Versa hosts corporate happy hours, client receptions, team outings, brand activations, alumni gatherings and private parties for up to 850 guests. The rooftop bar and restaurant occupies the fifth floor of a hotel at 218 West 35th Street, in the Garment District of Midtown Manhattan, a four-minute walk from Madison Square Garden. Across nearly 9,000 sq ft, it combines a covered rooftop, an open patio and an indoor dining room.
Seminars and company events
The venue works best for stand-up and social formats rather than classroom sessions. Typical company uses are drinks after a day of meetings in Midtown, a client evening before a game or a concert at the Garden, a team night around a broadcast match, or a launch that needs an open floor and several bars. Thirty-three screens run through the space, which suits watch parties and sponsor content. Business lunches and breakfasts also fit the Dining Room & Bar, which serves from early morning. The venue lists alumni and college watch parties among its regular private events.
Rooms and capacities
The Rooftop combines two parts. The Canopy sits under a retractable roof, which the venue presents as the largest of its kind in New York, so an event can stay open to the sky or close in poor weather. The Patio is an open-air area with outdoor seating and a view of the Empire State Building. Inside, the Dining Room & Bar sits next to the main bar and is separated from the Canopy by floor-to-ceiling windows. It has a large central bar, high-top banquettes for quick meals and a dining room for full dinners, set around a mural of New York painted by Domingo Zapata. Several bars spread service across the floor. The venue gives one total of 850 guests and does not publish separate seated figures, so the team sets numbers per layout on request.
Catering
The kitchen serves New American food with flavors from around the world. For events, the menu leans on shareable dishes such as pizza, sliders, sandwiches, salads and wings, with drinks from several bars. The restaurant is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a happy hour every afternoon, which also makes it easy to test the food before booking.
History and setting
The calendar follows the New York sports season: Knicks and Rangers games, college football on Saturdays, Super Bowl and New Year's Eve parties, plus DJ nights and cultural programming on the rooftop. Organizers planning a private event on a game night or a holiday should ask early how these dates affect availability. The Garment District location puts the venue among offices, hotels and the arena, a short walk from Herald Square and Penn Station.
Getting there
Enter the hotel from 34th Street or 35th Street and take the elevators to the fifth floor. Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, with Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit trains, are a few minutes away on foot. Subway lines stop at 34th Street-Herald Square and 34th Street-Penn Station. LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports are all reachable by train or car.
