Best Mocktails in Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati was built on beer. By the late 1800s its overwhelmingly German population made the city one of the country's brewing capitals, and Over-the-Rhine's historic “Brewery District” still holds the 19th-century lagering cellars to prove it — which makes the city's non-alcoholic turn a fitting plot twist. The clearest sign is in those same historic halls: Rhinegeist brews its own award-winning NA line, Ghost (its Ghost Pils took a 2025 Great American Beer Festival medal), inside the 1895 Christian Moerlein bottling plant, while MadTree in Oakley, Braxton across the river in Covington (which cans a 0.0 version of its flagship Garage Beer), and Fifty West on old Route 50 all pour their own zero-proof options. The fully alcohol-free anchors are real and growing: Covington's The Green Door, Greater Cincinnati's first dry bar; NIL Bottle Shop, the region's first exclusively non-alcoholic bottle shop; Wendigo Tea Co. beside Findlay Market; and Newport's Analog, a fully AF craft “slow bar” inside Carabello Coffee. The cocktail depth runs through Over-the-Rhine — HomeMakers Bar prints the city's deepest six-drink no-proof menu, with Sundry and Vice, historic Japp's, and East Walnut Hills' Anjou close behind — and across the river to Covington's Juniper's Gin Bar and the rooftop Second Story. Even the fine-dining rooms play along, with dedicated zero-proof lists at Boca and Jose Salazar's Mita's, a mocktail-and-NA-wine program at Black-owned Creole spot Nolia Kitchen, a four-course spirit-free pairing at James Beard finalist The Baker's Table in Newport, and non-alcoholic wine at O'Bryonville's Ripple.
20 verified venues · 20 with named NA cocktails on menu
Named NA cocktails on the menu
These Cincinnati venues list specific non-alcoholic cocktails on their published menus.
- ★★★★★?
NIL Bottle Shop is Greater Cincinnati's first exclusively non-alcoholic retail store, a curated zero-proof bottle shop tucked inside the Painted Tree Boutiques marketplace on Montgomery Road in Symmes Township. Founder Brady Mescher launched parent company NIL Distributing in late 2024 after noticing that regional liquor distributors were ignoring the fast-growing zero-proof category, then opened the booth in December, timed to Dry January. The self-serve, unstaffed stall stocks alcohol-free wines, craft NA spirits, ready-to-drink mocktails and mixers, including Mescher's favorite, the Spiritless Espresso Martini, with informative QR-code signage in place of a bartender. Everything on the shelf is booze-free, making it a genuine destination for the sober and sober-curious rather than a token NA shelf inside a liquor store.
Signature NA drinks- Spiritless Espresso Martini (non-alcoholic)
- Non-alcoholic wines
- Craft NA spirits
- Ready-to-drink mocktails
- Mixers
- ★★★★★?
Wendigo Tea Co. is a fully alcohol-free (and substance-free) tea bar tucked beside Findlay Market inside Findlay Launch, the market's storefront accelerator. It's the second location for the Cincinnati company founded in 2013 by Sky White, keyboardist of the rock band Foxy Shazam, who fell for rare loose-leaf tea while touring the world. The Elm Street tea bar pours hot and iced service plus what the shop calls "absurd crafted teas," alongside retail tins of Wendigo's curated, organic, hard-to-source blends — signatures like Bigfoot Black Tea, FireBird Chai, Nessy Jasmine Tea and Kappa Matcha. Tastings are free, the room is casual, and there is zero alcohol on the menu. A separate appointment-only tasting room operates on Warsaw Avenue in East Price Hill.
Signature NA drinks- Bigfoot Black Tea
- FireBird Chai
- Nessy Jasmine Tea
- Siren Vocal Health Herbal Tea
- Kappa Matcha
- ★★★★★?
Analog is the fully non-alcoholic "slow bar" tucked inside Carabello Coffee's roastery-cafe in historic Newport, where baristas apply craft-cocktail technique to zero-proof drinks. Seating just six at a wooden counter, it runs like a chef's table for beverages: the espresso and pour-over gear sits behind the bar so guests watch every step. A brand-new themed menu drops every six weeks — a recent literary-inspired lineup featured The Hobbit, Bear, Blueberries for Sal and Anne of Green Gables — spanning coffee builds, tea-based signatures, hot chocolate and coffee mocktails like the Cold Fashioned (cold brew and bitters, sans the bourbon). Everything is alcohol-free; the venue's own FAQ answers the alcohol question with a flat "No." Open Thursday–Saturday, 10am–5pm, with reservations encouraged, especially on Saturdays.
