Cocktail Bars in Columbus
This list includes one Spirited Awards winner and one James Beard nominee.
- CobraSPIRITEDCocktail Bar
Cobra
Cobra is an Asian-American neighborhood bar in the Brewery District of Columbus, first come first served, serving food and drink late into the night with a full menu until midnight and a late-night menu to closing. The cocktails run ten to thirteen dollars, a Snake Juice of reposado, hibiscus, guajillo and rose, a Cobra Old-Fashioned on bourbon, rye, Toki and barley, and a Yoplait Highball of Patrón, yogurt soju and strawberry vermouth, with a Venom-Free non-alcoholic section.
684 S High St, Columbus, OH 43206Wed-Mon 4pm-2am; Tue closedFull profile 
Wine BarLaw Bird
Law Bird serves wine and cocktails on South High Street in the Brewery District, just south of downtown Columbus, under a menu theme that changes with each edition and the motto not governed by reason. Past menus are archived on the site next to the current one, and the bar runs private classes and rentals. The 2022 Spirited Awards placed it in the U.S. top ten for Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar, and it was a James Beard Outstanding Bar semifinalist in 2025.
740 S High Street, Columbus, OH 43206Tue-Thu 4:30pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 4:30pm-1am, Sun 4:30pm-10pmFull profile- Denmark on HighCocktail Bar
Denmark on High
Denmark describes itself as a craft cocktail lounge on North High Street, part living art installation, part neighborhood sanctuary, on the second floor above the Short North. Handcrafted cocktails and small bites are the offer, with cocktail classes and events through the week, and the doors open at five, Wednesday to Saturday.
463 N High Street, 2nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215Wed-Sat from 5pmFull profile - The Alibi Bourbon & Cocktail LoungeWhiskey Bar
The Alibi Bourbon & Cocktail Lounge
The Alibi is a bourbon and cocktail lounge on North High Street that serves, in its words, your favorite bourbon spirits alongside its own signature and specialty craft cocktails, from a whiskey shelf deep enough to have been counted among the country's top hundred by Whisky Advocate. It opens at four every day and closes at midnight, with private rentals and events on the side.
843 N High Street, Columbus, OH 43215Daily 4pm-12amFull profile - The Citizens TrustCocktail Bar
The Citizens Trust
An upscale cocktail lounge from the team behind the Veritas restaurant, at 11 West Gay Street in downtown Columbus, one door east of Veritas and one floor above it; guests can also come up from inside the restaurant. Seating is first come, first served, and walk-in parties of any size are welcome. The snack list leans luxurious, with Kaluga caviar on potato chips or a deviled egg, oysters on the half shell, jamón ibérico de bellota and a lobster roll. Each October the lounge turns into Black Lagoon, a Halloween cocktail pop-up with free tarot readings on Wednesdays, and in December it hosts Miracle, a holiday pop-up. Private buyouts take groups of up to 240. It opens at four, Wednesday to Saturday.
11 W Gay Street, Columbus, OH 43215Wed-Thu 4pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-12amFull profile
More of Columbus
These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full Columbus guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 6 with a map and filters.
