8 Best Nightlife in Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

It's easy to overlook this bar at the entrance to the Kimpton Seafire's main restaurant unless you're waiting for your table, but that would be a mistake. It's not the decor, which is surprisingly sterile despite the handsome driftwood sculpture hanging from the cathedral ceiling. Rather it's the gregarious mixologists who hold court, inventing cocktails on the spot based on your personality and preferences. You can also order dinner from the extensive regular Ave menu, including such standouts as crispy octopus with warm potato-and-white-bean salad or cavatelli with rabbit ragù.

If you blink, you might miss this intimate speakeasy off West Bay Road. However, it offers an air of sophistication reminiscent of the Prohibition years. Famous for award-winning craft cocktails and a vast selection of spirits, it's a place to relax in a leather chair. Smokers can peruse the vast cigar humidor offering a diverse selection to suit even the most discerning cigar aficionado.

This Caribbean beach bar and popular cocktail lounge draped in white linens sits on the shores of Seven Mile Beach. Hailing from the creators of Tillies, the Coconut Club offers bar bites and aperitifs with vegan and vegetarian options. Soak up the sun on a lounger out front, shade yourself at the marble shell-clad bar, or wait until night when the DJs spin records on the sand and the locals come out to play.

You can sit at the bar or swing under a century-old poinciana tree and watch the traffic go by. There are murals of apes everywhere, from gorillas doing shots to a baboon in basketball uniform (in keeping with management's facetious suggestion that you attract your server's attention by pounding your chest while screeching and scratching yourself). Friday swings with DJs and free happy hour munchies. Popular for breakfast.

Thanks to the unusual logo (a stogie-smoking Castro surrounded by shamrocks) and congenial Irish wit and whimsy, you half expect to find Raúl and Gerry Adams harping on U.S. and U.K. policy over a Harp. The Edwardian decor of etched glass, hardwood, and brass is prefabricated (constructed in Ireland, disassembled, and shipped), but everything else is genuine: the warm welcome, the ales and cider on tap, and the proper Irish stew (the kitchen also turns out conch fritters and lamb vindaloo). Sunday means all-you-can-eat extravaganzas (fish-and-chips, carvery) at rock-bottom prices. Trivia nights, happy hours, and live music lure regulars during the week. Weekends welcome live, televised Gaelic soccer, rugby, and hurling, followed by karaoke and craic (if you go, you'll learn the definition).

This sports bar has a clubby, retro feel—Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra photos channel glamour days, while scarlet booths and bubble chandeliers add oomph. Good luck wrestling a spot at the bar for pay-per-view and major sporting events, but 10 TVs, including two 6-by-8-foot screens, broadcast to every corner. Also an entertainment venue, Legendz books local bands, stand-up comics, and island DJs, and serves grilled fare at reasonable prices.

The Silver Palm drips with cash and cachet, with a model waitstaff and chic clientele. There's an old-fashioned, leather-clad bar and another section that replicates a classic English country library (perfect for civilized, proper afternoon tea or a pre- or post-dinner Champagne or single malt). Also on tap: fab cocktails, including specialty martinis (the Silver Palm cosmopolitan is a winner: Ketel One citron, triple sec, a squeeze of fresh lime juice, and a splash of cranberry topped off with Moët Champagne); pages of wines by the glass; and an impressive list of cigars, cognacs, and aged rums.

This chic sports bar has three billiards tables, classic arcade games (Space Invaders, Donkey Kong), air hockey, and large-screen TVs (nab a private booth with its own flat-panel job). Events are daily happy hours, trivia nights, and the Caribbean's reputedly largest Bloody Mary bar on Sunday. Along with sister "O" Bar, it's ground zero for the Wednesday Night Drinking Club. For a C$25 initiation (with T-shirt and personalized leather wristband, toga optional) and C$10 weekly activity fee, you're shuttled by bus to three different bars, with free shots and drink specials.