Tampa Bar Guide
30+ bars across Tampa's drinking neighbourhoods, curated by editors who know the city.
Tampa drinks Cuban. The cigar-and-coffee culture that built Ybor City in the 1880s still shapes the bar scene 140 years later. Hand-rolled cigars come with rum daiquiris. Ybor's heritage bars sit next to a wave of newer cocktail rooms in Downtown and Hyde Park. The Cuban Bay rum-and-coffee tradition runs through everything.
Five neighbourhoods cluster the action. Ybor City is the heritage Cuban-bar spine. Downtown holds the polished rooftop layer. Hyde Park is the residential boutique-bar district. Seminole Heights is the indie-cocktail-room quarter. South Tampa covers the dressed-up crowd.
Cocktails run $11 to $14. Tipping is 20 percent. Most bars run to 2am, weekend bars to 3am in Ybor. Reserve Ciro's and Anise on weekends.
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Ciro's Speakeasy
Tampa's most awarded cocktail bar. Speakeasy reached through an unmarked door in a coffee shop. Twenty-five seats. Classic-cocktail-leaning menu, candle-lit. Reserve.
Anise
Cocktail bar with a Mediterranean-influenced menu and one of the city's tightest amaro lists. Long marble counter, leather banquettes.
The Hub
Heritage dive bar from 1947. Long wood bar, neon lighting, and the cheapest stiff pours in Tampa. The most authentic working-class downtown bar.
Mandarin Hide
St. Pete cocktail bar with a serious classic-cocktail program. Worth the trip across the bay. Reservations recommended.
Rooftop 220
Hotel rooftop with sunset views over Tampa Bay. Polished cocktail menu, dressed-up evening crowd. Best at 6pm in winter.
Columbia Restaurant Bar
Heritage Spanish bar from 1905. The oldest restaurant in Florida. Hand-rolled-cigar-and-rum-daiquiri ritual. The Ybor institution.
Neighbourhood Guide
Ybor City
The heritage Cuban-bar spine. Cigar shops, salsa rooms, and the densest concentration of historic Tampa bars. Walk Seventh Avenue.
Downtown
The Tampa Bay-side central district. Hotel rooftops, polished cocktail rooms, and the post-Lightning-game crowd.
Hyde Park
Residential boutique-bar district. Wine bars, speakeasies, and a thirty-something local crowd.
Seminole Heights
The indie-cocktail-room quarter. Restaurant-bars, craft-beer taprooms, and the most adventurous food in Tampa.
South Tampa
The dressed-up suburban quarter. Hotel cocktail bars, polished restaurants, and a quieter weekend pace.
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