Nikai

With room for 60 people and earlier closing hours than many downtown lounges, Nikai attracts a mature crowd. With hip Asian influences in its decor, the ceiling looks like a giant Jenga game. To add to the humour, Jenga is available to play. Sleek cocktails are broken into categories like "Shaken" or "Stirred." Drinks are inventive and well-executed, like "The Rutherford," with rum, beer, ginger and cardamom, or "Spirited Away" with bourbon, cynar, fig and cherry. The food menu is perfect for those who have been dying to try from Momofuku's acclaimed menu. There are many snack options, from lamb buns to snow crab to head cheese, and there are always bowls of ramen or ssam lettuce wraps if you have a sizeable hunger.