The Best Bars in SoHo & around
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Rank 1. Sip & Guzzle
Japanese
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #39 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 The 50: #1 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2025 · Winner · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar
- The 50 #39 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 #1 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Winner · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 2. Katana Kitten
Japanese Cocktail Bar
Highballs and boilermakers anchor the menu at this jovial Japanese cocktail bar tucked into a Greenwich Village basement, where the drinks list stays refreshingly short and Japanese spirits do most of the talking. It landed on North America's 50 Best Bars list, which feels about right for a room that punches well above its unpretentious footprint. Go for the sake selection if you're curious; stay for the cocktails once you are.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #52 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Masa Urushido
- Time Out Time Out: #18 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
- The 50 #52 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Masa Urushido
- Time Out #18 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 3. Dante
Italian Cocktail Bar
A full page of negronis is either a menu or a dare, and Dante in Greenwich Village has been inviting people to find out for longer than anyone cares to count. This Italian cocktail cafe and all-day aperitivo spot leans into its old-school bones without getting musty about it, pairing the drinks with burrata and charcuterie. Named a James Beard Outstanding Bar semifinalist and ranked on North America's 50 Best Bars list.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 The 50: #58 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire Esquire: Dante Mini Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 #58 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire Dante Mini Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 3. Employees Only
Cocktail Bar
A fortune-teller in the window is not a gimmick so much as a promise about the evening ahead. Past the red velvet curtains, this art deco cocktail bar on Hudson Street runs to carved wood, marble floors, a tin ceiling, and an onyx fireplace, all of it suggesting you should order something serious and stay a while. It landed on North America's 50 Best Bars list, which the regulars probably already knew.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 The 50: #95 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 The 50: #45 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 #95 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 #45 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 5. Milady’s
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
- Esquire Esquire: The Best Bars in America
- The 50 The 50: Julie Reiner · Industry Icon Award
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Rank 6. Angel’s Share
Japanese Cocktail Bar
The unmarked door on the second floor of a Japanese restaurant looks exactly like where a broom lives, which is precisely the point. Angel's Share is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar with booth banquettes, bare brick, velvet curtains, and lighting set to confession-booth low. It landed on North America's 50 Best Bars list, and the room feels like it has always known that. Come early, come two, and find the door before someone else needs the mop.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 The 50: #31 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Cocktail Bars in NYC
- Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 #31 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- The Infatuation The Best Cocktail Bars in NYC
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Rank 7. Dean's
British
The awards
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 21 Best New Restaurants In NYC
- Eater Eater: The Best Restaurants in Soho
- The New York Times 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The Infatuation The 21 Best New Restaurants In NYC
- Eater The Best Restaurants in Soho
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Rank 8. Dante
Italian Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Esquire Esquire: Dante Mini Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4 stars · Difford's Guide
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- Esquire Dante Mini Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Difford's Guide 4 stars · Difford's Guide
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
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Rank 11. Kiko
Mexican
The awards
- Punch Nashi Highball · Our Favorite Cocktails
- The New York Times 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 12. Dandelion
Cocktail Bar
The awards
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The awards
- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
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Rank 12. Tooker Alley
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 15. Little Branch
Cocktail Bar
Corrugated iron ceiling, pressed tin bar front, mustard walls: Little Branch looks like a speakeasy that forgot to close. This Greenwich Village cocktail bar carries the DNA of Milk & Honey, the late Sasha Petraske's legendary first act, which means classically made drinks taken seriously and a room that rewards staying a while. It's discreet enough to feel like a find, but open to anyone who can find the door.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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