Date Night
2:00 pm: Arrive & Take in the Views
VIP Pass
From $200
Tickets Required
4:00 pm: Shop & Explore
McNally Jackson
McNally Jackson, founded in Nolita in 2004, is a New York City-based Independent Bookstore with locations across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Our stores offer a unique selection of books from around the world, as well as in-person and virtual events programming featuring award-winning authors. Our Rockefeller Center location is McNally Jackson’s fifth and largest bookstore and will feature a full Goods For The Study stationery section.
Tiffany & Co.
Founded in New York in 1837, Tiffany & Co. is the world’s premier jeweler and America’s house of design. An iconic brand with a rich and storied heritage, Tiffany is a global manufacturer and retailer of jewelry and luxury accessories. The Rockefeller Center concept store offers a curated selection of jewelry and the new Home & Accessories collection in a unique, intimate retail environment.
Trudon
Founded in 1643, Trudon is the world’s oldest candle maker, a French house where history, artistry, and fragrance intertwine. For centuries, Trudon candles have illuminated royal courts, sacred spaces, and discerning homes alike, blending tradition with modern refinement. At Rockefeller Center, Trudon brings this legacy of light to New York City. Inside the boutique, shelves of hand-poured candles, perfumed wax busts, and carefully crafted home fragrances invite discovery. Each piece tells a story of craftsmanship, culture, and quiet luxury. Whether chosen as a gift or part of a daily ritual, Trudon’s creations transform atmosphere into experience: a celebration of beauty, heritage, and the art of illumination.
5:30 pm: Cocktail Hour
Pebble Bar
Pebble Bar is a new bar and restaurant housed in the legendary four-story townhouse at Rockefeller Center. A famed drinking destination for over 100 years, the townhouse has a deep history rooted in NYC’s music and broadcast industry and is known for its eccentric regulars. Pebble Bar — led by the team behind Grand Army, Celestine, and The Jane — offers a lively experience with seafood towers, bar snacks, and a beverage program with timeless cocktails that nod to New York’s decade-defining clubs and institutions.
Smith & Mills
Restaurateurs Akiva Elstein and Matthew Abramcyk have created a vibrant, timeless environment to enjoy innovative cocktails, oysters and Mediterranean-influenced small plates. After sixteen years, they are bringing the downtown energy of Smith & Mills to Rockefeller Center's Rink Level, with an expanded raw bar selection and a private dining room. The same keen interest and reverence for industry and design remain, serving as continued inspiration for a restaurant that brings something new while paying respect to the past. Centered around a stunning oblong bar, the space is encircled with lush velvet banquettes to encourage lingering over classic cocktails and conversation. Smith & Mills’ soft lighting and turn-of-the-century details will transport you to a place faraway – that already feels like home. Smith and Mills operating hours: Monday: 4pm-11pm (Dinner service only) Tuesday-Friday: 11:30am-3pm for lunch service and 4pm-11pm for dinn Happy Hour is available Tuesday-Friday from 2-5pm.
6:30 pm: Dinner at the Center
Le Rock
Anchoring the renaissance of Rockefeller Center is Le Rock, a venture from Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, the two chefs behind the perpetually cool TriBeCa spot Frenchette. Working with the design firm Workstead, Hanson and Nasr have created a modern-day eatery that pays homage to Paris’s best brasseries and its Art Deco environs.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the latest restaurant from the critically acclaimed trio behind King - Jess Shadbolt, Annie Shi and Clare de Boer. The group extends their seasonal Italian touch to the all-day pasta and wine eatery meant to celebrate every mood and moment on Rockefeller Center’s newly reimagined Rink Level. The menu offers regional Italian classics with a spirit of casual excellence and joyful simplicity for leisurely lunches, pre-theater dinners and prosecco at the bar. Jupiter is located on the Rink Level of 620 Fifth Avenue and it can also be accessed through the 50th Street elevator on the street level. Jupiter is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday from 11:30am-10pm.
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NARO
Experience NARO like never before with a reimagined all-day à la carte menu, bold new signature dishes and a refreshed interior design. You're invited to explore the world of modern Korean cuisine from the team behind Atomix—thoughtfully crafted to suit any occasion, from lunches with colleagues to afterwork drinks with friends to date night at the bar. NARO’s menu blends familiar Korean flavors with a fresh, modern twist. Highlights include soy-marinated salmon, the fan-favorite Korean fried chicken sandwich, and a Wagyu beef rice bowl. Desserts range from housemade green plum and chamomile ice creams to a playful strawberry shortbread sandwich and a twisted donut filled with banana custard. Led by Jhonel Faelner, the beverage program spotlights traditional Korean sool, served neat or shaken into inventive cocktails. NARO is open seven days a week for lunch, happy hour and dinner. You can also now order your favorite NARO dishes, now to-go. Whether you're powering through lunch at your desk, unwinding at home, or grabbing something special on the go, NARO is ready when you are. Skip the wait, order ahead, and take modern Korean flavours wherever the day takes you. Takeaway is available for pick-up only on the Rink Level at Rockefeller Center.
Reserve a TableYes, especially in the hour after sunset, when the open-air deck turns the Manhattan skyline into a glittering backdrop. Evenings tend to be peaceful, which makes it an easy pick for a date. Make a stop at the cocktail bar at The Weather Room, which is only accessible to Top of the Rock ticket holders. Check the Rockefeller Center events page to find out whether there’s live music scheduled after dark.
Yes, plenty of couples pick it for exactly that reason, thanks to the open sky and 360-degree skyline views. For more privacy, aim for a weekday visit or one of the deck’s quieter corners away from the main crowds. To celebrate saying “yes,” let our list of the most iconic photo spots in NYC guide you, from DUMBO to Bethesda Terrace and beyond.
There’s never a bad time to visit, but the most classic date ideas flow naturally into dinner. Time it for golden hour, arriving as the sun begins to set so you catch the skyline shift from daylight into twilight. (On a clear day, you might be able to spot the Statue of Liberty before dark.) Pair the visit with a VIP Pass — priority access, a private Beam Experience, and a champagne toast — so more of the evening goes to the view and less to waiting.
The colder months offer an extra bonus: add a visit to The Rink for ice skating. For date ideas that build in a full day of NYC sightseeing, read our list of tourist attractions that are actually worth it. Or, schedule around a Broadway show, with a dinner reservation to seal the memory.
Rockefeller Center’s restaurants make it easy to build a whole evening around one location: Jupiter for low-key Italian, NARO for a modern Korean bistro, or Le Rock for a dressier dinner. (Insider tip: NARO is loved by locals for its dinner-only tasting menu.) Book ahead, since classic date night times tend to be popular.
The easiest version starts with cocktails at Pebble Bar or Smith & Mills, moves up to Top of the Rock for the skyline at golden hour or dusk, then wraps with dinner downstairs at Le Rock or Jupiter. It works well as a flow because the bars, the deck, and several romantic restaurants all sit within a few minutes’ walk of each other. If you’re starting after work, flip it: Top of the Rock at golden hour, cocktails at Pebble Bar, dinner at 8.