Westword's Best Restaurant in Denver year after year, Hop Alley is the city's most acclaimed Chinese-American restaurant — a RiNo anchor known for its fiery Sichuan-influenced menu and an excellent cocktail program rooted in Chinese spirits. The early happy hour fills the bar with RiNo's art and tech crowd for genuinely distinctive cocktails and bold, complex snacks.
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Cozy
Hip
Upscale
Good for groups
Known for cocktails
Known for wine
Google: happy hour drinks
Vegetarian options
Takes reservations
Is that score good?
Almost everywhere scores 4–5 stars, so each site's score is shown against every venue in the Atlas rated on that site — here in Denver, and across the US. The gold bar is this spot.
Rated higher than 49% · tied with 21% · lower than 30% of the others
· median ★ 4.5
Across the US1,653 rated venuesTop quarter
1.02.53.03.54.0THIS SPOT4.55.0
Rated higher than 71% · tied with 11% · lower than 18% of the others
· median ★ 4.3
Each bar counts venues at that rating (0.1-star steps), lowest on the left; the curve starts at the lowest score anyone has. Ratings captured October 7, 2026.
