Best Speakeasies in New York

Manhattan wrote much of the modern speakeasy playbook, and the best speakeasies in New York still hide behind odd doors. PDT, No. 1 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2011, is reached through a phone booth inside Crif Dogs. Employees Only, No. 4 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2015, waits behind a fortune teller's parlor on Hudson Street. At Attaboy, No. 4 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2014, you knock at 134 Eldridge Street. Sip & Guzzle, No. 14 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, pours bespoke drinks downstairs at Sip; tables open on SevenRooms ten days ahead at midnight, with some held for walk-ins. These are the bars we would start with.