Kansas City's Best Hotel Bar

The casual, elegant hotel hangout is an oasis of upscale bar food and fine scotch.

Reviews:

• “Hold the salt please”

Tips: The bar has a very solid list of single-malt scotches. Many of the top Glens are represented—Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenkinchie—as well as Macallan and Oban. A selection of cigars is also on hand.

12 Baltimore Bar

The 1930s live on at this comfy art-deco hotel bar, which offers K.C.’s most impressive cocktail list.

Tips: If you’re with a group, the plush couch and chair by the fireplace are wickedly comfortable and arranged for group conversations.

Oak Bar

Formidable city views, fetching design and reliable modern dishes make this revolving restaurant a popular special-occasion spot.

Reviews:

• “It has lost a little zip!”
• “Service please???”
• “Awesome Place To Impress The Ladies!!!”
• “Love this place!”
• “Gimmicky fun, good food”

Tips: For dessert, there’s flan, cheesecake and a chocolate silk cake with chocolate sauce and chocolate ice cream that’s embarrassingly delicious.

Skies

Spend a romantic evening lingering over sophisticated Continental cuisine in this intimate hotel restaurant.

Reviews:

• “Was very disappointed”
• “Disappointing for the price”
• “Avoid it — There’s no romance to be found here.”
• “Quiet, elegant and good food”
• “Anniversary/birthday dinner”

Tips: Hold private parties here when the restaurant is closed to the public on Sundays.

The Raphael Restaurant

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