Signature NA drinks- The Hobbit
- Bear
- Blueberries for Sal
- Anne of Green Gables
- The Cold Fashioned
- ★★★★★?
HomeMakers Bar is a "slightly retro, mostly modern" Over-the-Rhine cocktail bar whose zero-proof program is the deepest of any Cincinnati cocktail bar. The standing menu carries six house no-proof cocktails, each $10 and built like their full-proof counterparts: The Echo (Seedlip Garden, cucumber, rye syrup, lemon, salt, egg white), the Katz Nap (a mezcal-alternative with tepache and grapefruit), the Boatbuilder, the Toy Gun (a non-alcoholic French 75 with Seedlip Spice and NA sparkling wine), and The Harvey. Co-owner Julia Petiprin, who also built Sundry and Vice and Fifty Fifty Gin Club, champions mocktails with the same texture and balance as spirited drinks. An attached bottle shop lets you take the sober vibe home, stocking Seedlip Spice, Athletic Brewing's Free Wave, non-alcoholic sparkling Riesling, and Fever-Tree mixers.
Signature NA drinks- The Echo
- Katz Nap
- The Boatbuilder
- The Toy Gun
- The Harvey
- ★★★★★?
Fifty West Brewing Company is a destination brewery and burger bar strung along US Route 50 (Wooster Pike) on Cincinnati's east side, founded in 2012 in a former Prohibition-era roadhouse. For non-drinkers it is more than an afterthought: the house lineup includes a 0.0% ABV sparkling Hop Water brewed with pineapple and Citra hops (zero calories, gluten-free), a made-in-house root beer, hand-spun milkshakes and root beer floats, plus fountain drinks and rotating non-alcoholic options. It is a working brewery, so beer flows freely, but the zero-proof choices are genuinely house-produced rather than a token can in the cooler. The Wooster Pike taproom anchors a sprawling Route 50 campus with patios and sand volleyball, making it an easy stop whether or not you are drinking beer.
Signature NA drinks- 0.0 Sparkling Hop Water (Pineapple & Citra)
- House-made Root Beer
- Root Beer Float
- Hand-spun Milkshakes
- Rotating non-alcoholic options
- ★★★★★?
Boca is Chef David Falk's flagship fine-dining room, set behind a famous red door in the storied Sixth Street space that once held Cincinnati's legendary Maisonette. Its Italian-French menu is matched by a beverage list carrying a genuine dedicated "Zero Proof" section: five alcohol-free cocktails, each $12. The lineup pairs house builds — the Caribbean Queen (coconut milk, pineapple, demerara, cherry), the Blueberry Basil Fizz, The Cure (ginger, basil, honey, citrus, ginger beer) and the strawberry-jalapeno Fragola Pazzo — with a St. Agrestis Phony Negroni served over big ice with orange. It's a real menu section rather than an afterthought, letting non-drinkers order with the same intention as the wine-and-cocktail crowd in one of the region's most decorated dining rooms.
Signature NA drinks- Caribbean Queen
- Blueberry Basil Fizz
- The Cure
- Fragola Pazzo
- St. Agrestis Phony Negroni
- ★★★★★?
Nolia Kitchen is chef-owner Jeffery Harris's Black-owned Over-the-Rhine restaurant, a refined-casual homage to his New Orleans upbringing and the food of the Ninth Ward, Texas and the Carolinas. Harris, who holds multiple James Beard nominations, earned Nolia the No. 4 slot on Cincinnati Magazine's 2026 Best Restaurants list. The bar backs its cocktails with a genuine zero-proof lineup: two $12 mocktails (the N/ATINI, built on Feragaia non-alcoholic spirit and green-tomato brine, and the N/AGRIA of dealcoholized rosé, strawberry and yuzu), a pair of Plus & Minus non-alcoholic wines from Australia by the glass or bottle, and Best Day Brewing's Electro-Lime and Hazy IPA NA beers. The kitchen overhauls its menu each season, so the exact pours rotate over the year.
Signature NA drinks- N/ATINI (Feragaia zero-proof spirit, green tomato brine)
- N/AGRIA (dealcoholized rosé, strawberry, yuzu)
- Plus & Minus Blanc de Blancs (NA sparkling)
- Best Day Brewing Electro-Lime
- Best Day Brewing Hazy IPA
- ★★★★★?
