2006
547 W 27th St., New York, NY 10001
Carlo Seneca, Gary Malholtra, Chris Rodriguez, Sammy Soto
RIP Consultants
RIP Consultants
Suzie Wong – Being the city’s first lounge to serve up bottle-service sake isn’t the only draw to this sultry, red-hued sanctum. In the main room, Oriental silk brocade banquettes glisten, offset by lanterns adorned with Chinese symbols, while suspended Buddha sculptures stare down from above a DJ booth that’s responsible for a sublime selection of crowd-pleasers. Glamorous young fashionistas raise the swank factor in the VIP area, where $400 bottles of sake are served tableside along with “complimentary” edamame and dirty fortune cookies. But VIP or no, the patrons here are no slouches–this is West Chelsea, after all.