The LES moves between dive bar and natural wine bar, between dumpling shop and serious cocktail room. These are the spots that define the neighborhood — unpretentious, curious, and open late.
Lower East Side · 22 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
An unassuming facade gives way to this effortlessly hip bar that offers a fantastic and inventive cocktail menu as well as the classics. While sipping, you’ll find you’re listening to vinyl and sitting under one-of-a-ki…
Lower East Side · 115 Allen St, New York, NY 10002
A bar that treats cocktails like a science experiment and chicken sandwiches like fine dining. The front is all casual fun—beer, highballs, fried chicken. The back is where things get wild, with drinks inspired by food …
Lower East Side · 134 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002
The speakeasy that actually deserves the hype. No menu necessary—just tell the bartenders what you like and let them work their magic. The space is tiny, the drinks are flawless, and the whole thing feels like a secret,…
Lower East Side · 245 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002
An intimate Lower East Side cocktail nook that feels like you wandered into a Tokyo haunt without the jet lag — amber light, minimalist wood, and bartenders who treat every pour like a quiet ritual. Early evenings are c…
Lower East Side · 247 Broome St, New York, NY 10002
Natural wine by the glass, low lighting, and one of the better happy hours on the Lower East Side—a combination that keeps Ten Bells busy from the minute the doors open. Oysters and tinned fish anchor the food menu, whi…
Lower East Side · 37 Canal St. New York NY 10002
A Parisian café through a Dimes Square lens—where the natural wine flows, the frites are crisp, and the service comes with just the right amount of attitude to make you wonder if this is Paris after all. The crowd is a …
Lower East Side · 177 Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002
A Lower East Side dive that feels like a honky-tonk roadhouse got dropped into downtown: dark wood, neon glow, a pool table, and taxidermy watching over your drink. Bartenders pour heavy, the jukebox is stacked, and the…
Lower East Side · 47 E Houston St 1st floor, New York, NY 10012, USA
Dishes built on unexpected combinations that always land: ricotta dumplings with raw mushroom and pecorino sardo, endive with anchovy and walnuts, scallop with dates and hazelnuts. Michelin-starred with a serious natura…
Lower East Side · 186 Mott St, New York, NY 10012
Think of it as Thai food meets diner fantasy: banana-bloom salads, crispy rotisserie chicken, and all-day breakfast that somehow includes Thai-tea babka French toast. The space has booths, counter seats, and plenty of g…
Lower East Side · 169 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002
A neon-soaked Saigon acid trip where a leopard-print pool table, a fish tank, and a metal cage (purpose still TBD) all coexist in chaotic harmony. It’s rowdy, unpolished, and exactly the kind of LES grit that’s disappea…