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Cocktails & speakeasies

Cocktails & speakeasies in Toronto

Craft drinks and speakeasies — quiet enough to talk.

Example nights

Real Toronto venues, put together by our planner. Refreshed Oct 19.

Cocktails at Grey Tiger in Junction-Wallace Emerson, then dinner at Burdock Brewery & Music Hall.

  • 01Grey TigerJunction-Wallace Emerson · $$
  • 02Burdock Brewery & Music HallJunction-Wallace Emerson · $$

Cocktails at Cry Baby Gallery in Little Portugal, then dinner at BAR 24.

  • 01Cry Baby GalleryLittle Portugal · $$$
  • 02BAR 24Little Portugal · $$

Cocktails at Gift Shop in Trinity-Bellwoods, then dinner at Paris Paris.

  • 01Gift ShopTrinity-Bellwoods · $$$
  • 02Paris ParisTrinity-Bellwoods · $$

Top 12 venues

  1. 01

    BarChef

    Kensington-Chinatown · $$$$

    Dimly lit, intimate hangout offering creative cocktails, with over 5,000 housemade bitters.

  2. 02

    Bar Pompette

    Trinity-Bellwoods · $$$

  3. 03

    After Seven

    Kensington-Chinatown · $$$

  4. 04

    C Suite

    Annex · $$$$

  5. 05

    PREQUEL & CO. APOTHECARY

    Trinity-Bellwoods · $$$

  6. 06

    Civil Liberties

    Dovercourt Village · $$

    This rustic speakeasy serves snacks & Prohibition-era cocktails amid a vintage piano & tchotchkes.

  7. 07

    Mother

    Trinity-Bellwoods · $$$

    Inventive cocktails & ever-changing snacks featuring foraged ingredients served in an intimate room.

  8. 08

    Charlemagne Cocktail Bar

    Wellington Place · $$$

  9. 09

    Slice of Life

    Kensington-Chinatown · $$$

  10. 10

    Grey Tiger

    Junction-Wallace Emerson · $$

    Stylish cocktail bar serving both classic cocktails & concoctions inspired by magic & the occult.

  11. 11

    Bar Sous Sol

    North St.James Town · $$$

    Petite, lower-level speakeasy decorated in patterned wallpaper serving cocktails & finger foods.

  12. 12

    Bar Banane

    Trinity-Bellwoods · $$$