To say you’re ascending the 35 floors of the Mandarin Oriental for the food is like saying Enrique Iglesias is dating Anna Kournikova for her tennis ability. Although once you reach the apex, you will be impressed. The entire space is wall-to-wall windows with mind blowing views of the city, but soak it up because after the meal you might find yourself peering down wondering if there was a more convenient place to eat. Luckily there’s a wine list offering a whopping 600 choices and an entire page devoted to sake, a good choice to make you forget you trekked up to midtown to drop a couple hundy on a meal just to get a bird’s eye view of Central Park. If you’re looking for a silver lining, treat yourself to a glass of Hanahato Densho Junmai Ginjo and take solace that you’re in one of the few glitzy skyscrapers that doesn’t belong to the empire of The Donald.
