Downtown Happy Hours
21 venues with happy hour deals in Downtown
All Downtown Happy Hours
The Brew Brothers
Downtown · $$
Award-winning on-site brewery inside a downtown casino with a lively sports-bar atmosphere
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu · 2:00 PM-5:00 PM PST
🍺 $2 small bottled beers
Roxy Restaurant & Bar
Downtown · $$$
Glamorous martini bar with live piano entertainment, famous for 102 martini recipes
🕐 Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 4:30 PM-6:30 PM PST
🍺 102 special recipe martinis from $9.95
Circus Circus Reno
Downtown · $
Classic Reno casino atmosphere with family-friendly entertainment
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 6:00 PM-8:00 PM PST
🍺 1/2 price all drinks
Harrah's Reno
Downtown · $
Classic downtown Reno casino with multiple bars and budget-friendly specials
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 5:00 PM-7:00 PM PST
🍺 $2 all beers (5-7 PM)
Cafe Whitney
Downtown · $$
Contemporary hotel restaurant with global cuisine influences inside Whitney Peak Hotel
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu · 4:00 PM-6:00 PM PST
🍺 50% off draft beer
Washoe Public House
Downtown · $$
Casual New American restaurant with a generous half-off happy hour and creative small plates
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 4:00 PM-6:00 PM PST
🍺 50% off all draft beer
Archie's Giant Hamburgers & Breakfast
Downtown · $
Reno's beloved burger institution with fun daily drink themes and half-off pints
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 4:00 PM-6:00 PM PST
🍺 50% off wells and pints
Louis' Basque Corner
Downtown · $$
Iconic Basque restaurant and bar serving family-style dinners since 1967
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 2:30 PM-5:30 PM PST
🍺 $4 Picon Punch (vs $5 regular)
Little Waldorf Saloon
Downtown · $
Classic Reno dive bar with rock-bottom happy hour prices and two daily sessions
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 4:00 PM-7:00 PM PST
🍺 Half price house wine, draft beer, and premium well liquors
The Jesse Hotel & Bar
Downtown · $$
Stylish boutique hotel bar with elevated cocktails in a historic building
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 4:00 PM-6:00 PM PST
🍺 $5 well cocktails
Lake Tahoe AleWorX Reno
Downtown · $$
Craft beer-focused taproom with a wide selection and generous happy hour discounts
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 2:00 PM-6:00 PM PST
🍺 Half off all beer
3rd Street Bar
Downtown · $
No-frills downtown dive bar with cheap drink specials
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 5:00 PM-7:00 PM PST
🍺 $3 wells, calls, and beers
Imperial Bar and Lounge
Downtown · $
Relaxed downtown bar with consistent daily happy hour deals
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 4:00 PM-7:00 PM PST
🍺 $3.50 well drinks
Lincoln Lounge
Downtown · $
Casual downtown lounge with straightforward drink deals
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 5:00 PM-7:00 PM PST
🍺 $3 well drinks
Bighorn Tavern
Downtown · $$
Neighborhood tavern with a generous beer discount and snack deals
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 2:00 PM-6:00 PM PST
🍺 $1 off wells
Pigeon Head Brewery
Downtown · $$
Craft brewery specializing in clean German-style lagers, a brewer's favorite
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 3:00 PM-5:00 PM PST
🍺 Discounted pints of house-brewed lagers and ales
IMBIB Custom Brews
Downtown · $$
Innovative craft brewery known for tart/wild ales and barrel-aged specialties
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 3:00 PM-5:00 PM PST
🍺 Discounted pints and flights
DOC Hollidays
Downtown · $
Cheap downtown saloon with no-frills beer deals
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 3:00 PM-7:00 PM PST
🍺 $2.50 domestic drafts and Rolling Rock
Shenanigans Old English Pub
Downtown · $
Old English pub with rock-bottom $3 prices across the board during happy hour
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 4:00 PM-6:00 PM PST
🍺 $3 well drinks
Silver Legacy Resort Casino
Downtown · $$
Classic downtown resort casino inside THE ROW complex with easy walkable access to neighboring properties.
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 4:00 PM-6:00 PM PST
🍺 $2 off draft beer at participating bars
Eldorado Reno
Downtown · $$
Downtown casino-resort anchor with classic Reno energy and some of the strongest value bar-food deals in THE ROW.
🕐 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 2:00 PM-5:00 PM PST
🍺 Brew Brothers: $2 small bottled beers
📖 Downtown Happy Hour Guide
Downtown Reno Happy Hours: Casino Vibes Meet Craft Cocktails
Downtown Reno is where it all happens — the neon glow of Virginia Street, the rush of the casino floors, and some of the best happy hour deals in the entire Truckee Meadows. This is the heart of the Biggest Little City, and it drinks like it.
From the connected mega-complex of THE ROW (Eldorado, Silver Legacy, Circus Circus) to historic bars on the side streets, downtown packs more happy hour options per block than anywhere else in Northern Nevada.
Why Downtown Happy Hours Hit Different
Casino bars compete hard. When you have a dozen casinos within walking distance, happy hour pricing becomes an arms race — and you win.
The deals are absurd. Half-price everything at Circus Circus. $2 beers at Harrah's. $5 cocktails at boutique hotel bars. Downtown doesn't believe in overcharging for drinks.
You can bar-hop on foot. Everything is walkable. Start at THE ROW, wander down Virginia Street, hit the side streets. No Uber needed.
Locals actually drink here. When the casino workers clock out, they know where the real deals are — and it's downtown.
The Highlights
The Brew Brothers
Inside the Eldorado at THE ROW, Brew Brothers was named Best Brewpub in the US by Nightclub & Bar magazine. Mon-Thu 2-5 PM brings $2 small bottled beers, $3 large bottles, 2-for-1 pizza, and $4.99 BBQ bacon burgers with fries. Eight custom microbrews brewed on-site.
Harrah's Reno
An ecosystem of happy hours across multiple bars. $2 beers 5-7 PM, 2-for-1 pizza 2-5 PM, $4 wings and nachos 4-6 PM. The strategy is to overlap time windows across Sports Bar, Jade Bar, and Sammy's.
Roxy Restaurant & Bar
For something upscale, Roxy's serves 102 special recipe martinis from $9.95 with live piano and vocals. Tue-Sat 4:30-6:30 PM. It's old Reno glamour.
The Local Move
Start at Circus Circus for half-price drinks at 6 PM, walk through the skybridge to Silver Legacy and Eldorado, hit Brew Brothers for the food deals, then end the night at one of the downtown dive bars where $3 gets you a well drink and nobody's judging.