Sunday roast service runs 12:00-22:00; bar walk-in only. Verified against Hawksmoor New York site, 2026.
Hawksmoor opened its first New York outpost in 2021 in the United Charities Building on East 22nd Street, ten minutes off the L train and a short walk from Gramercy Park. The London group — six restaurants in the UK, one in Dublin, one in Chicago — built its US debut around the same model: a steakhouse with a serious cocktail bar attached. The bar program is run separately from the kitchen and has its own menu, its own bartenders, and a queue that does not require a steak reservation.
It is the right room for a long Sunday roast in winter, a serious post-work cocktail, or anyone who has ever been to the Spitalfields or Borough rooms in London and wants the same experience without the flight. It is the wrong room for cheap drinks or anyone who refuses British cooking on principle. The New York Times' restaurant review gave it a positive write-up at opening and singled out the bar program.
A bar room separate from the dining floor, with a marble-topped bar, dark green leather banquettes, and a wall of British whisky behind the back bar. Eater New York's coverage describes the bar as 'the most properly British room in Manhattan.' The dining room is louder; the bar is the quieter seat.
Order the Shaky Pete's Ginger Brew ($20, gin, lemon, ginger, ale — the Hawksmoor signature since the Spitalfields bar), a Dry Martini ($22), or a glass off the British whisky list ($16 to $48 by the pour). The bar snack list (Welsh rarebit, devilled eggs, beef-fat chips at $12 to $22) is the right way to anchor a long visit. Regulars on the Hawksmoor subreddit consistently recommend the Sunday roast over the steaks for a first visit.
Gramercy and Flatiron professionals at the bar after work; a Sunday roast crowd 12:00 to 16:00 that books weeks ahead. Time Out New York's coverage notes the bar fills steadily after 18:30 on weekdays and that the roast is the hardest reservation in the building.
Hawksmoor New York official site; The New York Times restaurant archive; The Infatuation; Eater New York; Time Out New York; r/Hawksmoor; Google Maps reviews (n=1,300+).