Updated October 18, 2026
The best happy hours in the DMV
Boozy tracks 850+ happy hours across the DMV and re-checks them weekly against each venue's own website. More than 600 were updated this week. Every spot below is in the DMV, and each one carries the date it was last checked and a link to the source, so nothing here asks to be taken on trust.
How this list was built
Picked from our own data, not from other guides
Boozy reads each happy hour from the venue's own website and stores the days, the window and the prices. The spots below were chosen from that data for value, for how much of the week the window covers, and for having something worth crossing town for. No third-party guide, review site or aggregator went into the picks.
This page is a selection. The app carries the full list for the whole DMV, with a map, filtering by neighborhood, day, time or craving, and live status for what is running now and what is about to end.
Washington, DC
Washington, DC happy hours
The deepest pool in the region, and the one that changes fastest. These eight hold up across the week rather than running a single weeknight window.
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Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab
Half-price cocktails, wine, beer & oysters
Every day, 2:30 PM to 6 PM
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STK Steakhouse
$3 oysters, $6 Lil' Brgs, $9 steak frites & drinks
Mon to Fri, 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Sat, Sun, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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Perry's Restaurant
$5 beers, $7 sake, $10 nigiri & $15 two-roll maki
Mon to Thu, Sun, 5 PM to 7 PM. Fri, Sat, 4 PM to 7 PM
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Dacha Beer Garden (Shaw)
$7 boot beers & $5 Sunday drink specials
Tue to Thu, 4 PM to 7 PM. Sat, Sun, 11 AM to 1 PM
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Dauphine’s
$11 cocktails, $6 beers & $8 oysters
Mon to Fri, 4 PM to 7 PM. Sun, 11 AM to 9 PM
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Mission - Navy Yard
$5.99 beers, $9.95 margaritas & $3 off quesadillas
Tue to Thu, 4 PM to 7 PM. Fri to Sun, 4 PM to 6 PM
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JINYA Ramen Bar - Logan Circle
$3 bites, $6 drafts & $9 Lycheetinis
Every day, 3 PM to 6 PM
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Bistro Cacao
$6 drafts, $7 wine & $10 daily cocktails
Every day, 3 PM to 6 PM
Arlington
Arlington happy hours
Clarendon and Lyon Park carry the weight here. Every spot below runs seven days, which is rarer than it sounds.
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Lyon Hall
$7 drafts, $8 cocktails & $9 half-dozen oysters
Mon to Thu, 4 PM to 6 PM. Fri to Sun, 3 PM to 6 PM
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The Liberty Tavern
$10 pizzas, $5 sliders, $7 beers & $8 cocktails
Every day, 2 PM to 6 PM
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Taqueria Xochi - Arlington
$9 margaritas, $6 Modelos & $9 taco pairs
Every day, 4 PM to 7 PM
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Bar Colline
$6 wines, $7 drafts, $10 cocktails & $10 oysters
Every day, 4 PM to 7 PM
Alexandria
Alexandria happy hours
Old Town and Del Ray. This is where the oyster pricing in the region bottoms out.
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The Wharf
$1 oysters, $6 drafts, $9 wines & $11 cocktails
Mon to Fri, Sun, 3 PM to 6 PM
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Vola’s Dockside Grill and Hi-Tide Lounge
$2 oysters, $4 drafts & $7 cocktails
Mon to Fri, 3 PM to 7 PM
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Royal Restaurant
$4-$10 bites, $5 drafts, $7 wines & $8 cocktails
Every day, 3 PM to 7 PM
Bethesda and North Bethesda
Bethesda and North Bethesda happy hours
Worth the red line ride for the oyster and ceviche pricing, which undercuts most of what downtown DC offers.
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Mussel Bar & Grille Bethesda
$2 oysters, $5 beers & 1/4 off wine bottles
Mon to Sat, 3 PM to 6 PM. Wed to Sat, from 9 PM until close
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Silver
$5 wines & drafts, $10 martinis + $5 bar bites
Every day, from 9 PM until close. Mon to Fri, 3 PM to 6:30 PM
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Pisco y Nazca Bethesda
$3 off beers, $10 cocktails & $5 ceviches
Every day, 4 PM to 7 PM
Silver Spring
Silver Spring happy hours
Small pool, but two of the better all-night windows in the DMV sit here.
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J. Hollinger's Waterman's Chophouse
$10 cocktails, $5 beers, $9 wine & $1 oysters
Tue to Sun, from 4 PM until close
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The Daily Dish
$5 drafts, $9 cocktails & $10 bar burger
Wed to Sun, 3 PM to 6 PM. Mon, Tue, 11:30 AM to 9 PM
Good to know
Questions about DMV happy hours
- What time does happy hour start in the DMV?
- Most happy hours in the DMV open between 3 PM and 4 PM on weekdays and run two to four hours. The earliest windows on this page open at 2 PM, and a few run until close.
- Which the DMV happy hours run on weekends?
- Plenty, though fewer than on weeknights. Every spot on this page marked "Every day" runs its happy hour on Saturday and Sunday as well, which rules out most of the weekday-only listings you will find elsewhere.
- Where are the best oyster happy hours in the DMV?
- On this page, the Alexandria and Bethesda waterfront spots. Dollar and two-dollar oyster pricing survives in Old Town and Bethesda in a way it no longer does across most of downtown DC.
- How does Boozy know these deals are current?
- Boozy tracks 850+ happy hours across the DMV and re-checks them weekly against each venue's own website. More than 600 were updated this week. Every spot below is in the DMV, and each one carries the date it was last checked and a link to the source, so nothing here asks to be taken on trust.
- Does Boozy cover Virginia and Maryland, or only DC?
- The full DMV. Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Fairfax, Rockville, Reston and further out, alongside DC. That coverage is the reason this guide is organised by area rather than by neighborhood.
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