Best Mocktails in Portland, OR
Portland has one of the deepest non-alcoholic scenes on the West Coast, led by serious zero-proof menus at its best cocktail bars. Jeffrey Morgenthaler's Pacific Standard at the KEX Hotel prints the ABV of every drink and anchors a full alcohol-free section; Paydirt, Blank Slate, and Overlook's The Old Gold each run standing named zero-proof lists; and Eem's Thai BBQ keeps a dedicated "Clear Headed" menu built by a sober co-owner. James Beard-winning chef Gregory Gourdet anchors the food side at Haitian restaurant Kann, with more spirit-free depth at Abigail Hall, Teardrop Lounge, Palomar, Hey Love, Snow Peak's Takibi, and the tiki bar Hale Pele. (Portland's dedicated fully-AF spots — Heck Brewing, Ever After — remain online/pop-up rather than walk-in for now.)
24 verified venues · 21 with named NA cocktails on menu
Named NA cocktails on the menu
These Portland venues list specific non-alcoholic cocktails on their published menus.
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
Bula Kava House opened on 22 March 2011 at 3115 SE Division Street and is one of the oldest kava bars in the United States, marking fifteen years in 2026. Owner Judd Rench's reasoning still heads the site: kava makes a safe alternative to alcohol and other intoxicants, and he figured a Pacific Northwest kava bar would be a great place to socialise or to use something that has been used medicinally for pain, insomnia and anxiety for thousands of years. Kava varieties change daily and are listed on a blackboard rather than published online, so prices for the traditional shells have to be seen in person. What is published: kava shots at $3.50 for 2oz, or a flight of four for $12 — The Glow Up, Dragonfuel, Coconut Kiss and Guava Kava — plus smoothies at $8.25–$9, cold-pressed juices at $6–$9, açaí and yogurt bowls at $10–$16, and $3 wellness shots. NOTE: we found no kratom, kanna, blue lotus or THC anywhere; CBD is sold only as a $2 tincture add-on. But no dosage guidance, age policy or health warning is published anywhere current. Open to midnight, 1am Friday and Saturday.
Signature NA drinks- Kava flight of four ($12)
- Kava shots, 2oz ($3.50)
- Traditional kava shells (blackboard, price not published)
- Island Vibes smoothie ($8.75)
- Strawberry Muse smoothie ($9)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Kann is a live-fire Haitian restaurant from James Beard Award-winning chef Gregory Gourdet, in Portland's Buckman and Central Eastside neighbourhood. After pandemic-delayed pop-up and "Kann Winter Village" yurt iterations beginning in 2020, the permanent restaurant opened in August 2022 and was named the James Beard Award winner for Best New Restaurant in 2023. Its name means cane — sugarcane — in Haitian Creole, a nod to Gourdet's childhood memories of sugarcane vendors in Haiti, and the menu pairs traditional Haitian flavours with Pacific Northwest ingredients while being entirely gluten- and dairy-free. It runs a dedicated zero-proof cocktail programme built on Caribbean fruits, spices and house-made cordials, complemented by its basement bar Sousòl, which gives non-alcoholic drinks the same attention as the alcoholic list. Gourdet is a longtime and vocal advocate for sobriety in hospitality, which is why the programme reads as conviction rather than trend.
Signature NA drinks- AN LÒ
- ANME DOUS
- SOUF TWOPIK
- KOWOSÒL
- KANN KOLA
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Holy Ghost is a Southeast Portland cocktail bar whose dedicated zero-proof program — built on Ritual non-alcoholic spirits plus house syrups and fresh juice — won Best Bar for Mocktails in Willamette Week's 2024 Best of Portland readers' poll. Named non-alcoholic drinks include the No Worries Fizz and the Nada Margarita.
Signature NA drinks- No Worries Fizz (Ritual N/A gin, cream, egg whites, citrus, sugar, vanilla, orange blossom, served tall)
- Nada Margarita (Ritual N/A tequila, Ritual N/A apéritif, sugar, lime, choice of salt)
- Ten Million Fireflies (Pathfinder N/A, Ritual N/A apéritif, lemon, blueberry syrup, soda)
- Hear No Evil (Ritual N/A tequila, coconut corn syrup, cilantro, jalapeño, lime)
- Temporary Prosperity (Ritual N/A gin, Ritual N/A apéritif, pineapple, cinnamon syrup, egg white, lemon)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Victoria Bar is a mostly-vegan restaurant and cocktail bar in North Portland's Humboldt neighborhood and an early local champion of the spirit-free movement — roughly a third of its cocktail menu is dedicated to non-alcoholic drinks, built on NA spirits like Wilderton, plus Athletic non-alcoholic beer.
