RumBA!!! They used to have Jamaican bands there a while ago I guess not anymore huh?! Intercontinental has always been one of my favorite places in Boston.RumBa bar is not as busy as it used to be but it's still nice.
The pros: they have a very nice and big patio in the back overlooking the harbor.
I love this place. I normally do after work drinks in the back bay due to proximity to my office but don't mind making the trek to come here any day of the week. The outdoor dining space in the summer is a treat. Great view, weather and food. It's a good place to rent out or just come for a drink. They do get busy so i've waited up to an hour and half for a table but there is plenty of seating on benches or along the water. The fish tacos and shrimp tempura are a must. The scallops (note: lots of garlic), chicken wings and hummus are a close second.
Review Source:Went here for drinks last Friday night. The decor is good and the drinks are good. I'm giving three stars for location and view. However, the appetizers? All set. The calamari was definitely taken straight out of a box from Stop & Shop and deep fried (served with some kind of avacado sauce). I'm a life long New Englander and have had my fair share of calamari, and this was just the pits. It can't be too hard to get some fresh squid, throw some batter, and then fry it.
Review Source:Great Drinks and Nice View!
My husband and I have been twice to the outdoor bar. Amazing coctails and excellent service. The bartenders here are fun and friendly, and one even remebered what I had odered the week before which was above and beyond! Â Love the view of the waterfront as well. We will definitely be back!
The decor is fine, the references to Olive Garden and mall foodcourts, while funny, aren't particularly accurate. Â It is a bar in the middle of an expensive hotel lobby....great chairs, bad accoustics and a really bad bartender who was channelling his best Hipster Doofus for all to see. Â We waited 20 minutes for a waiter/tress to deign to wait on us....so I approached the bar which was about 2/3 full I immediately noticed the little fella whispering to another bartender more than likely devastated that Beck hasn't made a new record in awhile...I didn't get this clown's name so we'll call him Noah (pick any hispter name you want) he asked me what I wanted to drink and when I explained my order he smirked and explained that he can only serve patrons two drinks at a time if they are seated in the lounge. Â Okay, so give me...ummm.."I've got a full bar here" said the little turd.....Listen, little fella with the Napoleon complex...you should learn to play nice because you're a bartender....bartender! Â BARTENDER! Â BARTENDER!!!!
Anywho....the same individual expressed a similar level of disdain when my brother-in-law asked him for a suggestion for a rum drink....too cool for school I guess.
Stay away unless you are into rude hipster doofus bar staff.
What a terrible bar that enjoys ripping people off.
Take a look at their liquor menu and read the disclaimer at the bottom:
"There will be a $3 service charge when rocks are requested."
My friends and I ordered three whiskey's with ONE rock each. Just one, to enjoy the whiskey the way it's supposed to be enjoyed. Waitress did not warn us that there would be a THREE DOLLAR charge for an ice cube - we didn't even see that warning because WHO DOES THAT!?
I guess we should have ordered it straight and gotten a cup of ice to make our own drink.
Although the waitress was nice, she did a poor job of trying to explain the 3$ charge, and also could not name another bar that has service charges for ice (though she claimed she's "seen it before") If anyone has seen this charge anywhere else please let me know where so I can avoid that bar.
The atmosphere reminded me of what I would imagine an old, creepy cruise ship to be like.
Also, who cares about a big rum selection? It doesn't make a difference when most people just use rum for mixed drinks.
And (since I'm on a roll) what a dumb name for a bar, I think we've all had enough of the play on words/Boston accent names.
I was so surprised by this great little bar in the Intercontinental. I went here for some drinks before dinner and immediately loved the ambiance - comfy couches, Louis Vuitton trunks for tables, and a spacious bar area. The place was definitely full but did not feel crowded. I found a seat and browsed the interesting drink menu - fresh fruit mojitos? Check! I'll have two please. I ordered the delicious pineapple mojitos, and my friends followed suite. We also tried the champagne mojito, which tasted a bit too much like champagne and not quite enough like a mojito. But still good! We ordered the tuna appetizer, which was delicious. I will definitely head back here for drinks next time I am in the area.
Review Source:While visiting Boston in early February and staying at the Intercontinental Hotel, my husband and I stopped into RumBa for a couple of cocktails before heading out for a fun Friday night.
I liked the subtle music playing. The seating was comfortable and the atmosphere was intimate enough, though they were nearly at capacity. During the week nights, Ben found them to be packed! I would have expected it to be colder, being in the lobby with an entrance in front and behind their open space, but it was not too bad.
The drinks had interesting flavour and were not bad, but didn't wow me. I tried the Life & Liber Tea, then the Pineapple and Jalapeno Capirinha. Ben had a whiskey drink as well as a local beer that he enjoyed.
The service was okay. There were a couple of times we wanted our server but didn't see her for a bit. We asked another server for glasses of water.
When we eventually caught our server's attention, she asked if we wanted the bill and we said we were going to order a couple more drinks. Not sure why she walked away, it became clear she misunderstood us when she brought us the same drinks we'd already had. -We asked to keep the drink menu in the beginning for the purpose of trying different options. She did take our new orders and took away the other drinks.
