Best Cocktail Bars in Ohio

Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati share this list between them. The best cocktail bars in Ohio range from a holiday tiki pop-up to a garden conservatory. Law Bird, on South High Street in Columbus, goes by the line Not Governed By Reason and dressed the bar as a tiki oasis for the 2025 holidays. In Cleveland, Flower on Freeman promises provocative and elegant libations on Duck Island, and Cloak & Dagger in Tremont has reached its twenty-third menu book. Somerset in Over-the-Rhine was built from found materials gathered worldwide and sits in a sprawling garden and conservatory. Somerset opens from 4pm on weekdays and from 2pm on weekends. These are the bars we would start with.