Tigre
Cocktail bar · Lower East Side
105 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002
Highlights
Glamorous 70s-inspired lounge with signature martinis
Glamorous 70s-inspired lounge with signature martinis
"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
"Tigre is going to be a scene. It’s inevitable, really. The Lower East Side bar is gold and shiny, and the white-on-white staff uniforms are somewhere between Miami Vice and Nantucket beach party. There’s no standing room, but if you make a reservation, you can hang out at a knee-high table and enjoy a drink made with sage-infused singani. This place is from the folks behind Williamsburg Maison Premiere, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise the cocktails are nerdy and pristine." - Bryan Kim, Will Hartman, Willa Moore, Sonal Shah
"From the team behind Maison Premiere, Williamsburg’s favorite oyster-eating spot, Tigre is a loungy cocktail bar on the Lower East Side. Meant to evoke a sceney house party from the last decades of the last century, it's got gold-accented everything, and some innovative cocktails. Make a reservation to order a martini by your preferred gin to vermouth ratio. We checked out Tigre, and added it to the Bar Hit List. " - Will Hartman, Willa Moore