The location is convenient for hotel guests, but there are other options very close by that we found better.
Started off a night in Boston with my 2 girlfriends at RumBa in the Intercontinential Hotel. It was actually awesome. The bar itself was full, so we hopped on some plush couches and chairs in the lobby. We liked that the waitress service extended to the lobby. The drink menu was rum and Tiki inspired, so I figure I would get a Pineapple Mojito, and the first one was delicious. At one point or another, some older drunk guy approached us, and offered to buy us all a round. My drink was 3/4 done, so my friend urged me to get another on the creep.. and I did. The second one was not as tasty, but it was free so I'm not complaining. We decided to grab the check after because we were headed somewhere else, and the guy paid our tab.. well most of it. He gave us $33 towards it and we paid another $10 for tip, etc. Overall it was hillarious and the mojitos were pretty good.
Review Source:I haven't had more than fries here, so my review is strictly about drinks. Â Their pineapple and regular mojito's are excellent. Â The only reason I'm giving 3 stars is because although excellent, they are inconsistent depending on the bartender. Â I've had amazing ones made my a male bartender and average ones made by the female bartender. Â (this isn't an issue due to gender, it is just the only observation I had of the bartender differences :) Â )
Review Source:The RumBa has become our base station for a week of being tourists in Boston. Â We have found ourselves here most afternoons sucking up an awesome cocktail while recovering from a day of hiking around Boston soaking up some history, eating way too many fried clams and lobsters. Â
The specialty drink menu is mostly made up of classic rum drinks with a modern twist. Â If you are feeling tropical, this is the place to get your Mai Tai on, one of the best I have had! Â What makes this place a 5 star is the bartenders. Â All of the bartenders have been not only very knowledgeable about the area and the drinks but super friendly to spend time with as we continue to pursue the perfect vacation buzz.
As the name suggests, RumBa offers an exhaustive selection of rum, and the idea for the bar's theme stemmed from the former presence of the once-vibrant rum trade in New England. The name itself originates not from the Latin dance, as one might expect, but instead is a play on how local Bostonians pronounce "rum bar." Â During the summer months, patrons can also enjoy RumBa's outdoor patio, situated right on the harbor.
We walked up the small set of stairs into RumBa and felt like we were walking into a plantation. Â A huge wooden fan with blades in the shape of leaves circled above the horseshoe-shaped pewter bar, and the seating area around the bar consisted of couches with turquoise tapestry backs, brown leather chairs, and low tables fashioned from old Louis Vuitton trunks. To the right of the bar is a hidden room (the Champagne Lounge), which can be reserved for private receptions.
The bar itself is quite a sight, as there is a three-tiered shelf covered with chicken wire and stock full of rum hanging directly above the center of the bar. Â As soon as we sat down, our bartender brought us waters and these amazing mixed nuts, served in a silver martini glass. They're coated with cayenne pepper and gomme syrup (a sweetener typically used in mixed drinks)--which is actually made using some of the hotel's own honey, extracted from its rooftop apiary.
The drinks we got there were delicious and STRONG. A bit pricey, but definitely worth it!
I always like to end my afternoons in Boston here. Â After a day of whatever sightseeing I've chosen, I return to the hotel and sit outside and just enjoy the view. Â If you are a history buff, this is just about the site of the Boston Tea Party. Â There is such good energy at this location!
The drinks are very good, and they have some unique creations. Â I'm not a hot pepper person, but they make a Margarita with Jalapeno pepper that is supposed to be quite good. Â It is worth the trip for the ambiance alone.
One of the best outdoor patios in the city. Â Right on the water and beautiful. Â Very relaxed.
The crowd is slightly on the older side. Drinks are way too expensive. Service is terrible and it takes forever to get a drink.
But WOW what a great location and setting! Â Fun for any time of day, but this is an ideal place for happy hour. Â Give it a try.
PLACE: This bar is part of The InterContinental hotel,
which is very high end, classy and fabulous.
DRINKS: The menu has original drinks to temp you,
and the BEST CAIPIRINHA IN BOSTON! *smile*
Caipirinha is the national cocktail of brazil! leblon cachaça, fresh muddled limes and granulated sugar suggested flavors: mango, blueberry, raspberry, pineapple & jalapeno, honey & ginger
STAFF: the bartenders are friendly and fun
Sitting in the center of the Intercontinental Hotel on the Waterfront, is RumBa, a Rum and Champagne Bar. I have visited RumBa a few times, but always only for cocktails. In my opinion, the decor is a bit outdated and the drinks are far too expensive for the venue. It may be situated in the Intercontinental Hotel, but it's certainly not an amazing place compared to others nearby.
The bar staff is typically very friendly and very knowledgeable about the rums on hand. They actually are great at changing up the cocktails to suit customer's interesting requests and have often created me something custom for my mood.
I do like the overstuffed couches and chairs, which give the place a more loungy feeling. I would NOT recommend the raw bar as the quality of the fish has really never been up to par.
