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One Last Rooftop Bar Before the Weather Changes :: Hotel Metro

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 45 W 35th St [map], New York, ny, United States, 10001
October 21, 2008 at 10:15 AM | by | Comments (0)

So there we were, after a long slog at work and literally shuffling across town... when a neon sign caught our eye: Hotel Metro's "Roof Top Bar - Open 5-7pm."

We snuck inside the tiny lobby - the concierge wasn't even sure the bar was open, but we confirmed with the host at the ground level bar - and took the elevator up to the penthouse, past some crazy chick doing her thang on one of those calf-building gadgets, and out onto the roof.

Now, we have to brag a little that we can see the Empire State Building out our apartment window...but one word here will serve: Woah.  We have NEVER seen the Empire State so close, so huge, so colossally looming, with its colors just coming into bloom in the evening sky.

There were just a few parties hanging out enjoying the view. You can see the rooftop of Macy's, some urban patios, other mambo office and apartment buildings -- it's breathtaking, even for this jaded New Yorker.

This is a great little hideaway for tourists to get a fierce view of Manhattan's tallest building before popping into the Korean restaurants flanking the hotel. Even bloggers are welcome here too!

As for actually staying overnight in the hotel, this is what we found out. In the elevator on the ride back down, a woman griped that the only ice machine in the building is on the penthouse floor; but she then chimed in that her "family suite," with two bedrooms, was pleasantly enormous and with tons of amenities. (She mentioned the rate was over $500, but the website shows it ranges from $325 upwards, depending on the date).

This is a great little find, only blocks from Grand Central, Penn Station, and the New York Public Library -- about a dozen subway lines, and a stone's throw from 34th St. shopping.

[Photo: Makoekis]

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