Mathers Social Gathering fills the third floor of the Phoenix Building, a nineteenth century building on South Magnolia Avenue in downtown Orlando. Guests drink beneath the original exposed wood truss ceiling in a room inspired by a bygone era, with vintage libations and live entertainment from Tuesday to Saturday. The Phoenix Jazz Club, a listening lounge with craft cocktails, sits on the floor below.
The Guesthouse is a neighbourhood bar on North Mills Avenue in Orlando and the sister bar of the cocktail bar Sunroom. It opens every afternoon for guests 21 and over, runs a daily happy hour from 4pm to 8pm and stays open until 2am.
D.B.A., short for doing business as, is the sister bar of The Strand restaurant on North Mills Avenue in Orlando. It is a small room for guests 21 and over with its own menu, and it takes no reservations, so larger groups can be hard to seat.
Sunroom is a cocktail bar on North Mills Avenue in Orlando, run alongside its sister bar The Guesthouse. The bar works with fresh ingredients and a wide selection of spirits, and its bar team pours from a house cocktail menu and a separate spirits list. Happy hour runs until 8pm from Tuesday to Saturday.
These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full Orlando guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 6 with a map and filters.
Best bars in Orlando