Empire Rooftop @ Empire Hotel

The Empire Rooftop at the Empire Hotel was a great experience.
The view is amazing and the prices are adequate for the location. Great service.

Stopped in for drinks and snacks. Great service, cocktails and food!

Great food. Bigger plates than expected, exceeding our expectations. Very good service and nice atmosphere. Look forward to dining there again.

The rooftop was gorgeous. The hotel was fantastic. It all added to a great experience for my wife’s 50th birthday.

I LOVED THIS VENUE UNTIL JAN. 13TH. IT WAS EXTREMELY DISORGANIZED. I CHOICE THIS PLACE AS A SPECIAL EVENT PLACE FOR A BIRTHDAY AFTER HAVING MANY GOOD EXPERIENCES. PERHAPS THEY CAN NOT HANDLE LARGE PARTIES.

Absolutely fantastic. The food was impeccable. The cocktail list could be a bit bigger and more variety but overall good drinks. Everything was definitely overpriced but expected for a beautiful rooftop in thag area

Nice spot if you are in the area.
Good for light snacks & cocktails.

Really loud

This place is totally worth it. The staff here is just so welcoming and charming. Definitely try the XoXo cocktail, it’s delish.

I wish our waitress had been as good as the food.

Bartender friendly and attentive. Great drinks and appetizers

The food was excellent but the beverages was not up to par. The lemonade was either canned or bar supply used for mixed drinks it was very bitter and the orange juice was the same way. The view was outstanding and although the seating was not set p for eating a meal my party was able to manage. It was very close to the Lincoln Center and that was a major plus since that was where we were going. I would recommend to a friend but explain that if they were looking for a restaurant experience this was not the place to make reservations.

Great views and a fun place. Best to arrive earlier in the evening it gets crowded

Tourists might like it but I would wish this even in them. It’s a bar. Period. Should downplay the food and view

The food, service and surroundings were terrific. The noise was at ear bleeding levels. I would enthusiastically recommend the Empire Rooftop to someone who wanted a great time where NO CONVERSATION was possible.

The service is amazing. The staff went above and beyond to accommodate us. Thanks!

The food is terrific -- small plates that you can make a meal of. Drinks are great, and about as expensive as you'd expect. Ambience is comfortable and welcoming.

But I've been here several times and the service has always been neglectful, at best. On my most recent trip, my date and I needed to flag down a server at every step of the way: from being noticed after being seated by the hostess to asking for the check and everything in between (ordering food, ordering a second round of drinks, asking for water three times). The server wasn't rude or dismissive -- just not paying attention. And it's been like that every time I have been here. If you're prepared to deal with that, then this is a great place. (And you can always sit at the bar -- the bartenders will pay attention to you from time to time.)

I couldn't get into any restaurant near Lincoln Center and I saw the Empire Rooftop was wide open. I wondered if there was something wrong. When I researched I saw that there was no dinner menu. But they had a lot of small plates and I figured my guest and I could make a meal.
Well, it was terrific.
We had 4 plates, Lobster tacos, flatbread, sliders and the loaded tots. Two people didn't quite finish. Fabulous.
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The hot fudge sundae. Great
I really recommend this place. It is not a restaurant, it is a very nice bar, but if that doesn't bother you, eat there.

Nice establishment but not much view and when seated at table people stretch and gawk over and beyond you to take pictures. Mushroom flatbread good, deviled eggs strange

Awesome time

Reunión familiar

The Empire Rooftop provides a lovely backdrop for a girly meal!
We went for brunch where the menu offered enough choice to suit any taste. Cocktails were well made and the food tasted nice, with portions on the larger side.
We would have liked the opportunity to sit outside but we were advised they were still setting up at the time we arrived. Maybe worth noting if you book for 11am.

I made a reservation several days ago, but couldn't get a table outside. Why am I going to rooftop if I have to stay inside...especially there was a big non used space although the beautiful weather.
Several tables were "reserved" Yes, I reserved too.
Inside is extremely noisy and I couldn't have a conversation with my friends.
Well, it is not a cool place for me, but it must be a nice noisy space for probably younger generations. I will not come back nor recommend to my friends.

Vacation in NY

Great atmosphere, great background music playing, went for brunch and was very quiet. Would recommend!

This place could be so much better. The views are spectacular but all drinks are served in a cheap paper cup and the food is yummy but a bit and fried side. The furniture could be so much better but again the views are amazing

Great place to enjoy spectacular views and enjoy the outdoors in the city.

The food was really amazing and the people were lovely!

Fantastic place to enjoy great company and a few cocktails

Great views. It wasn't too busy the evening I went so it was nice and quiet. I assume it can get a lot more packed and loud though. Cocktails were awesome, priced as you might expect (around $20 from what I remember) and very well done. Would definitely recommend the barrel aged old fashioned.

The food was good in taste but pricey for such a small portion. I don't eat a lot in volume so if it is small for me then it is too small for the average consumer. Addressing the food cost or portion would be my only suggestion.

The views were great and stretched.

Service was very attentive without being intrusive. Our server was wonderful and made an art of it. I can't remember her name but she was a black woman, slightly tall, slender, braids, and one of the best in NYC (I describe her appearance in case the restaurant reads these reviews for them to let her know that a customer was very impressed with her).

Overall a great experience and would definitely go back.

We liked it except the noise level which is overwhelming from too loud music and some rowdy clientele

This is an expensive arrangement, and you more or less serve yourself. We had to go to the bar and order drinks/food. We'd carry both back, unless the food wasn't ready - then it was brought to the table. The food is good, nothing special. However, we only did appetizers. So let's just say the food met our needs and requirements.

As a get-together and hangout on a rooftop spot, this can't really be beat by many places - all rooftops are expensive. But on a warm, sunny evening, and having the entire corner to ourselves it was worthwhile.

So, food and drink expensive, ambience and location excellent. Great views. Definitely worthwhile, but it's very dependent on what you're looking for.

Loved the view and the ambience from the 3 levels...I did not realize there were multiple levels and nooks and crannies. I did Brunch and cannot wait to go back to check out the night ambience! Oh the food, I loved the salmon and pastrami bagels and the flatbread dish.

“Jezz” was our server - she was outstanding.

Loved it here!!! Lovely food and drinks!

They have to learn how to do a good cocktail
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Food was not good , no much to choose, and that is not what we expected

Great service and food and music! Would definitely come back and recommend to friends.

One of our top three highlights, ”doing New York” for a week. Thanks!

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