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La Caverna

122-124 Rivington St., New York, NY 10002
nr. Essex St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-475-2126 Send to Phone

Hours

Tue-Thu and Sun, 5pm-2am; Fri-Sat, 5pm-4am; Mon, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

F at Delancey St.

Payment Methods

Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa

Profile

Smack dab between a corner dive and a Mexican takeout joint is a door leading to a lair that’s more Fraggle Rock than rock and roll. Owner Nick Adjari went to great lengths to reproduce a Roman cave: Stalactites hang from the ceiling, inset candles glimmer on the stone walls, and the fountain’s perimeter doubles as a seating area. Whatever the ancients would have thought of an illuminated waterfall and sheltered nooks for orange leather armchairs, neo-Bacchanalians are digging the scene. You won’t find anyone ordering lobster ravioli at the white-cloth tables on those nights; instead everyone hits the hookah or the dance floor.

6.5 "Mixed Reviews"
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great place... fun atmospher

JD858 from 10002 | Posted on 8/16/08

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)

This place is a bar/lounge before 10pm and turns into a club afterward. I have been here 3 times and it's a lot of fun. The crowd is mixed and the DJ spins hip-hop, reggae, and 80s music...Read More

not my scene

them_apples from 10009 | Posted on 8/10/08

Overall Reader Rating: 4 (Not Recommended)

my roommate and i decided to check out la caverna last night. i think we were in there a total of 2 minutes before leaving. the bar itself was cool, but the clientele was unattractive and dancing badly to awful music...Read More

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