Well, it’s 5 o’clock somewhere, am I right?! Because Orlando has a ton of options for post-work libations, we did all the hard work and unearthed this city’s finest, most economical happy hours.
UPDATE: This article from 2016 and many of these places have drastically different happy hour specials. Please call ahead to verify.
SideBar
118 S. Orange Ave., 407-649-0000
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Taco Tuesday? More like SideBar Tuesday. If you can believe, the fine folks here actually want to split your bill with you 50/50 on Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Head into SideBar any other weekday during the same time frame and tip back some $3 Coronas.
Photo by orlandosidebar on InstagramThe Woods
49 N. Orange Ave., 407-203-1114
Monday-Friday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cool off your manic Mondays at the Woods with their all-night happy hours during which they’ll cover 25 percent of your tab. They know that not all who love craft beers are made of money, so stop by on a Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and enjoy select $3 craft brews.
Photo by Jessica Bryce YoungEmber
42 W. Central Blvd., 407-849-5200
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
You literally can’t beat the happy hour happening over at Ember on Friday nights: any single liquor or beer is 3 for 1 … that’s three drinks for the price of one.
Photo via Ember FacebookThe Haven
6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, 407-673-2712
Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
With $1.75 16 oz domestic drafts and $5 64 oz. pitchers, The Haven really is a haven for those who value quantity … and heavy metal. Oh yeah, and all well drinks are 2 for 1.
Photo via TheGetBye on InstagramSouthern Nights
375 S. Bumby Ave., 407-412-5039
Tuesday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Southern Nights’ happy hour on Tuesdays through Fridays from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. just wins. Besides the $2 wells and 2 for 1s on everything every day, stop in on a Thursday for their ALL YOU CAN DRINK special.
Photo by cammeron_macc on InstagramSavoy Orlando
1913 N. Orange Ave., 407-270-4685
Every day, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Savoy’s happy hour is nuts. This Ivanhoe hub serves $1 well drinks, $2 Jell-O shots and $2 Long Island iced teas.
Photo via Savoy Orlando FacebookCantina
19 N. Orange Ave., 407-420-1515
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Wall St. Cantina is known as a great late night spot, but after work might be where it really shines. Every week day you can score $1 tacos to go with those $3 Coronas and and $4 tequila shots.
Photo via Orlando WeeklyThe Caboose
1827 N. Orange Ave., 407-898-7733
Thursday, 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
If you’re going to get hammered after work, the Caboose is the place to do it. On Thursdays from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. it’s all you can drink Pinnacle, Bud Light draft and wine for $5. Keep the train rolling through Friday with ALL YOU CAN DRINK Bud Light drafts for $5.
Photo via Caboose’s FacebookTanqueray’s
100 S. Orange Ave., 407-649-8540
Monday-Friday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tanqueray’s don’t play with their happy hour. Treat yourself to half off drinks every weekday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Photo via Orlando WeeklyThe Gnarly Barley
77431 S. Orange Ave., 407-854-4999
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Commit murder this Saturday night at The Gnarly Barley, where you can “Kill the Keg” and have your choice of three random beers for $3 from 6 p.m. to close. If a weeknight is more your scene, try Wednesday night, where wine is buy one get one free.
Photo via FacebookAku Aku Tiki Bar
431 E. Central Blvd., 407-839-0080
Monday-Saturday, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
If work’s got you twisted, then you need Aku Aku’s Tiger Fucker — Orlando’s feistiest drink served on fire. On Mondays, from 8 p.m. to close, the Fucker is half-off, but the best deal by far this in tropical paradise is the all-day happy hour every Sunday, where Kona and domestics are $3 and painkillers are $5.
Photo by Rob BartlettOllie’s Public House
3400 Edgewater Drive, 407-999-8934
Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
A $5 bucket of import beers awaits you at Ollie’s Public House. If multiple beers for the price of one isn’t your thing, then perhaps the house wine or Three Olives vodka reasonably priced at $4 is more up your alley.
Photo by cake_joleman on InstagramEden Bar
1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, 407-629-1088
Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Eden Bar of Enzian Theater knows that happy hour is all about the experience. You don’t just indulge in $6 cocktails and $5 house wines without an order of ultimate nachos, too. Stop in any weekday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a drink special or come out to the Wednesday Night Pitcher Show for a $9 Yuengling pitcher while you enjoy a free movie on the lawn.