The Green Door opened in April 2025 as Greater Cincinnati's first fully alcohol-free "dry" bar, created by founder Christian Perry-Watt and the team behind Kentucky Botanicals Co. Every drink starts zero-proof: fresh craft mocktails you can enjoy as-is or customize with kava, THC, CBD, adaptogens or blue lotus. The moody, speakeasy-inspired room fuses Art Deco and Art Nouveau, with signature pours like "That Lavender Haze" (blueberry, lavender, citrus) and "The Spicy Mock-arita" (mango, citrus, habanero), plus non-alcoholic riffs such as "Not Gin + Tonic" and "Whiskey-ish + Soda." There are also canned THC seltzers, kava seltzers and mushroom elixirs, a small bottle shop, and a calendar of live music, DJs and wellness events. It's a 21+ room, just across the river from downtown Cincinnati.
Signature NA drinks- That Lavender Haze
- The Spicy Mock-arita
- Not Gin + Tonic
- Whiskey-ish + Soda
- ★★★★★?
The Baker's Table is chef Dave Willocks' farm-to-table tasting-menu restaurant in Newport's historic Monmouth Street district, and its non-alcoholic program is unusually serious for a fine-dining room. Alongside the six-course seasonal menu, guests can add a four-course Spirit-Free Pairing ($45) that runs parallel to the Wine Pairing ($60), matching a considered zero-proof beverage to the canapes, starter, pasta and main. The bar always keeps a rotating seasonal mocktail on hand -- past pours include The Petal (hibiscus, chamomile, egg white) and the wintry The Partridge (cider, pear, cinnamon) -- plus Athletic Brewing non-alcoholic beer. Willocks, a 2026 James Beard finalist for Best Chef: Southeast, brings the same California-farmers-market rigor to the drinks that regulars say gets as much thought as the wine.
Signature NA drinks- Four-Course Spirit-Free Pairing
- The Petal (hibiscus, chamomile, egg white)
- The Partridge (cider, pear, cinnamon)
- Athletic Brewing non-alcoholic beer
- ★★★★★?
MadTree Brewing's flagship Oakley taproom on Madison Road was one of Cincinnati's first craft breweries to brew its own non-alcoholic beer — the draft-only "Leave No Trace" pale ale, released in 2021. Today the brewery-restaurant keeps a genuine zero-proof lineup alongside its 30-plus taps: guest non-alcoholic beers including Lagunitas Hazy IPNA and Athletic Brewing's Upside Dawn Golden Ale, plus two house-made mocktails mixed to order — The Garden Variety and the Watermelon Limeade. It's a full kitchen with weekend brunch, a big patio and event spaces, so a non-drinker can settle in for a whole evening rather than nurse a soda. One honest caveat: the taproom also pours Floral's THC-infused beverages, so it's alcohol-free-friendly but not entirely substance-free.
Signature NA drinks- The Garden Variety (house mocktail)
- Watermelon Limeade (house mocktail)
- Lagunitas Hazy IPNA (NA beer)
- Athletic Upside Dawn Golden Ale (NA beer)
- ★★★★★?
Sundry and Vice is an apothecary-themed craft cocktail bar that opened in 2015 at 18 W. 13th Street in Over-the-Rhine, its era-authentic storefront lined with antique jars, medical ephemera and framed vintage prescriptions. Alongside a nationally celebrated cocktail list, the bar keeps a dedicated N/A and zero-proof section of house-built mocktails: the Ube Driver (pineapple, ube, almond, lime and tonic water), the Almond Brothers (lime, almond and ginger beer), the Lil' Fizz (lime, pineapple, ginger, mint and seltzer) and the elderflower-and-chamomile Herbal Remedy. These are made in-house from fresh juices, housemade syrups and vintage-fountain sodas, so the alcohol-free drinks get the same craft as the cocktails. Low-proof and custom non-alcoholic drinks are also available on request.
Signature NA drinks- Ube Driver
- Almond Brothers
- Lil' Fizz
- Herbal Remedy
- ★★★★★?
Second Story is a Southern-Gothic craft cocktail bar and rooftop lounge on the upper floor of a century-old former Covington firehouse, opened in April 2023 by Lost Co. — the team behind Over-the-Rhine's Somerset and Alice — and voted CityBeat's Best New Bar. Beneath chandeliers and a giant artist-built tree that "grows" spirit bottles behind the bar, the menu keeps a small but genuine zero-proof lineup: house mocktails such as Clear Intent (lemon, lime, blueberry, pomegranate, mint) and Slow Burn (lime, pineapple, Fresno chili, soda water), a gin-substitute Clear Conscience, plus non-alcoholic Athletic Brewing lager and IPA. Note the bar also pours a THC-infused floral seltzer, so it's alcohol-free-optional rather than fully substance-free. Covington's largest bar patio makes it a comfortable place to gather without drinking.
Signature NA drinks- Clear Intent
- Slow Burn
- Clear Conscience
- Athletic Brewing NA lager & IPA
- ★★★★★?
