The most anticipated season of the year has arrived and we’re ready for all the football action! While you can catch Dolphins games at the Hard Rock Stadium here at home, who doesn’t love a good excuse to wear team colors and indulge in hot wings and ice-cold beers? Here are the perfect spots for your game day experience, many of which offer more than just games on their screens. We’re talking special deals, unmatched vibes, drinks beyond just beer and delectable bites! Check them out:
1. Batch Gastropub
Grab your friends, gear up in your favorite Dolphins apparel and revel in football camaraderie and incredible flavors at Batch. Flat screens are set at every inch of the bar, so you’ll never miss a play and game day specials include 5-for-$30 bucket deals, $5 Bud Light drafts and burner shots. To keep you fueled while watching, there’s baby back ribs, a brisket and short rib burger and buffalo chicken nachos.
📍 30 SW 12th St, Miami, FL 33130
2. Biscayne Bay Brewing
Calling all Dolfans! Biscayne Bay Brewing is the ideal place to be for any sports game, but especially football. The Miami-based brewer serves up about a dozen beers on tap from its wrap-around bar and there are just as many TVs for the ultimate watch party. Guests can enjoy a $3 “gameday” beer and $5 shots to keep the energy high, and there’s a weekend happy hour from noon to 6 p.m. featuring $4 core beers, $8 wines and $10 cocktails.
📍 100 NE 1st Ave Third Floor, Miami, FL 33132
3. Bodega Taqueria y Tequila
All of Bodega’s lounge locations will be showing Dolphins games for the season, while you indulge in 50% off drafts and well drinks, $5 shots, $25 mix & match buckets and other deals. When it comes to their Coconut Grove, Coral Gables and South Beach locations, you can also catch UM games, and Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach locations for FSU games.
📍 Find all Bodega locations here.
4. Sports & Social
Over at Dolphin Mall’s latest Vivo! entertainment district, Sports & Social is a game-watching haven that goes all out on game days. Enjoy three bars, nostalgic arcade games and an impressive 50-foot LED screen that allows for simultaneous viewing. Game days often bring out live DJs, fan-cams, competitions and more to the venue. And let’s not forget drink specials!
📍 11401 NW 12th St, Miami, FL 33172
5. Clevelander South Beach
What better way to catch NFL season games than at South Beach party central, the Clevelander? With a 20-foot LED screen to catch every touchdown and tackle, as well as fantastic specials like $25 beer buckets and tantalizing game-day eats, from the two-to-four-person Field Goal Platter ($55) and four-to-six-people Grande Nachos ($25).
📍 1020 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139
6. Wynwood Marketplace
Whether you’re all about the aqua or looking for an all around great time, Wynwood Marketplace is the ultimate destination. Their summer specials, available all day on Thursdays, from 4 to 8 p.m. on Fridays, and noon to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, include $7 drinks, $5 beers, $5 chips and salsa and $8 chips and guac. There’s also $15 nachos, $6 empanaditas (2 pieces) and $8 elote on the cob.
📍 2250 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33127
7. Ted’s Hideaway
Sport that Dolphins jersey and hide away at this iconic South of Fifth bar, as its name implies. With a dive-y ambiance, surround sound and football weekend specials on pitchers, buckets and shots, this is a pretty great spot to cheer on your home team.
📍 124 2nd St, Miami Beach, FL 33139
8. Puttshack
How about playing while you watch them play? At Puttshack, you can experience the thrill of both games (football and high-tech mini golf). It’s a winning combo you won’t find anywhere else! Of course, you can also soak in the action from a seat and cheer your team to victory as you watch from a multitude of screens. Just note that the games will be shown mostly without sound, just visuals. After all the action, satisfy your appetite with Puttshack’s delectable global cuisine.
📍 701 S Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33131
9. The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne
Now hear us out, you can catch the games at this stellar resort. With plenty of TV screens throughout multiple venues at the hotel, like beachside lounge DUNE Burgers on the Beach, Mexican oceanfront restaurant Cantina Beach and Havana inspired cocktail lounge RUMBAR, you’ve got plenty of options!
📍 455 Grand Bay Drive Key Biscayne, Miami, FL 33149
10. Copper 29 Bar
If you’re looking for somewhere to chant for the Dolphins, this chandelier-lit bar invites football lovers and their crew to enjoy $5 to $7 cocktails, 50% off premium drinks and $25 beer buckets for their daily happy hour, running from 5 to 8 p.m. Delicious bites on their menu also include short rib flatbread, nachos and fajita chicken tacos.
📍 206 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, FL 33134