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Best Dive Bars & Neighborhood Pubs in Orlando & Kissimmee: A Local's Guide to Cheap Drinks & Good Times
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items Sometimes you don't want a craft cocktail with a sprig of rosemary, you want a cold beer, a jukebox, and a bartender who remembers your name. This is my guide to the best dive bars and neighborhood pubs around Orlando and Kissimmee: cheap drinks, poo...
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Wally's is the granddaddy of Orlando dive bars, pouring on Mills Ave since 1954. Naked-lady wallpaper, a legendary jukebox, and strong cheap drinks from 7 in the morning. It got a facelift a few years back but the soul is intact.
Wally's Bar and Liquors
Uncle Lou's is a tiny, gloriously scruffy room right across from Wally's where punk and metal bands play for a few bucks at the door. Cheap cans, a great crowd, and the kind of place where the show is always weirder than you expected.
Uncle Lou's Entertainment Hall
Burton's has been the neighborhood bar of Thornton Park forever, a dark little cash-friendly spot tucked among the fancier restaurants. Cheap beer, a pool table, bartenders who've been there for years, and a patio that's perfect for people-watching o...
Burton's Thornton Park
A dive bar inside a former church on Mills Ave, complete with stained glass and a big beer garden out back. Karaoke, drag shows, cheap drinks, and one of the most welcoming crowds in Orlando. Sunday ‘services’ here are a lot more fun than the origina...
St. Matthew's Tavern at the Orlando Beer Garden
Sportstown on Robinson is a proper pool hall dive: rows of tables, cheap pitchers, darts, and regulars who will absolutely hustle you if you let them. It's open late and it's the spot when you want to actually play pool instead of waiting on one tabl...
Sportstown
Will's Pub is Orlando's longest-running indie music dive, with a big stage out back, cheap PBR, and a front bar full of local musicians. Even on a night with no show it's a great place to sit at the bar with a whiskey and talk to strangers. Lil Indie...
Will's Pub
The Bull & Bush is a genuine British pub that's been on Robinson Street since the ‘80s, right next to Sportstown. Proper pints, darts leagues, a fireplace, and an old-school neighborhood crowd. It’s the definition of a cozy local, no TVs blaring,...
Bull & Bush Pub
Bobby's Garage Bar sits inside Old Town Kissimmee, a garage-themed biker-friendly dive with cheap drinks, live bands, and a front-row seat to the weekend classic car cruises. Great spot to grab a beer while the kids ride the Ferris wheel a few steps ...
Bobby's Garage Bar
Casa Vieja on West Vine is Kissimmee's neighborhood Latin bar: cold Medallas, reggaeton and salsa on the weekends, and a crowd that actually dances. Prices are easy, the bartenders are friendly, and it's a fun contrast to the Mills Ave rock bars on t...
Casa Vieja
Tanqueray's is the basement bar hiding under Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando, and it feels like a secret even though it's been there for decades. Cheap drinks, live blues and rock a few nights a week, and none of the club-line nonsense happening up...
Tanqueray's Bar & Grille
Big Daddy's on Corrine Drive is the Audubon Park neighborhood bar: pool tables, dartboards, karaoke nights, a small stage, and a big outdoor patio. It's cheap, it's friendly, and it's open late, which makes it the natural last stop after dinner at Ea...
Big Daddy's Orlando
The morning-after insurance policy. I keep a box of these in the kitchen and one packet in a glass of water before bed after a night at Wally's makes a huge difference in the Florida heat the next day.
Liquid I.V. Electrolytes Lemon Lime 16ct
Cheap drinks add up fast, and Orlando cops are not shy on OBT or I-4. This little keychain breathalyzer is the honest answer to ‘am I okay to drive?’ If it says no, that's what Uber is for. Cheapest insurance you'll ever buy.
BACtrack C6 Keychain Breathalyzer Tester
Half the dive bars on this list have a dice cup behind the bar, and knowing how to play Liar's Dice or Ship Captain Crew makes you instant friends with the regulars. Keep a cup in the car for the spots that don't.
Leather Bar Dice Cup & Dice Set
Because a can of beer on a Florida patio is warm in about four minutes. A 12-pack of koozies means there's always one in the truck, the boat bag, and the cooler for backyard nights when you'd rather not drive to any of these bars.
Neoprene Can Koozies (12 Pack)