Bemelmans Bar
35 E 76th St, 10021-1827 - New York City
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Very cool experience at The Carlyle especially with the drawing-focused murals all over the bar! Drinks are priced steeply but shockingly they’re actually worth the cost - they’re delicately made and served with class. Wait time can be around 15-25 minutes during the day if you are not a hotel guest, and i think the evening should be harder to swing a table given the popular piano performances.
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Yes, Bemelmans is obscenely pricey. But the ambiance and service are so delightful that somehow it is worth it. The drinks are delicious, old school, and very generous. I'd go back often if there weren't an ever-present line to get in.
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If you want a quintessential New York experience, you must go to Bemelmans Bar at the Carlysle Hotel. Outstanding cocktails and service. Live piano music and Bemelmans murals were amazing!! See if you can find Madeline.
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Overpriced, but a real NY bar with live music for those who enjoy.
Pretentious enough, classy enough.
Not my jam. Possibly good for a date night. But not for a friends out kinda night.
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A truly 5 star experience, starting with my phone call from Australia to enquire about the bar, music, best time to arrive etc, to my experience with concierge Helen and Jarad who were warm, helpful and more then accommodating, with Jared leading me personally to the bar, to bar tender John making me feel right at "home", to the wonderful piano playing of Earl Rose. Ah, lovely memory and will definitely be going back when in NYC next 😊
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What an iconic place, “if these walls had ears”goes the saying at Bemelman’s, beautiful venue, best martinis in town and incredible staff!
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Cute. It got very crowded close to jazz time. I was there for tea but the space is not accommodating to more people than we’re out the door. Experience wise not the best. Tea wise, it also gets very expensive for what it is. I am fine w it, but nothing was particularly special about the tea. Sandwiches, sweets very standard.
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Very classy intimate bar. If you want to get seating in the evening , arrive early (before 5pm). The live piano is a nice touch.
The only con is that it’s a very expensive place…. $32 for one cocktail! Oh vey! I think that is the most I have ever sent on one cocktail.
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It’s not a bar, it’s an artwork.
Pure excellence. Cocktails rarely can be so good. And Earl! A smiling legend who design the perfect atmosphere with the piano. Thank you!
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“I love a "cocktail lounge" piano.
Outside it drizzles, grey.
New York City, enveloped
in the light mist.
Two lovers have a date
to meet at 6 o'clock.
I've been coming here since they
used to only serve me ginger ales by law.
I love the piano players.
And now I'm old enough
to order gin and vermouth.
Time flies.
And unfortunately,
it flies coach.”
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