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Yacht Club
Denver, USA · Neighbourhood cocktail and natural-wine bar · North America
Provisional Kinda Decent 2026 1-star — Kinda Decent
provisional 2026 rating
★ Currently qualifies as Kinda Decent in the Kinda Decent Index 2026.
A standout in Denver, judged against the size of its scene, not just the size of the city. See the full class →
This live rating may change until the incorporated world’s 50 best bars 2026 results and remaining accepted 2026 inputs are locked in a reviewed, committed snapshot and the edition is frozen.
Denver’s Yacht Club is a playful neighbourhood bar for serious cocktails, natural wine and hot dogs. The list mixes house signatures with a deep bench of classics, and the relaxed room keeps the experience casual.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-09
Plan Your Visit
3701 N Williams St, Denver, CO 80205, USASpeer
- Style
- Neighbourhood cocktail and natural-wine barChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Hours
- Wednesday–Monday 16:00–02:00; Tuesday closed.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
- Prices
- The live Toast list prices Banana Daiquiri and Old Bay Martini at US$16, a classic Daiquiri at US$13 and the basic Norm hot dog at US$5. Prices may change with the order menu.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Menu
- The current owner menu is published at https://www.yachtclubbar.com/menu and separates cocktails, all-day drinks, beer, fortified wines and spirits.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
52.4 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 74.2
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 31.4
- Spirited Awards
- 73.7
- Regional Recognition
- 69.2
- Serious press
- 16.6
- Social Vibes
- 61.6
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
88/ 100
The existing 88/100 and high confidence remain the historical read. This source check clarifies attribution without recalculating the score.
Score context
Professional writers praise Yacht Club’s inventive drinks and informal atmosphere. InsideHook combines a Denver visit with an owner interview; its clubhouse quotation is relayed by a co-owner, not an independent customer account.
Guest sources checked:
Guest score details
What the cited sources say
- Critics praise inventive drinks and an informal atmosphere
Source excerpt
“It feels like your best friends built a clubhouse for you.”
Co-owner Mary Allison Wright relays a designer friend’s remark in Amanda Gabriele’s InsideHook feature, 24 March 2025. This is an owner-relayed quotation, not independent customer testimony. The stored excerpt ends with a period where the source uses a comma before attribution.
Source: insidehook.com (linked below)
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- theinfatuation.comCritic review — Allyson Reedy · Visible 1 July 2025; publication metadata 2 July 2025
Allyson Reedy’s critic review concerns 3701 North Williams Street in Denver. The visible date is 1 July 2025 while publication metadata says 2 July; this is editorial experience, not ordinary customer consensus.
- insidehook.comEditorial visit and owner interview — Amanda Gabriele · 24 March 2025
Amanda Gabriele combines a November 2024 Denver visit with a co-owner interview. Mary Allison Wright relays a designer friend’s clubhouse remark; it is not an independent customer quotation. The source uses a comma before attribution where the stored excerpt ends with a period.
Crowd signal
Google 4.7★ across 365 reviews.
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Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Spirited Awards
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.