Happy hour guide

Best Happy Hours

Five Aventura happy-hour starts: a casual local bar, Mediterranean snacks, Spanish tapas, steakhouse bites, and a resort-adjacent drink.

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1. Tap 42 Aventura

Tap 42 is the straightforward after-work room: craft cocktails, a deep tap list, and casual food that turns a first round into dinner. Go when the group wants an easy, unfussy happy hour. The draw is the range, from drinks to burgers and salads, without making everyone agree on a full dinner plan.

Tap 42 Aventura in Aventura — Photo: Tap 42 Aventura · source

Best when: after-work craft drinks and casual food
Area: Aventura
Specific: craft cocktails, full tap list, burgers, salads, and casual food
Website: https://tap42.com/locations/aventura/

2. Motek Aventura

Motek's mall-level patio is the spot for a lighter early-evening start — Mediterranean snacks and a glass of the house sangria before the night gets going. Go when you want a pre-dinner bite rather than a bar scene. Indoor and outdoor seating sits right by the Slide Tower.

Motek Aventura in Aventura Mall — Photo: Motek Aventura · source

Best when: Mediterranean snacks and a pre-dinner drink
Area: lower level, Aventura Mall (by the Slide Tower)
Specific: indoor/outdoor seating; house White Wine Pomegranate Sangria
Website: https://motek.com/aventura/

3. Bulla Gastrobar

Bulla runs a daily happy hour from 4–7pm, which makes it the easy answer when sangria and tapas beat a full dinner. Go when you want shared plates with the drink special. The lively bar and patio carry the room when it fills up.

Cocktails at Bulla Gastrobar Aventura — Photo: Bulla Gastrobar · source

Best when: sangria, tapas, and shared plates
Area: Aventura
Specific: daily happy hour 4–7pm; bar and patio seating
Website: https://bullagastrobar.com/locations/aventura-new/

4. STK Aventura

STK runs a dedicated happy hour and late-night social hour in its high-energy lounge — the dressier choice for polished bar bites and signature cocktails near the mall. Go when you want a steakhouse bar without committing to the full dinner. The happy-hour menu is posted on the website.

STK Aventura photo — Photo: STK Aventura · source

Best when: polished bar bites and cocktails near the mall
Area: Aventura Mall / Biscayne Blvd
Specific: dedicated happy-hour and late-night social-hour menus
Website: https://stksteakhouse.com/en-us/location/aventura/menu/?menu=Happy-Hour-Menu

5. Bourbon Steak Miami

Bourbon Steak's chic lounge is the one-good-cocktail pick — a classic drink and a seat from the 850-plus-wine list before dinner, or Michael Mina's Bar Burgers if you stay. Go when the round matters more than the deal. It's inside the JW Marriott Turnberry.

Bourbon Steak Miami in JW Marriott Miami Turnberry — Photo: Bourbon Steak Miami · source

Best when: one proper cocktail in a chic lounge
Area: JW Marriott Miami Turnberry
Specific: 850+ wine list; Michael Mina's Bar Burgers at the bar
Website: https://www.bourbonsteakmia.com/