Katana Kitten
Bar · West Village
531 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014
![Katana Kitten by Katana Kitten [Official Photo]](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63303141/katana_kitten.0.jpg "Katana Kitten by Katana Kitten [Official Photo]")
Highlights
Japanese cocktail bar with izakaya fare, highballs, & inventive drinks
Japanese cocktail bar with izakaya fare, highballs, & inventive drinks
"Katana Kitten is featured through Masahiro Urushido on a panel about the Japanese‑American approach to the Martini, underscoring that this bar has a serious, distinct Martini style developed over decades." - Amanda Schuster
"Katana Kitten, a Japanese-inspired bar on Hudson Street, serves some of the most impressive cocktails in the city. They’re made with things like salted plum, pandan, and matcha—and we especially like the house gin and tonic, which comes in frosty mug lined with shiso leaves. Hang out in the little bar area upstairs lined with Japanese movie posters, or get a table in the darker basement area—and don't forget to order a mortadella katsu sando." - bryan kim, neha talreja, carina finn koeppicus
"Katana Kitten is a party that doesn’t stop. This always-packed Japanese-American bar in the West Village is essentially a fun neighborhood izakaya, with signed dollar bills plastered to the rafters and a loud soundtrack that bounces between Blues Traveller and early 2000s dorm room bangers. But this isn’t a place for a vodka Red Bull. The signature cocktails are all inventive and delicious, from the martini made with sake to the simple, ice cold gin and tonic with a shiso leaf stuck in the side. Don’t leave without eating the mortadella katsu sando." - bryan kim, neha talreja, sonal shah, willa moore, will hartman
"Katana Kitten, a Japan-inspired bar in the West Village, serves some extremely impressive cocktails, made with things like salted plum, pandan, and matcha. But don’t skip the food—there’s a teriyaki smashburger served with nori fries, and a mortadella katsu sando on squishy milk bread. You could totally come here before or after dinner—or this could just be dinner." - willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah
"Japanese cocktail bar Katana Kitten has two settings depending on the mood: Upstairs is a more open area for sipping cocktails like its Amaretto Sour (rye, amaretto, salted plum, honey, lemon, egg white, red shiso), while downstairs is closer in style to an izakaya. Katana Kitten made a splash in 2018, the year it opened, taking home a title for “best new American bar” and the awards have kept coming." - Emma Orlow
