Mister Paradise opened in 2019 on First Avenue at Seventh Street, in a small storefront that owner Will Wyatt and partners outfitted with a stained-glass back bar, mid-century lamps, and a cocktail list that reads as a love letter to the Caribbean. The room sits a block from the L at First Avenue and runs at the casual end of the East Village cocktail scale — not a speakeasy, not a dive, somewhere intentional in between.
It is the right room for a Wednesday-night cocktail with someone who is curious about rum, a date that should not be too formal, or a late drink after dinner anywhere east of Bowery. It is the wrong room for big groups or anyone who came expecting tiki maximalism — the drinks are tropical, the room is not. The Infatuation's East Village guide calls it 'one of the neighbourhood's most consistent pours.'
A narrow storefront with a stained-glass back bar, low pendant lighting, and a row of booths along the south wall. Eater New York's East Village bar coverage notes 'the back booths are the seat to ask for.' The playlist is on the soul-funk side; the volume sits below conversation level.
Order the Twin Engine ($17, rum, pineapple, lime, falernum) or the bar's negroni riff with mezcal ($17). The rum-focused section of the list is where the bar's identity lives — ask for a flight ($26, three half-pours, picked by the bartender). Regulars on r/AskNYC consistently flag the bar's Negronis and the snack list (devilled eggs, smashed cucumbers, the Paradise Burger at $16) as the right way to extend a visit.
East Village locals and industry; mixed cocktail crowd after 21:00 on weekends; quieter on Wednesday and Sunday. Time Out New York's East Village bar coverage frames the room as 'a neighbourhood bar that takes its cocktails as seriously as the LES rooms but charges less.'
Mister Paradise official site; The Infatuation; Eater New York; Time Out New York; r/AskNYC; Google Maps reviews (n=1,100+); Resy listing (verified 2026-05).