Best Bars in Midtown, NYC
Hotel bars, jazz rooms, listening lounges — Midtown works harder than it gets credit for.
Midtown bars get unfairly dismissed by NYC locals. The truth is the best hotel bars in the world are in Midtown — and the post-work scene from 6pm to 9pm is one of the most intense bar moments in any city.
Eight Midtown picks: hotel bars, jazz rooms, hidden cocktail dens, and the bar with the city's best martini.
The best bars in Midtown Manhattan
Bar Goto
Kenta Goto's Japanese-influenced cocktail bar. Sakura Martini, miso wings, the most precise bar in Midtown.
The Campbell
Inside Grand Central in the restored 1923 office of John W. Campbell. The most cinematic bar in NYC.
King Cole Bar
St. Regis bar with Maxfield Parrish mural. Birthplace of the Bloody Mary in 1934. NYC heritage cocktail destination.
Bemelmans Bar
Carlyle Hotel jazz bar with Ludwig Bemelmans murals. Live jazz nightly, white-jacketed bartenders, $30 martini ritual.
Sakagura
Underground sake bar inside an East 43rd office building. 200+ sakes, omakase counter seats, no English signage.
Aldo Sohm Wine Bar
Le Bernardin's wine bar from sommelier Aldo Sohm. 200+ by-the-glass wines, simple plates, a Midtown grown-up evening.
Jimmy's Corner
Last actual dive in Times Square. Boxing memorabilia, $5 beers, owner Jimmy Glenn's 50-year smile.
Birdland
Big-name jazz venue on West 44th. Two sets a night, $35-50 cover, world-class musicians.
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