The Best Bars for Non-Alcoholic Cocktails in New York
15 bars with a designed zero-proof or low-ABV list, each backed by a publication or the bar’s own menu.
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarSuperbueno
Head Bartender Ignacio "Nacho" Jimenez built this neon-lit Mexican-American bar on First Avenue into the No. 2 spot on North America's 50 Best and No. 12 globally in 2025, just two years in; it stands at No. 61 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026. The cocktail program bridges Mexico City street flavors with high-specification technique, try the Green Mango Martini, inspired by NYC subway fruit carts, or the Roasted Corn Sour dusted with charred corn powder. The 2025 Spirited Awards handed Superbueno Best U.S. Bar Team (East), and a James Beard nod for Outstanding Cocktail Service sealed the year. Superbueno won Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar at the 2024 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. Lucha Libre murals, relentless energy, and drinks that hit harder than they have any right to. It sits at No. 9 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Named by Time Out New York, These NYC bars officially serve the best non-alcoholic drinks in the city (2026)
13 1st Ave., New York, NY 10003Mon-Thu 4pm-2am, Fri-Sun 12pm-2amFull profile
★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarClemente Bar
Chef Daniel Humm and artist Francesco Clemente collaborated on this bar above Eleven Madison Park, and the result feels less like a hotel annex and more like a private gallery that happens to serve exceptional drinks. Deep burgundy tones, walnut panels, and Clemente's murals nod to Zurich's Kronenhalle Bar. The cocktail program matches the restraint of the room, seasonal, plant-based, and precisely composed. Clemente Bar entered North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 at No. 11 with the Best New Opening Award, and it is No. 15 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar at the 2025 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
Named by Resy, 26 New York Bars and Restaurants with Excellent Zero-Proof Cocktails (Dec 2024, updated Jan 2026)
11 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010Daily 5pm-1amFull profile- Dante50 BESTCocktail Bar
Dante
The circa-1915 Caffe Dante on Macdougal Street, reborn as the aperitivo bar that topped the World's 50 Best Bars in 2019. A full page of negronis, on tap, chocolate, sour, an extensive aperitivi list, and $10 Negroni Sessions daily from 3-5pm keep the Greenwich Village original humming; the group now stretches to the West Village, Beverly Hills and Mayfair. It was No. 46 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 and is No. 58 on the North America's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026.
Named by Resy, 26 New York Bars and Restaurants with Excellent Zero-Proof Cocktails (Dec 2024, updated Jan 2026)
79-81 Macdougal Street, New York, NY 10012From 12pm weekdays, 10am weekends; food to 11pm Sun-Wed, 12am Thu-SatFull profile 
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTHotel BarThe Portrait Bar
An intimate cocktail bar and lounge inside The Fifth Avenue Hotel in NoMad, with wood panelling, a carved stone fireplace and an extensive collection of portraits. Bar Director Darryl Chan oversees a program of refined cocktails and elevated bar fare. It currently stands at No. 71 on the North America's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026.
Named by Time Out New York, These NYC bars officially serve the best non-alcoholic drinks in the city (2026)
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, 1 West 28th St, New York, NY 10001Mon–Thu 5pm–1am, Fri–Sat 5pm–2am, Sun 5pm–12amFull profile- Lobby Bar at The Hotel ChelseaHotel Bar
Lobby Bar at The Hotel Chelsea
The Lobby Bar sits inside The Hotel Chelsea on West 23rd Street and is open from late morning to two in the morning every day. Its signature is the 1884 Martini, made with gin, cedro lemon, vetiver and Spanish olive oil, and the list runs from a tribute to Arnaud's French 75 to a non-alcoholic Strawberry Sbagliato, with wine, beer, sake and small plates alongside.
Named by Time Out New York, These NYC bars officially serve the best non-alcoholic drinks in the city (2026)
222 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011Daily 11am-2amFull profile - Bar ContraNORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
Bar Contra
The bar-slash-bistro reincarnation of the acclaimed restaurant Contra, from Jeremiah Stone and Fabián von Hauske with drinks expert Dave Arnold. The list is organized by technique, Carbonated, Shaken, On a Rock, Stirred, running from boozy rum-banana blends to zero-proof spritzes built on champagne acid, beside a chef-driven snack menu. No. 98 on the North America's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2025.
Named by Time Out New York, These NYC bars officially serve the best non-alcoholic drinks in the city (2026)
138 Orchard St, Lower East Side, New YorkMon-Thu 5:30pm-1am, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-2amFull profile - DonnaCocktail Bar
Donna
New York City's first worker-owned cocktail bar: re-established as a cooperative in 2023, where worker-owners share profits by labor contributed and each holds one vote. The Cornelia Street room serves Latin-inspired dishes and craft cocktails, the frozen Brancolada (Fernet Menta, rum, pineapple, coconut) remains the drink Donna is known for. Happy hour Mon-Fri 5-7pm.
