Cocktail Lounge · Harwood District
Babou's
Below street level in Hôtel Swexan, Babou’s pairs cocktails and small plates with a late-night atmosphere inspired by Salvador Dalí’s ocelot.
Babou's
The Got Weekend take
Why go
Babou’s brings an ocelot-inspired sense of play to Hôtel Swexan in Dallas’s Harwood District. The cocktail lounge has intimate spots for conversation and a hidden bookcase leading to its livelier late-night setting. It’s open to the public, with admission limited to guests 21 and older. The menu gives you plenty to explore: the Melting Clock Elixir combines tequila, lime and seasonal flavors, while the Surrealist 75 mixes gin, lemon, blueberry and sparkling wine. Cocktails are listed at $20, with two $15 mocktails also available. Bites include crab rolls, short rib buns and a chicken waffle sandwich with candied bacon. For celebrations, the private-events page lists The Library with a capacity of 25 and Babou’s with a capacity of 75.
- Below-street-level lounge inside Hôtel Swexan
- $20 cocktails and $15 mocktails
- Small plates including crab rolls and short rib buns
- Private-event spaces with capacities of 25 and 75
Adults 21 and older looking for post-dinner cocktails, a late-night date or a private celebration will find options here.
Make it your kind of weekend
- date night
- friends
- girls night
- guys night
- birthday
- rainy-day option
A few visit notes
Open to the public; guests must be 21 or older. Guests not staying at Hôtel Swexan enter from the North Harwood Street entrance. The hotel is valet-only, and valet parking for non-hotel guests is $10 per vehicle. The private-events page states that large-group bookings for 20 or more guests are available 90 days in advance.