The Best Bars in Lower East Side
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Rank 1. Double Chicken Please
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 The 50: #41 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 The 50: #35 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 #41 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 #35 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 2. Attaboy
Cocktail Bar
There's no sign on Eldridge Street, just a faux tailor's shop window with a glowing "A" and a buzzer you'll wait at long enough to second-guess yourself. This is the cocktail bar that opened in the old Milk & Honey space after Sasha Petraske moved on, and it runs on the same no-menu, tell-us-what-you-like philosophy. North America's 50 Best Bars lists it, and the wait outside on any given night suggests people have read that list.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 The 50: #72 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 The 50: #37 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 #72 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 #37 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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The awards
- Esquire Esquire: Candarin Orange · The Best Martinis in America
- Punch Punch: Best New Bars
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Semifinalist · Best New Bar
- Esquire Candarin Orange · The Best Martinis in America
- Punch Best New Bars
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best New Bar
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Rank 4. Bar Goto
Japanese Cocktail Bar
The Sakura Martini, a sake-and-gin affair finished with a salted cherry blossom, is the thing people come back for at this tiny, warmly lit cocktail bar on Eldridge Street. Kenta Goto spent years at Pegu Club before opening this place, and the short menu of original drinks leans on Japanese ingredients, house infusions, and a quieter kind of precision. Small enough that nobody is a stranger for long.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- Esquire Esquire: Sakura Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Punch Punch: Best New Bartenders · Capucine Prager
- Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- Esquire Sakura Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Punch Best New Bartenders · Capucine Prager
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Rank 5. Tigre
Seafood
The awards
- Esquire Esquire: The Best Bars in America
- Esquire Esquire: Cigarette Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Cocktail Bars in NYC
- Esquire The Best Bars in America
- Esquire Cigarette Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- The Infatuation The Best Cocktail Bars in NYC
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The awards
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Rank 7. Eel Bar
Basque
The awards
- Esquire Esquire: Wet Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2024 · Potato Salad With Trout Roe · Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024.
- Eater Eater: The Best Lower East Side Restaurants
- Esquire Wet Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- The New York Times 2024 · Potato Salad With Trout Roe · Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024.
- Eater The Best Lower East Side Restaurants
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Rank 8. Cocktail Omakase
Japanese Cocktail Bar
The awards
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Rank 8. Milk and Honey New York
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 10. After Eden
Vietnamese Cocktail Bar
The awards
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Rank 11. Boilermaker
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 11. Nitecap
Cocktail Bar
A basement cocktail bar on Rivington, reached by a utilitarian staircase and lit just enough to read the menu, which is worth reading because it's full of jokes. Booth seating, exposed brick, and a short row of spirits on the back bar keep things grounded for a room connected to Death & Co. The drinks are serious; the room refuses to be.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 13. The Back Room Bar
Speakeasy
The entrance reads "Lower East Side Toy Company" on an iron gate, which is not a toy company. Beyond it, a semi-subterranean passage runs between buildings toward an unmarked door with a brass peephole, and yes, the rats are part of the atmosphere. One of the few surviving Prohibition-era speakeasies in the city, this bar on the Lower East Side commits hard to the bit, and the whole approach feels like a dare before you've ordered anything.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 13. Wassail
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4 stars · Difford's Guide
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The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: Difford's Guide
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The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: Difford's Guide
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Rank 15. Lobby Bar at Dirty French
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: Difford's Guide