Spy Bar
Bar · South End ·
Hi-Fi lounge with curated music, craft cocktails, small bites
Hi-Fi lounge with curated music, craft cocktails, small bites
"Listening bars are taking over Boston, and we’re welcoming the takeover. There are three new cocktail bars on this list alone that are in that genre: Temple Records in Downtown Crossing, Trillium’s new Headroom Hi-Fi Lounge, and, as of October, Spy Bar in the South End. You’ll find classic drinks here, as well as a handful of remixed classics, but the highlight of this new cocktail bar and listening lounge is the space on the menu that general manager Marco Anaya has reserved to play around. In a recent menu, that means desserts in drink form, from a Mango Lassi with rum, mango, saffron, and other spices, to a whiskey-soaked Peach Cobbler." - Erika Adams
"Listening bars are taking over Boston, and we’re welcoming the takeover. There are three new cocktail bars on this list alone that are in that genre: Temple Records in Downtown Crossing, Trillium’s new Headroom Hi-Fi Lounge, and, as of October, Spy Bar in the South End. You’ll find classic drinks here, as well as a handful of remixed classics, but the highlight of this new cocktail bar and listening lounge is the space on the menu that general manager Marco Anaya has reserved to play around. In the opening menu, that means desserts in drink form, from a Mango Lassi with rum, mango, saffron, and other spices, to a whiskey-soaked Peach Cobbler." - Erika Adams, Eater Staff
"A dim, hi‑fi music listening lounge tucked in the lower level of the Revolution Hotel that blends carefully curated, not‑loud DJ and live sets in an acoustically treated room with elevated small plates and an inventive cocktail program from Wildlife Hospitality and GM/bartender Marco Anaya. The 150‑person space (about 80 seats plus a 12‑seat bar) offers small‑plate fare meant for sharing or a full meal, including bluefin tuna tartare, crispy masa tempura artichokes, duck confit pastilla, chickpeas tossed in smoked Turkish pepper, and barbecue pork ribs accented with crunchy corn kernels; on the sweet side there’s a playful chocolate Fluff dip served with fresh fruit. The cocktail list is divided into vintage “freezer door classics” (extra‑cold Manhattans and martinis), highly effervescent “Pop” highballs carbonated on a Suntory Highball Wonder, riffed Remixes like the Sticky Fingers paloma (Olmeca Altos tequila with Xicaru mezcal, mandarin, tarragon, coconut) and the I’m Working Late espresso martini (coffee‑washed Reyka, mace syrup, manzanilla sherry, tonka bean), and labor‑intensive Fresh Cuts such as a Baklava cocktail that uses phyllo infusions and a house pistachio milk with a touch of feta brine, plus a PB&B made with centrifuged banana “water.” Seasonal ingredients drive the menu, with the Remixes and Fresh Cuts rotated several times a year and weekly specials, making the spot suitable for a pre‑dinner stop before dining elsewhere in the hotel or for a full evening of music, drinks, and small plates." - Nathan Tavares
"One of the Soho lounges Trump and his friend John Casablancas reportedly frequented in the 1990s, Spy Bar is cited as a spot where Trump allegedly nursed a small number of light beers; a bartender who worked at several clubs during that era also claims Trump was a terrible tipper, alleging he once left two dollars after buying an expensive bottle of wine — 'I wanted to kill him,' the bartender says." - Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
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