Tender Mercy

Downtown Dayton's underground crafy cocktail bar. Part grunge, part glamour, with a pinch of groovy. A true midwest destination cocktail bar in downtown Dayton, Ohio. Tender Mercy is not your typical cocktail bar - we celebrate individualism and a classic avant garde sensibility. Find the “Stay Tender” sign and follow us down the stairs to the underground.

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Tender Mercy is a bar in Dayton, Ohio. It is listed at 607 E 3rd St Lower Level, Dayton, OH 45402, which places it among the local businesses of Dayton that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by. Google also lists it under sushi restaurant, wine bar, which is worth knowing if you are comparing several options in the area.

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The business lists hours on 5 days of the week. Typical hours are 5–11 pm. Note that it does not open on Monday, Sunday. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. You can reach Tender Mercy at (937) 453-0007; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, tendermercy.com.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.7 out of 5 from 597 reviews, which is a strong result for a bar in Dayton and suggests consistent service.

Dayton is in Ohio, in the Midwest, where summers are warm, winters are cold and snowy, and most errands are done by car; businesses keep steady year-round hours with the usual holiday changes. Traffic in Dayton peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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