The 8 best bars in Arnhem, ranked: the 't Taphuys tap wall, Café De Beugel, Eetcafé Sint Jan, CASPAR and a rooftop, with hours, prices and who should skip each.
The best bars in Arnhem are the ones that do one thing well: a tap wall, a craft beer café, a rooftop, a boules hall, an Irish pub. This list ranks eight of them, from the Jansplein and the Korenstraat to the station and the fashion quarter of Klarendal. They are the slower half of an Arnhem night. The late party cafés of the Korenmarkt sit in our list of the best clubs in Arnhem.
Most of these bars close earlier than the clubs. On listed hours, 't Taphuys runs to 02:30 and Mick O'Connells to 03:00 at the weekend, while Café De Beugel, Eetcafé Sint Jan and CASPAR close between midnight and 01:00. Opening days vary, and several bars are closed for part of the week, so check each entry. Alcohol is 18+, so bring ID. Hours come from listings for most bars, and we flag it where it matters.
We ranked bars on five things: drinks, crowd, door, late licence and value. Drinks means the range and the idea, such as a tap wall or single malts. Crowd means who the room is for. Door means whether you can walk in or need to book. Late licence means the closing time on published listings. Value compares what you spend with what you get, and we found few menu prices, so we quote only those we confirmed. Hours for most bars come from Google-derived listings. The hours and prices for JEU de boules bar come from its own site.
A tap wall in the old post office on the Jansplein: take a prepaid card, pour as much or as little as you like and pay per centilitre. A visitor guide counts about 100 beers and 80 wines, unused credit is refundable, and it is open seven days a week from 11:00, until 02:30 on Friday and Saturday. Skip it if you want a quiet corner on a Saturday, because reviewers report slow service when it is busy.
A relaxed beer café in the Duizelsteeg, the alley behind the Korenmarkt, with craft beers, single-malt whiskies and affordable food. Google scores it 4.7, the highest of the bars we checked. It is open from Wednesday to Saturday only, from 17:00, closing at 01:00 on Friday and Saturday. Skip it if you want music and a dance floor: it closes before the Korenmarkt rooms get going.
A café-restaurant on the Jansplein for craft beer drinkers, with many beers on tap and in bottles, a wine list, spirits and a terrace with heaters. It is open until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday and until 23:00 on other days. Skip it if you want a late finish or a quiet table: it gets busy and some guests find the music loud.
A café, bistro and bar on the ground floor of Hotel Modez in Klarendal's fashion quarter, with its own beers, a weekly changing menu and a covered terrace. Google gives it 4.5 from more than 1,000 reviews. It is closed on Sunday and Monday and closes around midnight at the latest. Skip it if you want a club or a late finish.
An Irish pub at Korenstraat 2 with red walls, rustic wooden tables, several TVs for sport and Guinness and Irish beers that are hard to find elsewhere in the city. Listed hours run to 02:00 on weekdays and 03:00 on Saturday and Sunday, and it is busiest on Saturday around 23:00. Skip it if you want a quiet pint during a big match.
The rooftop bar of Hotel Haarhuis, opposite Arnhem Centraal, with views over the station and the centre and a VIP deck worth booking for groups. Hours are short: Friday and Saturday from 16:00 to 23:00 and Sunday from 14:00 to 18:00. Skip it if you want a late night or a cheap round, because reviewers call it pricey.
An indoor boules bar near Arnhem Centraal with 11 lanes, pool, darts and cornhole. A lane costs €25 an hour or €50 for two hours, with a maximum of seven people per lane, and the Borrel & Boulen packages start at €16 per person. Skip it if you are on your own or want a late night: it is built for groups and closes at midnight at the latest.
A sports bar at Korenmarkt 13 with several screens for live matches and a karaoke night on Wednesday. Listed hours run to 02:00 from Wednesday to Saturday, and a small upstairs room works for groups. Skip it if you want quiet on a match day or step-free access: a review summary says the bar may not be wheelchair accessible.
Plan this list by area. 't Taphuys and Eetcafé Sint Jan are on the Jansplein, and Mick O'Connells is on the Korenstraat. Café De Beugel is in the Duizelsteeg alley behind the Korenmarkt, where Café 't Huys sits on the square itself. BLOU Rooftopbar and JEU de boules bar are near Arnhem Centraal, and CASPAR is in Klarendal, a walk from the centre.
Getting home needs a plan. The NS night-train network does not serve Arnhem Centraal and we found no night bus, so check 9292 for the last bus. A taxi costs at most €4.31 to start, plus €3.17 per kilometre and €0.52 per minute in 2026, which is about €18 for three kilometres.
An Arnhem bar night works best as a start, not an end. Book CASPAR or BLOU if you are going at the weekend, then walk to the Korenmarkt for the late rooms. For closing times, prices and the way home in one place, read our Arnhem nightlife guide. To choose an area, see Arnhem nightlife by neighbourhood, and for the late rooms read the best clubs in Arnhem. Ready to book? Find upcoming nights on NightFind tickets. For another Dutch bar scene, try Utrecht.
For something you cannot do elsewhere, 't Taphuys on the Jansplein, where you pour your own beer or wine from a tap wall and pay per centilitre. For the highest Google score of the bars we checked, Café De Beugel, at 4.7.
BLOU Rooftopbar at Stationsplein 1, opposite the station, is open Friday and Saturday from 16:00 to 23:00 and Sunday from 14:00 to 18:00. JEU de boules bar on the Coehoornstraat is also close to the station.
Listed hours run from 23:00 to 03:00. 't Taphuys closes at 02:30 on Friday and Saturday, Mick O'Connells at 03:00 on Saturday and Sunday, and CASPAR around midnight.
Yes, BLOU on Hotel Haarhuis, with views over the station and the centre and a VIP deck. Reviewers call it pricey, and it closes at 23:00.
CASPAR asks you to book at peak times, BLOU is worth booking for groups and JEU de boules bar is booked online. The beer cafés and pubs on the Jansplein and the Korenstraat are walk-in.
