Bar at Times Square

Best next move

Arrive thirty minutes before the first set

Land thirty minutes before the early piano set so the bar can run a full order while the seating is still available. Tip the pianists early; the requests they accept after midnight are mostly the ones with paper on the rail.

Visitor fit

Singalong groups and birthday party crowds

Suits groups, birthdays, and travelers who want the bar to be the entertainment plan. Conversation-first groups or cocktail-program seekers will do better at Midtown Bar, quieter one floor over.

Locals' angle

Use the requests, not the menu

Residents routing visiting family to Bar at Times Square treat the request paper as the menu rather than the cocktail list; the room rewards songs the pianists know cold and a clear sight line to the keyboards.