Signature NA drinks- Beautiful Stranger
- Crazy For You
- Into the Groove
- Virgin Piña Colada
- Live To Tell
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Paydirt is a craft cocktail bar tucked inside the Zipper, Kevin Cavenaugh's micro-restaurant development on NE Sandy Boulevard in Portland's Kerns neighborhood. The bar leans into a warm, vaguely Western-saloon aesthetic and is known for a serious cocktail program — and an equally deliberate non-alcoholic one. Paydirt keeps a standing menu of five named zero-proof cocktails built on Ritual and Pathfinder non-alcoholic spirits, including Fool's Gold (Ritual NA whiskey, lime, guava, toasted almond bitters), Lone Buck (Ritual NA whiskey, pandan, lime, ginger beer), Moondance (Ritual NA tequila, honeydew, lemon, orange bitters, Tajín, soda), and Comeback Kid (Pathfinder NA spirit, lime, passionfruit, agave, orange bitters, soda). The NA menu rotates seasonally and is priced $12–$14, on par with the bar's full-proof list.
Signature NA drinks- Fool's Gold (Ritual NA whiskey, lime, guava, toasted almond bitters)
- Lone Buck (Ritual NA whiskey, pandan, lime, ginger beer)
- Moondance (Ritual NA tequila, honeydew, lemon, orange bitters, tajin, soda)
- Comeback Kid (Pathfinder NA spirit, lime, passionfruit, agave, orange bitters, soda)
- Lane Change (Pathfinder NA spirit, lemon, strawberry, basil, ginger beer)
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Multnomah Whiskey Library is a spirits library at 1124 SW Alder Street in downtown Portland, famous for one of the deepest whisky collections in the country — and, less famously, it keeps a real non-alcoholic list. CORRECTION TO OUR EARLIER LISTING: older versions of its beverage menu carried nothing alcohol-free; the current menu, updated in April 2026, has a printed "Mocktails" section of six drinks. Love at Midnight ($10) is coconut cream, pineapple, lime, orange and demerara; Jungle Flower ($12) pairs pineapple with Ghia apéritif, lime and house falernum; Out of the Woods ($15) is the ambitious one, built on Everleaf Forest apéritif with non-alcoholic sparkling wine and lemon; and three bottled St. Agrestis Phony Negronis — original, white and espresso — are $12 each. Best Day Electro Lime and Athletic Run Wild are $7. IMPORTANT ON ACCESS: the formal Library room is member-nominated and reservation-led, but the ground-floor Green Room takes walk-ins every day with no membership and no reservation — its general manager says plainly that they want walk-ins. All spaces are 21+.
Signature NA drinks- Out of the Woods ($15)
- Jungle Flower ($12)
- Love at Midnight ($10)
- St. Agrestis Phony Negroni ($12)
- Athletic Run Wild IPA ($7)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Hey Love is an award-winning tropical cocktail lounge and restaurant set inside the Jupiter NEXT hotel at 920 East Burnside Street, in Portland's Buckman neighbourhood. It opened in October 2018, the project of co-owners Aaron Hall and Nicholas Musso — also behind the longtime Portland bar Dig A Pony — with a bartending team drawing on years at Portland institutions including Dig A Pony and Rum Club. The plant-filled, jungle-inspired room is full of ferns, vintage lanterns and local art, and the bar was named the nation's best hotel bar at Tales of the Cocktail's Spirited Awards in 2023. It keeps a dedicated non-alcoholic menu section with a title worth the walk on its own — "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, No Proof" — carrying named zero-proof cocktails built on real non-alcoholic spirits such as Pathfinder, St. Agrestis and Giffard's non-alcoholic aperitif.
