Charlotte's lounge scene has grown significantly over the past few years, with a string of upscale cocktail bars and hotel lounges opening across Uptown, South End, and Plaza Midwood. The best lounges in Charlotte NC tend to sit somewhere between a full restaurant and a regular bar — good cocktail programmes, low lighting, and somewhere you can actually have a conversation without shouting. Most of the Charlotte lounges below offer nightly specials or a dedicated happy hour menu, and several are attached to hotels making them good options if you're visiting the city or entertaining out of town guests.

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The Broken Spoke at Hotel Refuge

stylish cocktail bar, Plaza Midwood

handcrafted cocktails by the mixologist team

open nightly

Plaza Midwood, Charlotte

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