Around Daintree
3 stops, all within a short walk
1
0.6 mi
5:30 PMDinner
2
0.7 mi
7:00 PMCocktails
3
8:30 PMSomething sweet
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A cocktail night in Midtown Manhattan
A proper drink between dinner and dessert.
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These are bars you go to for the drinks themselves — a considered menu, careful technique, a bartender who can make you something that isn't on it. They sit best in the middle of a night: after dinner, before dessert, or as the nightcap. Restaurants with a strong bar are on the restaurant lists instead.
This guide ranks 37 cocktail bars in Midtown Manhattan. Editors' picks come first, then the rest by rating, and the plans below build a whole evening around the best of them.
Nights couples planned here
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Routes around the top spots on the list, with the best-rated places nearby for the rest of the evening.
Around Dutch Fred’s
3 stops, all within a short walk
1
< 0.1 mi
5:30 PMDinner
2
0.2 mi
7:00 PMCocktails
3
8:30 PMSomething sweet
Around ART Rooftop Bar at Arlo Midtown
3 stops, all within a short walk
1
0.3 mi
5:30 PMDinner
2
0.4 mi
7:00 PMCocktails
3
8:30 PMSomething sweet
Cocktail bars in Midtown Manhattan
Editors' picks first, then by rating · the top 24 of 37.
LoungeDaintree
5.0(15)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
Cocktail BarDutch Fred’s
4.8(5)Midtown Manhattan · $$
Rooftop & Cocktail BarART Rooftop Bar at Arlo Midtown
4.8(5)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
BarMonkey Thief
4.7(23)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
Cocktail BarBaretto
4.7(23)Midtown Manhattan · $$$$
Cocktail BarThe Woo Woo
4.7(14)Midtown Manhattan · $$
Cocktail Bar929
4.7(11)Midtown Manhattan · $$
BarHaswell Green
4.7(11)Midtown Manhattan · $$
Cocktail BarRaines Law Room at The William
4.6(21)Midtown Manhattan
RestaurantSocial Drink & Food
4.6(7)Midtown Manhattan · $$
Cocktail BarThe Raines Law Room
4.6(5)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
Cocktail BarOphelia Lounge
4.5(23)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
Cocktail BarThe Campbell
4.5(21)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
BarDear Irving On Hudson
4.5(4)Midtown Manhattan · $$$$
Cocktail Barbar/code NYC
4.4(13)Midtown Manhattan
Rooftop BarThe Skylark
4.4(7)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
BarNothing Really Matters
4.4(5)Midtown Manhattan · $$
Cocktail BarThe Molly Pitcher Club
4.3(24)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
Rooftop BarThe Empire Rooftop
4.3(19)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
Cocktail BarLady Blue
4.3(12)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
Cocktail BarBar Fiori
4.3(6)Midtown Manhattan · $$
Cocktail BarLantern’s Keep
4.3(6)Midtown Manhattan · $$$
BarKing Cole Bar
4.2(11)Midtown Manhattan · $$$$
Cocktail BarRandolph's Bar & Lounge
4.1(17)Midtown Manhattan
Good to know
- What's the best cocktail bar in Midtown Manhattan for a date?
- Our top pick is Daintree, rated 5.0 out of 5. Dutch Fred’s and ART Rooftop Bar at Arlo Midtown round out the top 3.
- Are there affordable cocktail bars in Midtown Manhattan?
- Yes — Dutch Fred’s, The Woo Woo and 929 are all $$ or under.
- What should we do before or after?
- Make it a cocktail night: dinner, then cocktails, then something sweet. The plans on this page pair each top spot with the best-rated places within about a 20-minute walk.
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