BAR GOTO
Cocktail bar · Lower East Side
245 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002
Highlights
Japanese-inspired cocktails & snacks like okonomiyaki & miso wings
Japanese-inspired cocktails & snacks like okonomiyaki & miso wings
"Bar Goto is a tiny Japanese cocktail bar on a relatively quiet block of the Lower East Side. It’s sleek and loungy, with a handful of tables and a hardwood bar surrounded by leather stools. Bring a date, drink a martini with a cherry blossom in it, and try the signature crispy wings smothered in a crispy miso sauce. You can also sample some Japanese whiskey, as long as you’re willing to spend around $40 on a single serving. (The whiskey market is rough these days.)" - bryan kim, neha talreja, sonal shah, willa moore, will hartman
"Bar Goto is a small, dark Japanese-inspired bar with some of the best drinks on the Lower East Side. Have a sake and gin martini with cherry blossom in it, and impress your date with the kind of chicken wings you'd never expect to find in a fancy cocktail bar like this. You need at least one order—although two would be more impressive." - team infatuation
"The Lower East Side is full of bars perfect for people who either want to forget that they just graduated or drink until they forget that they’ve been out of school for eight years. Bar Goto is not one of those bars. This is a tiny, beautifully-designed, relatively quiet Japanese spot where real, live Adults can congregate over fancy drinks and small plates (the wings are top-tier)." - katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg
"We’ve ended up at Bar Goto multiple times while waiting for tables elsewhere on the Lower East Side. And every time we do that, we remember that this Japanese cocktail bar has great cocktails, and satisfyingly sticky miso chicken wings. The next time you need a drink before going elsewhere, come here, order a Bar Goto martini with pickled green tomato, those chicken wings, and okonomiyaki. And then maybe just skip out on your original dinner plan." - willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah
"Kenta Goto opened this Lower East Side izakaya after years of bartending at the trailblazing Pegu Club, which closed in 2020. The veteran bartender serves a list of eye-opening cocktails highlighting Japanese flavors and spanning all tastes; they start at around $17. Bar snacks, like the chicken wings and okonomiyaki, are great, too." - Emma Orlow
