Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge

"What It Is: An indoor/outdoor rooftop cocktail bar in Midtown Perfect For: Drinks And A Light Bite, Outdoor/Patio Situation Magic Hour calls itself an “urban amusement park,” and if you have no idea what that means, neither did we. So we went to check it out this roof of the Moxy Hotel Times Square, and witnessed the following: a spinning carousel in the middle of the dance floor, servers carrying big bottles in one hand and sparklers in the other, and mini golf - but instead of typical obstacles like windmills and clown faces, here we had to avoid big, pink animals doing things we’re not going to talk about here. We tried some bar snacks like pork belly bao and Korean chicken wings, but this is not a place to come for food. It’s a place to buy $250 large-format cocktails served in glittering disco balls. The Verdict: If you have clients or rich cousins you want to entertain, they might think Magic Hour is great. Or they might ask you to take them somewhere without giant pink animals." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang, matt tervooren

"This Times Square rooftop at the Moxy offers a cacophonous option with midcity views, multiple bars, live DJs, and rotating seasonal pop-ups. There is a discounted happy hour of $6 beers, $8 wines, and $10 mixed drinks, weekdays from 3 to 6:30 p.m." - Eater Staff, Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner

"New York City’s largest indoor/outdoor all-season hotel rooftop bar and lounge is a carnivalesque adult playground—a topiary garden, rotating carousel-style seating, and a mini-golf course—set to the sounds of nightly DJs and sky-scraping vistas of the Empire State Building. This year Magic Hour is pretty in pink with the debut of its Pink Rose Garden, bedecked with more than 10,000 roses, pink porch swings lining the carousel, and even a “Pink AF Pancake Stack” piled high with hot pink cotton candy. There’s pink drinks, too, on the menu; Schitt’s Creek fans will revel in the Moira Rose, a mix of rose petal gin, raspberry tea, fresh lemon, and Prosecco." - Abbe Baker, Carey Jones

"Magic Hour is the enormous rooftop at the Moxy Hotel in Times Square that has brunch service, a giant carousel, and pink string lights running along its walls. Their winter-themed pop-up is open every day, but if you want to order pancakes topped with cotton candy or s’mores that would go with Paris Hilton’s collection of Juicy Couture tracksuits, you’ll have to make a reservation for weekend brunch. If this sounds like something you’d be into, visit the hotel’s website before the pop-up ends in March 2021." - nikko duren

"Maybe your boss kept your team in the office past 10pm three times this week, or maybe you’re celebrating Marcel’s promotion (don’t worry - yours is coming any day). Regardless, a few beers at a dark bar playing Mets reruns isn’t going to do it for you. Go to Magic Hour. This cocktail bar on the roof of the Moxy Hotel calls itself an “urban amusement park,” which starts to make sense when you see the spinning carousel in the middle of the dance floor and the mini golf area filled with giant pink animals. It’s over the top, but if you’re willing to embrace that, you’ll have a fun time." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, matt tervooren