Hidden bars & speakeasies in Indianapolis

Looking for hidden bars & speakeasies in Indianapolis? These 8 are the genuinely strange ones — Slippery Noodle Inn, Historic Roads Hotel, The Commodore 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 Indianapolis they'd never find on their own.

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Slippery Noodle Inn Operating since 1850 as Indiana's oldest continuously operating tavern, this building formerly functioned as… Downtown / Wholesale District
Historic Roads Hotel Built in 1893 during the Indiana natural gas boom, this Queen Anne hotel evolved from a railroad inn into a P… Atlanta
The Commodore Hidden inside Fountain Square's historic Murphy Arts Center building behind an unmarked door near the elevato… Fountain Square
The Vault Indy Occupying a historic neighborhood building tied to local bank robber lore, this women-owned speakeasy require… Bates-Hendricks
Wiseguy Lounge Concealed behind a discreet back-corner door inside Goodfellas Pizzeria, this dim, mahogany-accented lounge b… Mass Ave
Verita Cocktail Lounge Tucked into the basement beneath Bocca Italian restaurant, Verita is an intimate brick-walled cocktail den ac… Fall Creek Place
The Inferno Room One of the Midwest's most aggressively immersive tiki dens, The Inferno Room is packed floor-to-ceiling with… Fountain Square
Bootleggers Located in the historic stone basement beneath The Flatiron at The Point on Penn, Bootleggers is a gritty Pro… Downtown