"Combines English hospitality with high quality ingredients, a courtyard terrace, and a 130-seat private cinema. A breakfast mainstay." - Kevin Chau
"Tucked inside The Whitby Hotel, this power breakfast spot combines the warmth and coziness of English hospitality with a menu filled with high quality ingredients like locally sourced eggs, seasonal fruits, and produce from small production farms. Add to that it's prime location (just two blocks from Central Park), a courtyard terrace, and a 130-seat private cinema, and it's no wonder that The Whitby is a breakfast mainstay in the Big Apple." - Kevin Chau
"A massive space, The Whitby has a bunch of random mismatched things that look like they were collected from various estate sales. Afternoon tea starts at $75 and it’s perfect for when you want to dress up a little, sit in front of a full set of gold-trimmed dishware, and have a crisp linen napkin placed on your lap. The food is mostly fine, although the lemony crème fraîche in the smoked salmon sandwich is a nice detail, and we’d happily eat the cubed coconut and pumpkin dulce de leche lamington any day. We also like that they use loose leaf tea. It gets crowded, so make a reservation." - Carina Finn Koeppicus, Kenny Yang, Will Hartman
"You get the feeling that a lot of people stumbled upon this bar at some point and just kept coming back. Sure, you’ll see some tourists (because this place is in a Midtown hotel), but the Whitby doesn’t feel like a generic spot that exists primarily for guests with room keys. The massive space is filled with random things that look like they were collected from estate sales, and if you get hungry, you can get some bar snacks like beef sliders and za’atar chips or order from the adjoining restaurant’s full menu." - neha talreja, kenny yang, bryan kim, hannah albertine
"Classic afternoon tea in a location just off Fifth Avenue, with specialty teas, finger sandwiches, tasty desserts, and scones." - Elizabeth Rhodes Elizabeth Rhodes Elizabeth Rhodes is a special projects editor at Travel + Leisure, covering everything from luxury hotels to theme parks to must-pack travel products. Originally from South Carolina,