HUMBOLDT
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722 Humboldt St · Victoria · BC

HUMBOLDT

A Listening Bar · Est. 2024
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A Listening Bar

Cocktails graded by the blue of the sky.

An intimate room in the arcade of a grand hotel. Records loud, candlelight low.

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The full room at Humboldt Bar: green marble tables, leather chairs and an ornate pressed ceiling glowing in candlelight
The room722 Humboldt St
The Room

Part study, part listening bar.

Oil portraits, botanical prints, and a painted mountain above the back bar. A small room in the arcade of a grand hotel.

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Eat & Drink

The menu.

Every drink is scored on the cyanometer, so you can order by mood.

A ruby cocktail in a coupe on a green marble table
Cocktails
Named for the records.
A tall highball beside a glowing alabaster table lamp
Hi-Balls
Tall, cold, super fizzy.
A martini with a lemon twist glowing against the dark room
Martinis
Freezing cold, really good vermouth.
The Cyanometer

Order by the sky.

In 1802, Humboldt held Saussure's blue cards against the sky at Chimborazo and read 52 degrees. Every cocktail carries its own reading.

0
Bright & weightless
52
The zenith
100
Dark & contemplative
Tonight's reading
46°B
Blue hour
order the Giant Steps
0 · horizonsky blue52 · zenith

Drag from horizon to zenith. The deeper the blue, the deeper the drink.

The Ritual

Records, front to back.

Sundays are Hi-Fi listening nights. One record, both sides, volume up.

See the hours
The back bar at Humboldt lined with Japanese whisky and house tap handles
The back barJapanese whisky
From the Room

Evenings, kept.

The framed Observer Humboldt newspaper in a quiet corner of the bar
Guests raising a toast across the bar in warm light
An amber cocktail with an orange coin in low light
The Humboldt menu card resting on a green marble table
Two cocktails on a dark table in candlelight
On the table@humboldtbarvictoria
Recognition

Good company.

  • No. 36 · Canada's Best Bars
    2024Canada's 100 Best
  • Best Cocktail Bar or Lounge
    2026YAM Magazine · Best Restaurant Awards
  • Regional Top 10 · Best New International Cocktail Bar
    Tales of the Cocktail · Spirited Awards
Visit

Join us.

722 Humboldt Street, Arcade level · DoubleTree by Hilton. Just off the lobby, across from Bartholomew's.

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Hours
  • Wed5–12
  • Thu5–12
  • Fri5–1
  • Sat6–1
  • Sun6–12

Closed Mon & Tue. Sundays are Hi-Fi listening nights: records front to back, volume up.