Hidden bars & speakeasies in Charleston
Looking for hidden bars & speakeasies in Charleston? These 7 are the genuinely strange ones — Bar Vauté (beneath Brasserie La Banque), Scotty Doesn't Know Speakeasy, Annex at Last Saint and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Charleston they'd never find on their own.
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Bar Vauté (beneath Brasserie La Banque)
Descend the original historic staircase of a former bank at the corner of Broad and East Bay and you land in…
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Scotty Doesn't Know Speakeasy
The entrance is a custard-and-candy shop next door to Big John's Tavern: walk past the ice cream case, ask th…
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Annex at Last Saint
Behind the main bar at Last Saint — itself a low-key Eastside cocktail bar away from the King Street crowds —…
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The Haven Center for Healing heARTs (MorningStar Life)
Behind a purple door in a courtyard off Shem Creek, owner Haven MorningStar Greer runs a crystal shop and hea…
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Prohibition
A full 1920s speakeasy build-out on King Street — vintage bar fixtures, flapper-inspired decor, and a Beverag…
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Smokin Rose Speakeasy
A Black-owned boutique cigar-and-bourbon speakeasy named after owner Quintin Collins's daughter, sitting on M…
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Stillspace Charleston (Sound Lounge)
Charleston's first dedicated meditation studio, founded in 2016, added the city's first 'Sound Lounge' — vibr…