The Boom Boom Room

Tucked under Elizabeth Street, this moody izakaya pairs punchy Asian-fusion banquets with live jazz and vinyl sets in an old bank vault. Stroll down the stairs and the underground energy hits immediately—dim lighting, velvet booths, and heavy safe doors turned into dining nooks. Diners routinely steer toward the structured banquet menus to dodge decision fatigue. Plates land in steady rhythm: sticky pork belly cutting through a sharp chili bite, crisp soft-shell crab buns, and smoky eggplant miso baba ganoush. Behind the bar, staff pour rare Japanese whiskies alongside cocktails built over custom ice cubes, carrying the room well past the last course of yellowfin nori tacos.