#152Global
Angel's Share
New York, USA · Japanese cocktail bar · North America
Angel’s Share is at 45 Grove Street in the West Village. Its 2026 North America’s 50 Best profile describes a 17-seat bar and a cocktail programme drawing on traditional Japanese flavour profiles.
Description source 1 · Description source 2 · Checked 2026-10-08
The 2026 date identifies the publisher’s profile edition. Its publication day and visit date are not established.
Plan Your Visit
45 Grove St, New York, NY 10014West Village
- Style
- Japanese cocktail barChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Hours
- Tuesday–Saturday from 17:00; closed Sunday and Monday. The owner does not publish a closing time.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Booking
- Walk-ins only; no reservations. Maximum four per group, with no standing or split parties.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Menu
- The owner's current cocktail gallery names Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Night Train, Harvest and other serves; it is a gallery, not a priced or exhaustive drinks list.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
45.9 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 69.7
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 49.4
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 78.6
- Serious press
- 21.8
- Social Vibes
- 57.4
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
82/ 100
The original score, confidence, mentions and score-read date are retained; this source check does not recalculate them.
Score context
Julien Levy’s October 2025 Time Out review praises precise drinks, the intimate Grove Street room and gracious service, while describing the wait. The cited customer mirror did not expose the stored guest quotation.
Guest sources checked:
Source-role review of the existing record; publication dates are not visit dates.
Guest score details
Source observations
- Critic: precise drinks and attentive service
- Critic: intimate, quiet room
Source qualifications
- Critic: waiting for a seat
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- timeout.comJulien Levy — Editorial source · 29 October 2025
Grove Street review; East Village category is a stale tag. Critic experience, not customer consensus.
Editorial context
Editorial review checked:
Guest reviews · 2025–2026
Visitors praise the intimate, quiet room and carefully made cocktails. One guest reported a wait and feeling overlooked. Reactions to individual drinks, and to how inventive the menu feels, vary.
This editorial note is independent of the score and does not change it.
Editorial sources
- wanderlog.comReview mirror / aggregator · Reviewed · Also present in the score evidence · Publication / visit date not established
The source showed Google 4.4/1,819 and named reviews dated 2025-11-13 through 2026-06-09. Its Grove Street listing mixes a legacy East Village/Shingo Gokan summary; the stored customer excerpt was not attributable in the captured text.
Crowd signal
Google 4.4★ across 1,838 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.