Scarlet Lounge
Bar · Upper West Side ·
Intimate Art Deco bar with creative cocktails & live music
Intimate Art Deco bar with creative cocktails & live music
"“It's a lot of neighborhood people, a lot of Upper West Siders during the week. And then later in the week and weekends, [we get] more people from different parts of the city, with a mixed age range. Monday nights have been really fun because we've been getting some really good musical acts. It's a small space but we kind of try to connect the music to the jazz age period of [Victoria, a decorator's] design. I like putting musicians to work. I love the idea of a neighborhood place that people feel is theirs, and it's a little different than everything else in the area. And the truffle fries are really good.”" - sonal shah
"Even though the Upper West Side is decidedly not as nice a place to drink a sparkling wine cocktail as a luxury hotel in Taormina, Sicily, you can get pretty close to the experience at Scarlet Lounge in the low 80s. The bar is owned by White Lotus and Sopranos star Michael Imperioli, and it's lacquered with gold accents and swathed in red velvet. The Art Deco bar is small, almost cramped, but the cocktails are creative and well-made, especially for this part of town. As long as you don’t have an allergy to the color red, Scarlet is a great place to grab a fancy cocktail until 2am on the weekends." - will hartman, bryan kim, neha talreja, matt tervooren
"A new cocktail bar on the Upper West Side from actor Michael Imperioli offering a neighborhood drinking spot with celebrity ownership." - Emma Orlow
"Michael Imperioli, a star in both of those shows, opened Scarlet, a restaurant and cocktail lounge, in December with his wife, Victoria Imperioli." - Luke Fortney
"Upper West Side bars can feel like frat house extensions or retirement community social clubs, with not a whole lot in between. Scarlet Lounge, Sopranos actor Michael Imperioli's cocktail bar in the low 80s, is in a completely different category. Sexy and a little bit gaudy, it's red, it's gold, it's Art Deco—and it's so small that on some nights you may need to take a deep breath before swimming through the patrons to get from the lounge area to the bathroom. The cocktails, which obviously include a sparkling wine drink called The White Lotus, are fussy and interesting. There are truffled bar bites, of course. Open until 2am on weekends, Scarlet is a refreshingly lively spot for a drink near the Museum of Natural History, or a date night with some bada bing. photo credit: Will Hartman" - Will Hartman
