Best of KC 2023: The Mercury Room is never in retrograde

Courtesy of the Mercury Room

This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2023. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November. 

The Mercury Room in the Crossroads is the closest thing you can get to sitting in the stars. Nested on top of the Reverb Apartments at 18th and Walnut, the high-end bar overlooks the hustle and bustle of the nightlife below. At 800 square feet, the venue seats 28 guests and includes a small patio. The ceiling is lined with over 9,000 LED lights, which reflect off the floor-to-ceiling windows, shiny black floor, and reflective bar and tables to mimic the feeling of being amongst the cosmos. 

Apologies, casual bar-goers—reservations are necessary. Standard reservations require a $20 deposit per person and a three-course cocktail tasting at a $75 deposit per person. Cocktails start at $20, with the most expensive being the Lux Perpetua at $52, made with 18-year Japanese whiskey, oxidized Syrah, coconut sugar, mirin, and bonito-infused Campari. 

The Mercury Room is located at 1800 Walnut St., Suite 1400, Kansas City, MO 64108.