Hidden bars & speakeasies in Seattle
Looking for hidden bars & speakeasies in Seattle? These 8 are the genuinely strange ones — Hotel Sorrento, Mayflower Park Hotel, Bathtub Gin & Co. 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 Seattle they'd never find on their own.
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Hotel Sorrento
Open since 1909, the Sorrento is Seattle's oldest hotel still serving its original purpose, a brick Italianat…
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Mayflower Park Hotel
Built in 1927, the Mayflower Park is the oldest continuously operated hotel in downtown Seattle, sitting step…
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Bathtub Gin & Co.
This multi-level cocktail den occupies the former boiler room of the 1920s Humphrey Building, reached only by…
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Needle & Thread
Hidden above the bar Tavern Law on Capitol Hill, this reservation-only den is entered by walking to the back…
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Inside Passage
A sliding door inside Rumba, Capitol Hill's cane-spirits bar, is the only way into this tiny undersea-themed…
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The Alley
Tucked behind 4509 California Ave SW in West Seattle, this hidden cocktail room is reached by walking down th…
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Founders Club
Concealed behind a swinging bookcase just off the lobby of the grand Fairmont Olympic Hotel, this 1920s-style…
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The SEAcret Door
On the outfield concourse of the Mariners' ballpark, a literal hole in the wall hides a custom door built fro…