It’s pretty much always patio season in Orlando – but with the cooler temperatures, now is the best time of year to drink outdoors. Since happy hour is the best time of day, here are some of the greatest outdoor dining options in Orlando that also involve cheap eats and drinks.
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Bar Louie
Multiple locations
Making it the go-to place for cocktails, wine, and beer, happy hour at Bar Louie provides $3.50 drafts, $4.50 wines and $5.50 martinis from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and late night specials Sunday through Thursday, 10 p.m. to close. On top of drink specials, Bar Louie offers half-price select appetizers and flatbreads.
Photo via 901eats/InstagramAvenue Gastrobar
13 S Orange Ave., 407-839-5039
With the perfect patio for people-watching in the heart of downtown Orlando, Avenue puts an upscale twist on traditional bar food. With a happy hour from 3 – 7 p.m. every Monday through Friday, guests can enjoy a variety of appetizers, like truffle fries ($3.50), popcorn Brussels sprouts ($4.50) or goat cheese dip ($5.50). Drink specials include $3 drinks and domestic drafts, $4 glasses of wine or a $5 Avenue Mule.
Photo via Avenue Gastrobar/InstagramCarmel Kitchen
140 N Orlando Ave, Winter Park, 407-513-4912
This is a happy hour you can attend seven days a week from 4 – 7 p.m. Carmel makes it easy with their happy hour menu divided into $4, $5 and $6 sections — $4 will get you something like a vodka soda, $5 a glass of wine and $6 for appetizers like calamari.
Photo via aida.vianna/InstagramHamilton’s Kitchen
300 E New England Ave, Winter Park, 407-998-8089
Nestled inside the Alfond Inn, Hamilton’s Kitchen runs happy hour from 4-7 p.m. and offers $4 draft beers, $6 well drinks and half-off particular appetizers, like their chicken wings and assorted cheese boards. Plus, the patio offers a nice ambience with comfortable seating.
Photo via Hamilton’s Kitchen/FacebookThe Brass Tap
1632 N Mills Avenue Orlando, FL 32803, 407-270-9538
The Brass Tap carries over 60 beers on tap, and offers more than 150 craft beers from all around the world in a breezy atmosphere. Their happy hour is from noon to 7 p.m. During this time you can purchase draft beers and house wines for $4 and different food options, including prime rib sliders and min-pizzas ranging from $4-$7.
Photo via The Brass Tap/InstagramCocina 214
151 E. Welbourne Avenue Winter Park, Florida 32789, 407-790-7997
Cocina 214 is a modern Mexican and Tex-Mex kitchen. Their happy hour is Monday and Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with $5 214 Rocks, 214 Frozen & El Diablos (specialty margaritas), $4 draft beers, and $5 wells. Expect solid food options like chicken or brisket nachos and avocado fries for around $6.
Photo via Cocina 214/FacebookEarls Kitchen & Bar
The Mall at Millenia, 4200 Conroy Road, 407-345-8260
After a long day of retail therapy at the Mall at Millenia one might be a little parched, and Earls Kitchen & Bar is the place to go to unwind. With a patio that wraps around the restaurant, Earls offers happy hour from Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and every day from 9 p.m. to close. Happy hour includes various price points on food starting at $5.50 truffle fries to $23.50 steak and sushi.
Photo via Ryan GlazeEden Bar
1300 S Orlando Ave., Maitland, 407-629-1088
Eden Bar, attached to the notable Enzian Theater, is completely outside and allows patrons to feel like they are in the forest, surrounded by trees. Eden Bar does a lunch/happy hour special Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. – 5 .m. Drink specials include $6 signature cocktails and $5 house wine, and they also have $4 select appetizers.
Photo via enziantheater/InstagramFirebirds Wood Fired Grill
1562 N Mills Ave., 407-581-9861
Firebirds has the feel of coming off the mountain from skiing and sitting next to the fireplace. When drinks have names like “double black diamond martini” you know that’s what they were going for. This signature drink of theirs is the best happy hour deal on the menu, coming in at half-price. Happy hour is from 4 – 7 p.m. Monday – Friday and 1 – 5 p.m. on the weekends. Their bar menu includes items such as steak and tomatoes and crispy cauliflower, with everything on the menu shaved down by $3 for happy hour.
Photo via christiebanach/InstagramFour Rebels Kitchen and Bar
1618 N Mills Ave, 407-601-6575
From 4 to 7 p.m. you could enjoy one of the few rooftop happy hours in the Orlando area. Looking over Mills Avenue, 4 Rebels offers dollar-off tacos during happy hour, as well as $4 well drinks and house wines. On Wednesday 4 Rebels offers half-off all glasses of wine all day.
Photo via Orlando Weekly/InstagramKyoto Sushi & Grill
14807 E Colonial Drive, 407-802-4142
Sushi and sake is provided at Kyoto’s happy hour special from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., enriched with $3.75 sushi rolls, $5 for two domestic beers and plenty of sake to go around. Sake specials include sake bombs that comes with two domestic beers, a large and small sake for $10.95. Or if beer isn’t your thing you can get just the sake, buy a large and get a small for free for $5.95.
