Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery

Nestled inside The Stiles Hotel on Collins Avenue, Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery emerges as one of South Beach’s most immersive cocktail dens, blending the spirit of colonial rum culture with modern mixology. Access is subtle — just a few steps down beneath the lobby — and from there you enter a moody, richly textured space. The décor features mural walls chronicling rum’s history, ambient lighting, and seating that feels simultaneously cozy and elegant. Swizzle’s cocktail program is its beating heart. The bar showcases over 150 varieties of rum (from sipping expressions to blends) and the menu toggles between classic and tropical innovations. Drinks like the Hurricane (with Banks 5 Island, Plantation Dark Rum, EO grenadine), coffee-infused dark rum Daiquiris, and the Missionary Downfall give flavor to the space. For food, it offers bar bites such as Jamaican jerk chicken wings, croquetas, burgers, fries, and small plates to complement the libations. The bar is intentionally intimate: inside seating for about 24 people, a lounge adjoining area (approx. 30 seats), and an outdoor patio by the pool (around 30 more). During off-peak times, aficionados can get a guided “rum tour” of the mural walls and spirit backstory. Swizzle positions itself as a late-night bar: open from 7:00 PM to 3:00 AM daily. The ambiance is dim, intimate, and purposed for deep sipping rather than loud partying. The team behind Swizzle includes bartenders and owners from the former Employees Only Miami project; their ethos of hospitality, technique and quality carry over. In sum: Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery is a rum-centric, subterranean cocktail bar that rewards those who linger. It’s part museum, part living cocktail laboratory, part intimate sanctuary — perfect for lovers of spirit depth, quiet conversation, or bold tropical cocktail expression.