Tigre
Cocktail bar · Lower East Side ·
Glamorous lounge with a 70s vibe and martinis
Glamorous lounge with a 70s vibe and martinis
"From the folks behind Maison Premiere, Tigre is a glamorous place hidden behind a nondescript door on Rivington Street. The cocktails are elaborate and chuggable as Kool-Aid, the room is filled with gold and mirrors, and the staff wear flowy all-white uniforms that wouldn’t seem out of place at a party in Boca circa 1975. If you want to go out on the Lower East Side but don’t want to have to deal with a crowd of interns, it’s one of your best options. Just be sure to make a reservation, or you might not get in." - bryan kim, hannah albertine
"Tigre is from the folks behind Maison Premiere, although, unlike its Williamsburg counterpart, this place is less of a New Orleans-inspired absinthe house and more of upscale disco parlor. The employees wear flowy all-white uniforms, and the intimate room is filled with mirrors and gold accents. In addition to elaborate drinks made with ingredients like saffron and pistachio, there’s a menu of martinis, which you can customize on a scale from lots-of-vermouth to pretty-much-gin." - bryan kim
"Reserve in advance to visit this swank Lower East Side cocktail lounge. Brought to you by the team behind Maison Premiere (another of our other favorite bars in NYC), there's a compulsory but complimentary coat check and dress-to-impress door policy, neither of which hampers the high spirits in the space. New York's bright young things fill the candlelit tables and banquettes and eight-person, U-shaped bar, requesting custom combinations off of the "Martini by Ratio" menu. The Cigarette Martini, made with Truman vodka and a juniper spirit from Copenhagen's Empirical, is among the most popular. Tigre also pours wine, spirits, and a tightly curated selection of retro and modern cocktails, with 1970s throwbacks like the Screwdriver alongside inventive drinks like the Mister Softee, named for the ice cream trucks that roam city streets in the summertime and made with Singhani, the Bolivian eau-de-vie." - Emily Saladino, Devra Ferst
"William Elliott, bar director at sibling location, Maison Premiere, oversees the beverage menu at Tigre, which pulled ideas from Playboy’s Host & Bar Book. Cocktails have names like the Rolls Royce and Mister Softee. The space features a horseshoe-shaped bar that evokes “residential sexiness in New York from the 1970s, ’80s, and maybe even ’90s,” according to New York Magazine." - Eater Staff
"Tigre is from the people behind Maison Premiere, an absinthe house and oyster bar that looks as though it was built several hundred years ago. Aside from impeccable cocktails, the two bars have very little in common. Think of this place as a ’70s disco without the dance floor. Tigre has mirrored ceilings and a gold color scheme, and, ideally, it’s where you should kick off every big night out on the Lower East Side. If you want, you can drink a screwdriver (made fancy, of course), or you can design your own martini using a scale that ranges from considerably wet to dry as burnt toast. The only downside: There’s an hour-and-a-half time limit." - bryan kim, neha talreja, sonal shah, willa moore
