Bachelor and Bachelorette Party Spots in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia — updated August 21, 2026
Six Richmond spots built for a group celebration, from a 14-seat party bike in Scott's Addition to Shockoe Bottom bars that keep pouring past 1am, ranked by how well they handle a crowd.
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Richmond makes group nights easy for one structural reason: the drinking is concentrated. Scott's Addition packs cideries and a party-bike depot into a few blocks, while Shockoe Bottom and Cary Street keep bars running past midnight on weekends. The list below is ordered by how well each place actually absorbs a party of ten or more, with review counts noted so you can tell a proven rating from a promising one.
1. Pedal Pub RVA
The only entry on this list designed from the ground up for a group celebration: a pedal-powered party bike seating 7 to 14 people, operating out of 1710 Mactavish Ave in Scott's Addition. Private tours are the standard booking, and the company lists bikes starting from $449 with per-seat pricing from $40. Groups bring their own beer, wine or seltzer, with the operator suggesting two to three drinks per person, plus water and snacks. The 5.0 rating across 235 reviews is unusually consistent for an activity this dependent on weather and group behavior. Book by phone or online well ahead for a weekend slot.
2. Havana 59
Salsa Nights every Thursday at 8pm, with a $5 cash cover, gives a bachelorette group something to do beyond standing around a table. The Shockoe Bottom Cuban restaurant carries more than 1,500 reviews at 4.4, which makes it one of the most thoroughly tested rooms in this guide. The bar runs later than the kitchen: Thursday and Friday until 12:30am, Saturday from 3pm to 12:30am, so a late group can still order Cuban nachos, calamari or Cubano spring rolls before the kitchen closes at 11pm Thursday through Saturday. Reservations are available if you want a table locked in first.
3. The Tobacco Company Restaurant
The first-floor bar stays open until 1:30am on Friday and Saturday, which is the single most useful fact for a party that starts with dinner and does not want to relocate twice. The Cary Street landmark holds a 4.4 rating across more than 1,400 reviews, a settled number rather than a hopeful one. Dinner runs 5pm to 10pm Friday and Saturday and closes at 9:30pm Sunday through Thursday, so book the meal early and let the bar carry the rest of the night. It reads as the dressier option here, useful if half the group wants a proper sit-down.
4. Grandstaff & Stein
A late East Main Street option that opens at 4pm daily and runs to 1am on Friday and Saturday, useful for a group whose plans start after dinner elsewhere. The 4.5 rating comes from 835 reviews, enough volume to trust. Menus rotate seasonally, and the kitchen takes reservations from mid-afternoon onward, worth using for anything larger than a handful of people. Sunday through Thursday it closes at 11pm, so weeknight parties should plan an earlier arrival. The address puts you in Shockoe Bottom, walking distance from other bars if the night keeps going.
5. Buskey Cider
The Scott's Addition tasting room is the daytime anchor, and the highest-rated drinking spot here at 4.8 across 340 reviews. Weekend hours are the ones that matter for a group: noon to 10pm Friday and Saturday, noon to 7pm Sunday, and 3pm to 9pm Wednesday and Thursday. It is closed Mondays, and Tuesday openings have been tied to Squirrels home games, so call before building a Tuesday around it. Being a cidery rather than a brewery makes it a fair landing spot for a group with mixed drinking preferences, and it sits close enough to the Pedal Pub depot to combine the two.
6. Lafayette Tavern
Included with a clear caveat: the rating is a perfect 5.0, but from only 8 reviews, which is far too thin to call proven. The Malvern Gardens restaurant also describes itself as a small room, with guests lining up around 4:15pm ahead of the 4:30pm opening for walk-in bar dining. That combination makes it wrong for a group of twelve and right for a small pre-wedding dinner of four or five. The menu centers on classic cocktails, steaks, a burger and raw seafood. Hours run to 11pm most nights and 11:30pm Thursday through Saturday.
What we left off
Shula's American Kitchen was dropped. It operates as part of a multi-location restaurant brand rather than an independent Richmond business, which puts it outside the scope of this guide; its 3.9 rating across 200 reviews was also the weakest in the set.