private bar

Members-only drinking spot

A private bar is a bar or lounge with restricted access, typically within a larger establishment like a hotel, club, or event venue.

Entry requires membership, invitation, or association with a particular group: The wedding guests gathered in the private bar before dinner.

The term also applies to personal bars in homes, stocked for entertaining: He mixed drinks at his private bar.

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Opposites
access and exclusivity

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Cheaper pub section

public house · pub · open bar · neighborhood bar · dive bar

ownership and operation

private barlicensed premises

Place allowed to sell alcohol

nightclub · drinking establishment · beer garden · wine bar · brewery taproom

Family

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG