Vilnius cocktail bars each pick a theme, from gin cures to a 17th-century mansion. The best cocktail bars in Vilnius include Sanatorija on Vilniaus Street, a playful gin bar under crystal chandeliers whose menu is split into treatments and seasonal treatments. Trinity runs a restaurant and cocktail house in former monastery rooms. Apoteka, a cocktail bar with more than ten years behind it, counts bartending championship winners on its staff, and Bar PACAI, in a mansion dated 1677, adds a zero-proof list led by a Virgin Negroni. Apoteka opens Wednesday to Sunday, until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays. These are the bars we would start with.

Trinity occupies rooms of an 18th century former monastery on Vilniaus street in the Old Town and calls itself a restaurant and cocktail house. Under one roof it runs the Aperitivo cocktail bar, inspired by Italian drinking culture, an à la carte Mediterranean restaurant and the late opening Digestivo bar. Aperitivo offers cocktail tastings, including a flight tracing the cocktail through five eras and a cocktail and amuse bouche pairing.
Apoteka is a craft cocktail bar on Visų Šventųjų street in the heart of Vilnius. Every cocktail on its menu is designed from scratch in house, and the latest menu is posted on its social channels. The bar puts hospitality, new ideas and meticulous preparation at the center of what it does.
Bar PACAI is the cocktail bar of Hotel PACAI, a design hotel set in a 17th century mansion on Didžioji street in Vilnius Old Town. Its menu lists signature cocktails such as a rooibos infused gin drink and a pisco, salted caramel and elderflower sour, plus non alcoholic cocktails, wine by the glass and a spirits list.
Sanatorija is a gin bar on Vilniaus street in central Vilnius, built around gin and gin cocktails. Its playful spa theme runs from the name to its seasonal 'treatments' menu. Tables are booked by phone.
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These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full Vilnius guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 6 with a map and filters.