Hidden bars & speakeasies in Dallas

Looking for hidden bars & speakeasies in Dallas? These 10 are the genuinely strange ones — Room 520, The Stache at Renny's, La Viuda Negra 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 Dallas they'd never find on their own.

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Room 520 Billed as the smallest cocktail bar in Dallas, this 15-to-25-seat speakeasy hides inside a disguised guest ro… Downtown Dallas
The Stache at Renny's A 1920s-inspired, 30-seat speakeasy tucked inside Renny's American restaurant in Preston Forest Village, name… Preston Hollow
La Viuda Negra A tiny Mexico City-style mezcaleria from the brothers behind El Come Taco next door, hidden behind a storefro… Old East Dallas
Trick Pony (at Harlowe MXM) Harlowe MXM's unmarked little sibling — no sign, no obvious door. Stand outside Harlowe in Deep Ellum, look l… Deep Ellum
Sons of Hermann Hall Built in 1910 as a German fraternal lodge, this is reputed to be Dallas's oldest free-standing wooden structu… Deep Ellum
Old Fish Hatchery Nature Area A 50-acre overgrown ghost of a former fish hatchery hidden behind a gate just east of the White Rock spillway… White Rock Lake / East Dallas
AKAI (at Musume) A hidden bar reached through a secret passage in the kitchen of Musume, the Asian-fusion sushi restaurant acr… Dallas Arts District
Jettison An intimate cocktail den tucked behind the patio of Houndstooth Coffee in the Sylvan Thirty development, reac… West Dallas (Sylvan Thirty)
Truth & Alibi Walk into the Original Deep Ellum Candy Company, find the right person, and give the password — it changes ev… Deep Ellum
Another Round A sleek, slightly trippy indoor mini-golf bar on Fort Worth Avenue with two genuinely inventive 9-hole course… West Dallas / Kessler