Silver Lyan

Ryan Chetiyawardana's first American outpost occupies a former bank vault beneath the Riggs Hotel, and the setting alone justifies the visit — exposed concrete, crimson velvet, shimmering mirrors, and original tin ceilings in a space dripping with old-money gravitas. Ranked No.48 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2025, Silver Lyan applies the Lyan studio's signature philosophy of sustainability and flavour science to a menu that rotates seasonally, with ingredients often upcycled from the hotel's kitchen. Bartenders work with house-made spirits, fermented sodas, and a zero-waste philosophy that never feels like a lecture. The result is cocktails that taste genuinely new — not riffs, not tributes, but original compositions. A bar that justifies the Lyan empire's transatlantic expansion.