Must Visit Holiday & Winter Pop-up Bars and Restaurants in NYC

‘Tis the season for Holiday Pop-up Bars and Restaurants! We’ve rounded up the best-decorated eateries and watering holes around NYC featuring amazing seasonal bites and Instagrammable cocktails to pair. Don’t miss out on all the holiday fun and relish in the season’s bright lights and festive cozy spaces. Reservations are recommended!

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The Mark Chalet

📍 The Mark Bar & Restaurant, 25 East 77th Street
📅 Through the Winter

This winter, The Mark debuted The Mark Chalet, a fondue experience by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, bringing the spirit of the Alps to the heart of the Upper East Side.

The corner of 77th and Madison Avenue will be transformed into a cozy chalet, complete with wood-paneling and gingham accents; where you can enjoy a range of Alpine-inspired delicacies such as traditional Swiss Fondue, Veal Zurichoise with Spätzle, and Mont Blanc. Cozy up with a glass of wine or a selection of classic winter cocktails, from mulled wine to hot toddies.

Sleyenda at Leyenda

📍Leyenda, 221 Smith Street, Brooklyn
📅 Through December 30th

The Leyenda team will transform the pan-Latin inspired cocktail joint for the fifth year in a row using over-the-top festive decorations. Under the direction of Julie (of Drink Masters fame) and Ivy (Tales of the Cocktail 2015 Best American Bartender), you can look forward to holiday-themed hand-crafted cocktails using top-shelf spirits in fantastic festive glassware, including Santa’s Boots, Tom & Jerry Mugs, giant Santa heads and more! 

Krampus Cove

📍Someday Bar, 364 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
📅 Through December 31st

Krampus’ Cove is an immersive cocktail experience that takes the traditional celebrations surrounding Christmas and turns them on their head. This pop-up will celebrate the pulpy and macabre legend of Krampus and throw in some naughty elves, evil snowmen, and more, all with innovative and delicious seasonally-inspired cocktails.

PHD Terrace Midwinter Night’s Dream

📍 PHD Terrace at Dream Midtown, 210 West 55th Street
📅 Through the Winter

Experience the enchantment of  PHD Terrace’s Midwinter Night’s Dream pop-up, where winter magic comes to life. Cozy up under 10,000 mesmerizing twinkling lights, and wander through a brand-new flower tunnel featuring a whimsical dreamland of baby’s breath.

Partridge at The Standard, East Village

📍 Standard East Village, 25 Cooper Square
📅 Through December 31st

This season, Partridge pop-up restaurant at The Standard, East Village transports guests to a state of sparkling nostalgia. Draped with decadent tinsel displays, the midcentury space has been transformed with glittering details from memory lane. 

The celebratory menu features festive cocktails and retro twists on small plates, from cheesy crab dip with Ritz crackers and ‘70s pickle platters to chicken schnitzel and cheese fondue. Vintage desserts sweeten the final course — including spiced custard tart and pink grapefruit & campari jelly cake. Check out the happenings here.

Papillon Bistro & Bar

📍Papillon Bistro & Bar, 22 E 54th Street
📅 Through the Winter

Brace yourselves for a sleigh ride through Papillion whimsical winter wonderland! Enjoy some sweet cocktails and delicious food surrounded by their Christmas decor.

A Pink Wonderland Pop-up Bar

📍 Bounce, 55 W 21st Street
📅 Through December 31st

At Pink Wonderland, they’re rekindling the holiday spirit with a unique experience that breaks free from traditional Christmas bar norms, with a fresh, PINK, unique take on the holiday season. You can expect photo ops, seasonal cocktails, live DJ’s & more!

Admission to Pink Wonderland is included with your ticket; beverages and food are not included but are available at an additional cost.

Holly Jolly Holiday Bar

📍Mad Morton, 47 7th Ave South
📅 Through December 31st

Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, all are welcome to gather at this over-the-top holiday pop-up bar and warm up with seasonal cocktails cocktails! The halls will be decked with floor-to-ceiling tinsel, trimmings, ornaments, and more, allowing you to immerse yourself in holiday magic from every angle.

Each ticket includes a 90-minute reservation and a holiday-themed welcome cocktail or mocktail. Additional drinks and holiday-themed bites will be available for purchase on-site.

Moxy Rooftop Pink Winter Lodge: Neon Frost Edition

📍 Moxy Rooftop Bar & Lounge, 485 7th Avenue
📅 Through the Winter

Magic Hour’s newest winter pop-up, The Pink Winter Lodge – Neon Frost Edition. The West Terrace features a brand-new carousel complete with neon accents, pink trees, and metallic skis throughout the space, photo moments in every direction, themed cocktails and treats, and so much more.

On the East Terrace, an interactive custom snow globe is set with backdrop views of the Empire State Building. On the 2nd floor of the Moxy Times Square Hotel, the atrium evokes the alps with a life-size ski lift and a pop-up by Inkloo at Bar Moxy where the Apres Ski pink chocolate will also be served.

