[BlueTemplar]

Curious, can you go to one if you're not renting a room in the hotel ?

[omni]

Sure you can, businesses generally love you giving them money in exchange for goods and services.

[bww]

… and you’ll give them plenty.

I live in New York, but I rarely go to hotel bars here because, while frequently comfortable, they are outrageously expensive. On my most recent visit this spring I paid $24 for a single very mediocre cocktail.

[whymauri]

Hotel bars are in a liminal space where some of the best bars in the world are in big city hotels, but also some of the most disappointing bars. Hard to know without searching in advanced. I'm not sure I would just walk in when the prices are steep across the board for hotel bars.

[omni]

> On my most recent visit this spring I paid $24 for a single very mediocre cocktail.

I have bad news about every restaurant in Manhattan since Covid.