Living Room at the W

Paid 50 dollars for patron. The bartender gives me the bill and did not thank me and says welcome to Miami prices.

My wife and I came here twice during our stay last week in Miami Beach. The bartender Juan Carlos was fantastic. Very engaging and also quite skilled. He asked my wife the things she liked and came up with a drink for her that she indicated was on point. She also got some french fries to try and had to have them taken away for fear of eating them all which is a good sign.
What I particularly liked was the atmosphere and also that they had Lange Estate Pinot Gris which is about as hard to find as a unicorn. It was a pleasant surprise and when you wrap that up with the way we were treated and the overall environment, it was a «10» on our scale which is not easy to hit.

Decent place… But nothing great… Expensive shit… Every cocktail is $ 18 plus taxes plus gratuity adds up to 23 dollars a drink… Not worth d place

Amazing place to stay, great service, awesome atmosphere. Very helpful staff and the hotel is also part of SPG.
Drinks are great, you can enjoy cigars in the patio as well.

Came here because it was listed on one of those best of list. Drinks at expensive and watery. I ordered a ginger rum and it just tasted like lime and sugar. Where was the ginger? The pool is nice, but you can’t even sit near it. Not worth it with some many other choices nearby.

help! looking for the jalapeño passion cocktail recipe… i love that drink so much I am sending friends there who are visiting SoBe just to try it. … please help!- thirsty in East Amherst NY

Very good looking crowd. Fun to people watch. Only drawback was that each round of drinks for 2 cost me $ 38. Good place to hang on a Tuesday night just make sure to have a few drinks before you arrive.

What sets an establishment apart is not how they treat guests when things are going right, but how they handle mishaps.
I came here last night for some drinks with out of town friends. We sat outside in the delightful patio area and LuAnn took excellent care of us. We enjoyed some truffled popcorn, spicy nuts (heeee!), a glass of albariño, a Cucumber Collins (garnished with a beautiful purple flower!) and a Miami Manhattan. All was right until an extremely loud noise by the pool shattered our lovely evening.
An investigation uncovered someone powerwashing the concrete around the pool. At 8PM. With a patio full of guests. FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!
When LuAnn came outside, she was horrified. She offered us a free round of drinks, and the manager also came over and explained that the work being done was the result of a scheduling conflict and had us moved inside. Everyone apologized profusely. So different than the typical Miami attitude of «Oh, so what, what can you do?». I felt badly about how badly THEY felt! Honestly, we were going to leave until the staff made such an effort to fix the experience.
Once ensconced inside, we enjoyed the flattering lighting, a few more drinks and a prosciutto flatbread, which was excellent!
All in all, the drinks and snacks are really expensive, but everything is beautiflly prepared with care and tastes delicious. Paying $ 20 for a drink is not as offensive when it comes with excellent customer service.

I love this W all around. IN fact it is my favorite one in the country. The pool is huge and right on the water. The service is excellent and it is chill and relaxing during the day without all the South beach drama and then turned up at night. I mention all this because the Living room is a great place to go either to have early cocktails after a day at the beach or pool or before going to famed night spot Wall or Mr Chow also in the hotel. I love this place because you feel like you are family. It is small enough that folks remember your name and it is classy and elegant and has the best cocktails around! Food wise I love the burger and the grouper sandwich and the fries are yummy! All of the bartenders are great
I would give a special shout out to Erik who makes the most amazing craft cocktails there are so many to choose from o the menu but I suggest you just let him do his thing and you will not be disappointed. Ms. Rossi is always a pleasure to see sweet and gorgeous and always helpful. I also like the Crazy Russian but don’t know his name since I call him the crazy Russian but he rocks too. I come for the view, people watching, but most of all the people!
If you are a wine person they don’t have a great selection but I do love the Whispering Angel rose very refreshing after a day in the sun. They can also make any of the cocktails without alcohol which I have done and they are delicious. Think fresh watermelon leche the works!

One of my favorite spots in Sobe! Classy, intimate, sleek, and sophisticated; this bar is a pre-​game spot for most of the beautiful women headed into Wall next door. Great spot to hang out and meet people and the outdoor seating near the pool is so relaxing and chill. Definitely will be back as the parking isn’t as bad as other parts of Sobe either. Just make sure to feed the meter to avoid the $ 18 ticket as the meter maids make their rounds often.

Very chill and great vibe here in the W Hotel. Great outdoor patio as well.
Besides the overpriced drinks here, this place can do no wrong.

