10 Best Bars in Placencia Village, The Southern Coast

After dark, Barefoot gets its share of seaside sippers. The food is good, and it has one of the best selections of rums on the peninsula, as well as occasional live music.

This busy roadside sports bar serves ribs, burgers, pizza, and other bar food, along with quantities of Belikin beer, with local musicians on open-mic nights, and occasional other nights devoted to trivia contests.

A local microbrewery is giving Belize’s ubiquitous Belikin beer some competition in this part of the country. Hobbs’s line includes Wildcat India Pale Ale, Hummingbird Golden Ale, and Blue Marlin Coffee Stout. Stop by for a weekday brewery tour and sample the goods day or evening in the brewpub north of the village near the airstrip.

J-Byrds Bar attracts a fairly hard-drinking crowd, and there's live music on Friday night.

This place brings a dash of casual sophistication to laid-back Placencia Village. The emphasis is on casual. (Jackets and evening dresses are best left at home.) Partake among one of the Southern Coast’s best selection of wines, accompanied by a cheese or charcuterie board.

The Thursday-night trivia contests here are a village institution. Weekend evenings give way to live music.

This Maya pyramid-shaped wine store/wine bar offers, arguably, the best selection of the fruit of the vine in the country. Stop by for wine and appetizers in an artsy, sophisticated setting. While technically not open in the evening, the place does offer occasional tastings. Call or email ahead to see what's going on.

The friendly Tipsy Tuna is Placencia's largest open-air beach bar and the village's best-known nightspot. There's live music some weekend nights, and you can always shoot pool or watch sports on a big-screen TV. Fill up on bar snacks like burgers, fajitas, tacos, and shrimp baskets. There's karaoke some nights and Garifuna drumming occasionally.

You’ll need to make it an early night here since the place closes at 8 every evening. While they’re open, though, you can count on cold beers, tasty margaritas, and lots of shrimp ceviche and chicken wings. A few evenings give way to live music.