The Best Rooftop Bars in Cabo San Lucas: Ten Places We Drink With a View

A rooftop bar in Cabo San Lucas has a lot to work with: the Marina lights below, the Arch across the water, the sunset off the Pacific. We spend a lot of evenings up top. Here are the ten roofs we send friends to, sorted by where you will be, with the hours and price levels we checked and an honest note on which ones stay open late.

Downtown and the Marina

Outpost

Our answer to almost every rooftop question. Outpost on Blvd. Paseo de la Marina is a cocktail and wine bar with rooftop seating, open 8am to 1am every day, which makes it the last roof standing after 11pm. $$, a 4.6 from around 1,140 reviews, happy-hour food and drinks, and a menu that works for a group with a vegan in it.

San Lucero Restaurant & Wine Bar

The downtown wine bar on Calle Cabo San Lucas, with a rooftop, a real wine cellar and an espresso bar in the mornings. Open 7:30am to 11pm, $, and the highest rated on this list at 4.8 from close to 900 reviews. No cover, no scene, just a good glass up top.

Hacienda Cocina y Cantina

On Paseo de la Marina, Hacienda is Mexican with a rooftop, live music and cocktails, open 8am to 11pm. $$, a 4.6 from around 940 reviews. Lively without being loud, and a good first stop before the night decides itself.

Romeo & Julieta

Italian on the Marina with rooftop seating and late-night food, open 4 to 11pm (2 to 10pm on Sunday). $$, a 4.6 from close to 1,400 reviews. The roof here is a dinner roof more than a bar roof, but the cocktails and the wine list are serious.

Medano Beach

The Office

The Office on Playa El Medano is known for tables in the sand, but it has rooftop seating too, and the view of the bay from up there is the postcard. Open 7am to 10pm, $$$, a 4.3 from over 5,300 reviews, live music most nights. It closes at 10, so it is the sunset roof, not the late one.

Roasted Grill & Bar

Off Avenida del Pescador in El Medano, Roasted is a grill and wine bar with rooftop seating and live performances, open 2 to 10pm daily. $$, a 4.8 from about 700 reviews, which is a remarkable score for a place this close to the beach clubs. Milky Beach Cabo on Playa Medano also has a roof, open 8am to 8pm, $$, if you want a daytime option.

The Corridor and the hills

Sunset Monalisa

At km 6 on the Corridor, Sunset Monalisa is fine dining with rooftop seating, and it is the sunset table in Los Cabos. $$$$, open 4 to 10:30pm, a 4.5 from more than 2,100 reviews. Come for the drink even if you eat elsewhere, dress beach-fancy, and book ahead from November through April.

RosaNegra Latin American Cuisine

At Km 7.3 in Cabo del Sol, RosaNegra is the late roof on the Corridor: Latin American food, live music, rooftop seating, open 5pm to 1am every night. $$$. Reviews are split, a 4.2 from around 760, which usually means it is exactly the scene it promises and you either want that or you do not.

Metate Cabo

Up in El Tezal on Av. Crispin Ceseña, Metate is Mexican with rooftop seating and a strong cocktail and wine list. Open 2 to 10pm, $$$, a 4.5 from just under a thousand reviews. A calmer night than downtown.

Torote Restaurant at Valle del Sol

Also in El Tezal, Torote is a seafood and grill restaurant with rooftop seating, a fireplace and live music, open until 10:30pm daily with breakfast and lunch service most days from 8am. $$, a 4.8 from a smaller crowd of about 290 reviews.

Two more worth knowing

El Huerto Farm to Table has a rooftop over its own orchard, $$$, a 4.7 from around 770 reviews, open 8am to 12:30pm and 5:30 to 9:30pm, closed Monday. And The Rooftop at The Cape on the Corridor is the resort roof with the Arch in frame, the one our top-10 bars guide calls a luxurious escape. On the San José side, La Lupita Taco & Mezcal and Acre Restaurant both have rooftop seating if you are staying over there.

How to plan the night

• Sunset at Sunset Monalisa or The Office, late drinks at Outpost or RosaNegra. Most roofs close between 10 and 11pm. Only those two run to 1am.
• November through April is peak. Book the Corridor roofs a week or more out.
• Carry small pesos. Tips run 15 to 20 percent and bar staff appreciate cash.
• The hill roofs need a taxi. El Tezal and the Corridor are not a walk from downtown.

Downtown for the late roof, Medano for the postcard, the hills for a calmer night. More of where we drink and eat is on our Cabo restaurants page.