I didn’t actually get drinks here because my friend and I walked in at 230 am, but we did meet some cool bartenders who showed us around to some fun after hours spots. The ambiance is cool, and the bartender, Jess, let my friend and I have an improntu photo shoot on the couch areas. We talked about what kind of drinks they serve and what he recommends and the drinks sounded really good. I’d like to return to actually try the drinks next time, instead of take photos and flirt/​hang out with the bartender

The W never dissapoints, this bar is not the exception. Great décor, nice crowd, laid back atmosphere. Drinks are well made and the bartenders are polite and attentive.
The outside terrace is intimate and great for conversation.

First of all, if you aren’t wearing glasses (even if you DO have ²⁰⁄₂₀ vision) then good luck seeing anything in this place! It is the darkest bar in all of Miami without a doubt. The design elements are enough to make the pickiest designer float off to heaven as everything is so beautifully designed. We’ve come here many times before we venture to wall. The bartenders are great and can create some great cocktails but this isn’t really on the top of my list for a bar to visit. With prices at $ 20+ a drink, I would expect a lot more out of a place like this.
The music is OK they play some indie stuff which I like and frequently have a DJ but the whole space as a whole is not really my favorite.
Ps — Watch out for the hookers. They flock to this place!!! They are not hard to spot with their tummy-​showing shirts and shorts so short that they don’t have to bend over to get a good look. Or was it their winks to every guy in the bar and not-​so-​casual «hellooooo’s» that gave them away? Only in Miami…

My favorite spot to chill in south beach, when you don’t want to be in a club or harassed by men. Thu-​Fri-​Sat nights are great and the drinks are delish. Bartenders here are also very sweet. Try the watermelon market.

I want to give this place five stars, but it’s a little too loud. None the less, I love the dark, moody atmosphere with a touch of old school glamour. Seriously good bartender with taste as good as the interior design.

I stumbled upon this through a friend visiting from Europe, and was pleasantly surprised at how cool of a place it actually is at night. The atmosphere was not too pretentious for SoBe, they played great live music (soul) and their bar staff was very attentive and seemed to have their mixing together.
Next time I will have to try one of their cocktails because they seemed so exotic and delish. I just went for a straightforward drink and paid almost 20bucks.
Despite that, I loved the experience and must agree with a previous reviewer by saying that this place might just become my favorite upscale bar in Miami Beach. Right on point with that. Awesome experience.

I went to the Living Room on Saturday night with friends and was impressed by the space. The décor is swanky, and the place is dimly lit. It appeared the lighting did a lot to help the romance factor in the place… if you’re into that sort of thing…
The crowd was mixed and the drinks were overpriced (typical Miami). Our bartender was the slowest bartender in the history of drink mixing. By the time I got my drink I’d forgotten what I asked for. My own drink sounded fabulous on the menu (their version of an apple martini), but when I got it I wasn’t too impressed.
Overall I’d have to say this is a great bar to get the night started but not somewhere I could see myself spending a lot of time at.

I’ve been to at least ten W Hotels in the U.S., so was excited to stop into Miami’s version (
). The hotel of course, exudes South Beach, and has all the usual accoutrements you’d expect: a hypnotic pool area, sexy seating amidst the greenery, popped collars and cougars, even a Wall (
).
But for money (and you can spend a lot of it here!), I’m just fine sitting at the bar at the Living Room, sipping on the gorgeously potent creations that Elad concocts. The dude is like Brian Flanagan meets Don Juan DeMarco — even the way he describes each ingredient is intoxicating — and he asked me a series of questions (Favorite spirit? Fruit? Sweet or Sour? Where I was from?!) before settling on a magnificent gin-​based elixir, finished off with saffron. It tastes like sweet green grass, in the best possible way.

Pretty is a dime a dozen in Miami but, pretty, classy, and serving some of the best cocktails in Miami? Now, that’s impressive and that’s just the perfect word to describe the Living Room, impressive.
This salon like lounge has an effortlessly elegant vibe, overlooks the pool area, and oozes casually laid back luxury. For anyone lugging the lappy around this bar also has complimentary wi-​fi. Making it the perfect spot for business drinks.
Actually, the Living Room is the perfect spot for every kind of drink thanks to the boys from Bar Lab. Gabe and Elad are at the fore-​front of Miami’s blossoming bartending culture which translates into a wide array of awe inspiring cocktails think burning rosemary to infuse martini glasses, fresh fruit, homemade bitters, and an array of quality spirits.
The next time you’re craving cocktails do yourself a favor and settle into the W’s Living Room, peruse the menu, chat up your bartender regarding your favorite flavors and then savor your time and your drink.