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Champagne, caviar and live jazz... don't mind if we do. Carlyle & Co at Rosewood Hong Kong brings one of New York’s most famous jazz bars to Hong Kong

Since private members’ club Carlyle & Co opened in June, it has offered its members a taste of New York with decor that echoes that of its namesake, The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, an Upper East Side establishment whose star-studded list of guests has ranged from the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and David Bowie to US presidents and royal families

Some native New Yorkers residing in Hong Kong have praised the Carlyle & Co’s menu, claiming the pastrami sandwich is the closest to NYC institution Katz’s Deli they’ve had (which isn't surprising, given the club flies its pastrami in from the iconic New York deli). 

On top of sandwiches and sparkling skyscraper views—the club sits over 50 storeys high at Rosewood Hong Kong, and boasts one of the largest outdoor terraces in the city—Carlyle & Co has brought another New York experience to Hong Kong with the opening of Café Carlyle, a tribute to The Carlyle’s legendary jazz bar, which opens on September 15. 

See also: Carlyle & Co. Is Hong Kong's Newest And Coolest Private Members Club 

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Above Can one ever really have enough champagne and caviar? (Photo: Courtesy of Carlyle & Co.)

The original Café Carlyle opened in 1955 as a supper club where Upper East Siders could rub shoulders, sip martinis, dance and enjoy live music late into the night. It soon became the heart of the city’s storied jazz scene, with musical greats like Bobby Short and Eartha Kitt taking up residency.

While Hong Kong’s Café Carlyle may not have the history of the original, it plans to honour its legacy and elegance, bringing nostalgia into the now with its velvet banquettes, plenty of champagne and caviar, and of course, an impressive roster of live performances spanning multiple genres from smoky jazz to soul, blues and even cabaret.

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Soulful jazz singer Tess Collins will take residency at Café Carlyle until September 29, after which Texan alt-jazz singer Hailey Tuck will bring her seductive vocals to the club until November 13.

Tuck will be singing alongside a band of talented local musicians, in an arrangement that she says will be “fresh, unexpected and communal”, and who says its surreal to be following in the footsteps of jazz greats who made the original Café Carlyle the cultural icon that it is today. 

“I hope I can make them proud,” says Tuck. “I want to bring an escape back to a bygone era—not just an escape from our stresses of the last year, but to a time of Billie Holiday, luxury and champagne. The idea is to recreate the magic that happens in New York.”

Find out more at carlyleandco.com

See also: All That Jazz: The Star-Studded History Behind The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel 

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