolate Old Fashioned,” tempering Santa Teresa 1796 with chocolate bitters, sugar and an orange peel!
Find it at 418 Meridian Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139.
7. Sugar, Downtown Miami
Want to treat yourself to some sky-high drinks? Sugar’s lush garden rooftop in Brickell is an excellent destination for happy hour. With incredible, Asian-inspired cocktails and swank options like their tequila-based B Positive or the vodka-soaked Lychee Blossom, this cocktail bar may have you breaking the piggy bank but its well worth the sip and the views!
Find it at 788 Brickell Plaza #40, Miami, FL 33131.
8. Sweet Liberty, Miami Beach
Fun and the pursuit of Happiness are highly encouraged at Sweet Liberty, one of the most popular and well-known cocktail bars in the 305. This place has some pretty awesome cocktails with both classics options like their famous Piña Colada with Jamaican coffee and a float of PX sherry, and uber original concoctions like the Giant’s Milk, fusing rum agricole and dark rum with condensed milk, passionfruit, pressed lime, cinnamon, and fire.
Find it at 237 20th St suite b, Miami Beach, FL 33139.
Contributed by Bianca Marcof