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GuideUpdated July 15, 2026

7 Best cocktail Restaurants in Winnipeg

The best 7 restaurants for cocktail in Winnipeg — curated by TastyPals editors.

The best cocktail restaurants in Winnipeg are Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar, Harth Mozza & Wine Bar, Bellissimo, and more. Start with Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Carlos Mendez•7 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Amsterdam Tea Room and BarHarth Mozza & Wine BarBellissimo
7 Best cocktail Restaurants in Winnipeg
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Top picks at a glance

#1Amsterdam Tea Room and BarContemporary • Exchange District • moderate#2Harth Mozza & Wine BarWine Bar • Winnipeg • $$$$#3BellissimoItalian • Winnipeg • $$

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants for cocktail in Winnipeg, sorted by Google rating and editorial judgment. Picks span Exchange District and Winnipeg.

Quick picks

Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar
Contemporary • Exchange District
Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar has one of the more quietly distinctive origin stories in the Exchange District: Scottish owner Mark Turner opened it in 2016 as a loose-leaf tea shop, and that DNA is st…
Harth Mozza & Wine Bar
Wine Bar • Winnipeg
Harth Mozza & Wine Bar has been doing something quietly radical in Winnipeg's south end since 2017: building a neighborhood restaurant that the neighborhood actually treats like one.
Bellissimo
Italian • Winnipeg
Bellissimo doesn't do much to flag itself from the street, and that's apparently been the operating philosophy for over two decades.
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

On this page

  1. 1. Amsterdam Tea Room and BarView →
  2. 2. Harth Mozza & Wine BarView →
  3. 3. BellissimoView →
  4. 4. Block & Blade Restaurant and BarView →
  5. 5. The Toad in the HoleView →
  6. 6. East India Company Pub & EateryView →
  7. 7. Hermanos Restaurant & Wine BarView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar
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Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar
Exchange District • Contemporary
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
Date night
Mood
Exchange District
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Harth Mozza & Wine Bar
Google
Harth Mozza & Wine Bar
Winnipeg • Wine Bar
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
$$$$
Best for
cocktail
Mood
Special occasion
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Bellissimo
Google
Bellissimo
Winnipeg • Italian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
$$
Best for
cocktail
Mood
Easygoing
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Block & Blade Restaurant and Bar
Google
Block & Blade Restaurant and Bar
Winnipeg • Bar
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
$$
Best for
cocktail
Mood
Easygoing

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.

Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

7 ranked picks

Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar — Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar has one of the more quietly distinctive origin stories in the Exchange District: Scottish owner Mark Turner opened it in 2016 as a loose-leaf tea shop, and that DNA is still visible everywhere — 74 teas on the menu, a bar inlaid with thousands of Scottish pennies, tea-infused cocktails that show up in nearly every account of what to drink here. The room itself has been built with real intention. Custom tables by local welder Matthew DeRyckere, a Netherlands-inspired mural by Winnipeg artist Michael Johnston, and massive windows onto Old Market Square give the space a handmade quality that's harder to come by than the price point (a solid level two) would suggest. The food is small-plates contemporary, overseen by Chef Aron Epp and Turner, and the menu is the kind that rewards grazing through with a few people. The beef tartar and Tuna Francesco are the dishes diners consistently point to as the place to start — they surface repeatedly in discussions of what Amsterdam does best. The duck liver pâté and Parisienne gnocchi are reported to anchor a shared spread well, rounding out a table without competing for the spotlight. At this price level, the menu is broadly understood to offer craft that outpaces the bracket. Practically speaking, those windows make Amsterdam a strong call across different occasions — afternoon tea, a cocktail before a show at one of the nearby Exchange venues, or a longer dinner without a hard stop. Weekend bookings are advisable; weeknight arrivals early enough to secure a window seat are worth the planning. The beef tartar is the consensus starting point; from there, let the cocktail list — specifically the tea-infused options — shape the rest of the evening. View restaurant →
Harth Mozza & Wine Bar — Harth Mozza & Wine Bar has been doing something quietly radical in Winnipeg's south end since 2017: building a neighborhood restaurant that the neighborhood actually treats like one. Chef-co-owner Brent Genyk, who grew up nearby, designed the space around a wood-fired oven that doubles as the room's architectural centerpiece, with a long counter running around it. The setup isn't decorative — it's functional and intentional. Diners at the counter watch the kitchen work in real time, which fits the broader philosophy: house-cured meats, daily fresh pasta, and a kitchen that apparently wants you to understand what's happening on your plate. In a city where that kind of transparency still isn't a given, it reads as a clear point of view rather than a marketing pitch. The menu's most-discussed dishes track that same logic. The Tuna Crudo is built around chili oil and citrus — orange in particular — a combination that regulars describe as deceptively straightforward and well-balanced. The Tagliatelle with Duck Confit is the dish that has reportedly never cycled off the menu, which is its own argument: the pasta is made in-house, and the duck is widely described as rich without tipping into heaviness, landing somewhere between comfort food and careful cooking. The Margherita Pizza out of that wood-fired oven is exactly what you'd want it to be — no reinvention, no garnish theater, just a blistered crust and fresh mozzarella doing the work they're supposed to do. Practically speaking: the counter seats fill fast and are reportedly worth prioritizing for timing and the view of the oven. The Tagliatelle and the Crudo together appear to be the sharpest two-course combination on the menu. Book ahead on weekends — this is a room that consistently runs full, and walk-in odds on a Friday are not in your favor. View restaurant →
Bellissimo — Bellissimo doesn't do much to flag itself from the street, and that's apparently been the operating philosophy for over two decades. What started as a 25-seat dining room has grown into a 140-seat operation with a lounge and a patio — the kind of expansion that only happens when the regulars keep showing up and bringing people with them. Anthony Gagliardi's restaurant has built that following the slow way, and the room reflects it: dark, moody, and confident in a way that doesn't need to advertise itself on the sidewalk. This is the pitch for mid-price Italian in Winnipeg that's aimed squarely at people who've aged out of chains and aren't interested in pretending minimalist tasting menus are a good time. The kitchen is known for making everything in-house daily — sauces, soups, breads, doughs, desserts — which is the kind of detail that tends to show up in the specifics rather than the headlines. The Pesce Asiago is the dish that diners and the menu both lead with: mussels in a tequila cream sauce, a combination that reportedly threads the needle between rich and sharp, the liquor pulling the cream back from heaviness. It's consistently described as the dish that signals this kitchen has its own point of view rather than just running through the Italian canon. The Frutti di Mare takes a different angle — pasta in a white wine sauce that reads lighter and more acidic, the kind of preparation that keeps the seafood at the center rather than burying it. Practically speaking, the room is reportedly better later in the week when the lounge gets some momentum and the main dining room fills out. Request the interior rather than the perimeter tables — the atmosphere the place is known for apparently concentrates toward the darker core of the room. Start with the Pesce Asiago; it's the dish that sets the tone for what Bellissimo is actually about. View restaurant →

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Hermanos Restaurant & Wine Bar — Hermanos lands in the Exchange District as one of the more deliberately conceived rooms downtown Winnipeg — a South American-leaning grill house with a wine bar operating as a genuine equal partner rather than an afterthought. The Exchange gives it the right bones: a neighbourhood of brick and history that tolerates long evenings well, and Hermanos, by reputation, leans into that fully. The room is consistently described as warm and atmospheric, built for the kind of pacing that assumes you're not in a hurry, with a patio that reportedly extends the experience outdoors through the warmer months. The kitchen's identity is organized around fire and the South American grill tradition — the menu centers on well-sourced cuts and grilled proteins, with chimichurri and the accompaniments that tradition calls for. Diners consistently point to the grilled meats as the reason to come, though the menu is reportedly worth working across: starters and vegetable plates are said to receive the same kitchen attention as the main proteins, which is not always a given in grill-forward concepts. The wine program is, by multiple accounts, the genuine draw alongside the cooking — a deep, thoughtfully assembled list chosen to complement fire-driven food rather than to inflate the page count. That combination of serious wine curation and a grill focused enough to earn it is rarer than it should be. Practically: this is a price-level-three room, which positions it as a considered dinner rather than a casual drop-in. Reservations are worth making on weekends. The consensus portrait is of a place better suited to couples and wine-focused diners than to large groups or anyone wanting a quick turnaround — plan for a bottle, a full run of the menu, and an unhurried evening. View restaurant →

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