Mita's is James Beard-nominated chef Jose Salazar's Spanish and Latin American tapas restaurant in downtown Cincinnati's 84.51° building at Fifth and Race. Its drinks list carries a dedicated "No Alcoholicas" section built on Ritual's zero-proof tequila alternative: the Sacrificio pairs it with guava, hibiscus, and lime, while the Paloma Picante adds grapefruit, jalapeño, ginger, agave, lime, and soda for a spicy, citrus-forward pour (both $12.50). Beyond the house mocktails, the kitchen stocks Best Day Brewing non-alcoholic beer in lime cerveza or West Coast IPA, plus Leitz Eins-Zwei-Zero non-alcoholic sparkling wine, alongside Jarritos and Mexican fountain sodas. It's a genuine sit-down alcohol-free option inside one of the city's most ambitious tapas rooms, named for Salazar's Colombian grandmother.
Signature NA drinks- Sacrificio (Ritual zero-proof tequila alternative, guava, hibiscus, lime)
- Paloma Picante (Ritual zero-proof tequila alternative, grapefruit, jalapeño, ginger, agave, lime, soda)
- Best Day Brewing N/A beer (lime cerveza or West Coast IPA)
- Leitz Eins-Zwei-Zero non-alcoholic sparkling wine
- ★★★★★?
Ripple Wine Bar's O'Bryonville outpost is a wine-focused room that treats non-drinkers as real guests rather than an afterthought. Alongside 40-plus wines by the glass, the bar pours Leitz non-alcoholic sparkling riesling and rosé — a genuine dealcoholized wine, not grape juice — plus rotating alcohol-free beer and wines. Two standing house mocktails round out the zero-proof list: the Ginger Garcia (ginger beer, apple, lime, soda) and the Althea (strawberry, pineapple, lemon, soda), both built to pair with charcuterie boards and flatbreads. It's the same menu run at the original Covington, KY location. Founded by Matt and Kathleen Haws in 2019, Ripple earned a spot on Wine Spectator's 2025 "Editors' Favorite Wine Bars" list, making it a comfortable, elevated place to order without the buzz.
Signature NA drinks- Ginger Garcia (ginger beer, apple, lime, soda)
- Althea (strawberry, pineapple, lemon, soda)
- Leitz Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Riesling
- Leitz Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Rosé
- ★★★★★?
Rhinegeist occupies the historic 1895 Christian Moerlein bottling plant in Over-the-Rhine, a soaring brick hall that has anchored Cincinnati's craft-beer revival since 2013. In fall 2025 the brewery brought its beer heritage to the sober-curious with Ghost, a dedicated non-alcoholic line brewed on Sustainable Beverage Technologies' BrewVo nested-fermentation process rather than dealcoholized after the fact. Ghost Pils, an NA German pilsner, took a bronze medal in the Non-Alcoholic Beer category at the 2025 Great American Beer Festival; Ghost Haze pours as a full-flavored NA hazy IPA. Both sit at or below 0.5% ABV and sell in 12oz six-packs for taproom pickup and shipping, with a West Coast-style Ghost Hops joining the line in early 2026. The cavernous taproom pairs cornhole, ping-pong, and rooftop views with a genuinely award-winning zero-proof pour.
Signature NA drinks- Ghost Pils (NA German Pilsner, 2025 GABF bronze medalist)
- Ghost Haze (NA Hazy IPA)
- Ghost Hops (NA West Coast IPA, launching early 2026)
- ★★★★★?
Anjou is a European-inspired craft cocktail bar in East Walnut Hills, opened in June 2021 by Chris Wolfe, Andy Smith and Brad Lauck in a converted former dry-cleaner on Woodburn Avenue. It has built a reputation on inventive, produce-driven drinks, and its standing zero-proof list is repeatedly named among Cincinnati's best mocktails. Two roughly $10 alcohol-free cocktails anchor the menu: the citrus-forward Schamer '94 (non-alcoholic spiced spirit, lemon, grapefruit, honey and NA bitters) and the warmer, aromatic Once An Island (masala, pomegranate, spiced maple, ginger, house yuzu, NA bitters and smoked cinnamon). A lighter Spencer, built on mint, lime, seltzer and a pineapple-mango shrub, has also appeared. Anjou rounds out the option with zero-proof wine and beer, making it a genuine choice for an alcohol-free date night.
Signature NA drinks- Schamer '94
- Once An Island
- Spencer
- ★★★★★?
