The Tower Bar & Restaurant

The Tower Bar offers the rare sort of glamour that depends on restraint. Housed in what was once Bugsy Siegel's apartment, the room is wrapped in dark walnut, soft rose light and curved booths that encourage private conversation. A pianist often supplies the soundtrack, while the city view and fireplace do the rest. The menu follows classic hotel logic—salads, steaks, fish and a famous burger—executed to support the room rather than compete with it. Order a martini, arrive on time and treat the published dress and no-photography policies seriously; discretion is part of the experience. Breakfast and lunch on the terrace reveal a lighter, more accessible side, while dinner is the full old-Hollywood performance. The bill is substantial, but the Tower Bar succeeds where many nostalgic rooms fail: it feels genuinely inhabited, not arranged as a museum set.