"Bemelmans isn’t a place you’re going to visit every day. The drinks are over $20 each, there’s live music, and the walls are covered in fancy painted gold wallpaper. Make of all that what you will. But this bar inside the Carlyle Hotel is a New York classic, and it's a place worth visiting at least once, for a special occasion." - Bryan Kim, Matt Tervooren, Neha Talreja