Miracle Bars

📍 The Cabinet, 649 East 9th Street
📅 Through December 31st

📍 Thief Brooklyn, 595 Union Avenue, Brooklyn
📅 Through December 31st

Miracle Bars offers a menu of cheerful libations and saturated, floor-to-ceiling holiday decor, ranging from nostalgic to contemporary and everything in between. A life-sized dancing Santa is right at home next to twinkling lights, vintage garlands, reindeer figurines, and humorous holiday cards. Pair the extravagant setting with the perfect soundtrack of holiday songs.

Feliz Cocteleria

📍 Borrachito Taqueria & Spirits, 206 Avenue A
📅 Through Mid-January

Feliz Cocteleria is an immersive installation with twinkling lights, eclectic ornaments, and colorful textiles, and a celebration of Navidad and the holiday spirit. The Limited-edition holiday cocktails served in festive seasonal glassware curated by Beverage Director Max Stampa-Brown combine vibrant Latin American flavors with holiday season nostalgia.

Haven Ski Chalet

📍 Haven Rooftop, 132 West 47th Street
📅 Through the Winter

Haven Rooftop above The Sanctuary Hotel in the heart of Times Square is celebrating this Christmas season at Haven Ski Chalet. You will be surrounded by holiday decor including cranberry bundles and holly arching its way above each table, with shimmering Christmas lights overhead, evergreen garland, and flannel pillows and blankets. If you’re really feeling the holiday spirit can order shot skis.

Oscar Wilde

📍Oscar Wilde, 45 West 28th Street
📅 Through the Winter

Oscar Wilde’s Christmas decor is transformed into a polar bear paradise, featuring a warm and festive experience, and seasonal dishes and craft cocktails.

Ho Ho Holiday Lounge

📍 The Springs, 224 Franklin Street, Brooklyn
📅 Through January 1st

The Ho, Ho, Holiday Lounge is a Christmas inspired pop up bar & lounge with festive cocktails & cheers in Greenpoint, BK. Chill, cozy up, and drink a holiday cocktail!

Loreley Heated Winter Wonderland

📍 Loreley Restaurant & Biergarten, 7 Rivington Street
📅 Through January 7th

Loreley Beer Garden’s popular Holiday Winter Wonderland is decked out with over-the-top holiday lights and décor both indoors and outdoors in the heated beer garden and streetside patio, the space features a full-size Santa, light-up reindeer, two giant 6-foot snowmen, a dozen smaller ones, candy canes, a sleigh, gingerbread houses, snow globe display, along with 6 Christmas trees and thousands of ornaments, garlands, bows, crystal icicles and snowflakes hanging from the ceiling.

Guests can get into the spirit of the season with hot festive holiday drinks including bourbon hot chocolate, spiked egg nog, holiday cocktails, famous mulled wine, seasonal craft beers & ciders hot toddies, winter sangria & more!

Each day, Loreley also offers various happy hour holiday specials, including select cocktails, giant steins of beer, and wines by the glass and bottle. On Wednesdays, they are also hosting Ugly Sweater parties (12/6, 12/13, 12/20) with $2 off holiday cocktails til 10pm.

Snowday in Brooklyn

📍 Sunday in Brooklyn, 68 South 2nd Street, Brooklyn
📅 Through December 31st

Snowday in Brooklyn is a seasonal holiday pop-up takeover of Sunday in Brooklyn dinner. Featuring delightfully over-the-top decorations, cozy blankets, holiday cocktails, and more!

Jingle Bell Book & Candle

 📍 Bell Book & Candle, 141 W 10th Street
📅 Through December 30th

Jingle Bell Book & Candle features festive decor and holiday signature cocktails including the Canela Navidad made with cinnamon-infused Cazadores tequila, the Coal for Christmas with mint & charcoal-infused Grey Goose vodka, and the Scrooged with rosemary-infused Angel’s Envy Bourbon, Bacardi black barrel rum, Christmas spice and angostura. 

Sipping Santa

📍 Thief LES, 161 Ludlow Street
📅 Through December 31st

A playful and retro-kitsch Christmas pop-up, envision Santa on a surfboard instead of a sleigh, replace the classic pine tree with palms decked with ornaments, and hang hibiscus garlands alongside tinsel—in essence, that is the Sippin’ Santa spirit.

The Ready Rooftop Chalet East

📍 The Ready Rooftop, 112 East 11th Street
📅 Through the Winter

Stay cozy at Ready Rooftop’s brand-new winter pop-up, Chalet East. Experience a volume of hanging snow from the ceiling, birch poles, red skies throughout the space, unlimited photo moments including a faux fireplace, red ski lift, and more. 

Enjoy new seasonal cocktails and desserts perfect for a winter night, including their Frozen Espresso Martini, Frozen Spiked Apple Cider, and Warm Churros served with Spiced Hot Chocolate. 

