Robert at Columbus Circle: Central Park Views, No Happy Hour
Robert, on the ninth floor of the Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle, doesn’t post a happy hour. What it sells is the window: Central Park and the circle laid out below you.
The verdict: the best view you can get on the circle without a hotel key card, and worth one full-price cocktail at sunset. It’s not where you go to save money.
What to Expect
A modern American menu from chef Armando Cortes, served at lunch on weekdays, brunch on weekends (with a short “sunset” window from 2:30 to 3:45pm) and dinner from 4pm every day. The room is all design pieces, suspended orange Lucite boxes along the windows and a long communal table, and singers and pianists play 6–9pm several nights a week and on Sunday afternoons.
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