A 22nd-floor rooftop lounge in Brickell with panoramic views of the Miami skyline. The bar serves handcrafted cocktails and shareable global tapas, with DJ programming, bottle service and space for private events.
Sipsip is the rum bar on the rooftop of Mayfair House Hotel & Garden at 3000 Florida Avenue, a poolside space with views over Coconut Grove. Its name borrows the Caribbean phrase for easy everyday conversation. The long rum menu covers poolside favorites such as daiquiris and piña coladas alongside house drinks like the Sipsip Hurricane with aged rum, mezcal and passion fruit, a Rum Old Fashioned with Appleton 8yr and allspice dram, and rum snowcones. The food takes after South Florida's classic fried fish joints, with conch fritters and corvina fish and chips. Sundays bring a pool party with DJs, and weekday happy hour runs from 7pm to 9pm.
Sugar is the rooftop bar and garden on the 40th floor of EAST Miami at 788 Brickell Plaza, looking out over Biscayne Bay and the downtown skyline with 360-degree views. The space is planted like a lush garden and centers on a hand-carved Balinese bar, where the team mixes bold original cocktails. Asian-inspired share plates come from the kitchen, and DJs play live sets late into the night. The hotel describes it as a romantic setting that suits a date night as well as friends catching up. It opens at 4pm daily and runs until 2am Sunday to Wednesday and until 3am Thursday to Saturday, with tables booked through SevenRooms.
Vista Rooftop Bar & Lounge sits on the 12th floor at the top of the Novotel Miami Brickell, at 1500 SW 1st Ave, and takes its look from 1950s Latin America. Perched above Brickell, the rooftop pairs a pool with panoramic views and hosts sunset happy hours and daytime parties by the pool. The kitchen sends out Latin-inspired bites such as a classic mahi ceviche with leche de tigre and short rib buns, and the bar mixes bold handcrafted cocktails, with the Vista Pisco Sour among the standouts. Lunch runs daily from 11am, dinner from 4pm until 9:30pm Sunday to Wednesday and 11:30pm Thursday to Saturday, and happy hour is weekdays from 4pm to 7pm.
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