Photo via essiilevii/InstagramM Lounge
2000 N. Orange Ave.
M Lounge is a rooftop bar with a view of downtown Orlando, offers two different happy hour specials. The first one is downstairs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the second one starts upstairs at 6 p.m. and ends at 8 p.m. M Lounge has a multitude of different cocktails for $7, such as their Old-Fashioned and Fog Cutter, as well as $4 beers and $5 glasses of wine.
Photo via M Lounge/FacebookThe Porch
643 N Orange Ave, Winter Park, 407-571-9101
The Porch’s happy hour runs from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. They have daily specials such as $2.75 draft beers, $4 house wine and $1 off any specialty cocktail of your choosing. They also offer a small appetizer menu from 3 in the afternoon until 6 p.m., which includes spinach dip and pretzel bites for $5. The Porch offers half-off burgers on Tuesdays, $10 off a bottle of wine on Wednesday and AYCE wings from 6-10 p.m. on Thursday.
Photo via The Porch/InstagramMesa 21
1414 N Orange Ave, 407-930-8000
The restaurant looks over Lake Ivanhoe, which in itself is a plus. You can enjoy $3.50 beer to go along with a relaxing view that reminds you, you are in fact in Florida. They also have $2 off cocktails, 10 percent off wine and food specials including $2 tacos and enchiladas.
Photo via Mesa 21/FacebookPepe’s Catina
433 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 321-972-4881
Pepe’s Cantina’s innovative menu has a modern take on traditional Mexican cuisine, with happy hour deals going basically all day (from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.). House margaritas, sangria, rum, vodka and gin are all $3.99 as is Miller Lite, and each table or group gets a free queso with the purchase of one drink.
Photo via Pepe’s Cantina/FacebookRelax Grill
211 Eola Parkway, 407-425-8440
Relax Grill offers a lakeside view and an American Mediterranean menu. Cuisine is accompanied by their all-day happy hour, with $2.50 brews and $4 wines Monday through Friday. Saturday through Sunday they offer $6 house sangrias. On Fridays and Saturdays, it’s all you can drink beer and wine for $15, but hurry — that deal only lasts until 8:30 p.m.
Photo viaSantiago’s Bodega
802 Virginia Ave., 407-412-6979
With an elegant Spanish ambience, Santiago’s Bodega offers a daily happy hour from 4-6 p.m. and a second one from 11 p.m.-1 a.m. The rotating happy hour menu includes tapas such as chicken lettuce wraps or beef empanadas, each for $5. Drink specials include $3 drafts as well as half off wine and cocktails.
Photo via wheniwasyoungstickers/InstagramThe Stubborn Mule
100 S Eola Drive, 407-730-3400
With picnic-style seating, the Stubborn Mule might make you feel like you’re on a Sunday-evening outing to the park. They have specials from 4-7 p.m. and 10-11 p.m. every day, like $5 beer and wine, and $6 signature cocktails and mules, plus select $5 appetizers. Happy hour grub includes garlic parmesan edamame and soft pretzel rolls.
Photo via laurencarelli/InstagramTeak Neighborhood Grill
901 S Orlando Ave, Maitland, 407-335-4835
A patio adorned with string lights and high-backed chairs sets the mood at Teak Neighborhood Grill. Along with the atmosphere, their happy hour special runs from 4-7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to midnight, offering $3.50 domestic brews, $4 house wines and $5 select premium wines. Pair a $5 signature cocktail with $6 appetizers to make any nightcap enticing.
Photo via Rob BarlettThe Hammered Lamb
1235 N Orange Ave, 407-704-3200
Take a seat at the outside bar at the Hammered Lamb. They offer happy hour from 4-7 p.m. Monday through Friday, featuring $2.25 beers and $4 select wines. The daily late-night specials include discounted call liquors, and happy hour runs all night on Sundays with a kitchen that stays open until 2 a.m.
Photo via The Hammered Lamb/InstagramThe Waterfront
4201 Orange Ave, 407-866-0468
The Waterfront’s lakeside environs host a daily happy hour running from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Each day of the week has its own unique food special, like tacos on Tuesday or a pound of seafood on Wednesday. Wine, sangria and Pinnacle vodka are all $4 respectively, with $3.50 Kona beers and $3 tall boys. The Waterfront offers a late-night happy hour as well, with all alcoholic beverages half off from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The view of the lake is a nice change of pace from the average dining experience.
Photo via The Waterfront/FacebookWorld of Beer
431 E Central Blvd, 407-270-5541
Overlooking Lake Eola and selling an infinite selection of brews, World of Beer offers beverages with a view. They have two happy hours — one from 3 -7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and a second happy hour from 10 p.m. to close Sunday through Thursday. Deals include $4 on certain draft beers, $5 select spirits and and a variety of food from tacos to sliders for $6.
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