The Bar/Lounge at Soho House New York

"It's easy to mix with the locals in the playful 6th floor restaurant and lounge where fashion designers, bankers, and celebs occupy tufted leather couches and mod egg chairs or crowd the billiards and foosball tables"

"Designed as a place for creative types to relax, socialize and work, the converted warehouse space is split into six levels, housing a spa, a library, a screening room, a restaurant and bar—complete with a wood-burning fireplace—and a rooftop pool"

"The rooftop pool boasts amazing skyline views, and the bar entices with couches clad in black leather"

"While the club does function primarily as a social hub for a well-heeled and even more well-groomed crowd thanks to its all-day dining restaurant, exclusive bar, 44-seat cinema and screening room, and rooftop pool and lounge, it also maintains 30 elegantly appointed hotel rooms that are open to non-members"

"Despite the impressive cuisine (an improvement from days past), food still takes a slight backseat to the hip party scene; alcohol is pervasive in and out of the rooms, from the late-night cocktail scene, to the fully stocked minibars (with fresh lemon and limes), to the "One While Changing," where guests receive a personal in-room visit from a bartender between the hours of work and play"

"Finally, take in a flick like a local — this nabe has an embarrassment of theaters"

"Lounge about the 40-foot Chesterfield sofa and skinny dip in the infamous roof deck pool"

"It's surrounded on all sides by fat-cushioned lounge chairs and plenty of umbrellas and extra pillows to go around"