The Select sits inside Market Square at City Springs, the civic heart of Sandy Springs, where an Art Deco dining room opens onto a glass conservatory full of afternoon light. The bar takes its name and its spirit from Le Select, the Montparnasse brasserie that drew Picasso, Hemingway and Fitzgerald to its marble tables a century ago.
Who would love it: a drinker who wants a proper cocktail and a long European wine list without driving into the city. Who might not: anyone after a loud late room, because the mood here stays closer to supper club than nightclub.
The design leans into the 1920s without tipping into costume. Brass rails, deep banquettes and a coffered ceiling frame the bar, and an open kitchen keeps the room moving. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution described it on opening as a 1920s-inspired restaurant of eclectic small plates and entrees drawn from American and European cooking.
At the bar, the cocktails are hand-built and seasonal rather than encyclopedic. Bartenders work from a tight list that favors stirred, spirit-forward drinks alongside lighter aperitif-style pours for the conservatory crowd. The wine program carries a clear French accent, with bottles chosen to sit beside the kitchen's richer plates.
Priya Nair's read: come early, when the light through the conservatory does half the work and the bar has room to talk you through an order. The peach and burrata salad and the duck meatballs are the plates regulars reach for first, and the sticky toffee pudding is the reason to stay for one more drink.
The week has its own rhythm. Tequila Tuesdays, Jazz Wednesdays and a Thursday Ladies Night give the room a reason to fill on nights that usually run quiet this far north, according to Visit Sandy Springs. Sunday shifts gears entirely, opening at 10am for a brunch that leans into the conservatory's morning light.
Best time to go: a Wednesday evening with the jazz on and a stirred, spirit-forward pour in hand, before the dinner rush claims the banquettes. The bar runs to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, which makes it a rare late option for the northern suburbs.
What reviewers flag, across Yelp's 793 reviews and local guides, stays consistent. The room and the service draw the praise, the cocktails and the French-leaning plates hold up, and the main caution is the obvious one for City Springs: weekend parking fills fast, so the deck below is the safer bet.
It earns its place among the area's better cocktail rooms on the strength of the setting and the bar, not novelty. See where it sits among the best cocktail bars in Atlanta, and read our wider guide to the best bars in Atlanta for the full picture.
Pair this bar with
For a speakeasy-style cocktail room in the city, compare Red Phone Booth Atlanta. For a grand West Midtown seafood-and-cocktails room, try The Optimist Atlanta. And for a Spanish wine-bar counterpoint, Barcelona Wine Bar Atlanta makes the natural next stop.
Sources
The Select official site · Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Visit Sandy Springs · Yelp (n=793, accessed 2026-06)
Reviewed by Priya Nair, barsforKings. Published May 13, 2026.
