Velvet Rose
15“The best drink we’ve ever made”
Bourbon · Velvet Falernum · Pineapple · Lemon
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Tiki Bar in Downtown Ocala, Florida
A boutique 1950s tiki lounge on South Magnolia — rotating handcrafted cocktails, fresh-pressed juice, and a rum shelf worth the drive. Next door to the Marion Theatre.
What's Pouring
Every drink has a birth certificate.
We pour the originals the way they were written — Trader Vic's 1944 Mai Tai, Donn Beach's 1934 Zombie — alongside 24+ more of our own. The card rotates with the season and the juice is pressed the same day.
Surfer's Blood
17A bloody great drink
Rum · more Rum · Campari · Coconut · Piña
Clever Girl
17Life always finds a way — served in the claw
Spiced Rum · Mezcal · Falernum · Piña · Lime
Mai Tai
15C. 1944 · Trader Vic
Denizen 8 Rum · Curaçao · Lime · Orgeat (almond)
Zombie
17C. 1934 · Don the Beachcomber
Rum · Falernum · Absinthe · Lime · Grapefruit
Jungle Bird
17C. 1978 · Kuala Lumpur Hilton, Malaysia
OFTD Rum · Campari · Pineapple · Lime
Boca Loca
15Our most-ordered drink since September 2025
Larks Head Rum · Licor 43 · Coconut · Fresh Pineapple · Citrus. Tastes like you dropped your key lime pie into your piña colada.
That's six of 31. Read the whole menu — originals, traditional tiki and the classics, with what's in every one of them.
The Rum Shelf
We buy rum like collectors, not like a bar.
Independent bottlers, single-cask Caribbean, and the overproof workhorses that make a proper Zombie possible. Ask what's open — there's usually something behind the bar that isn't on any menu.
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- Hamilton
- Holmes Cay
- Plantation Pilar
- R.L. Seale's
- Diplomático
- Smith & Cross
- Denizen
What's On
There's almost always something happening.
Thursday, September 10
The Marion Turns 85
The Marion Theatre next door hits 85 and we're pouring like it's 1941 — a 1941-inspired menu, a complimentary birthday toast when you show your ticket stub, a photobooth, and the after-party once the Aloma of the South Seas screening lets out. Hollywood or Hawaiian finest.
Every Sunday · Doors at 2pm
Vice Sundays
Eighties South Beach on the speakers from two in the afternoon straight through the night. Pastel encouraged, sleeves optional, the whole bar lit like a Michael Mann establishing shot.
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Live Music
Exotica, surf, lounge and the occasional Elvis. The lineup moves week to week — the Instagram story is always the fastest way to know who's on tonight.
The Room
Dark, warm, and a little bit 1957.
Paper parasols, string lights, carved tiki, and enough neon to make everyone look good. Room for a first date, a whole crew, or a stool by yourself at the end of the bar — with a black-and-white monster movie flickering on the wall behind us all night.
"If you can't get to paradise, I'll bring it to you." — Donn Beach, 1933. Still the whole idea.
Hours
Open late, seven nights a week.
- Sunday2pm – midnight
- Monday6pm – midnight
- Tuesday6pm – midnight
- Wednesday6pm – midnight
- Thursday6pm – midnight
- Friday6pm – 2am
- Saturday6pm – 2am
4.5★★★★★226 Google reviews
Find Us
The Tipsy Skipper48 S Magnolia Avenue
Ocala, FL 34471 — right next to the Marion Theatre
(352) 282-0377
aloha@thetipsyskipperocala.com
Good to know
Do you take reservations?
Walk-ins for the bar — we're a small room and it turns over quickly. For a group of eight or more, or anything you'd call a party, get in touch about a private event.
Is there a dress code?
No. Come as you are. That said, people do dress for Vice Sundays and nobody has ever regretted a loud shirt in here.
Do you serve food?
We're a cocktail bar, not a kitchen. Downtown Ocala has plenty within a two-minute walk, and you're welcome to come to us after.
Is it 21 and over?
Yes. Bring ID — everyone gets carded.
Where do I park?
Downtown street parking on South Magnolia, plus the public garage and lots around the Marion Theatre block. Evenings and weekends are free.
What's the movie playing behind the bar?
A black-and-white creature feature, on silent, every night we're open. It's been running since we opened and it's not going anywhere.