Lex Yard is the restaurant of Waldorf Astoria New York, a 220-seat American brasserie at 550 Lexington Avenue, on the corner of 50th Street, run by Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern. It serves breakfast from 6.30am, lunch or brunch and dinner every day; the 3-course Market Menu costs $95.
You want a polished all-day brasserie inside the Waldorf, from eggs Benedict at 7am to a martini at the bar.
The billYou want a destination tasting menu or a bargain: Lex Yard is an all-day hotel brasserie, at $38 for the burger and $180 for the ribeye.
Other dining roomsLex Yard opened with the reborn Waldorf in July 2025, on the Lexington Avenue side of the 1931 tower.
The name comes from Lexington Avenue and the rail yard under the building: Track 61, the platform the hotel says carried dignitaries out of sight of the street (Lex Yard). Grub Street describes the room as a vast 220-seat, 2-storey brasserie by AvroKo, set above a 12-track storage yard north-east of Grand Central (Grub Street).
Michael Anthony kept Gramercy Tavern and took on a hotel kitchen that, in Grub Street’s account, turns out breakfast, lunch, dinner and room service 7 days a week from 6am to midnight. His New Waldorf Salad, $28, rebuilds the 1890s original with celery root, apples, grapes and walnuts (menus); the hotel also claims eggs Benedict and red velvet cake (the hotel).
The New Yorker reviewed it on 31 August 2025: seasonal cooking that is over-garnished, a lobster roll piled with 2 caviars and truffle, but service that is attentive and warm and drinks that are note-perfect, and a recommendation for breakfast (The New Yorker). The same review finds the street-level Bar Room jewel-toned and the upstairs room muted.
We read the scores on 5 October 2026: 4.7 out of 5 on Resy from about 2,500 reviews, 4.5 on Google from 121, 3.8 on Tripadvisor from 6. Resy’s reviewers are diners who booked through it; the Tripadvisor figure rests on 6 reviews.
Peacock Alley’s bar under its painted panel; Michael Anthony at the Lex Yard bar; a room with its sitting area by the windows; the living room and bedroom of a One Bedroom Suite; a junior suite’s desk; the gym under its green ceiling.
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Hours from Lex Yard’s site and prices from its menus and OpenTable’s copy of 18 August 2026, read on 5 October 2026, before tax and tip.
Every day from 6.30 to 10.30am: classic eggs Benedict $35, the lobster version $65, a butter croissant $11, the New York bagel service for two $88 (Lex Yard’s menus). The New Yorker’s review recommends it outright for breakfast (The New Yorker).
Across the hotel, Peacock Alley turns into a cocktail bar at 5pm, with live music Tuesday to Saturday (dining).
Lex Yard is on the Waldorf’s Lexington Avenue side. The Grill, in the Seagram Building, is a 5-minute walk; Le Pavillon, at One Vanderbilt, 10; Gramercy Tavern, Michael Anthony’s other kitchen, 34.
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Prices in dollars from Lex Yard’s own menus and OpenTable’s menu of 18 August 2026, before tax and tip.
From Lex Yard’s site, the hotel’s page, OpenTable and Resy, read on 5 October 2026.
| Address | 550 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022; telephone 212-355-3000 |
|---|---|
| Chef | Michael Anthony, 4-time James Beard Award winner, also of Gramercy Tavern |
| Rooms | The Bar Room on the ground floor, walk-ins welcome; the Dining Room upstairs, dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday |
| Seats | 220, over 2 floors, designed by AvroKo |
| Dress code | Smart casual, according to OpenTable |
| Private dining | Track 61, 2 rooms upstairs for up to 20; FDR 1 and FDR 2 on the ground floor, 6 and 12 |
| Bookings | Resy, OpenTable or the restaurant’s site |
Lex Yard is open to anyone; staying at the Waldorf swaps the taxi for a lift, and breakfast downstairs from 6.30am.
The King Room, 44 m², is the plainest way in, with a tub and shower; the Park Avenue Junior Suite, 59 m², is the largest junior suite, over the avenue. On Google Hotels, read on 5 October 2026 for 2 adults, the cheapest night was $874 on 11 January 2027 and $1,203 on 20 November 2026, before 14.75% and $3.50 a night of tax.
The 20 rooms and suites, with photosHours and rules from each restaurant’s own page, read on 5 October 2026, and the minutes on foot from the Waldorf.
For a Midtown dinner with more ceremony, The Grill in the Seagram Building is 5 minutes away, with a written dress code (no shorts, open-toed shoes or sportswear), but closed on Sundays; Le Pavillon, Daniel Boulud’s room at One Vanderbilt, is 10 minutes away and stops serving dinner at 9.30pm. For Michael Anthony’s cooking with a longer history, Gramercy Tavern is 34 minutes on foot.
| Restaurant | Where | From its page | From the Waldorf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lex Yard | 550 Lexington Avenue | Breakfast daily from 6.30am, lunch weekdays, brunch weekends, dinner 5–10pm, to 11pm Friday–Saturday; bar to midnight. | You are here |
| The Grill | 99 East 52nd Street | Lunch Monday–Friday 11.45am–2pm, dinner Monday–Saturday 5–11pm; dress for the occasion, no shorts or tank tops. | 5 minutes on foot, 372 m |
| Le Pavillon | One Vanderbilt Avenue | Lunch Monday–Friday 11.30am–2pm, dinner Monday–Saturday 5–9.30pm; bar and lounge from 11.30am on weekdays. | 10 minutes on foot, 723 m |
| Gramercy Tavern | 42 East 20th Street | Michael Anthony’s seasonal menus at lunch and dinner. | 34 minutes on foot, 2.5 km |
Minutes on foot computed on OpenStreetMap’s paths from the Waldorf on 5 October 2026, the day we read each restaurant’s page.
On Resy Lex Yard scores 4.7 out of 5 from about 2,500 reviews, on Google 4.5 from 121, on Tripadvisor 3.8 from 6, read on 5 October 2026. The New Yorker praises the service, the drinks and breakfast, and finds the cooking over-garnished.
Hours, prices, dress, bookings and breakfast: what people ask before they go.
Breakfast every day 6.30–10.30am; lunch Monday to Friday and brunch Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am–3pm; dinner 5–10pm Sunday to Thursday, to 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays; the bar from 11am to midnight. The upstairs Dining Room opens for dinner Tuesday to Saturday (Lex Yard).
The 3-course Market Menu is $95; à la carte, starters run from $21 to $43, mains from $34 to $68 and the Lex Burger is $38; to share, a 34 oz ribeye is $180 (OpenTable). Tax and tip come on top.
The restaurant prints none; OpenTable lists smart casual (OpenTable).
For the Dining Room, yes: book on Resy or OpenTable. The ground-floor Bar Room welcomes walk-ins and serves the full à la carte menu (Lex Yard).
Yes: breakfast is open to everyone, daily from 6.30am, with eggs Benedict at $35 and the bagel service for 2 at $88 (menus). The New Yorker recommends it for breakfast (review).
Michael Anthony, the 4-time James Beard Award winner who also runs the kitchen at Gramercy Tavern (the hotel).
Peacock Alley, the lounge under the clock in the middle of the hotel, serves all day and turns into a cocktail bar at 5pm; Yoshoku serves a Japanese afternoon tea from $135 and a kaiseki-style dinner, Wednesday to Sunday (dining).
Yes: Track 61, 2 adjoining rooms upstairs for up to 20, and the FDR rooms on the ground floor, for 6 and 12; prices are not published (Lex Yard).
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