Photo by michellina on InstagramThe Hammered Lamb
1235 N. Orange Ave., 407-704-3200
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Weekdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. just got a little sweeter thanks to the Hammered Lamb. Before jutting out to the suburbs, make a pit stop and enjoy half off domestic beers, liquor and select wines.
Photo via Orlando WeeklyBar Louie
4100 N. Alafaya, 407-428-2980
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
If you’re tired of the beer soaked floors of Knights Pub and Knight Library, Bar Louie offers a sophisticated alternative with $3. 35 drafts, $4.25 wines and $5.25 martinis, plus half-off select appetizers and flatbreads.
Photo via abbeta23 on InstagramHooch
25 Wall St., 407-849-0471
Tuesday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Hooch lives up to its namesake for its specials. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., you can sample some of the bar’s house-batched moonshine for $3. For the faint of heart, you can still snag $1 off drafts.
Photo by Rob BartlettThe Lucky Lure
1427 N. Orange Ave., 407-250-6949
Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
This Ivanhoe Village watering hole offers a tackle box full of deals including $3 wells, $10 Cruzan rum buckets and $.50 off all beers.
Photo via Orlando WeeklyThe Hideaway
516 Virginia Drive, 407-898-5892
Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Already economical, the Hideaway hooks it up even more for the Orlandoans by notching an extra $0.75 off beers and $0.50 off liquors. Pair your drinks with some deliciously greasy Hideaway grub and you’ve got yourself a good afternoon.
Photo by Ashley BelangerThe Basement
68 E. Pine St., 407-250-4840
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, noon to 7 p.m.
This bar was giving away free beers during UCF’s winless football season, and it seems they’re practically giving away drinks for happy hour too. Every Monday through Friday score $2 wines and Yinglings, and $4 Sky and Morgans.
Photo by Emily RichardsonBarley and Vine Biergarten
2406 E Washington St, Orlando
407-930-0960
The best parts of hanging out on Barley and Vine Biergarten’s outdoor patio are their selection of games, their $2 Sake shots, their free nuts, and of course the beer.
Photo via browndistributing on Instagram.Wildside BBQ Bar & Grille
700 E. Washington St., 407-872-8665
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
It’s a battle of the beers at Wildside every weekday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with $2 Bud Lights and $2 Yuengling.
Photo by bredamota on InstagramWally’s Mills Avenue Liquors
1001 N. Mills Ave., 407-896-6975
Every day, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
If you’re a fan of the classics, head over to Wally’s Mills Avenue Liquors on Monday nights. Jameson shots are $3 and a P.B.R tall boy or a can of Genesee Cream Ale will only put you out $2. Or, if you need a pick-me-up during the week, try Wednesday night, where mircobrews are $3 from 9 p.m. to close.
Photo via Orlando WeeklyRogue Pub
3076 Curry Ford Road, 407-985-3778
Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Those of you leaving work and heading south of downtown will love Rogue Pub’s happy hour specials. Feast on a grilled chicken quesadilla while you enjoy a $2 domestic beer or $3.50 house wine any weekday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Photo via Orlando WeeklyAvenue Gastrobar
13 S. Orange Ave., 407-839-5039
Monday-Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Every Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Avenue Gastrobar is dishing out $3 shots of moonshine, you know…if it was just one of those days. If you actually want to remember how you got home, maybe the $3 Bud Lights or house wine is more your style.
Photo by Jessica Bryce YoungThe Treehouse
68 E. Pine St., 407-205-2062
Sunday, 4 p.m. to midnight; Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The mixologists at the Treehouse ax off $2 from all their specialty cocktail prices Sunday through Thursday making this the perfect place to unload all that pent up steam from work.
Photo by Rob BartlettVanbarry’s Public House
4120 S. Orange Ave., 407-704-8881
Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Vanbarry’s Public House is offering discount after discount on their drinks. Get $2 off any wine or $1 off a can of beer at this overlooked Orange Avenue watering hole.
Photo by Erin SullivanBullitt Bar
33 E. Pine St., 407-839-0999
Every day, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Bullit Bar is where you go if you just need a couple hundred power shots after work. This downtown hub offers $3 Fireball, $3 Jagermesiter and $5 Jim Beams.
Photo via Orlando Weekly