Signature NA drinks- Midnight Mass
- Rose City Swizzle
- Phony Negroni
- N/A Bloody Miriam
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Teardrop Lounge is a celebrated Pearl District cocktail bar, opened by Daniel Shoemaker in 2007 and widely credited with launching Portland's cocktail renaissance. Beyond its acclaimed spirits list it publishes a standalone "N/A Drinks" menu of named non-alcoholic cocktails built on craft NA ingredients — including Lyre's Dark Cane and Pathfinder — several of them zero-proof riffs on classics like the Negroni.
Signature NA drinks- Jacob's Ladder
- Fisher King
- Pascal's Wager (NA Negroni)
- Press Club
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Hale Pele is a renowned Northeast Portland tiki bar with a robust spirit-free section built on fresh-squeezed juices, house syrups, and NA spirits like Wilderton. Non-alcoholic options include tiki-style drinks such as the Jumanji and the Saturn Return, plus alcohol-free versions of its tiki classics.
Signature NA drinks- Push Pop
- Jumanji
- Saturn Return
- Raffle's Boon
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
The Old Gold is a neighborhood whiskey bar and restaurant in North Portland's Overlook district, open since 2011 on N Killingsworth Street. It's best known for a sprawling whiskey list, a full food menu, and a craft cocktail program, and was named one of "Portland's Best Neighborhood Bars" by The Oregonian. Alongside its spirited menu, the bar keeps a genuine, named non-alcoholic cocktail list built on premium zero-proof ingredients: the Pathfinder amaro analog anchors the Peppino Garibaldi (a Garibaldi-style build with grenadine standing in for Campari), and Drømme Calm appears in lower-intervention drinks like the Prince Valium (a whiskey-free Gold Rush) and the Not Toddy. The zero-proof cocktails — also including the Lady Luck and Ginger Cooler — get the same care as the alcoholic ones, and NA beer options include Athletic Brewing. The bar is all-ages before 9pm daily.
Signature NA drinks- Peppino Garibaldi
- Prince Valium
- Not Toddy
- Lady Luck
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Blank Slate is a woman-owned neighborhood cocktail bar that opened in 2017 in Portland's Montavilla neighborhood, founded by longtime Portland bartender Kierre Van de Veere and Michael Irikawa. Set among lush plants, floral wallpaper, and a deep vinyl collection, it serves craft cocktails, beer, wine, and a seasonal small-plates menu. Its non-alcoholic program is genuine and built in-house: the menu's dedicated "Non-Alcoholic Cocktails" section runs about half a dozen drinks at $10, using house-made botanical syrups, house tea blends, coconut milk, vinegars, and rosewater rather than juice-and-soda shortcuts. Named zero-proof drinks include the Cat Nap N.A. (bitter botanical syrup, chamomile, sherry vinegar), Orange Dream Machine N.A. (orange, vanilla, rosewater, oat milk), Rose Darling N.A. (hibiscus, rose and green tea, lime, coconut milk), and Vacation (coconut milk, passion fruit, lemon, lime, orgeat). NA beer, hop water, kombucha, and CBD soda round out the list.
Signature NA drinks- Cat Nap N.A.
- Orange Dream Machine N.A.
- Rose Darling N.A.
- Vacation
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Takibi (Japanese for "bonfire") is a wood-fired Japanese restaurant and izakaya inside the U.S. headquarters of outdoor-lifestyle brand Snow Peak, in Portland's NW/Alphabet District, in a room built by Skylab Architecture around reclaimed century-old Douglas fir beams. By day it runs a ramen-focused lunch on long-simmered broths and snow-aged noodles; by night it serves wood-fired plates, sushi, sashimi, tempura and a rotating omakase with a vegan version alongside it, plus one of Portland's deepest sake lists, sourced from Niigata. The bar keeps a named non-alcoholic section of four drinks at $10–$13, built on real zero-proof bases rather than juice: Natsu Gori (Dr. Zero Zero amaro shaved ice, watermelon, lime, sweetened condensed milk), Swizzle Me This (Ghia, peach shrub, mint, salted lime soda), Early Bird (Seedlip, lemon, coconut cream, poppyseed, demerara, nutmeg) and Chura-Sun (Wilderton Earthen, caramelised pineapple, lime, demerara), with non-alcoholic beer at $6. Named an Esquire Top 25 US bar and a Portland Monthly Top 50 restaurant in 2022. The restaurant closed temporarily during 2024 and reopened that October.
