Address

649 East 9th Street, East Village, NY 10009
East Village, New York

Best For

Spice-themed cocktails, ingredient-led drinks, mid-thirties crowd

Opening Hours

Tue–Sun18:00–02:00 MonClosed

Reservations

Strongly recommended

Dress Code

Smart casual

Price Range

$$$ · Cocktails from $17

World Top 50 Spice East Village Nico de Soto Ingredient

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Our Take

Cocktails Built Around Single Spices

Mace opened on East 9th Street in 2015 from Nico de Soto, the French-American bartender behind several other internationally celebrated cocktail bars. The concept is unusual: each cocktail on the menu is built around a single spice or herb. The menu lists the spices alphabetically and the cocktails follow.

The drinks are technically precise and ingredient-led. The Mace cocktail (the bar's namesake) uses mace spice in a complex stirred build. The Pink Pepper cocktail is built around fresh pink peppercorns. The format produces consistently surprising drinks.

The crowd is mid-thirties cocktail enthusiasts and visiting bartenders. Best Tuesday to Thursday for the conversation. Pair with Death and Co for an East Village world-ranked cocktail evening.

What to Order

Mace

The signature drink built around mace spice. Stirred, complex, herbal.

Pink Pepper

Pink peppercorn-infused gin, lime, sugar, prosecco. Bright and aromatic.

Curry

Cocktail built around curry leaves and turmeric. Savoury and unusual.

Saffron

Saffron-infused gin, lemon, sugar, egg white. Floral and intense.