The 20 Best Bars in Charlottesville, VA

Fresh reviews:

Oakhart Social rocks it hard. Great drinks and food, fantastic staff, and a cool space. The menu’s a really good combination of shareable dishes — that’s the play here; order plates that are a modest portion for each of two diners. Not tapas-sized servings, where you get a bite or two each. These are enough to…

Rob N.

Oakhart Social

Definitely the best burger in Charlottesville together with the best atmosphere! Waiters and waitresses always give great service and the food is always fresh. Don’t miss it if you are here to visit!

Gale C.

Citizen Burger Bar

Excellent service. Food was AMAZING!!! We ordered a bunch to all share and I have nothing but great things to say about every appetizer and dish. Highly recommend dinner and would love to return if I am ever back in the area.

Sandra V.

Tavola

Great food, good service. Tasty seafood dishes and a kid’s meal with shrimp. Not ordinary.

Karen B.

Rhett’s River Grill & Raw Bar

My daughter and I are vegetarian and always looking for great vegetarian options at restaurants. Mellow Mushroom has a lot of veggie options on the menu. We had a Greek salad and the mega-veggie pizza. Both were very good. My sons had a pepperoni pizza which they really liked. The service was excellent. We…

Diane G.

Mellow Mushroom

Weekend trips to Charlottesville are always full of good friends and good company, and last weekend was no exception, but Yearbook Taco wasn’t necessarily a highlight. The long list of tacos and the ability to mix and match for the 3 for $ 11 deal was appealing, so my brother and I stopped in on a Friday night…

Arushi K.

Yearbook Taco

This is a Charlottesville three but in reality it’s actually a two.The 4.5 rating that the Livery Stable has falsely led me to believe that this would be one of those dive bars with good food. It was passable, but I’ve definitely had better food at dives. I had the Fork n’ Balls ($ 10) (meatballs, house sauce…