A wine night in East Village / LES →
3 stops, all within a short walk
1
0.6 mi
5:30 PMA glass to start
2
0.5 mi
7:00 PMDinner
3
8:30 PMSomething sweet
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Best wine bars for a date in New York
A glass to start, a table around the corner.
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A wine bar is the low-pressure date: stay for one glass or four, and let the staff steer you if neither of you knows the list. Most pour a good range by the glass and serve small plates, so a wine bar works as the first stop before dinner or as the whole evening.
This guide ranks 77 wine bars in New York, from East Village / LES to SoHo / NoHo / Nolita and West Village / Greenwich Village. Editors' picks come first, then the rest by rating, and the plans below build a whole evening around the best of them.
Nights people planned here
Published date nights with a stop on this list.
Make a night of it
Routes around the top spots on the list, with the best-rated places nearby for the rest of the evening.
A wine night in West Village / Greenwich Village →
3 stops, all within a short walk
1
0.2 mi
5:30 PMA glass to start
2
0.8 mi
7:00 PMDinner
3
8:30 PMSomething sweet
The list
Editors' picks first, then by rating.
Sauced
4.9(25)East Village / LES
Bar Veloce
4.8(22)East Village / LES · $$
Turks & Frogs
4.8(5)West Village / Greenwich Village · $$
Have & Meyer
4.8(5)Williamsburg · $$$
Entre Nous
4.8(5)Fort Greene · $$$$
Brookvin
4.8(5)Park Slope / Gowanus · $$$
Parcelle
4.8(4)East Village / LES · $$$$
The Ten Bells
4.7(26)East Village / LES · $$
Gomi Korean Wine Bar
4.7(23)East Village / LES · $$
Vin Sur Vingt Wine Bar - Upper West Side
4.7(23)Upper West Side · $$
Binx
4.6(20)West Village / Greenwich Village · $$$
Somm Time
4.6(18)East Village / LES · $$$
Briciola Pizza Bar
4.6(11)SoHo / NoHo / Nolita · $$
Black Mountain Wine House
4.4(26)Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill · $$
Ruffian
4.4(25)East Village / LES · $$$
Bisou
4.4(24)SoHo / NoHo / Nolita · $$
Musette Wine Bar
4.4(19)Harlem · $$
Art Laboratory Wine Bar
4.4(5)East Village / LES · $$
Bibi Wine Bar
4.3(17)East Village / LES · $$
Zizi Wine Bar
4.3(15)Lower Manhattan / FiDi · $$
Cherry On Top
4.3(10)Bushwick / Ridgewood · $$
Von
4.3(4)East Village / LES · $$
Wine at Maayan's
4.0(25)SoHo / NoHo / Nolita · $$
Bar Oliver
4.0(14)Chinatown / Two Bridges · $$$$
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Good to know
- What's the best wine bar in New York for a date?
- Our top pick is Sauced in East Village / LES, rated 4.9 out of 5. Bar Veloce and Turks & Frogs round out the top 3.
- Which New York neighborhoods have the best wine bars?
- East Village / LES (10), SoHo / NoHo / Nolita (3) and West Village / Greenwich Village (2) have the most spots in the top 24.
- Are there affordable wine bars in New York?
- Yes — Bar Veloce, Turks & Frogs and The Ten Bells are all $$ or under.
- Do I need a reservation?
- It depends on the spot. Gomi Korean Wine Bar and Black Mountain Wine House take walk-ins.
- What should we do before or after?
- Make it a wine night: a glass to start, then dinner, then something sweet. The plans on this page pair each top spot with the best-rated places within about a 20-minute walk.