Top Tips: New York

 

Check out local favourites on the Upper East Side courtesy of  The Surrey Hotel

Best Neighborhood Restaurant for people watching:

Le Bilboquet. (This is a real old New York City favorite. Customers include Bethany Frankel, Joel Klein, Frank Rich...)

Best Pastries Shop on the UES:

Lady M

Best Kept Secret Dessert

“Brookies” from BAKE by snk (You have to place an order for these but they are the best kept dessert secret in NYC. You don’t have to be on the UES to order either.  www.bakebysnk.com)

Best Coffee spot:

Sant Ambreous (also have great pastries and food. Very European)

Best Movie Theater

The Paris on 58^th and 5^th (Plays a lot of foreign films)

Best Chocolatier:

La Maison du chocolat

Best Roof Garden:

The private roof garden at The Surrey

Best Hidden Italian Restaurant on the Upper East Side:

Caravaggio

Best new Bar (acknowledged by NYM as best bar to propose marriage)

Bar Pleiades at The Surrey

Best Spa (Hidden Gem)

Spa at The Surrey

Newest Bridal Boutique on the UES

J.Crew on 69^th and Madison Ave.

(Of course Vera Wang is adjacent to The Surrey)