Irvine is a planned city, and its happy hour map follows the plan: the listings sit in shopping centers and office districts rather than on one bar street. Irvine Spectrum Center, the Park Place offices on Michelson Drive, the business district along Von Karman Avenue and Main Street near John Wayne Airport, and the Jamboree Road corridor hold most of them. In all, over 50 bars keep listed windows, nearly all on weekdays and most in the 3-to-6 or 4-to-7 slot.
This guide covers over 50 bars in Irvine, California, with over 30 listed happy hour deals. All data is from Happy Hour Map, updated regularly.
Spectrum Center Drive is the densest stretch: Kalbi Social Club pours $6 drafts, wine and soju, CUCINA Enoteca does $8 draft beer, Holey Moley runs $4 well spirits at its mini-golf bar, and Brio Italian Grille, Fogo de Chão, Yard House, Wood Ranch and Dave & Buster's share the same address strip. At Park Place on Michelson Drive, Postino Park Place does $6 glasses of wine and $6 pitchers, Puesto Park Place halves its tacos on Tuesdays, and Ruth's Chris Steak House and AC Lounge run bar-area windows. The airport-side business district is the other hub, with Bosscat Kitchen's $6 well drinks, Hangar 24 Craft Brewing's $2 off full pours, Bistango and FLOE Lounge on Von Karman Avenue, and H BAR, SOL Mexican Cocina and Andrei's Restaurant a block over on Main Street. Jamboree Road adds Taco Rosa, Sauced BBQ & Spirits and Cha Cha's Latin Kitchen, Garden Grille & Lounge sits on Morse Avenue, and Anthill Pub & Grille on Campus Drive is the UC Irvine stop.
The classic happy hour move. Here are some of the best well drink specials in Irvine:
Draft deals are everywhere. Here are standout spots:
Margarita-first specials are thin in Irvine. The standout is in the Main Street office district:
Taco nights are the local trick: both Puesto locations take half off all tacos from 3 PM to close, Park Place on Tuesdays and Los Olivos on Irvine Center Drive on Wednesdays. Postino Park Place runs the longest window in the city, every day from 11 AM to 5 PM, and Fogo de Chão's $10 cocktails run every day 3 to 6. Garden Grille & Lounge starts late, 5 to 7, with half off drafts, house wine and wells, and Cha Cha's, Red Lantern Bar and Center Hub all run until 7. Most other windows are Monday through Friday only.
half-off taco nights at Puesto, $4 wells at Holey Moley, $6 wine and pitchers at Postino, and after-work windows next to the office parks.
This article covers the highlights, but there are over 50 happy hour spots in Irvine total. Download Happy Hour Map to browse them all on a map with live hours, "happening now" filters, and one-tap directions.
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