{"id":782325,"date":"2026-05-08T16:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/782325\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:36:18","slug":"bar-hugo-is-a-new-venice-inspired-rooftop-in-soho-nyc-see-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/782325\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Hugo is a New Venice-Inspired Rooftop in SoHo, NYC: See Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a new rooftop in SoHo trying very hard to make you forget you\u2019re in Manhattan and, honestly, it might pull it off.<\/p>\n

Bar Hugo, the newly reopened rooftop atop Hotel Hugo<\/a>, officially debuted tonight with a look and mood borrowed straight from the grand hotel bars of Venice. Think less \u201cDJ booth and bottle service chaos,\u201d more \u201clingering over a spritz while you wai for your water taxi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Set on the hotel\u2019s 19th floor, the new rooftop embraces old-world glamour, with hand-laid mosaic floors, Venetian-inspired lighting, weathered white oak paneling and a sprawling art collection that ranges from oversized photography to original works. According to the team behind the project, the redesign was more than a decade in the making.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy of Bar Hugo <\/p>\n

The rooftop is split into two distinct spaces. One side centers around a curved cocktail bar backed by a towering wall of spirits, while the other is arranged more like a lounge, with plush banquettes facing the Hudson River. (Yes, this place was absolutely designed with sunset photos in mind.)<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the moment they arrive, we want guests to feel a true sense of escape, transported from the fast pace of the city to a dynamic space that evolves from day to night,\u201d Matthew Moinian, the hotel\u2019s developer, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The drinks menu follows the same day-to-night philosophy. Earlier in the evening, there are lighter cocktails like The Hugo (a sparkling elderflower-and-mint situation) or Lavender Fields, which combines gin, lavender and butterfly pea flower. Later on, things get moodier with mezcal cocktails, spicy tequila concoctions and a strawberry Aperol spritz called Sunset Chaser. (There\u2019s even a Martini tower designed for groups.)<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Max Flatow <\/p>\n

Food-wise, the menu sticks to upscale bar snacks with a slightly theatrical edge: lobster rolls on mini brioche, tuna tartare, empanadas and something called the Millionaire\u2019s Cone, which arrives topped with caviar and 24-karat gold leaf.<\/p>\n

In a city currently overflowing with rooftops trying to outdo one another on spectacle, Bar Hugo seems to be betting on something slightly different: romance, atmosphere and the increasingly rare luxury of a rooftop that doesn\u2019t feel like it was assembled entirely for TikTok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a new rooftop in SoHo trying very hard to make you forget you\u2019re in Manhattan and, honestly,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":782326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10633,405,403,65560,5226,5225,5228,5227,988,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-782325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-restaurants","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-drinking","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-restaurants","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116539935303907660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}