Greater Miami & Miami Beach is one of the premiere nightlife destinations in the world. And in addition to all of the exciting nightclubs and cocktail bars, the destination is packed with fantastic sports bars too. From neighborhood spots where you can sit by the bar and watch a game to gigantic spaces filled with flat-screen TVs, Miami has a sports bar that’s perfect for everyone. Here’s a look at the best places where you can watch the game with fans like you.

Sports & Social: Giant TVs & Huge Watch Parties

There’s nothing subtle about Sports & Social, the mega sports bar atop Vivo!, the dining and entertainment district at Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater. Giant flat-screen TVs tower over the bar, and during fight nights and big games, the place becomes a gathering place for local fans. The large, round booths are ideal for watching a game with a big group of friends, so check Sports & Social’s events calendar to find out when they’re throwing watch parties. And even if there’s no game on, the scratch kitchen puts out some pretty solid dishes, making it an equally excellent choice for dinner.

Reliving The Glory Days Of Miami Football

In the 1970s and 1980s, Miami was the football capital of America, when the Dolphins ruled the NFL and the University of Miami Hurricanes dominated for a decade. You can relive those glory days inside Black Market Miami, a Downtown Miami sports bar wallpapered in photos and newspaper clippings from the era. It also puts out some of the best wings in Miami, which, when combined with an extensive menu of original cocktails, make Black Market a go-to for college football Saturdays and NFL Sundays.

The Great American Sports Bar with a View

American Social in Brickell offers a serene setting for watching sports along the Miami River. Enjoy a game while a warm breeze drifts through the outside patio and boats cruise past the Downtown Miami and Brickell high-rises. AmSo, as it’s locally known, is a hangout for Florida State University alums on game days and a popular place for college sports on other nights. The menu offers next-level bar food too, with intriguing stuff like steak fried rice, bacon-wrapped scallops and ancho chicken quesadillas. 

A Little Bit SoCal But Very Much Miami

Set at the epicenter of Coconut Grove on Grand Avenue and Main Highway, Sandbar Sports Grill has been a landmark for University of Miami students and Grove locals for over 25 years. The food is pure SoCal surf stuff, with fish tacos, guacamole and quesadillas pairing perfectly with Sandbar’s selection of cold beers. You can stay inside and watch the game amid the bar’s beach motif or head out to the patio and enjoy some first-rate people-watching during commercial breaks. You can also try one of Sandbar’s famous Hurricanes, served from category 1-5 (meaning how much rum is in it), depending on how bold you’re feeling.

Bursting With Excitement

Cruise along Coral Way between The Roads area west of Brickell and Coral Gables and it’s easy to miss The Brightside. That is, unless there’s a big game going on. Then, the excitement pours out the front door with banners on the windows and cheers erupting from inside. The Brightside has become the neighborhood’s go-to for big events, making its name as the bar of choice to watch the Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup run in 2024. The Midwest couple who run the place make it feel homey and welcoming, and the wings and beef on weck sandwiches are must-haves.  

Sports, Beer & Mac And Cheese

Batch Gastropub is king of the sports bars in Brickell. It has an ideal setup for watching sports: a central oblong bar topped by flat-screen TVs with booths and long tables facing the action. It also boasts a big back room with a wall-sized screen and a breezy front patio to catch the action alfresco. The food is outstanding, with one of Miami’s best burgers and hearty Mac Attack mac and cheese, and the beer menu is also excellent. Stop in on Mondays and enjoy all-you-can-eat boneless wings, which can go a long way during a four-hour football game.

Watch The Game Like A Miamian

The welcoming green lights and familial wood-paneled walls have made Flanigan’s a local institution. With locations from Kendall to North Miami, this fishing-themed bar has become a second home for generations of Miamians, drawn by its famous garlic knots, rib rolls and flame-broiled hamburgers. Its original location in Coconut Grove is always packed and a perfect place to catch a game surrounded by HEAT, Dolphins and Panthers fans. Be sure to get a soda in one of Flannigan’s iconic green cups, a Miami souvenir that announces you saw the city like a local.

Pull Up Your Boat & Enjoy The Game

Set along the Intracoastal Waterway, Duffy’s Sports Grill in North Miami Beach is the best sports bar in Miami to arrive at by boat. Even if you’re not mixing game days and boat days, Duffy’s is a relaxing place to watch a game, putting you in a Miami frame of mind from the minute you step out onto its patio. The multi-location restaurant and sports bar offers one of the best rewards programs too, and if you make a point of being a regular, you’ll earn free food after only a couple of visits.

Ice-Cold Beer, White-Hot Games

Miami Springs is one of the most-unique places in Miami, once a colony of Eastern Airlines and Pan Am pilots and their families that’s now a little slice of small-town America just north of Miami International Airport. Old Tom’s Sports Bar is the town’s local bar, putting out high-quality bar food and ice-cold beer for regulars who’ve been coming in for decades. On NFL Sundays, it’s a gathering place for Miami Springs and the surrounding area, a consensus pick for the best spot to watch all the games.

Global Brews & Bites in South Beach

Named after a legendary figure in Miami Beach nightlife, Mickey Burkes in South Beach is popular with early morning soccer and rugby crowds. The extensive beer selection ranges from a custom Irish red ale from Prison Pals to European imports and local craft brews. And the food menu is long on inventive, snackable stuff, like short rib poutine and Korean bonchon cauliflower. It’s part Irish pub, part sports bar and brings together one of the most diverse crowds you’ll ever see for sports.

For Sneaker Lovers & Sports Lovers

Do you love collectable sneakers … so much so that you wouldn’t think twice about having a drink out of one? Grails restaurant and sports bar just might be your new home base, a Wynwood hot spot where collectible kicks meet craft cocktails. Its trademark drink is the Sneaker Cocktail, a fruity, sharable concoction served inside a ceramic shoe. If that’s a little out of your comfort zone, Grails has a long list of other inventive sports-themed libations, like the Dolphin and the Tito’s Miami Heatwave. Rare and classic shoes line the walls, so for sneakerheads, Grails is also part museum. And once you’ve gawked at the collection,  you can enjoy the games out back on the spacious patio.

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