Midtown Manhattan Steakhouse in a Seagram Building Room
A Midtown Manhattan steakhouse set in a 1959 landmark room, with sea urchin toast, Dover sole and attentive service.
🏛️ Architecture Before the First Plate
Few Midtown Manhattan steakhouse rooms turn the entrance into part of dinner the way The Grill and The Pool do. Philip Johnson designed the space in 1959, and Annabelle Selldorf restored it, leaving a white marble fountain, shimmering chain curtains, and a Richard Lippold ceiling sculpture in the adjacent Grill dining room.
Andy Warhol artwork lines the walls. The menu stays in full New York splurge territory, moving from sea urchin toast and avocado crab Louis salad to Dover sole and steaks. Service runs highly attentive, and the extensive wine list rewards sommelier guidance.
Weekday lunch starts late morning, dinner runs from 5 PM to 11 PM, and Saturday is dinner only with Sunday closed. Pricing is upscale, which fits a celebratory night. At 99 East 52nd Street, the Seagram Building setting carries as much of the evening as the plates.
