DK Travel : Orlando : Bars & Nightclubs

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Samba Room

This South Orlando club is upscale and hip. It’s a restaurant during the week, but on Friday and Saturday nights it also has live Latin and Reggae music, and dancing until 2am. The menu features Latin fusion cuisine and there’s also a cigar lounge.
Sky 60

Located above The Social, this rooftop bar is an Orange Avenue hotspot, attracting folks who prefer not to mingle with the masses but rather look down on them. Covered in whitewash, this airy spot is a classier option for folks who usually drink downstairs or at the Bar-B-Q Bar. Entertainment is typically provided via a DJ who leans toward refined, less aggressive grooves.
Southern Nights

Regularly named Orlando’s best gay nightclub, this is a sizeable party hotspot on the weekends (Friday and Sunday for him, Saturday for her). Techno and house rule, except on Mondays, when it’s Latin night. Drag shows and special events are always on the calendar.
Studz Orlando

This popular high energy club welcomes both gays and straights. There’s live entertainment, as well as pool, darts and karaoke nights.
Tabu

This cavernous former theater is a dark and trendy magnet, largely for 20-somethings on the prowl. The music favors house and breakbeat.
Tabu

Co-owned by one of the Back-street Boys, this former theater is now a darkly stylish and cavernous club. The main floor boasts two large bars, a big dance floor, and video screens. Occasionally, the old upstairs balcony is transformed into a late-night sushi bar, and the lobby sometimes has a roster of supporting DJs. Lines can be long, especially when there’s a big-name DJ or PA on.
The Bar at California Grill

This bar is a fabulous place to kick back, enjoy a bottle of wine and watch the fireworks over the Magic Kingdom. The secret is out, though, so come early for a table. Finding a spot at other times isn’t too hard as long as you avoid the dinner rush. (see California Grill).
The Bösendorfer Lounge

Luxury is a tough sell Downtown, partly because the club crowd tends to be well under 30 and lacking serious funds. However, this swanky hotel bar is thriving, confirming that an older, upscale, and urbane crowd is more than willing to pay the price for a suave evening of fancy cocktails.
The Bösendorfer Lounge

The lounge music craze that swept the nation a few years ago has almost vanished, leaving only serious practitioners. This elegant hotel bar is a swell place to sip cocktails and dig the duet in evening dress who sing near the $250,000 Bösendorfer Grand piano. Maybe it’s the heavy drapes, the dark wood, or the well-tuned ennui of some patrons, but you feel wealthy just being here.
The Bösendorfer Lounge

With upscale elegance, this lounge is perfect for sipping cocktails in stylish surroundings. Lounge singers and pianists play around the $250,000 Bösendorfer piano (Tue–Sat).