The 15 Best Bars In San Antonio

Updated: July 5, 2022

Had a long day? These are our favorite San Antonio bars for a post-work cocktail and bucket of beer. We analyzed millions of reviews from the best sites to bring you this ultimate list of bars in San Antonio. Drop-in on the pubs for tasty bar snacks, jugs of frozen wine slushy, and an all-round good time.

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How did we curate this list?

We know how tough it is to find the best restaurant in San Antonio. These results are brought to you by boam, with insights from the Yelp and Google ratings for 6852 San Antonio restaurants, 823905 reviews, and 747 top lists and articles from the likes of SA Current and CultureTrip. The restaurants you see have been featured in SA Current - 25 Essential San Antonio Restaurants, Bars for Wine Lovers, CultureTrip - Best Cocktail Bars in San Antonio and SA Current - 19 Essential Cocktail Bars in San Antonio, Right Now. As restaurants continue to adapt to COVID-19, you can trust us to show the latest information on which restaurants are open and how with our real-time data recommendation engine. Nobody paid to get on this list, these restaurants earned their spots fair and square. We don’t recommend restaurants lightly, these 10 are really something special.

Most common questions

Downstairs at the Esquire Tavern, Jaime's Place, and The Corner Growler Center are the highest-rated bars that are good for groups in San Antonio.

Amor Eterno, The Modernist, and Pastiche are the highest-rated bars for a date night in San Antonio.

Bar 1919, Sustenio, and Santa's Place are bars with a happy hour in San Antonio.

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