Juniper's is a candlelit gin-and-tapas bar in Covington's MainStrasse Village, built around a collection of 230-plus gins and a rotating, globally inspired small-plates menu. Its drinks list carries a dedicated alcohol-free section called "School Night," so zero-proof drinkers order from a named menu rather than asking for something off-list. Standouts include the Gin and Non-ic, a classic gin and tonic built on non-alcoholic gin; the Dirty Virgin, a virgin gin martini; and the Esspres-sober Martini, made with house-made NA coffee liqueur and cold brew. The vintage-styled room, with antique furnishings and candelabras, hosts live jazz on Friday and Saturday nights plus a Sunday brunch. It's a genuine option for Dry January or any night you want the craft of a well-made gin drink without the buzz.
Signature NA drinks- Gin and Non-ic
- Dirty Virgin
- Esspres-sober Martini
- ★★★★★?
Japp's Since 1879 is a historical-cocktail bar in Over-the-Rhine, opened in 2010 by celebrated Cincinnati bartender Molly Wellmann inside a 19th-century building that started as John G. Japp's hair-and-wig shop. Its specialty is drinks from the 1700s through the 1950s, made with housemade simple syrups, fresh herbs, berries, juices and floral waters, and that same craft carries over to what Wellmann calls "nonnys." Non-alcoholic selections sit right on the regular menu, usually two rotating house zero-proof cocktails built on CleanCo non-alcoholic gin: past pours include the Beehive Jive (chai, honey, pineapple, lemon, orange-blossom water), while the current menu lists Jade without the Fade and Pomade & Pomelo. NA beers (Sam Adams Just the Haze, Budweiser 0.0) round out the list. TV-free and intentionally old-school.
Signature NA drinks- Jade without the Fade (CleanCo NA gin, ancho reyes, toasted-sesame syrup, lime, pineapple, saline)
- Pomade & Pomelo (pomegranate, lemon, lime, simple syrup)
- ★★★★★?
The Lounge occupies the ground floor of Liberty Exhibition Hall, a 1970s-styled cocktail lounge and live-jazz room in Northside. Alongside a full cocktail, wine and beer list, the bar keeps a dedicated "teatails" section of tea-based zero-proof drinks: one built on pu'erh tea with cherry bark, honey and citric acid, and another blending lemongrass-and-chamomile tea with lavender syrup, lemon oleo and soda. These are house-made from steeped teas and syrups rather than canned NA brands, so the buzz-free options drink like intentional craft cocktails. The room evokes a basement-era hangout with vintage seating vignettes and subdued lighting, and it is best known for Monday-night jazz jam sessions that draw the region's top players with no cover charge or drink minimum.
Signature NA drinks- Pu'erh teatail (pu'erh, cherry bark, honey, citric acid)
- Lemongrass-chamomile teatail (lavender syrup, lemon oleo, soda)
- ★★★★★?
Braxton Brewing Company's Covington flagship is a full working brewery, but it earns a spot here for something genuinely uncommon: it brews its own non-alcoholic beer. Garage Beer NA is a 0.0% zero-alcohol version of Braxton's flagship Garage Beer, the crisp, light American lager the brewery is best known for. Braxton describes the NA pour as brewed with a "crisp, light and refreshing taste to keep the engine turning," and CityBeat reported it is available across all three Braxton taprooms, Covington included. That means a sober or sober-curious visitor can sit at the same garage-themed bar, order essentially the same house lager as everyone else, and get a truly zero-proof version poured from Braxton's own tanks rather than a stocked import.
Signature NA drinks- Garage Beer NA (0.0% non-alcoholic lager)
What makes a great mocktail?
A great mocktail isn't just a cocktail with the alcohol removed. The best non-alcoholic drinks are designed from the ground up around the flavor profile, mouthfeel, and ritual of a craft cocktail — without leaning on alcohol as a shortcut.
The signal: named drinks on a published menu, fresh-pressed juices, house-made shrubs or syrups, bitters and tinctures for complexity, and increasingly an NA-spirits section (Lyre's, Seedlip, Ritual, Wilderton, and others) used the same way a cocktail bar uses gin or whiskey. The opposite: an off-menu "we can make something" with no specific drinks, defaulting to soda, juice, or sparkling water.
That distinction is why we rank venues by mocktail menu depth and NA Program Strength rather than treating every "mocktail option" as equal. A bar that lists three named NA cocktails on its printed menu is doing the work; a bar that says "we can probably do something" is not.
Frequently asked about mocktails in Cincinnati
20 venues in Cincinnati serve named non-alcoholic cocktails on their menu. Top picks include NIL Bottle Shop, Wendigo Tea Co., Analog Coffee Bar (Carabello Coffee).
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