How we rank happy hours
Every place gets a score out of 100, and our lists show the highest first. The score is built around one question: will you be glad you went? Nobody can pay to rank higher.
What counts
- Deal value, 26 points. Prices compared with other happy hours in the same city, so a good deal in Miami Beach and a good deal in Ocala both count. Half price and two-for-ones count too.
- Trust, 24 points. When the deals were last checked, where they came from (the owner or the place's own menu counts most), whether the owner has claimed the listing, and what visitors tell us. Open reports that something changed cost points until the deal is checked again.
- Availability, 15 points. How many hours and days a week you can use it, weekends and late nights.
- Listing, 15 points. Photos, a menu with prices, opening hours, a phone number, a price on every deal: what helps you decide.
- People's picks, 14 points. How often people who look at a place tap for directions. New places start in the middle, so they get a fair chance.
- Variety, 6 points. Different kinds of deals, and both food and drinks.
A few rules
🕒 What's on now comes first. A deal ending in the next 20 minutes goes to the end of "on now". 🔀 Variety at the top. A chain shows once in the top 10 of a list, so you see more than one kind of place. 📍 Your sort is your sort. Nearest and Cheapest show exactly that, with no score mixed in. 🎲 Close scores take turns. Places within a point of each other swap now and then, so they all get seen. 💵 No paid ranking. Paying never changes the order. A bar can pay for a promoted spot: a card marked "Promoted" above the list, never numbered and never mixed into it. The bar keeps its own place in the list.Own a bar or restaurant?
Your editor shows your score, where you stand in your city, and the steps worth the most points: photos, confirming your deals each month, prices on every deal. Claim your listing to see it.