New York

Ace Hotel Lobby Bar

Amor Y Amargo

Angel's Share

Apotheke

Avenue

Balthazar New York

Bathtub Gin

Beauty & Essex

Beauty Bar

Bierhaus

Birreria

Black Market

Booker and Dax

Bounce and Sporting Club

Bourgeois Pig

Breslin

Cabin Down Below

Cienfuegos

Clover Club

Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog

Death & Co

Diablo Royale

Dublin 6

Dutch Kills

Elsa

Employees Only

Experimental Cocktail Club (Lower East Side)

Forgetmenot

Gramercy Tavern

Hogs and Heifers

JG Melon

Jimmy at the James Hotel

La Esquina New York

Little Branch

Locanda Verde

Los Feliz

Mayahuel

McSorley's

Milk & Honey

Miss Lily's

Mother's Ruin

Niagara

Nurse Bettie

Pain Killer

PDT

PJ Clarke's

Pulino's

Raines Law Room

Rose Bar

Rye House

Schillers

Shake Shack

Slightly Oliver

Spin

Spotted Pig

Stanton Social

The Back Room

The Bar at the Four Seasons

The Beagle

The Biergarten at the Standard

The Campbell Apartment

The Cannibal

The Frying Pan

The John Dory

The Shanty

The Vinatta project

Tiny's

Viktor & Spoils

Welcome to the Johnson's

	Ace Hotel Lobby Bar Absolutely everything about the Ace Hotel is rock n roll. The hotel rooms have kegs in the fridges and party showers can host at least 10 people, the adjoining restaurants and coffee shops are some of the best and even Read More
	Amor Y Amargo Amor Y Amargo (or Love and Bitters to you, matey) does exactly what it says on the tin. Launched at the same time as their own Bittermens Bitters, this small Italian bar, laid with penny-tiled mosaics, is topped lovingly with Read More
	Angel's Share Sneak through a sushi joint into this teensy bar, where Japanese bartenders make killer Asian themed cocktails. Read More
	Apotheke An experience from start to finish, but first you’ve gotta find it. This gem is off the beaten track – down a hidden street in the heart of Chinatown to be precise. But it’s more than worth the google map Read More
	Avenue Heavy décor with a great little dance floor, bring enough cash and try to get a table. Read More
	Balthazar New York An absolute must-visit on any trip to NYC. Keith McNally’s Parisian bistro style Soho restaurant is large and stunning. With a French menu, bustling bar and an in-house bakery, it will please even the fussiest of eaters. Seats in here Read More
	Bathtub Gin Don’t be fooled by the coffee shop, look further and you’ll find this gin haven, jazz playing joint. Read More
	Beauty & Essex Name aside, the place is cool and very popular with the glitterati of NYC. Enter an unassuming pawn shop, pretend you’re shopping for a vintage handbag/guitar/ loadsa gold and when no one’s looking dive through the door at the back Read More
	Beauty Bar You can get your nails done whilst sipping on your cocktail! Well priced drinks and 40’s music! Read More
	Bierhaus Scoot down for happy hour and you will discover the greatness of German beers and sausages. Read More
	Birreria A brewery and a bar on a roof terrace, hell yeah. Welcome to Birreria! The ultimate place to hang if it’s sunny or even raining – it has a retractable glass roof, naturally. The rooftop bar is the icing on Read More
	Black Market Does what it says on the window: “Oysters, Black Market and Burgers,” and boy does it do them well. Nestled neatly between quite a few bars, you could easily think it was part of Niagara next door. Approach this place with Read More
	Booker and Dax They chill their glasses with liquid nitrogen and heat their winter warmers with a hot poker. There are so many gizmos in the room that you could easily mistake Booker and Dax for a chemistry lab instead of a bar, Read More
	Bounce and Sporting Club A sports bar with more TVs than Bestbuy, great food and delicious cocktails. Read More
	Bourgeois Pig Two red lanterns mark the hidden entrance of this East Village plush, bordello-chic bar, with red velvet curtains, gilded mirrors and throne-style armchairs. This place was made for a good girl’s night out with elaborate Champagne punches and fondues for Read More
	Breslin Boiled peanuts fried in pork fat, pork scratchings served in paper bags and ostrich sized scotch eggs. April Bloomfield is the one who brought the British gastro pub to New York, in the form of the Spotted Pig in Greenwich Read More
	Cabin Down Below Exclusive lounge, where straightforward drinking goes down. Entry is hit-or-miss so look the part!   Read More
	Cienfuegos Hidden rum bar serving exotic cocktails with a dusty pink and cool lime décor. Read More
	Clover Club Brooklyn style glamour reigns here. It’s also been voted one of the 25 best cocktails bars in America! Read More
	Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog Probably one the last bars on Water Street’s island, even if you live way out of town we recommend you find a way down here. Enter a time warp, this 19th Century Irish tavern, named after an infamous gang from Read More
	Death & Co This place screams naughty, so naturally we’re into it. From the nonchalant façade to the discreet doorway the only thing alerting you to Death & Co’s existence is the host standing outside. Be nice, he’s the key to the secret.  Stride Read More
	Diablo Royale Hands down the best place to hide out on a hot day in the West Village, Diablo Royale is an awesome little Mexican styled local, with a street front that opens right up for maximum people watching/spilling out onto the Read More
	Dublin 6 Get your fill of sliders to Lobster BLT’s and a great selection of beer, wine and cocktails. Get down for happy hour and the outside tables on a sunny day. Read More
	Dutch Kills Unassuming from the outside, best bar in Queens on the inside. Owned by the same guy behind Milk and Honey and Little Branch. Win. Read More
	Elsa Named after a fashionista who lived in NYC during prohibition, this place makes BarChick wonder how long it will be before someone names a bar after us (we’re pretty into Soho, if you’re asking…). As well as being the place Read More
	Employees Only If you’re on the hunt for a seriously good cocktail, but don’t feel like drinking it in posh speakeasy surroundings, then this is the place for you. EO is the kind of place where you feel like you’ve crashed someone else’s Read More
	Experimental Cocktail Club (Lower East Side) Will these experimental Francais dudes take over the world? It’s looking likely. If you’ve been to one of the other ECCs in either Paris or London you’ll know what to expect here; mood lighting, vintage glassware, a touch of taxidermy Read More
	Forgetmenot Walk through the door to this excellently named, super chilled neighborhood bar and try to remember why you’ve never been here before; it’s awesome. Grab a seat at the bar and hang out with the locals and the friendly staff, you’ll Read More
	Gramercy Tavern Gramercy Tavern holds a special place in New Yorker’s hearts and it gets BarChick’s vote for one of the most romantic bars in the city (boys, take note). It’s a rustic and homey restaurant, with rooms filled with enormous vases Read More
	Hogs and Heifers Lurking in the shadow of the Standard Hotel this bar is the home of the original Coyote Ugly. If you fancy yourself as a bit of a bar-top dancer and can spit lines like ‘I love rock ‘n’ roll’ whilst Read More
	JG Melon A regular hangout for anyone who lives on NY’s Upper East Side (ProBarChick used to go at least once a week!). JG Melon is a local landmark that kinda looks like it’s been there forever. With green and white check Read More
	Jimmy at the James Hotel Said to have enviable 360 degree views of the Manhattan skyline, take a power-nap on the pink waterbed! It’s a must. Read More
	La Esquina New York Sexy Mexican dungeon bar hidden beneath a tacqueria shop. Think models sipping tequila with Mick Jagger and you get the idea Read More
	Little Branch Through a brown unmarked door on a West Village street and down some treacherous stairs lies a subterranean speakeasy known as Little Branch. A BarChick favourite, this is one of those rare places where you truly feel like you’ve been transported to Read More
	Locanda Verde The gorgeous and star-crossed Locanda Verde is Robert Di Niro’s barn sized, Italian restaurant in Tribeca. Table reservations are a hot commodity, so head instead to the brasserie style bar for Italian draft beers, wines, and excellent cocktails. The bar Read More
	Los Feliz BarChick loves tequila, so when we see “tequileria” painted in gold letters across the window we know we’re in for a good time. More than 150 premium tequilas spread over 3 floors await you here, THREE! The ground floor bar is Read More
	Mayahuel The Mexican speakeasy where BarChick was born…  There’s a reason why Mayahuel is one of the best bars in the world and it’s not just because they’ve got hundreds of mescals, tequilas and the cocktails are amazing. The atmosphere is sultry, Read More
	McSorley's Not only does this place lay claim to NYC’s oldest working Irish man’s saloon, but also anyone who’s anyone has been through its swinging doors from Abe Lincoln and John Lennon to BarChick (it’s her favourite hangout). It’s been around Read More
	Milk & Honey Invite only and name dropping is banned, only a 007/bond girl approach might work for this quirky, classy joint. Read More
	Miss Lily's Everyones favourite Jamaican food spot with a creative cocktail list, wicked vibe and fun staff. Read More
	Mother's Ruin TJ Lynch former chef turned bartender opened this little joint in 2011, he can be found either behind the bar or propping it up, enjoying a beer. Our kinda guy. Notice the gold barbershop-esque sign in the window and be drawn Read More
	Niagara It seems to be dedicated to the memory of the old NYC. Great vibe, great drinks and head downstairs for an impromptu dance party! Read More
	Nurse Bettie Is it a bar? Is it a slutty lingerie store? Who cares, one peek through the keyhole and you know you wanna go in. If ever there was a bar built for BarChick then this is it. Drastically darkly lit with Read More
	Pain Killer It sounds like they have some crazy cool concoctions in this Dutch owned bar decked out with bamboo, graffiti & trippy lights. Read More
	PDT You’ve surely already heard about PDT, the speakeasy bar with the secret phone booth entrance through an East Village hot dog joint. Wacky Clark Kent entrance aside, this bar is about so much more! Firstly – it’s owned by Jim Read More
