Per Se New York City

Per Se sits at 10 Columbus Circle, steps away from the traffic swirling around the monument itself. It is a French, modern, creative restaurant that holds a Michelin star.

The room runs smart and elegant, but the real distinction is the proximity to the city’s most frenetic transit hub. While its neighbours inside The Shops at Columbus Circle serve the relentless rush of shoppers and commuters, this kitchen pulls focus entirely inward. It acts as a sterile, quiet counterweight to the chaos just outside the door. If you want to be near Central Park without enduring the fifteen-minute walk into the middle of a tourist throng, this is the only way to do it. The view here is of the city grid, but the experience is about deliberately ignoring it.