Bar · Durham
119 Orange Street, Durham, United States
The Velvet Hippo is a neighborhood rooftop bar and lounge in downtown Durham, North Carolina, serving signature cocktails, local beers, creative mocktails, and light bites seven days a week.
Regulars and our editors tag it for late night, food served, cocktail bar, rooftop bar, dog friendly, local beer, mocktails and drag events.
Doors open from 12:00 at the earliest in the week, and the latest it serves is 02:00. 8 other pubs on PubCrawl sit within a 7 minute walk, so it is easy to build a crawl around.
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The Velvet Hippo is open Mon–Thu 16:00–00:00; Friday 16:00–02:00; Saturday 12:00–02:00; Sunday 12:00–00:00. Hours can change over bank holidays and big fixtures, so check before a late start.
The Velvet Hippo is a bar at 119 Orange Street, Durham, United States. 8 other pubs listed on PubCrawl are within a short walk.
Alley Twenty Six, Kingfisher, The Roof at The Durham Hotel and La Mala Mexican Inspired Cocktail Bar are all within a short walk, and each has a page on PubCrawl with hours and reviews.
Yes — The Velvet Hippo is listed as dog friendly on PubCrawl. Some pubs restrict dogs to certain rooms or times, so it is worth a quick call ahead if you are bringing one on a crawl.
Yes — The Velvet Hippo has outdoor space listed on PubCrawl. Capacity outdoors is usually smaller than inside, so a big group should arrive early on a warm evening.
Yes — The Velvet Hippo is listed as serving food. Kitchen hours are normally shorter than bar hours.
Bookings are handled by the pub, not through PubCrawl. Call +1-919-294-4447 to ask about tables or a space for a group.
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