There are plenty of reasons to take a bathroom selfie. Maybe you just noticed how good your outfit looks that night and you need to document your fashion achievement. Maybe you’re governed by the principle of photo-or-it-didn’t-happen and you need to grant your social media followers the ability to track your impressive social life. Whatever your motivation, we found the 19 best Cleveland bathrooms to sneak off to when you need to add a couple selfies to your camera roll.
There are plenty of reasons to take a bathroom selfie. Maybe you just noticed how good your outfit looks that night and you need to document your fashion achievement. Maybe you’re governed by the principle of photo-or-it-didn’t-happen and you need to grant your social media followers the ability to track your impressive social life. Whatever your motivation, we found the 19 best Cleveland bathrooms to sneak off to when you need to add a couple selfies to your camera roll.
Funhouse
1539 W. 117th St., 216-815-5866
Stand straight up, take a knee or spread all out in this vertical pink-and-black striped room of perfection.
Photo via tender_lemons/InstagramButcher and the Brewer
2043 E 4th St., 216-331-0805
Take your selfie in one these single, all-enclosed stalls or step out near the giant sink, look left or right and use the mirror in front for your future picture.
Photo via dc_bathrooms/kwameatta/Instagram Credit: Photo via dc_bathrooms/kwameatta/InstagramTreehouse
820 College Ave., 216-696-2505
The sidewalk and mountain paintings make for a perfect background for you and your friends. The mirror here can easily accommodate one person or a big group.
Photo via briquu/InstagramGrog Shop
2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., 216-321-5588
A hurricane of bands have torn through the Grog Shop in venue’s decades-long history. You can tell by its covered-in-graffiti bathroom, the perfect spot for an impromptu photoshoot with a punk rock vibe.
Photo via morgvn__/InstagramStone Mad Pub
1306 West 65th Street, 216-281-6500
Stone Mad Pub is a classic Irish-inspired pub, but it’s bathroom looks like the walls of a particularly opulent swimming pool, with colorful mosaic designs adorning the wall.
Photo via d_maxfield/InstagramAngelo’s Pizza – Lakewood
13715 Madison Ave., 216-221-0440
Angelo’s in Lakewood is a restaurant that serves up food just like mom used to make, and bathroom selfies just like mom didn’t used to take them.
Photo via auvenia___/InstagramXYZ The Tavern
6419 Detroit Ave., 216-706-1104
It’s not uncommon to find an encouraging bit of graffiti scrawled across the mirror in the bathroom of this Detroit Shoreway Eatery. Make sure to snap a pic after you wash your hands.
Photo via heyescapist/InstagramTaza – A Lebanese Grill
1400 W. 6th St., 216-274-1170
Grab a couple friends for dinner at this Lebanese eatery and instead of asking for your waiter to take your picture like a dad at the Cheesecake Factory, head to Taza’s softly lit bathroom for a group shot.
Photo via katarzyna_klaudiaa/InstagramNow That’s Class
11213 Detroit Rd., 216-221-8576
A pink bathroom filled with scribbles and flowers. Before snapping through the writing on the mirror, add some of your own for your next selfie.
Photo via hashbrownmami666/InstagramJudd’s City Tavern
10323 Madison Ave., 216-675-4316
Let these walls full of different comic book characters fill around you as you take a heroic-size selfie.
Photo via JuddsCityTavern/FacebookMahall’s
13200 Madison Ave., 216-521-3280
Mahall’s odd mashup of bowling alley/bar/concert venue offers a ton of photo opportunities, but if you can’t find your lighting anywhere else, try sneaking away to the bathroom for a second (or however long it takes you to grab a selfie).
Photo via allyyson/InstagramHouse of Blues
308 Euclid Ave., 216-523-2583
A bathroom with multiple mirrors for multiple photos. Take it with friends or by yourself from all different angles. Be sure to capture the black and yellow designs on the distinctive walls around you.
Photo via missangeline00/InstagramRitz-Carlton Cleveland
1515 W 3rd St., 216-623-1300
An in-room bathroom selfie at the Ritz-Carlton might set you back a couple hundred dollars, but you could stop into the lobby bathroom if you’re looking for a more economical option.
Photo via samii.rae/InstagramBarrio
Various Locations
Blend with the graffiti behind you and post a selfie like you never have before. Great mirrors, big art, delicious tacos and wonderful photos are all here.
Photo via b_en_glo/InstagramThe Cleveland Cinematheque
11610 Euclid Avenue, 216-421-7450
Us mere mortals may never be able to achieve selfies with Kardashian levels of lighting perfection, but the illuminated edge mirrors (basically a ring light— a selfie secret weapon) at the Cinematheque may be the next best thing.
Photo via eye.freckle/InstagramMetropolitan at the 9
2017 E. 9th Street, 216-239-1200
Take advantage of the spacious bathroom, and ultra-flattering lighting, of this downtown luxury hotel. Besides, if you don’t take a selfie in the hotel bathroom, did you even really stay in that hotel at all?
Photo via trulyblessed001/InstagramGene’s Place to Dine
3730 Rocky River Dr., 216-252-1714
If you like two shades of pink, great lighting and awesome framed pictures in your selfies, then this is the bathroom for you and your camera.
Photo via Bathroom_enthusiast/InstagramJack Cleveland Casino
100 Public Square, 216-297-4777
Even if you lose at the slots, you can still leave the casino a winner with a few extra ego-boosting IG likes on a killer selfie.
Photo via a_niccole/Instagram16-Bit Bar + Arcade
15012 Detroit Ave.,Lakewood, 216-563-1115
Write a fake name, your caption or your favorite video game character on the chalk wall behind you when taking the selfie for your future Instagram post.
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