Iberian Lounge

Wonderful attentive service, great atmosphere and good food from a pretty limited menu. Great place to have a relaxing cocktail with a significant other I would imagine.
Next time I come back I need to try a chocolate martini!

This was definitely our favorite place within the Hershey Hotel and stopped in both nights of our stay here. Very cozy, moody and romantic. Plush chairs, a cozy bar or small tables to sit back and relax in. A great selection of drinks and delicious finger foods. We order the antipasta both times. Great variety of cheeses, meats, olives and breads were served and very enjoyable. Just a perfect, quiet, relaxing location nestled in the center of the hotel. Loved hanging out here.

This is one of the most gorgeous and romantic bars I’ve seen outside NYC. Lights are low; vintage music was playing, and people were ballroom dancing midday. Lots of gorgeously-​dressed people were milling around, since it seemed to be the free time between a wedding and a reception (and lots of wedding stuff was going on). Excellent cocktail service from a sweet server with perfect eyebrows, and she wasn’t afraid to top off my glass with the rest of the bottle, very generous of her. There is a big painted mural behind the bar. You can forget it is daytime, easily.
Strangely, the wine selection was very average, with things like White Zinfandel. People are entitled to their sweet wine if they like it, but there are plenty of good sweet choices besides this.
We pictured Milton Hershey and his wife sitting in the 2 velvet chairs in front of the fireplace, but sadly, she was long dead before this was built in 1933, at the height of the Depression. It is said that Hershey went ahead with this expensive project to give workers jobs, since he would be providing alms for them otherwise.

Did not expect the best meal I had in Hershey to be here, go figure.
Came here for drinks and bar snacks, was pleasantly surprised. Got a chocolate Manhattan, which was quite good in spite of the inexplicable choice to garnish it with three Craisins on a toothpick rather than the typical cherry.
Wings and fries were great, pizza was fine.
Wouldn’t go out of my way to make a trip, but if you’re at the hotel this is definitely worth a visit.

My review is mostly for the ambiance. Stopped in on on a Friday for happy hour on the way home from a conference in Harrisburg. The hotel is gorgeous, and the bar, inviting. But my service was lacking. (Another bartender who brought my food was great, cheerful and attentive, but alas, she did not stick around.) It’s pricey, which is to be expected, but the food was really disappointing. The bar menu is very sparse, and there was really nothing appealing or inventive. I was hoping for some nice appetizers — happy hour type munchies. Reluctantly ordered a personal size pizza. It was OK — certainly nothing special for $ 15.
If you go, go and enjoy the drinks and the atmosphere. Go somewhere else for food.

Hung out here with coworkers prior to a work dinner meeting at the restaurant. The staff was very attentive and the drink menu was to die for! I had such a hard time deciding … on top of the cocktails you’d normally find there were loads of chocolate cocktails & I figured «When in Hershey’s …» so I got the Special Dark Martini. Delicious!
Oh, and there’s a HUGE martini glass just when you walk in loaded with complementary Hershey kisses. I gave one to all my coworkers when I walked in.

loved the fire place, classic preservation of the past. nice atmosphere. excellent hershey’s martini. very good service. get here early and they have happy hour specials on their beer.

Wow, what a cool and classic place! You know those old and interesting places with wood paneled walls, and timeless bar, and spot on drinks? Well they are few and far between. Yet, this is one of them. Hits all the high marks. Comfortable, attentive staff, great drinks, and the best atmosphere you’ll find from here to 1930.
I had the dark chocolate martini. I was hesitant cause I thought this would be a gimmick drink. But it wasn’t too sweet, mixed very well, and something that you could drink fast or slow. A bit pricey, but you’d expect it given the quality of the place.
Oh by the way, you may think that sitting in the big red comfy chairs in front of the fireplace is a good idea. But if there is music and dancing, you’ll end up on the wrong end of the awkward stick.

Swanktastic!
Who knew? Apparently Hershey was raking in the dough even during the depression, which is about when this gorgeous hotel and lounge were built in the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania.
The Lounge looks nearly identical to its 1934 rendition. There is a bar off one side of the lounge that was initially a reading room during prohibition. Great atmosphere, and delicious Hershey’s Chocolate drinks are served.
Pricey, but definitely worth poking your head in if you’re dressed the part.

