Taking the idea of mixology to the next level. The bartenders pour cocktails in pharmacist coats and the décor takes heavy influence from science equipment. The cocktails, as to be expected, are inventive and chic.
Famous speakeasy where patrons are encouraged to come for dinner and stay for drinks. Tucked behind a fortune teller, Employees Only has received commendation for its interpretation of cocktail classics. Busy, and for good reason.
Bar with a substantial roster of brandies and cognac. A sophisticated space for mature and reserved purveyors of liquor. Spirit sommeliers are also on hand to pair patrons with their ideal drink. Reservations are encouraged.
The drinks are great but the cups they serve them in are even better and will literally have you feeling like a kid again... just with a cocktail. Intimate industrial space. Made the World's 50 Best Bars list.
Intimate Chinatown wine bar behind a bold green facade, pouring hundreds of natural bottles into delicate Zalto glassware. Vintage furniture, upscale small plates, and quiet conversation fill the low-lit room.
Late-night NoMad bar mixing craft cocktails with fenugreek, pickle oil, and garam masala. The vibrant room runs on loud conversation and rounds of modern North Indian small plates.
Pioneering Japanese speakeasy where precise cocktails are served under a massive cherub mural. The room is intimate and dimly lit – arrive early to avoid the inevitable wait.
Lively street-level saloon pouring classic highballs and shochu cocktails. A separate staircase leads down to an intimate speakeasy for inventive, technique-driven drinks and modern izakaya fare.
Intimate hotel bar with wood-paneled walls covered in portraits and a carved stone fireplace. Cocktails are globally inspired – think sesame-washed scotch and Martinis made with aguardiente.
Sixth-floor Williamsburg hotel bar pairing cocktails and natural wine with wide-open Manhattan skyline views. Green velvet banquettes and an outdoor terrace fill up early for sunset drinks and seafood small plates.
Moody, candlelit cocktail parlor hidden up an unmarked staircase near Union Square. The intimate room fills fast with couples drinking complex cocktails laced with savory Singaporean flavors like salted egg vermouth and fish sauce.
Intimate cocktail salon from the Eleven Madison Park team, where large murals by Francesco Clemente line the walls. The menu is entirely plant-based: technical cocktails in the lounge and a tasting menu at the nine-seat chef’s counter.
Japanese cocktail bar set across two floors of a historic carriage house. Downstairs is a classic Ginza-style bar; upstairs, a cozier loft for meticulously crafted martinis and small plates.
Candlelit wine bar on a historic Chinatown alley, its walls lined with hundreds of low-intervention bottles. The space is tight: patrons sit elbow-to-elbow sharing modern Chinese plates and soy-braised short rib.
Grand Lower East Side cocktail bar occupying a vaulted former bank hall. Tables fill early in the evening for oysters, beef carpaccio, and mushroom gin negronis under soaring plaster ceilings.
Reservation-only floating bar docked at a Brooklyn marina with panoramic Manhattan skyline views. Adirondack chairs line the pier for sunset spritzes, tinned fish, and Fini pizza delivered straight to the dock.
