Cocktails · NYC

The best cocktail bar happy hours in NYC

Proper cocktail bars with a happy hour, ranked by how beloved they are. Where a well-made drink does not have to cost $22.

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Scarr's Pizza, Lower East Side

Scarr's Pizza

Lower East Side·4.4★·HH 5-7pm

Yes, the pizza institution. The bar side pours to a nightly line, $8 beers included.

$8beer
2
Apotheke Chinatown, Tribeca

Apotheke Chinatown

Tribeca·4.4★

An apothecary themed den on Doyers Street where the cocktails arrive like prescriptions.

3
Old Town Bar, East Village

Old Town Bar

East Village·4.4★

Open since 1892 with the tin ceiling to prove it. Order a martini and feel the century.

4
Off the Wagon, NoHo

Off the Wagon

NoHo·4.2★
5
The White Oak Tavern, NoHo

The White Oak Tavern

NoHo·4.4★

A proper tavern just off Washington Square, quieter than the block suggests.

6
Verlaine, Lower East Side

Verlaine

Lower East Side·4.4★

Home of the famous lychee martini and a happy hour that famously runs long.

$12beer
7

The Up & Up

NoHo·4.5★

A subterranean MacDougal Street room that takes its cocktails seriously and its volume low.

8
The Happiest Hour, Chelsea

The Happiest Hour

Chelsea·4.1★

A palm print cocktail party of a room, $10 beers when the happy hour window is open.

$10beer
9
Dear Irving Gramercy, East Village

Dear Irving Gramercy

East Village·4.6★·HH 4-6pm

A Gramercy cocktail parlor with a 4 to 6 happy hour, $9 to start.

$9beer
10
Tiny's & The Bar Upstairs, East Village

Tiny's & The Bar Upstairs

East Village·4.4★·HH 4-8pm

A crooked little 1810 townhouse with a proper bar upstairs, exactly as charming as that sounds.

11
Social Drink & Food, West Village

Social Drink & Food

West Village·4.4★
12
Fig. 19, Lower East Side

Fig. 19

Lower East Side·4.4★

Hidden behind a gallery storefront. $18 cocktails in candlelight, and worth the hunt.

$18cocktail
13
Monk McGinns, Tribeca

Monk McGinns

Tribeca·4.5★
14
The Headless Widow, Lower East Side

The Headless Widow

Lower East Side·4.6★
15
The Treasure Club Myrtle Beach, SC, Lower East Side

The Treasure Club Myrtle Beach, SC

Lower East Side·4.5★
16
Muse Paintbar - Tribeca, Tribeca

Muse Paintbar - Tribeca

Tribeca·4.7★
17
Las' Lap, Lower East Side

Las' Lap

Lower East Side·4.1★
$20
18
Dream Baby Bar and Cocktail Parlour, East Village

Dream Baby Bar and Cocktail Parlour

East Village·4.2★
19
Split Eights, Financial District

Split Eights

Financial District·4.3★
$7beer
20
Midnight Blue, East Village

Midnight Blue

East Village·4.4★
21
KING HALL Venue & Party Rental, Chelsea

KING HALL Venue & Party Rental

Chelsea·4.0★
22
KABIN, Tribeca

KABIN

Tribeca·4.7★
$10beer
23

Bar Torino

Chelsea·4.5★
24
Boss Tweeds, Tribeca

Boss Tweeds

Tribeca·4.6★
$19cocktail
25
Fantasy Bar & Restaurant, Tribeca

Fantasy Bar & Restaurant

Tribeca·4.0★
26
Armada, Lower East Side

Armada

Lower East Side·4.9★
$9beer
27
Harry's Side Bar, Financial District

Harry's Side Bar

Financial District·4.6★
28
The Lobby Bar at The New York EDITION, Chelsea

The Lobby Bar at The New York EDITION

Chelsea·4.6★
$10beer
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