The Best Orlando Bars – Orlando Entertainment

In the best bars, high-quality ingredients are bought from local purveyors, expert mixologists are employed, and there are ample nightlife options. It is create an environment that makes you want to stay a while. There are many great bars in Orlando, and the best ones are no exception.

Mathers Social Gathering, where drinks are shaken with small-batch spirits and homemade cordials. The bitters, and syrups, can be found in downtown Orlando in an historic building. Bathtub gin is a Prohibition-era specialty made with Brokers gin. The ground lavender, honey simple syrup, lemon, and half-and-half. Hanson’s Shoe Repair serves craft cocktails on their patio and inside its historic building, which is thought to be the oldest in downtown Orlando.

To get into the bar, you will need the daily password, which you can obtain via social media. The speakeasy theme of Hanson’s requires no phone use or photos. Tequila lovers should head to EPCOT at Disney World in Orlando if they enjoy drinking tequila. La Cava del Tequila can be found inside. In the perpetual darkness, you will find the tequila cellar with its name roughly translated as “tequila cellar.”. Neil Patrick Harris’ frozen blackberry and lime margarita, for example. The bar’s signature avocado margarita are just a couple of the items on the menu. Furthermore, La Cava offers 200 different types of tequila.

As Orlando’s first real craft cocktail bar, The Courtesy offers a rotating menu of seasonal cocktails. The Courtesy serves many absinth- or whiskey-based drinks, as well as bitters and vermouth made in small batches. On the first and third Saturday of every month, the bar offers cocktail making classes for those who wish to improve their home cocktail making skills. You will receive detailed direction from one of the bartenders. While making three full-sized cocktails in the class.

Wine Bar George at Disney Springs boasts a curated list of over 140 wines by the ounce, glass or bottle. Each of the servers are uber-knowledgeable and can suggest a pairing with food or make you a flight of wine. It is all based on your answers to a few simple questions. The food is just as impressive, and includes sharable plates and charcuterie boards. If you are lucky, you will spot resident. The Master Sommelier George Miliotes who can sometimes be seen pouring wine and greeting guests.