The Best Bars in Lower Manhattan & Midtown
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- VinePair VinePair: Drinks Professional of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Meaghan Dorman
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Time Out Time Out: #26 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
- VinePair Drinks Professional of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Meaghan Dorman
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Time Out #26 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 3. NARO
Korean
The name comes from South Korea's first carrier rocket, which tells you something about the ambitions in the room. Naro is a fine dining Korean restaurant in Rockefeller Center from the team behind Atomix, and where that room chases reinvention, this one returns to classics. The New York Times gave it three stars. Order the Dongji Martini, which made Esquire's list of the best martinis in the country, and let the evening unfold slowly.
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- Esquire Dongji Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- The New York Times 2023 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
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- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
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Rank 8. Rum House
Cocktail Bar
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 9. Añejo
Mexican
Sotol on the menu is a flex few New York bars can match. This Hell's Kitchen tequila and mezcal bar leans deep into Mexican spirits, with a list that runs well past the usual suspects. Sotol, distilled from the Desert Spoon plant and sometimes called tequila's northern cousin, is a rarity here, and finding it alongside a serious mezcal selection gives the drinks menu a reason to linger over it.
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 9. On the Rocks
Beer Bar
A whiskey bar on 10th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, small and sleek and stocked with over 200 bottles, ranging from everyday pours to Pappy Van Winkle at the kind of price that makes you sit up straight. There's no cocktail menu, but the staff know their classics, and the regulars mostly want a single-malt Scotch or an Old-Fashioned anyway. The beer list is longer than you'd expect for a place so clearly devoted to whiskey.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3 stars · Difford's Guide