O2 Lounge at The Carlton

About O2 Lounge at The Carlton

May through September is the whole window here — Moscow's short warm season is what this Tverskaya rooftop is built around, and from midday onwards the terrace fills steadily with people making an afternoon of it. Seafood anchors the menu, and the drinking runs from long lunches through to a late-evening register of deep house, lounge-leaning chill house and familiar commercial hits kept at conversational volume. Booths, bottle service and full table service are the norm, with private dining available and valet at the door on Tverskaya Street, which sits a short walk from the Kremlin's northern approaches. Friday and Saturday are the nights that matter, when closing stretches to 2am rather than the midnight finish that holds the rest of the week. Expect a crowd of corporate and younger professionals, mostly in their late twenties to mid forties, dressed smart casual, and a $$$ bill to match.