Houston Drinking Guide

While not as exhaustive as the restaurant guide, this is an always-in-progress guide to drinking in Houston. I'll try to add more categories and updates in the future.

Best Beer Bars:

1. Flying Saucer
2. Cobble & Spoke
3. Axelrad Beer Garden
4. Moon Tower Inn
5. Heights Bier Garten

Best Breweries:

1. Saint Arnold
2. SpindleTap
3. Equal Parts
4. 8th Wonder 
5. Lone Pint
6. Karbach
7. Holler
8. Brash
9. Eureka Heights
10. Bad Astronaut

Best Cocktail Bars:

1. Xolo
2. Bandista
3. Julep
4. Anvil/Refuge
5. The Road To Nowhere
6. Better Luck Tomorrow
7. Diversión
8. The Toasted Coconut
9. Johnny’s Gold Brick
10. Captain Foxheart’s Bad News Bar & Spirit Lounge
11. Permission
12. Clarkwood
13. Hidden Bar
14. Santé
15. Bar Moon
16. Nickel City
17. Berwick's Bird Of Paradise
18. Bar Madonna
19. Bar Doko
20. Reserve 101

Best Fancy/Sophisticated Cocktail Bars:

1. Xolo
2. Refuge
3. The Road To Nowhere
4. Diversión
5. Permission
6. Clarkwood
7. Santé
8. Bar Moon
9. Bar Doko
10. Sidebar

Best Mid-Range Cocktail Bars:

1. Julep
2. Anvil
3. The Toasted Coconut
4. Captain Foxheart’s Bad News Bar & Spirit Lounge
5. Hidden Bar
6. Reserve 101
7. Botønica
8. Aye Candy
9. Lee's
10. Kanpai Club 

Best Casual Cocktail Bars:

1. Better Luck Tomorrow
2. Johnny’s Gold Brick
3. Nickel City
4. Berwick's Bird Of Paradise
5. Jethro’s
6. Eight Row Flint
7. Double Trouble Caffeine & Cocktails
8. Heights & Co.
9. Donna’s
10. Lei Low

Best Dive Bars:

1. Poison Girl
2. Grand Prize Bar
3. Neil's Bahr
4. West Alabama Ice House
5. Sunny's Bar

Best Hotel Bars:

1. Bandista (Four Seasons)
2. Bar Madonna (The Marlene)
3. Augustine Lounge (Hotel Saint Augustine)
4. Bar No. 3 (La Colombe d'Or)
5. Z on 23 (Le Méridien)