L'Onda Lounge

Not even the so-so food can be a savior to L'Onda's terrible, outwardly impolite and inconsistent service.
Bartenders here are downright nasty, and they spoil the calming effect of Long Beach's beautiful ocean vista in one fell swoop.  After sitting down, one Hispanic/Latino looking bartender, perhaps suspecting me to be underage, began his curt introduction like so: "So you know you need to start a tab, right?" before stomping off. His tone was so condescending that others nearby were visibly taken aback and shook their head. After plunking down my drink and food (he forgot the fries, which came a full 20 minutes later) down in front of me, I waited, as a test, over the course of a half hour, and he never returned. Not to check on food, not to refresh drink or to offer anything else. As-toun-ding!
As if that weren't enough, after another bartender came to my rescue and I paid, as I walked out, said bartender also cut his eye at me as I walked away from the bar.

Perhaps he'd overheard me saying that I won't leave a tip.
Will never return after that unpleasant encounter. Should anyone holding the reins on Allegria wonder where their clientele has gone, they will find evidence here.

This review is for L'Onda Lounge located inside of the Allegria Hotel, right on the Boardwalk.

The hubby and I stopped in for a few drinks yesterday afternoon to celebrate his birthday.  We went for a walk up the boardwalk and decided to double back and end our walk at the Allegria where we could cool off before heading home.  Well the best laid plans were halted by the fact that it was only marginally cooler inside - on a hot but not blisteringly so day - than it was outside.  Every once in awhile when someone opened a door we felt a bit of a breeze but for the most part the air conditioning was working overtime to just hold on.

We ordered two smokey blood orange margaritas and watched the bartender circle around the entire circular bar as she reached for each of the ingredients in this tasty concoction.  She didn't have enough to fill two glasses so we watched her just pack more ice in so they looked full.  There was a half of a lime in mine as well so it didn't leave a hell of a lot of room for the drink.  At $14 each this was a bit annoying.  But we were celebrating so we had two more.  For the second round we ordered one at a time and watched her do the same full circle two more times.

I had expected this place to be top notch and was a bit disappointed at several things that I saw.  The service Team was visibly uncomfortable in the less than cool room.  For the two of us having cocktails it was manageable but barely and the service Team was slow to bus the tables around us - maybe because they were so hot.  

While the bathrooms look like they were gorgeous when the hotel just opened up, only a year later the floor to ceiling door of the stall I happened upon has expanded to a point where it is hard to move and is scratching the floor.  The toilet paper holder has broken off the wall and the floor stand replacement that they have put in (without removing the remainder of the wall fixture that still remains) is not heavy enough to use without knocking the stand over when pulling the paper.  Two out of three light bulbs in my stall were out.   While I found the sink/ communal trough impressive with long tubes that drop water down from the ceiling - two out of four of the faucets were broken off.  All of these issues added up to a je ne sais quoi - Meh, I've experienced better feeling.  A shame.  The drink was delicious.  The rest - not so much.

Oh - and the thing that just drove me crazy!!!  I understand that you need to be a guest to use WIFI in a hotel, but why do they have to block my 3G and EDGE signal?  My phone wouldn't work anywhere in or around the hotel.  How was I supposed to check in to Yelp!?

This review is just for the nightlife.

Looking for a total clusterfuck of people from all walks of life mimicking an upscale Manhattan lounge, then check out L'Onda Lounge. This the perfect area to if you are 50+ with some cash and you are looking to pick up some PYTs. Or maybe if you are in your a dame in your 20s you can get yourself a sugar daddy. Everyone else will find it amazing for people watching. The place gets real loud and it's pretty expensive but there is nothing like it in Long Beach so sometimes you just gotta do it.