	PJ Clarke's This place is such a NY landmark that it even featured in an episode of Mad Men (Season 1, episode 8). 130 year old PJ Clarke’s saloon has recently had a makeover, but the jukebox, out-of-order cigarette machine and chalkboard Read More
	Pulino's This is Keith McNally’s latest joint in NYC and this time he’s doing pizza as well as cocktails, like a champion. As with all the McNally hangouts his mark is stamped firmly on the interior, with a metal clad bar Read More
	Raines Law Room Named after a law to curb New Yorkers’ drink consumption this place has a jam packed cocktail list & buzzers on the tables. Read More
	Rose Bar Gramercy Park Hotel’s glam  bar is the place for great drinks and celeb spotting. Read More
	Rye House For those who know their drinks, this is meant to be the place to head to. BarChick has heard good things about the bartenders! Read More
	Schillers This neon lit, white, glazed brick building on the corner of Rivington and Norfolk is hard to miss. Like a beacon, it stands out from the other dark, low key joints in this area and it’s been here longer than Read More
	Shake Shack Danny Meyer is famous for his fantastic restaurants, so we knew Shake Shack was gonna be good. They’re even opening one in London soon, yuh-huh!  A steel shack located in one corner of Madison SQ Park this place is hard Read More
	Slightly Oliver Get your goggles on: this bar is using in-house chemistry for their cocktails… apparently the booths are where it’s at. Read More
	Spin If you always dreamed of drinking in a sexy high-school gymnasium, then you’ll thank Susan Sarandon for creating this subterranean ping-pong paradise. Take some mates and battle it out on one of their 17 tables, and if all that ping-pong makes you Read More
	Spotted Pig Look for cluttered pots of plants and bright flowers, with a little spotted pig hanging over the door and you’ve found NYC’s original gastropub. April Bloomfield & Ken Friedman’s gastronomic tavern is two floors of wallpaper, mismatched chairs and shoestring Read More
	Stanton Social East Village hotspot, perfect for groups, with a sharing menu and inventive cocktails. Read More
	The Back Room Oh how we love sniffing out a good speakeasy style bar.  Head down Norfolk Street, follow the lit stairs and enter an alleyway covered in god knows what…don’t worry you’re nearly there. Climb one more flight and finally you’ll see Read More
	The Bar at the Four Seasons The bars in NYC’s five star hotels are like worlds of their own, filled with glam hotel guests, bankers and ladies of the night. If you fancy rubbing shoulders with that lot, head to the fairest of them all, The Read More
	The Beagle You’ll find The Beagle just north of Thompson Square Park, in the midst of some of the city’s best-known bars. The blue stained glass windows feature a mismatch of frosting, and once inside, the place is just as intriguing as Read More
	The Biergarten at the Standard The slightly grittier, Eurovision drinks option at the shiny and well styled Standard Hotel. The Biergarten is all about weird German beers, pretzels and ping pong. Make new friends at communal picnic tables and order an enormous soft pretzel from Read More
	The Campbell Apartment Take a trip back in time in the swanky, former private office of a NY business mogul, hidden inside magnificent Grand Central Station! John W. Campbell’s old digs have been restored to their elegant 1920s selves, with enormous ornate ceilings, upholstered couches and Read More
	The Cannibal Don’t worry, The Cannibal is named after a famous Belgian cyclist (hence the cycling gear decorations), not one of those face-eating types (although they do sell pig’s heads, more on that later). Enter through a takeaway beer fridge tunnel into Read More
	The Frying Pan A dive bar created from a formerly sunken, barnacle clad ship? Sold. One of our favourite New York drinking spots, The Frying Pan is an eclectic, frat-party style drinking world created from a bunch of boats docked on an old Read More
	The John Dory BarChick has been in love with the Ace Hotel since it opened its fabulous doors, and April Bloomfield’s John Dory restaurant brings a welcome, brighter addition to their bar offerings. It’s a light and airy fish themed restaurant with an Read More
	The Shanty Connected to the New York Distillery, they serve up two types of their gin and the rest of the drinks are impeccable. Read More
	The Vinatta project This place has vending machines filled with booze, genius! So go right ahead and turn it into your own private tasting room. Also the cocktails are said to be incredible. Read More
	Tiny's Restaurant downstairs and bar upstairs, the food is great and the cocktails are worth it. Read More
	Viktor & Spoils Taqueria and Tequila bar with a bathroom that is covered in Mexican pesos! Read More
	Welcome to the Johnson's Damn, welcome to the mother of all dive bars. This is your mates’ parents sitting room last decorated in the early 70s. It’s the dated décor you’ve seen in those family photo albums you can’t quite believe are real. Plastic Read More