This dark, luxurious hotel bar smacks of Old-World charm, but is one of Gramercy Park's hippest nightspots. Set up like an 18th century French salon with an Asian lattice ceiling, a medieval fireplace mantel, and massive Warhol originals… Read More
New York has never lacked for swank hotel bars, but the Rose Bar, located in the Gramercy Park Hotel, takes things to a whole new level. Though the bar's $19 cocktails turn some off, others—notably media bigwigs, i-bankers, and the hotel's glamorous guests—have no qualms shelling out for lavish beverages (the Diamonds and Pearls features Reyka vodka and Lillet Blanc shaken with blackberries and...
"Dark and sexy", this swish Gramercy Park Hotel lounge boasts "fantastic scenery" from its "good-looking" clientele to the "elegant" setting featuring a red-felt pool table and "artwork by Warhol and Basquiat"; the door's "tough to crack" (reservations required after 10 PM) and you'll "need to take out a loan" to settle the check, but most come away "impressed."
Designed by Ian Schrager, the man behind Miami Beach's Delano and West Hollywood's Mondrian, the Gramercy Park Hotel is as bold --- if not, at times, bolder --- than the city it calls home. This one isn't for the faint of style heart.…