Signature NA drinks- Natsu Gori (Dr. Zero Zero amaro shaved ice, watermelon, lime, sweetened condensed milk) $13
- Swizzle Me This (Ghia, peach shrub, mint, salt & lime soda) $12
- Early Bird (Seedlip, lemon, coconut cream, poppyseed, demerara, nutmeg) $11
- Chura-Sun (Wilderton Earthen, caramelised pineapple, lime, demerara) $10
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Palomar is an acclaimed Cuban cocktail bar and restaurant owned by award-winning bartender Ricky Gomez, who won the inaugural Diageo World Class U.S. Bartender of the Year competition in 2012 and whose résumé includes New Orleans' Commander's Palace and Cure as well as Portland's Teardrop Lounge. He opened Palomar in 2018 in Southeast Portland, where it quickly drew acclaim for its 1960s-Havana atmosphere and a daiquiri-focused programme rooted in Cuban and New Orleans cocktail traditions, before the bar moved to Northwest 23rd Avenue in 2025. It is a three-time Tales of the Cocktail finalist for Best U.S. Restaurant Bar. Its current menu carries a dedicated "NO PROOF" section of signature non-alcoholic drinks — a Pathfinder daiquiri plus zero-proof Mojito, Moscow Mule, Spritz and Piña Colada — alongside non-alcoholic beer and wine.
Signature NA drinks- Pathfinder Daiquiri
- NA Mojito
- NA Piña Colada
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Abigail Hall is a 40-seat cocktail bar on the ground floor of the Woodlark Hotel downtown, set in the 1907 Cornelius Hotel's former Ladies Reception Hall and named for suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway. Its menu carries a standalone "No-Proof Cocktails" section plus further spirit-free drinks built on zero-proof spirits such as Pathfinder, Wilderton Citrus, and Sanbitter.
Signature NA drinks- Oolong Goodbye (Pathfinder, oolong syrup, lemon)
- Sanbitter Spritz (Sanbitter n/a aperitif, grapefruit, ginger beer)
- Rossellini Soda (pomegranate honey or roasted peach syrup, soda, vanilla cold foam)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Eem is a Thai barbecue restaurant and cocktail bar in N Portland's Boise neighborhood, opened in February 2019 by chef Earl Ninsom (Langbaan), pitmaster Matt Vicedomini (Matt's BBQ), and bartender Eric Nelson. It was named Restaurant of the Year by both The Oregonian and Portland Monthly in 2019 and repeatedly wins Willamette Week's "Best Thai" reader poll, pairing Texas-style smoked meats with bold Thai flavors. The non-alcoholic program, inspired by co-owner Nelson's own sobriety, lives in a dedicated "Clear Headed" menu section of four named zero-proof drinks at $8 each — about half the price of the full cocktails — built with the same house shrubs, cordials, and NA spirits. Named pours include the cucumber-yuzu Approved by Chef, the hojicha and strawberry-guava Secret Serendipity, and the coconut-pineapple That's It, That's All. Heck N/A beer rounds out the list.
Signature NA drinks- Approved by Chef
- Secret Serendipity
- That's It, That's All
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Loyal Legion is an all-Oregon beer hall in the Central Eastside known for 99 taps of local craft beer. Beyond beer it keeps a genuine non-alcoholic program: its published taplist lists multiple dedicated NA pours including Best Day Brewing's American Light lager and Kölsch, Bitburger NA pilsner, Crux NO MO NA IPAs, and Lazy Days hop water.
Signature NA drinks- Best Day American Light N/A Lager
- Crux NO MO West Coast IPA
- Lazy Days Hop Gossip hop water
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
LaVerne's is a retro Woodlawn neighborhood bar and restaurant that opened in September 2025 from the team behind Dig A Pony and Hey Love. Its non-alcoholic lineup — listed alongside the cocktails — includes named mocktails, NA beer (including N.A. Guinness) and rotating NA wine, priced roughly $3 to $11.
