Casa Cipriani Membership: Cost, Waitlist, and the Dress Code That Actually Matters

Casa Cipriani New York will tell you exactly which sneakers to leave at home, and nothing at all about what membership costs. Media reports put it at around a $2,000 initiation fee and roughly $3,900 in annual dues as of mid-2026, with a reduced tier for members under 30.

The Cipriani family opened the club in 2021 inside the Battery Maritime Building, a restored 1909 landmark at the southern edge of Manhattan, with interiors by Marvel Architects and the late Thierry Despont. It is an art deco time capsule with harbor views, and its membership reportedly includes Drew Barrymore and John Legend.

The club’s bylaws confirm that an initiation fee and annual dues apply, that New York’s 8.875% sales tax is added to both, and that pricing can change at the proprietor’s discretion. They don’t give the dollar amounts. Every figure below is a reported one.

What Casa Cipriani membership costs

Casa Cipriani won’t quote you a price online. Its membership page sends applicants to a portal and says nothing about money. Media reports agree on an initiation fee near $2,000 and annual dues of about $3,900, with a lower rate for members under 30.

Two details push the real cost up. New York’s 8.875% sales tax is added to both the fee and the dues, so your first year costs a little more than the sticker figures. And the bylaws let the club change pricing at any time, so treat any number you read, ours included, as a snapshot.

By New York standards, that is a modest entry fee. Casa Cipriani costs far less to join than Core Club and Casa Cruz, with their six-figure initiations, and lands in roughly the same territory as Zero Bond. Most of what you pay for is the address and the harbor.

The dress code, which the club does spell out

The dress code is enforced at the door. Casa Cipriani asks members and guests to respect the building’s Beaux-Arts heritage with an elegant, polished appearance at all times.

That rules out hooded sweatshirts, ripped jeans, track pants, joggers, cargo pants, and any athletic or streetwear-inspired sneakers. Smart leather or suede sneakers in neutral tones with minimal branding are allowed, and most members lean on that loophole. After 5 p.m., men must wear long sleeves, and the club keeps blazers on hand for anyone who arrives without one.

A few house rules go with it. Photography is banned throughout the club, guests must be at least 21 after 5 p.m., members can bring up to three guests at once, and laptops and headphones are welcome only until 6 p.m. Leave the phone in your pocket and enjoy the room.

The waitlist and how you get in

You get in by application, and Casa Cipriani is reported to keep a waitlist. The club doesn’t publish its length or a timeline, so anyone promising you a fixed wait is guessing. Vetting and timing are at the club’s discretion, and knowing an existing member tends to help, as it does at most of New York’s private clubs.

Membership gets you a spa and wellness center, several dining rooms, a jazz cafe, an outdoor terrace over the water, and a hotel you can book before it opens to the public. The Michelin Keys guide gave the hotel its top rating of three keys in 2024, a fair sign of the standard in the club attached to it.

Who Casa Cipriani is for

Casa Cipriani suits members who care more about the setting and the service than the scene. If a harbor-facing terrace, a proper spa and a beautiful landmark building matter more to you than a six-figure barrier to entry, the reported dues are among the more reasonable in the city for what comes with them.

It suits you less if you want to film the night or dress down for it. Our guide to New York’s best private members’ clubs shows where Casa Cipriani fits among the city’s other doors, and Core Club and Zero Bond charge very differently for a very different night out.