Tinseltown

📍 Pekarna NYC, 594 Amsterdam Avenue
📅 December 30th

Tinseltown, the all-encompassing Christmas-themed pop-up is all about celebrating Christmas so you can expect Santa, elves, presents, tinsel, festive tunes, and lots of winter warmer drinks, including a fabulous Christmas cocktail menu!  The halls are more than fully decked with baubles, bows, hanging trees, wreaths, and more. 

Tickets include entry to the themed bar and a themed drink on arrival.

Public Rooftop Heated Igloos

📍 Public Rooftop, 215 Chrystie Street
📅 Through the Winter

Stay warm this winter in the ever-so stylish igloo on The Roof while you enjoy breathtaking 360 views of the city. Each igloo features candles, a firepit, and fur blankets and seats up to 8 people (2 person minimum).

Indulge yourself with specialty drinks such as Hot Totties, Mulled Wine, Hot Apple Cider, and sweet Hot Cocoa accompanied by a pre-fixe dinner menu from POPULAR  serving shareable plates. Igloos at The Roof are available for 2.5 hours on Sunday – Tuesday at $100 per person and Wednesday – Saturday at  $500 for 2 guests and $200 for each additional person. Reservation fee applies as a F&B credit.

Great Jones Whiskey Wonderland 

📍 Great Jones Distilling Co., 686 Broadway
📅 Through January 2024

Great Jones Distilling Co. has decked the halls of their speakeasy and transformed it into a Whiskey Wonderland. Get into the holiday spirit within their festive escape, located right in the heart of NoHo, while exploring holiday-inspired cocktails and small bites that highlight locally sourced ingredients, including the Great Jones Straight Bourbon that’s distilled right here within their distillery.

Runway Chalet at The TWA Hotel Pool Bar

📍 TWA Hotel, One Idlewild Drive, JFK International Airport, Queens
📅 Through the Winter

Revel in a winter wonderland experience at the hotel’s rooftop infinity pool and its seasonal opening of the Runway Chalet pop-up. Just beside the pool – which is turned into an outdoor “pool-cuzzi” during the cold months and is heated up to 95 degrees every day with steam drifting off the edge – sits an enclosed alpine-themed restaurant and bar, complete with cozy seating, a vintage fireplace, games, and tasty noshes. 

The menu features delicious seasonally themed drinks such as the “Ginger Snap”, “Wintry Mix”, “Sleigh All Day”, and even a spiked House-Made Hot Cocoa. This ’60s après ski experience hidden at JFK Airport acts as the perfect spot to cheer the holiday season. 

Winter Lodge at Loreley Beer Garden

📍 Loreley Beer Garden, 7 Rivington Street
📅 January 10th- March 3rd

After the holidays have passed, the elves give the Heated Winter Wonderland a Snowy transformation with a warm cabin vibe featuring beautiful white florals, snowy white garlands, warm winter lights, and faux white fur accents.

Featuring seasonally decorated indoor & heated outdoor Beer Garden.  Enjoy Seasonal Craft Beers, Snow White Patron Coconut Margaritas, Boozy Bourbon Hot Chocolate, Spiked Hot Cider, Jameson Hot Toddy, Jameson Irish Coffee, Famous Mulled Wine, Winter Sangria & more!

Jingle Jangle at The Dead Rabbit

📍 The Dead Rabbit, 30 Water Street
📅 Through the Winter

The world’s most awarded pub celebrates the holidays in a nostalgic celebration of modern Irish festivities in the ever-anticipated Jingle Jangle pop-up.

Bigger than ever with all three floors partaking in the festivities with holiday-themed cocktails, a magical Christmas soundtrack, and a dazzling display of lights and holiday spirit. Expect warming, seasonal dishes served alongside kitsch-themed cocktails, over-the-top decor, and a magical Christmas soundtrack with all your favorite hits.

One dollar from each holiday cocktail purchased throughout Jingle Jangle will be donated to Goliath Trust, a charity that addresses educational gaps in disadvantaged areas in and around Belfast, Ireland.

Winter Wonderland at Somewhere Nowhere

📍 Somewhere Nowhere, 112 W 25th Street
📅 Through the Winter

Experience a Winter Wonderland at Somewhere Nowhere, which boasts eight heated teardrop-shaped igloos overlooking the Empire State Building.

Each igloo also comes with an integrated Alexa music system, and seats up to five guests. You can enjoy delectable winter cocktails like a Choctail and mouth-watering bites curated by Executive Chef, Sandy Hall like Wagyu Beef sliders and Mushroom Crostini. 

The experience begins at $85 per person, and each Igloo reservation for two or more includes a bottle of champagne. 

Serra by Birreria Winter Wonderland

📍 Serra by Birreria, 200 5th Avenue, 14th Floor 
📅 Through the Winter

Meaning “greenhouse” in Italian, SERRA encompasses a cozy and welcoming ambiance reminiscent of the frosty Italian countryside, emphasizing sprawling eucalyptus and winter berries and seasonal décor boasting sage green and icy lavender hues.

Celebrate the return of winter with their new food and beverage offerings, like their Zucca (roasted delicata squash) and Butternut Squash Ravioli, or their Winter Old Fashioned and Vin Brûlée.