The Iberian Lounge is the inner sanctum of the Hotel Hershey, the Moorish Casbah within the romanticism of the Spanish tile and stucco archways of the main lobby.
Once you find the entrance and go inside, the darkness of the heavy wood and large stone fireplace envelops you and completes the passage from Central Pennsylvania to Casablanca, Morocco. Settle in at the bar, or find a plush sofa in the back, and just enjoy the transition. This is certainly what Milton S. Hershey had in mind when the hotel was designed under his close supervision. I guess he did not consider a hookah bar as part of the décor.
Back then, chocolate was considered an exotic taste, with its ingredients garnered from the far reaches of the tropical world. Sitting back on smoky leather while the fire blazed, with a Courvoisier Le Cognac de Napoleon Glass Snifter in one hand, and a great rolled Cuban in the other, was the perfect stage for tales of the search for the source of the elusive cacao.
Order a Chocolate Martini, and see how far the fantasy has come.

Amazing! You have to stop in for the atmosphere…

This is basically a bar located inside the Hershey Hotel. They do offer a few items to dine on. Once you sit down, a tray of chocolate covered pretzels and chocolate covered nuts are delivered. Beer and wine list are not extensive, but they do offer quite a few chocolate drinks. The Peanut Butter Martini was quite different and appealing. Apparently they have entertainment on Saturdays only. There are a couple TVs to watch. The lit fireplace adds quite ambiance during the winter months.

Cozy wood-​paneled Old World/​United Kingdom themed lounge with excellent service. Besides the bar area, there is a big fireplace plus many club chairs and sofas. Nice place.

I’ve been to the Iberian Lounge numerous times and this time was by far the least impressive. It is a nice place to get away from the madness of Hershey Park and enjoy a drink in the afternoon as all the tired young children filter out of the park.
We took the shuttle over from the Park to the Hotel and the Iberian Lounge is tucked away on the 2^nd floor in a dark room. During the holidays the room is decorated gorgeously and the fireplace crackles but in this visit is was very plain but still nice.
We ordered drinks and they do have an extensive drink menu but do not have Red Bull or any energy drinks. We ordered food and then were notified it would be a 45 minutes wait… yes, after we ordered. Obviously if I had somewhere to be I would have been upset but instead I just tipped back a few more gluten-​free beers and waiting for my food to arrive. It honestly didn’t take 45 minutes but the food came out bland. This isn’t a place for fine dining and you can’t order off the other restaurant’s menu even though that is the kitchen that makes the food.
I would recommend the IL if you are tired of the park, need to sit down in a quiet setting, need a cocktail, and don’t want to eat park food. Other than that this is not a destination that I would go out of my way to recommend.

World class bar located inside the Hershey Hotel… What I love about it is the complementary mini chocolate bars in a glass bowl. I swear the Chocolate is fresher in Hershey!
this place is stellar

We went at about 10 on a Friday night. so it was understandably a bit dead, but the flat-​break pizza we ordered deserves a solid 3 starts
The drinks where kitschy chocolate styled drinks to stick with the theme of the hotel… and they were all pretty tasty…
The only tip i would have, is when we walked by on Saturday night… they had some live music and and a great atmosphere… seemed like we picked the wrong night

As hotel bars go there is more to like (and dislike) about this one than most. The lodge setting is really sweet — especially the middle fireplace with seating all around it. The terrace is a good spot for seating as well. It’s not set apart from the occasional screaming kid so 1 demerit. So, as far as ambiance — it’s 4 solid stars. The flip side is that the service is not the greatest. Our bartender, bless him, was the only person serving a huge din of conventioneers* so it took a good while to get a drink. You could tell people were getting impatient — low marks on staffing. A few more tap beers would be nice (3 is all they had and I am not a fan of Yuengling or Coors).
*we were not conventioning but needed alcohol because of this fact.

4+ stars: just terrific place
This is a classy, relaxing, beautiful (read the history) lounge. The service is very good — typical of HERCO. The bar is excellent and the menu, though short, is delicious — especially the pizzas. It is the perfect place to unwind after a busy Hershey day.