The 24 Best Happy Hour Deals in Miami
Get a buzz without breaking the bank.
You know what would be awesome? Rent Happy Hour, where if you stay in your apartment from June-September landlords knock half off your rent and throw in some $1 oysters. Since that’s not happening anywhere in this universe, you’ll have to cut costs elsewhere, like your nightly nights out and responsible cocktail hours that go until 10 pm. Plenty of Miami’s best bars and restaurants are happy to oblige, where even Michelin-rated spots are offering up drinks for as little as a dollar, and food with prices almost as low.
Multiple Locations
When: Tuesday - Sunday, 5:30 – 8 pm
Feeling sushi but not feeling sushi prices? You could go on SeekingArrangement and find a Sugar Parent. Or try happy hour dinner at Sushi Garage, who’s doling out $3 sushi and sashimi as well as Korean beef tacos, fried tofu, and other apps for $7 or less. The Garage’s line of specialty cocktails is a scant $5, beers are $3, and wine is $4.50
How to book: Reserve via OpenTable.
South Beach
When: Monday - Thursday, 3-7 pm; Fridays- Sunday, 3-5 pm
Getting enough food for one meal is a rarity at happy hour. Feeding yourself for the entire weekend? That’s only at Santorini by Giorgios, where the high-energy Greek restaurant in the Bentley Bay offers up immense portions of gyros, keftedes, meatballs, and fresh seafood for $7 a pop. Wine and beer is only $5, and cocktails $7.
How to book: Reserve via OpenTable.
Brickell
When: Monday - Friday, 4-7 pm
Leisurely Dim Sum outings don’t have to wait for the weekends. Perch yourself atop Brickell City Centre and hit Ch’i’s magical outdoor garden, where in addition to transporting you to a lush oasis they’ll also slash half off food and drinks.
How to book: Reserve via OpenTable.
Brickell
When: Monday - Thursday, 5-7 pm; Friday, 5-8 pm
When people ask about the best Mexican restaurants in Miami, anyone who suggests going to Cantina La Veinte immediately follows it with, “But only for Happy Hour.” That’s because this typically pricey waterside Mexican joint is an early-evening bargain, where fresh-squeezed margs and guacamole are half off.
How to book: Reserve via Sevenrooms.
South Beach
When: Monday - Friday, 3 -7 pm
If watching the new Top Gun got you on an aviation kick, hit the bar in the middle of the new Alton Food Hall, where you can enjoy an entire menu of flying-themed cocktails for $8 - 10. If you’re not trying to crash and burn, you can also opt for $5 beers and $6 - 8 wines, then write postcards to your family and send them straight from the bar.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first served-service.
Brickell
When: Monday - Friday, 5-7 pm
Relive the Tobacco Road happy hours of old, with prices not so far from what they were at the original spot with $4 - 5 draft beers, $5 wines, and $7 wells. You can also score $5 Hobo Frito Pie, BBQ chicken nachos, and other appetizers.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first served-service.
Wynwood
When: Wednesday - Friday, 4 - 6:30 pm
Maybe you’ve been for the drag shows and were so distracted by the wigs and heels you totally forgot to eat. Forgivable. You can try much of the menu for less than you spend tipping the drag queens, with croquetas, Cuban sandwiches, and sweet chili wings ranging from $5 - 7. Beer and wine is also in the $5 range.
How to book: Reserve via OpenTable.
South Beach
When: Friday and Saturday 5 - 8 pm, 9 - 11 pm
Editor Pizza inaugurates its splashy new rooftop with three hours of $9 house cocktails on the weekend, then BTGO (buy-three, get-one) pizzas downstairs. If you’re looking to wind down your night with a nice glass of wine, head back for $7 Pinot Grigio, Montepulciano, and Las Perdices Extra Brut; $7 margs; and $5 Peronis.
How to book: Reserve via OpenTable.
Brickell
When: Monday - Friday, 5 - 7 pm
Enjoying a rooftop happy hour in Brickell doesn’t have to mean fighting bachelorette parties for bar space at Sugar and Rosa Sky. The smart play is the Novotel, which offers an underrated rooftop pool view with $7 burgers, crab cakes, and falafels alongside $5 beer & wine and $8 craft cocktails.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first served-service.
South Miami
When: Monday - Friday, 4-7 pm and 10pm-close (excludes Tuesday)
Nothing bad ever happens after $3 tequila shots, right? Find out at Tacocraft’s happy hour, where in addition to Spring Break-level tequila specials they’re also mixing $6 specialty margs and pouring $4 draft beers. Four bucks will also land you a taco, and other apps are available starting at $2 at the bar.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first served-service.
South Beach
When: Monday - Friday, 5 - 7 pm
Experience happy hour like you’re in Spain—albeit a few hours earlier—on Espanola Way during Tropezon’s Tonic & Tapas special. Whenever you order a drink, you’ll get free Spanish tapas delivered right to your table or bar stool.
How to book: Reserve via Resy.
South Beach
When: Thursday - Sunday, 9 pm – close
Rather than getting 2KG delivered, enjoy it on a warm summer night out behind the Shelbourne Hotel, where you can get their Korean Fried Chicken or fried chicken sandwiches for $9, with half off all specialty cocktails.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first served-service.
Sunny Isles
When: Monday - Friday, 3 - 6 pm
For a happy hour by the water, you won’t find a better spot than the bar at the end of the Newport Pier, which offers half off all beer, wine, and single-liquor drinks directly on top of the Atlantic Ocean.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first served-service.
