![]() But for all its late-night charm, the scene can be a little redundant. There's no question: Miami is a world-class party city. Plus, the W's masculine yet inviting setting means you'll never want to leave. All cocktails cost $16 but are well worth the price. Some of our favorites include the Hemingway daiquiri (aged rum, agricole blanc, fresh lime and grapefruit juices, simple syrup, maraschino liqueur, and bitters) and the Miami Manhattan (whiskey, bourbon, sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters, and old-fashioned bitters), which revamp classic cocktails with fresh flavors and give their syrupy impostors the boot. ![]() Complex flavors reveal themselves as they touch your tongue and slowly make their way to the back of your throat. Concocted by noted mixologist and author Scott Beattie, the drink menu features creatively crafted libations that are meant to be sipped, not chugged. In fact, it's hard to believe that with so many lovely things surrounding you that the cocktails are still the star here. And though we've stayed at other W locations around North America, we've yet to find one with a lobby bar scene that's as chic as our local one. Usually every W Hotel has a bar dubbed Living Room, and the South Beach outpost is no different. And it's about 20 paces at a full sprint to the front door. You feel for the outline of the extra key hidden in your empty wallet. You lean against the table with an open hand on the smooth blue felt. You feel the sickening, sinking feeling of losing everything. The other guy smiles, taps his last ball into a corner pocket, follows with the eight, and smiles wider. The other guy breaks, sinks six solids, then misses. The collateral for this friendly loan is the key to a 335-horsepower family heirloom sitting in the parking lot - black, waxed, and the only thing you still own in this world. And you're borrowing from an acquaintance with a short temper and a remote piece of property on the edge of the Everglades. The other guy's fat wad of crumpled bills has been crammed into the buttoned pocket of an obese middleman. But this next game of eight ball is worth ten grand. Usually, an hour of midday billiards costs only six bucks at Doral's favorite strip-mall pool hall, Doral Billiards. I saw this same "rude" waitress walking out to get drink orders from male pool players and coming back to fill buckets of beer right in front of us.Sometimes a losing bet leads to a bigger bet, which leads to a very bad idea. Played 3 games of pool, finished our beers, paid and left.ĭoral, if you're reading, please train your waitresses/waiters to be more attentive to customers, regardless of sex. ![]() I was about done with her, and our food, so we took our beers and grabbed a rack of balls to play pool. Twice we tried getting her attention while waiting for our food, which she ignored (I could see her literally skim over us while scanning the billiard) and we grabbed another young lady to get us refills. She never came to see if we wanted anything else, another beer, how the food was, etc. When we were ready to order food, we had to get her attention again and flag her down. We asked for 2 beers and then she said we couldn't order them without her using a credit card. ![]() She gave them to us without asking what we'd like, suggest any drinks, etc. When we walked in and went to the bar, the young lady there did not greet us, we had to get her attention (although she was standing there behind the bar) to get a menu. My friend and I went here to hang out, play pool, drink some beer and eat.
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