Huntington Beach runs on an early window: more than half of the listed happy hours here open at 3 PM, and a real minority start at noon or 2 PM, which fits a town where the afternoon is the main event. over 90 bars keep specials across the city, heavy on drafts and margaritas, and the priced-out ones are reasonable for the coast — $5 draft beers and $6 wells at Tumbleweeds, $3 pints and wells at Huntington Beach Beer Co., $2.99 margaritas and $1.95 drafts at La Capilla, $2 off all liquor at Perqs on Main.
This guide covers over 90 bars in Huntington Beach, California, with over 90 listed happy hour deals. All data is from Happy Hour Map, updated regularly.
Main Street between PCH and Orange is the downtown core and the only true walking strip — Perqs, Huntington Beach Beer Co., Baja Sharkeez, The Longboard, Hurricanes, 2nd Floor, and Mario's are stacked in three blocks off the pier. Pacific Coast Highway carries the ocean-side row in both directions from the pier: Fred's Mexican Cafe, Pete's Sunset Grille, Super Mex, Ola Mexican Kitchen, Bluegold, and SeaLegs at the Beach. Beach Boulevard is the inland spine and the value end — Tumbleweeds, The Pen, Max's Sports Grill, The Mamba, Shooters — running from the pier all the way to the 405. Bella Terra and the Old World village cluster around Edinger and Center Avenue with the Biergarten at Old World, Bar Rouge, and The Bee Hive, and the rest scatters along Adams, Brookhurst, Magnolia, and Warner.
The classic happy hour move. Here are some of the best well drink specials in Huntington Beach:
Draft deals are everywhere. Here are standout spots:
Margarita specials are a Huntington Beach staple.
Go early and stay downtown. Roughly nine in ten of the over 90 listed deals are weekday windows, and the Main Street stack is the only part of town where you can leave the car parked and hit three bars — everywhere else on this list is a drive down Beach or PCH. The margarita listings are the most reliably itemized deals in the city (Don José at $7.95, Casa Jimenez at $6.99 with $24 pitchers, Rodrigo's at $6 with domestic drafts), so if you want a known price before you walk in, start there. Note also that a good share of listings here carry a discount but no street address on file — call ahead or check the map before driving to one.
3 PM and noon starts, the Main Street pier walk, cheap margaritas, Beach Boulevard sports bars, and PCH patios.
Happy hour is the warm-up. If you're visiting Huntington Beach, guided bar crawls and food tours are an easy way to hit several spots in one night — with someone else doing the planning.
Browse Huntington Beach bar crawls & food tours on Viator →
We may earn a commission if you book through this link — it costs you nothing extra.
This article covers the highlights, but there are over 90 happy hour spots in Huntington Beach total. Download Happy Hour Map to browse them all on a map with live hours, "happening now" filters, and one-tap directions.
Browse the full list on our Huntington Beach happy hours page.
Happy Hour