Named by Resy, 26 New York Bars and Restaurants with Excellent Zero-Proof Cocktails (Dec 2024, updated Jan 2026)
7 Cornelia St, New York, NY 10014, United StatesMon-Thu 5pm-12am, Fri-Sat 5pm-1am, Sun 3pm-9pmFull profile - Sunken Harbor ClubTiki Bar
Sunken Harbor Club
A tiki and tropical cocktail bar on the second floor above the historic restaurant Gage & Tollner in Downtown Brooklyn. Cocktails are designed by Garret Richard, co-author of Tropical Standard; seating is walk-in only, first-come, first-served.
Named by Time Out New York, These NYC bars officially serve the best non-alcoholic drinks in the city (2026)
372 Fulton St, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201Sun–Thu 5pm–11pm, Fri–Sat 5pm–12am (walk-in only)Full profile 
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarDeath & Co East Village
Opened on New Year's Eve 2006/07 and swiftly a cocktail institution, the East Village original of what is now a four-city empire (New York, Denver, LA, Washington DC). Exposed brick, low-slung tables, a marble bar, and a menu rebuilt twice a year across six sections running light-and-refreshing to spiritous and zero-proof. Limited reservations, mostly first come first served; two-hour visits, parties of eight max.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
433 E 6th St, New York, NY 10009, United StatesSun-Wed 6pm-1am, Thu-Sat 6pm-2amFull profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarMace
Nico de Soto and Greg Boehm's spice bar in Greenwich Village, where every cocktail is named after the spice or ingredient it features, Mace, Tonka, Pandan, Habanero, on a seasonal, rotating menu that put the bar on The World's 50 Best Bars in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Non-alcoholic versions of the signatures, plus food, happy hour and brunch.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
35 West 8th Street, New York, NY 10011Mon-Wed 4pm-12am, Thu 4pm-1am, Fri 2pm-2am, Sat 1pm-2am, Sun 1pm-11pmFull profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarClover Club
Julie Reiner's Cobble Hill institution, open since 2008, part neighborhood bar, part destination cocktail bar, with vintage furnishings, a reclaimed mahogany bar and a working fireplace. Expertly prepared cocktails come alongside a full food menu; ranked on North America's 50 Best Bars.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
210 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Mon–Thu 4pm–12am, Fri 4pm–1am, Sat 12pm–1am, Sun 12pm–12amFull profile- Raines Law Room at the WilliamHotel Bar
Raines Law Room at the William
Raines Law Room at the William opened in 2014 inside a Beaux-Arts townhouse hotel on East 39th Street, the second location of the cocktail parlor Meaghan Dorman and Alberto Benenati first opened in Chelsea in 2009. It is a seated lounge spread across four rooms, the Hawthorne Room, the Peacock Room, the Library and the Terrace, with a menu of twenties-inspired cocktails and a zero-proof section.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
24 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016Mon-Thu 5pm-12am; Fri 5pm-2am; Sat 4pm-2am; Sun closedFull profile - Crown ShyCocktail Bar
Crown Shy
Crown Shy occupies the ground floor of the Art Deco landmark at 70 Pine Street in the Financial District, a Michelin-starred restaurant since its first year in 2019. The bar program runs a list of house cocktails that borrow from the kitchen, a Charred Onion Gibson with sherry and burnt onion and a Melona Milk Punch of honeydew, sticky rice and coconut among them, with a short non-alcoholic section alongside.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
70 Pine St, New York, NY 10005Mon-Wed 11:30am-2pm, 5pm-9:30pm; Thu-Fri 11:30am-2pm, 5pm-10pm; Sat 5pm-10pm; Sun 5pm-9:30pmFull profile 
Cocktail BarDutch Fred's
Named for the Prohibition-era policeman whose reply, that hell is a mild climate compared to this neighborhood, is credited with naming Hell's Kitchen. A Theater District cocktail hotspot open to 2-3am nightly, with a rotating barrel-aged program, a signature smoked cocktail, weekend brunch from 10am and a kitchen running past midnight.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
307 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036Mon-Tue 4pm-2am, Wed 12pm-2am, Thu-Fri 12pm-3am, Sat 10am-3am, Sun 10am-2amFull profile- Bemelmans BarHotel Bar
Bemelmans Bar
The Carlyle's legendary room, adorned with the murals Ludwig Bemelmans painted, nearly eighty years of history and still one of New York's most enchanting salons. Live entertainment nightly: piano from 5:30pm, jazz trio from 9pm, with a per-person music charge. The Hanky-Panky-era glamour survives in serves like Madeline's Vesper and the nori-dusted Gibson.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
35 E 76th Street, The Carlyle Hotel, New York, NY 10021Sun-Mon 12pm-12am, Tue-Thu 12pm-12:30am, Fri-Sat 12pm-1amFull profile
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