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Pen-Top Bar & Terrace

The Peninsula
700 Fifth Ave., 23rd fl, New York, NY 10019
at 55th St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-956-2888 Send to Phone

Reader Rating:
7.0 out of 10

1 Reviews | Write a Review
Scene: After Work, Bar Food, Hotel Bar, Outdoor Area, Romantic, Rooftop, View

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Hours

May-Sep: Mon-Wed, 4pm-midnight; Thu-Sat, 4pm-1am; Sun, closed; Oct-Apr: Mon-Thu, 5pm-midnight; Fri-Sat, 5pm-1am; Sun, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

E, V at Fifth Ave.-53rd St.; N, R, W at Fifth Ave.-59th St.

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American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

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This venue is closed.

The drinks are pricey and underwhelming, but you're not really here for the drinks. You're here for the closest dry-land equivalent to the experience of sipping a cocktail on the deck of a great ocean liner. Instead of the seas, it's the spires of the city that surround you; ample helpings of fresh air and blue sky provide unmitigated joy (and something of a shock to the system). At night, Pen-Top becomes one of the city's most potently romantic places to catch a nightcap. The experience is considerably less grandiose in winter, but the seats do make nice spots to get cozy in with your paramour and count the limos cruising Fifth Avenue. — Matt Kelly

Extra

The Pen Top's clubby vibe and astro-turf roofdeck has been replaced with a glass-encased bar resembling a big block of incandescent ice.

Reader Ratings

7.0

Top Notch

hey_hon from | Posted on 1/31/03

Overall Reader Rating: 7 (Recommended)

I have a thing for hotel bars...there, I've said it. The Pen Top (the top of The Penninsula House) makes me giddy, the view, the drinks, those little bottles of Coke that they use, the bill - THE BILL. Ouch...Read More