The Most Exclusive Private Members’ Clubs in New York in 2026

Over the last several years, we’ve seen a massive increase in membership clubs across major US cities, with New York leading the charge. And now, New York City’s private members’ club scene has never been more competitive — or more diverse. The traditional model of mahogany-paneled dining rooms and old-money networking has given way to a new generation of clubs that cater to tech founders, creative professionals, wellness devotees, and the social media set. Meanwhile, the old guard continues to thrive for those who can get through the door. It’s one more layer of the city’s social infrastructure covered in our complete guide to Haute Living New York, alongside the hotels that increasingly blur the line between club and stay.

Here’s the exclusive guide to the most exclusive, interesting, and worthwhile private members’ clubs in New York City for 2026.

Casa Cipriani

Occupying the 1909 Battery Maritime Building on the waterfront, Casa Cipriani is both a private members’ club and a boutique hotel. The Cipriani family’s signature Italian hospitality permeates every corner — from the bellini service to the waterfront terrace overlooking the Statue of Liberty. Dining options include an Italian restaurant, a cocktail bar, and a spa and fitness center. Hotel rooms are open to the general public rather than restricted to members — non-member guests who book a stay become “Honorary Members” for the length of their visit, making it a more accessible hybrid than its members-only reputation suggests.

10 South Street, New York, NY 10004

Zero Bond

Scott Sartiano’s Zero Bond, which opened in 2020, has become the celebrity club of choice in downtown Manhattan. Located in a converted 1874 warehouse on Bond Street, the space combines industrial architecture with luxe finishes — marble, brass, and leather throughout. The restaurant serves elevated Italian-American cuisine, and the cocktail bar becomes one of the most exclusive nightlife destinations in the city after 10 p.m. The membership skews entertainment, fashion, and media, with a famously photogenic crowd. Unlike more traditional clubs, Zero Bond leans into its social media presence and cultural cachet. 

0 Bond St, New York, NY 10012

Chez Margaux

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Chez Margaux

Opened in the Meatpacking District in fall 2024, Chez Margaux pairs a members-only supper club with a public-facing restaurant helmed by executive chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The red-hued, Paris-in-the-1930s aesthetic runs through a modern French dining room, a Japanese-inspired lounge, a library, and private dining rooms, while the caviar-and-cocktail bar transforms into a late-night club called Gaux Gaux after 10 p.m.

403 W 13th St, New York, NY 10014

The Aman Club

The Aman Club, inside the historic Crown Building on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, has built a reputation as one of the most expensive private clubs in the world — a reported $200,000 initiation fee, $15,000 in annual dues, and an invitation-only process that has made it as much a status symbol as a place to actually spend time. The club’s 25,000-square-foot subterranean wellness center anchors the experience, with a 65-foot heated pool, two spa houses, and cryotherapy programming that few clubs in the city can match, alongside a private wine library, a cigar terrace, and a 7,000-square-foot Garden Terrace overlooking Fifth Avenue. Members also get priority access to the property’s subterranean jazz club and its in-house restaurants, Arva and Nama. Whether the fee justifies the access is a genuine debate even among members — but for guests who already live or work near Midtown and use the wellness amenities regularly, the Aman Club offers a level of urban sanctuary that few addresses in the city can replicate.

730 Fifth Avenue, The Crown Building, New York, NY 10019

Maxime’s

Maxime’s is London arriving in New York entirely on its own terms. Robin Birley — the force behind 5 Hertford Street and Oswald’s, two of the most coveted private club addresses in London — has made his first move into the American market with a 12,000-square-foot space on the Upper East Side, on the site of the old Westbury Hotel, and the early buzz is exactly what you’d expect from someone with his pedigree. Birley’s father, Mark, opened the legendary Annabel’s in London in the 1970s, and the apple has not fallen far. Named for Maxime Le Bailly, Comtesse de La Failaise — Birley’s aunt, a model and underground film star of the 1950s and ’60s — the club operates with the kind of old-world specificity that New York’s membership scene rarely sees.

The Twenty Two

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For those who find the line between hotel guest and member a distinction worth blurring, The Twenty Two delivers on both counts with uncommon style. The New York outpost of the London original sits just steps from Union Square, where its 78 rooms — designed by Child Studio and draped in warm, neutral tones — offer velvet drapery, Calacatta marble bathrooms, soft mohair blankets, and rotary phones on bedside tables, all conspiring to create an atmosphere that feels more like a well-kept secret than a hotel check-in. Downstairs, Cafe Zaffri draws a well-heeled crowd beneath a stained-glass ceiling for Levantine dining that stretches late into the evening, while the French-Italian bar keeps the energy going well past a reasonable hour. Intimate, discreet, and designed for the creative and the curious — The Twenty Two is exactly the kind of place that rewards knowing about it.

16 E 16th St, New York, NY 10003

For more of Haute Living’s New York coverage, see Haute Living New York: The Ultimate Guide to Luxury in the City That Never Sleeps and ZZ’s Club Is Major Food Group’s New Private Membership Club in NY.