The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan
Bar Goto is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

1. Bar Goto

9.0
245 Eldridge St (btwn E Houston St & Stanton St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Lower East Side · 104 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: Kenta Goto’s Japanese-style cocktail bar is an oasis of subtle cocktails and small plates, all deeply rooted in personal history. Don't miss the okonomiyaki. Read more.

Amor y Amargo is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

2. Amor y Amargo

8.9
443 E 6th St (at Avenue A), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 204 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: This bar has one thing on its mind: bitters. Despite having fewer than a dozen seats, it's made a big name for itself as the mecca of all things mouth-puckering. Read more.

Angel’s Share is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

3. Angel’s Share

8 Stuyvesant St (at E 9th St & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Speakeasy · East Village · 493 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: In this shrine to the cocktail, Japanese bartenders quietly build drinks, many of which lean classic and spare. This is a bar with rules—and not the tongue-in-cheek kind. Read more.

Attaboy is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

4. Attaboy

9.2
134 Eldridge St (btwn Delancey & Broome St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Lower East Side · 239 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: Attaboy is the everyman’s cocktail bar hidden in plain sight. With a no-menu format, bartenders feel out your vibe and deliver some of the most solid cocktails in all of New York. Read more.

Boilermaker is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

5. Boilermaker

13 1st Ave (at E 1st St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 102 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: There’s nothing fancy about Boilermaker, but there’s nothing immediately dive-y about it, either. Though it carries the shot-and-a-beer torch with pride, the real gems are the cocktails on draft. Read more.

The Dead Rabbit is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

6. The Dead Rabbit

9.2
30 Water St (btwn Broad St & Coenties Slip), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Financial District · 485 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: The Dead Rabbit has the most epic cocktail menu in existence. The walls are lined with tinctures, syrups and Irish whiskey, and the bartenders are some of the best in the world. Read more.

Death & Co. is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

7. Death & Co.

8.8
433 E 6th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY
Speakeasy · East Village · 394 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: Dark, brooding, and obscured, Death & Co. is everything one expects from a speakeasy-style bar. Though its been around for years, it’s still one of the best places to get an ambitious drink. Read more.

Little Branch is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

8. Little Branch

8.8
20 7th Ave S (at Leroy St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · West Village · 336 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: One of NYC’s first classic cocktail bars, 1920s speakeasy-style Little Branch sees some of the city’s best bartenders pass through. As such, dealer’s choice is never a bad decision here. Read more.

Mother's Ruin is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

9. Mother's Ruin

8.7
18 Spring St (btwn Mott & Elizabeth St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · NoLita · 329 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: Cheap beer, strong whiskey and a consoling ear can all be found here. But Mother’s Ruin also flies under the radar as one of the most inventive cocktail bars in the city. Read more.

Mayahuel is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

10. Mayahuel

304 E 6th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 263 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: Mayahuel is dedicated to the worship and preservation of agave. A mix of Mexican tile, dark wood and lots of tequila & mezcal bottles, it’s an embodiment of the most intentional of cocktail programs. Read more.

The NoMad Bar is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

11. The NoMad Bar

10 W 28th St (at Broadway), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · NoMad · 252 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: The NoMad Bar’s original cocktails have rendered it a must-stop for global cocktail pilgrims. Drinks lean toward spirit-forward and complex, and a reserve list employs rare, luxury spirits. Read more.

PDT (Please Don't Tell) is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

12. PDT (Please Don't Tell)

8.4
113 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 1st Ave & Avenue A), New York, NY
Speakeasy · East Village · 439 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: For such a tiny bar PDT’s reputation is vast, due in part to its phone booth-in-a-hot-dog-stand entrance and ubiquitous bartender-proprietor Jim Meehan. Read more.

Pegu Club is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

13. Pegu Club

77 W Houston St (at W Broadway), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Greenwich Village · 303 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: One of the original bars to spur the NY renaissance, Pegu Club is still a bastion of beautiful drinks. It’s the best place to order modern classics like the Gin Gin Mule and the Earl Grey MarTEAni. Read more.

Pouring Ribbons is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

14. Pouring Ribbons

225 Avenue B Fl 2 (btwn 13th & 14th St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 180 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: Pouring Ribbons is well-versed in the classics, but going off-piste is also rewarded with eccentric ingredients including seven-spice-pumpkin-coconut mix, corn milk and yogurt. Read more.

Wallflower is one of The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Manhattan.

15. Wallflower

235 W 12th St (at Greenwich Ave), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · West Village · 99 tips and reviews

PUNCHPUNCH: Wallflower is a tiny French bistro fronted by a cocktail bar. Garnished with streaks of Angostura, curling citrus peels or thick layers of foam, the drinks are all miniature works of art. Read more.