Floor 13 Rooftop Bar sits on the 13th floor of the Hilton Garden Inn at 15 East Monroe Street, in the center of downtown Phoenix. The draw is the obvious one for a rooftop: an open-air deck with a clear line on the downtown skyline and the desert beyond it.
The hook is the view and the access. Floor 13 is one of the few open rooftop bars in the downtown core, and both Visit Phoenix and the Downtown Phoenix guide list it among the city's rooftop options. The Rooftop Guide, which tracks rooftop bars worldwide, keeps a full entry for it, a sign of how rare a true downtown rooftop is in a city built mostly low and wide.
The deck is the room. A spacious sundeck, lounge seating, and a bar built for sunset set the scene, and the elevation does the rest once the city lights come on. It reads casual rather than exclusive, which suits a hotel rooftop that wants walk-ins as much as bottle service. The covered sections hold up through the warmer months, when an open deck alone would empty out by mid-afternoon in the Phoenix heat.
The drink list keeps to craft cocktails, wine, and a short menu of small bites built for sharing over a view rather than a full dinner. The move is to arrive before sunset, claim a rail seat, and let the skyline turn over as the evening runs on. Pricing sits at the downtown rooftop level, where part of the tab pays for the elevation, and a weekend visit is best booked ahead.
Timing is the whole strategy. Sunset is the peak, weekend nights draw the biggest crowd, and a midweek visit is the calmer read for anyone who came for the view over the scene. The bar opens at 5pm most nights and stretches later on Friday and Saturday. The crowd is downtown professionals after work, hotel guests, and groups marking an occasion with a skyline backdrop.
Reviewers on Yelp and OpenTable circle the same notes: the downtown view, the sunset window, and a rooftop that fills fast on weekends. The value reads best on a weeknight, when the deck is calmer and the same skyline costs the price of one cocktail and a little patience.
Who it is for: sunset drinkers, downtown professionals, and travelers who want the rare Phoenix rooftop with a real city view. Who it is not for: anyone after a quiet dive or a cheap round, since a rooftop in the downtown core prices the elevation into the drink.
The setting is rare for the city. Phoenix spreads low and wide, so a true downtown rooftop with an open skyline view is unusual, and Floor 13 trades on exactly that scarcity. The deck looks across the downtown towers toward South Mountain, a view that earns the elevator ride on its own.
Getting there is simple for event-goers. The Hilton Garden Inn sits within walking distance of the convention center, the Footprint Center, and the Orpheum, which makes the rooftop a natural pre-show stop. The crowd thins on weeknights, so anyone who wants the view without the weekend wait should aim for a Tuesday or Wednesday at sunset, when a single cocktail buys the same skyline.
Floor 13 belongs in the Phoenix rooftop conversation, next to the city's other elevated rooms. See where it lands in our guide to the best rooftop bars in Phoenix, browse the full Phoenix bar guide, and read the wider editorial on the best rooftop bars worldwide.