Coconut Grove
When: Monday - Thursday, 4 - 7 pm
Lucky 7s abound at the Grove’s newest swanky steakhouse, where wine, beer, cocktails, and seltzers are only $7 each. They’ll accompany a menu of $7 bar bites, including the spicy tuna roll, French onion grilled cheese, and crispy oysters.
How to book: Reserve via SevenRooms.
Downtown
When: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 pm - Midnight
Cheap beers and cheaper slices aren’t just for the 12-pack fueled college crowd. They can also be for those of us who feel like calling it a night at 11 pm, who’ll score end-of-the-night cheese slices for $3, plus half off beers and wines.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first-served service.
Downtown
When: Monday - Friday, 4 - 7 pm
Lost Boy’s already alarmingly cheap prices take a serious nosedive during happy hour, when everything on the drink menu runs half off. Sticking around after the promo ends is still your best value play downtown, too, as single-liquor drinks rarely top $10 each.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first-served service.
South Beach
When: Daily, 8 am - 7 pm
If you’re not happy grabbing two-for-one drinks before most people have even attempted breakfast, well, the Deuce just may not be for you. But if your idea of happiness involves sitting in a dark bar on a sunny day knocking back two-fer cocktails and peeling the labels off of beer bottles, the Deuce is pretty much your Disneyland. The only reservations required here are the ones you have about using the bathroom.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first-served service.
Coconut Grove
When: Monday - Friday, 6 - 7 pm; Sunday - Thursday, 10 pm – 12 am; Friday - Saturday, 12 am – 2am
You know the Grove has changed when the spot with the dangerously cheap drink specials is rated by the Michelin Guide. Such is the case at Chug’s, where you’ll find sub-$1 gin and vodka martinis from 6 - 7 pm. Go late night, and you can down unlimited drinks from the cocktail menu for $30.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first-served service.
Key Biscayne
When: Daily, 4 - 6 pm
The Island Paradise’s best happy hour comes via this brand new wine and cocktail bar, a collaboration between the BarLab team and the pandemic-era’s wine delivery smash. They’re pouring rare, hard-to-find wines and creative drinks daily for half off every afternoon.
How to book: Stop by for first-come, first-served seating.
Coral Gables
When: Daily, 3 - 6 pm at Mamey on 3rd; 5 - 6 pm at Orno
The sun-soaked rooftop at the Thesis hotel hosts the Gables' best outdoor Happy Hour, with $6 bites, $5 beers, $7 wine glasses, and $7 spirits. Though this time of year, sipping a glass of wine in the ice-cold AC at Orno might sound a little better, especially when said wines are all half off.
How to book: Reserve a table via Resy.
South Beach
When: Daily, 9 pm - close
South Beach’s best spot for a quality late night cocktail is this den stashed in the back of the Shelbourne, pouring some of the Beach’s best cocktails even during regular hours. But hit it after 9 pm, and you’re getting those same spectacular tipples at half off.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first-served service.
Coconut Grove
When: Monday - Friday, 4 - 7 pm
Happy hour at Monty’s is a Miami tradition, right up there with sandbar parties and Santa’s Enchanted Forest. Mixing cheap drinks with bay views is never a bad combination, and with $5 wells, $3 domestic drafts, and $1 Shrimp and Clams, the Friday night party that’s raged for decades shows no signs of slowing down.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first-served service.
South Beach
When: Monday - Sunday, 4 - 7 pm
The super sceney but painfully pricey restaurant at the Goodtime Hotel is accessible for the regular folks three afternoons each week—that’s when Strawberry Moon plates its Kefta Meatballs, Pepperoni Pide with Spicy Honey, and cool menu of craft cocktails for a scant $8 each.
How to book: Book via OpenTable.
Brickell
When: Monday - Friday, 4 - 7 pm; Sunday - Wednesday, 10 pm - close
Nothing caps off a weeknight of Brickell revelry like a midnight stop into AmSo for a $5 margarita. If you’re not trying to go that hard on a school night, grab a $5 draft beer, $5 house wine by the glass, or a $6 well drink every weekday afternoon.
How to book: Reserve via OpenTable.
MiMo
When: Daily, 5 - 8 pm
Northeastern Miami’s best spot for middle school nostalgia kicks it up a notch by making every night taco night, serving them up for $3 a pop during happy hour. Wash them down with $4 beer and wines by the glass plus $5 craft cocktails.
How to book: Stop by for first-come, first-served seating.
Brickell
When: Monday - Friday, 4 - 8 pm
Brickell’s go-to for sports and bottomless brunches boasts a longer-than-average happy hour where pretty much everything behind the bar is half off. Show up on Mondays and you’ll also get AYCE boneless wings for just $15.
How to book: Walk up for first-come, first-served service.
Wynwood
When: Monday - Friday, 3:30 - 6:30 pm
Le Chick has become known for its burgers and cocktails, and the best time to discover its unheralded drink menu is during happy hour, when the whole thing is half off.
How to book: Reserve via OpenTable.
Little Havana
When: Daily, 4 – 7 pm
It’s not often that you can get a Julio Cabrera mixed drink for under $10, and that alone should be enough to entice you out to Calle Ocho. But in addition to Cabrera’s entire cocktail menu on sale for $7 a drink, you’ll also get $5 beers and $5 glasses of wine.
How to book: Reserve via SevenRooms.