Signature NA drinks- NA Spicy Passionfruit Margarita
- Verdita
- Oregon Blackberry Soda
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Pacific Standard is the ground-floor cocktail bar of the KEX Portland hotel in the Central Eastside, opened in October 2022 by acclaimed bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler (formerly of Clyde Common) and partner Benjamin Amberg. The menu is built around radical transparency: the ABV of every drink is printed on the menu, running from 0% all the way to a 39% House Old Fashioned, so guests can make informed choices. A dedicated "Alcohol-Free Cocktails" section anchors the non-alcoholic program, alongside a "Low-Proof Cocktails on Draft" list and zero-proof beverages including kombucha, Leitz "Eins Zwei Zero" wine, and BERO non-alcoholic beer. The bar pours its own house-made non-alcoholic spirit and uses Wilderton Lustre in zero-proof cocktails like the Tiger Balm (pineapple, lime) and the Wandering Path (grapefruit, lemon, egg white). Food spans oysters, steak frites, and Morgenthaler's famed chocolate chip cookies.
Signature NA drinks- Tiger Balm (NA: housemade non-alcoholic spirit, Wilderton Lustre, pineapple, lime — 0% ABV)
- Wandering Path (NA: Pathfinder non-alcoholic hemp spirit, grapefruit, lemon, egg white — 0% ABV)
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Departure is a pan-Asian rooftop restaurant and lounge on the 15th floor of The Nines hotel downtown, with two patios and city, river, and mountain views. Its beverage menu includes a dedicated "Zero Proof" section of named non-alcoholic cocktails — such as the Sunburst and Mood Ring — alongside non-alcoholic beers.
Signature NA drinks- Sunburst
- Mood Ring
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
The Church of Root is a small alcohol-free kava bar on NE 15th Avenue in Portland's Sabin neighbourhood, open 4pm to 10pm every day of the week. It prepares traditional kava beverages from high-quality roots using time-honoured methods rather than instant powder, and rounds the list out with a varied menu of other non-alcoholic drinks. The stated purpose is narrower and more specific than most bars manage: a welcoming environment designed for socialising, conversation and genuine connection, built around authentic kava, a relaxing room and engaging conversation. It joins Bula Kava House, Kava Saia and Nalu in giving Portland one of the deeper kava scenes on the West Coast. Kava is a psychoactive root drink from the South Pacific — no alcohol in it at all, but genuinely relaxing and mildly intoxicating on its own terms, which is worth knowing before a first shell.
Signature NA drinks- Traditional kava beverage (hand-prepared from whole root)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Canard is an acclaimed café and wine bar from two-time James Beard winner Gabriel Rucker, who has been sober since 2013. It offers a curated non-alcoholic menu of mocktails, zero-proof IPAs, and alcohol-free sparkling wine, pouring NA brands such as Seedlip and Athletic Brewing.
Signature NA drinks- Paul Frank (cold brew, caramelized banana, Anjou pear, toasted milk)
More NA-friendly venues in Portland
These venues have NA programs but haven't published a specific mocktail menu we can quote — call ahead or ask your bartender.
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 Portland
21 venues in Portland serve named non-alcoholic cocktails on their menu. Top picks include Bula Kava House, Kann, Holy Ghost.
A mocktail is a non-alcoholic drink built with the same craft and complexity as a cocktail — fresh juices, infused syrups, bitters, herbal tinctures, NA spirits — rather than just a soda or juice. The best NA bars treat mocktails as a real program, not a placeholder.
Portland has one of the deepest non-alcoholic scenes on the West Coast, led by serious zero-proof menus at its best cocktail bars. Jeffrey Morgenthaler's Pacific Standard at the KEX Hotel prints the ABV of every drink and anchors a full alcohol-free section; Paydirt, Blank Slate, and Overlook's The Old Gold each run standing named zero-proof lists; and Eem's Thai BBQ keeps a dedicated "Clear Headed" menu built by a sober co-owner. James Beard-winning chef Gregory Gourdet anchors the food side at Haitian restaurant Kann, with more spirit-free depth at Abigail Hall, Teardrop Lounge, Palomar, Hey Love, Snow Peak's Takibi, and the tiki bar Hale Pele. (Portland's dedicated fully-AF spots — Heck Brewing, Ever After — remain online/pop-up rather than walk-in for now.)
Venues that publish named non-alcoholic cocktails come first, ordered by menu depth — the more named NA drinks a venue lists, the higher it ranks. Our NA Program Strength rating (1-5) breaks ties and reflects the program overall: 5 means a dedicated NA establishment, 4 an extensive NA menu, 3 meaningful NA options.
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