If you are out late during the week and looking for one last cocktail, you can count on this venue to be open and pretty empty. Which sometimes, can actually work well when sick of waiting 10 minutes to get your cocktails.
This place has all the ambience of a mall food court coupled with expensive, tasteless drinks. Â Seriously, the place is wide open in the foyer of a gigantic hotel and lit up like a fucking K-Mart. Â
Stocking over 30 rums doesn't matter unless you are drinking them straight or lightly mixed. Â I had a pineapple mojito mixed by some airhead who made a drink like her previous job was passing out samples of Bacardi at Bike Week in Laconia New Hampshire. Â It tasted like a shot of Captain Morgan's dumped into can of DelMonte fruit nubs. All for 15 bucks. They may as well cut the crap and just put my wallet in the glass and muddled it with a mint spring for all the enjoyment I got out of it. My girlfriend got a "Peach Iced Tea" that I'm pretty sure was mixed by the wizards over at Snapple. Â
If you staying in the hotel, just walk out the door and down the street to Drink. Â If you are looking to feel slick and old school, try Cuchi Cuchi.
The prices didn't bother me. Â If you're going to a five star hotel on the waterfront, anywhere in the world, expect their swanky bar that is alcohol thematic (in this case, rum) to be $$. Â Fine. Â But if you're going to be $$, be worth it. Â The cocktails, I concede, were pretty great. Â Well-made: boozy but still having layers of flavor. Â But things go downhill from there. Â The extremely pricey food was mediocre--greasy and over-salted. Â Let me stress: I don't mind the cost. Â But I do expect something pricey to be quality. Â The thing that should be holding everything together--the service--was terrible. Â I brought a party of 15 to the bar, which never got very busy, and we were treated like a huge inconvenience. Â Drinks and food were slow to arrive. Â Maybe the waitresses were so surly because they are made to dress like vampire milkmaids. Â
It wasn't horrible, but I won't be making a special trip here again.
Jersey Shore meets the Olive Garden.
Went on a Saturday night about 9 PM to find RumBa dropped in the back of the Intercontinental hotel lobby with all the grace of a mall kiosk. The bar is designed with a playacted Olive Garden decor right down to a river stone facade that looks like it come off a toy press in China.
Arrived inside to find a few plannel-shirted guys and many hoodied males - complete with sunglasses accessorizing the front zippers - and quite a few Tello's-inspired females.
We never got service at the tables located "inside" the full volume bar after a grinding twenty minutes watching young staff pass by like shooting stars. We finally reseated to the chairs just outside the entrance and choked sickly-sweet Mai Tais and candied nuts after another small eternity. Sought escape after baboon-like yelling and yelping from somewhere inside.
Avoid if you are 21 or over.
All the people at this party, they got a lotta style.
They've got stamps of many countries,
They've got passport smiles.
In the emotionally and physically frosty city of Boston, this is where the neglected contingent of tanned, blonde, and vapid gather. Â I feel like this is the kind of L.A. wannabe type scene that Joni Mitchell is mournfully singing about: beautiful, expensive, and teeming with white umbrellas, turquoise skies, and...shallow waters. Â The drinks (jalapeno margaritas, raspberry mojitos, tequila gimlets) are equal parts delicious, interesting, summer-y, and at $12-14 a pop, insanely overpriced. Â The fries are doused in truffle oil and there's fresh spinach on the sliders. Â I felt fat and hairy all night long.
A gorgeous little cabana gem, but shoot me if I ever want to come back.
Gorgeous bar filled with all sorts of bottles of rum and other spirits to pick up your own after a hard day's work in the Financial District. It was fun trying to pinpoint the names from our comfy leather seats. 10 Cane, Appleton, Pusser's, Bacardi, Mount Gay, and others I hadn't seen.
Very swank and by that, as soon as you sit down you'll feel as if your bank account had swelled by several zeroes. We ordered burgers and frites, which came in a silver pot covered with a white cloth napkin to keep them warm. Good stuff. I must say that the mai tai was excellent, and the mojito was very good, too. Drinks are very pricey -- most hovering around $14 and some cost as much as $20 each! However, you're paying for top quality ingredients, the bartender's enviable skill, and that upper class club meets pub atmosphere. Consider RumBa your payday splurge.
Let's just say that I was whelmed.
As an avid fan of dive bars, I usually don't get sucked into a watering hole's environment. Also, I don't like paying a ton of money for a drink I could make at home. That's probably why this place didn't really work for me.
My cousin was staying at the Intercontinental, so we decided to check it out before going out to dinner. The club chairs were quite enjoyable, but I couldn't get over the fact that they put a wooden plaque atop the Louis Vuitton trunk that was used as a table, simply to announce to the world that it was authentic. It was classic status-symbol bull, the sort of thing about a bar that makes me say "Who gives a crap?" I'm not impressed by things that cost a lot of money that loudly proclaim that they cost a lot of money. Not to mention the fact that the money could probably be better spent on uniforms - the waitresses looked like they picked up their ill-fitting dresses at Kmart.
The drinks tasted good, but not $14 good. My cousin, a cocktail connoisseur, was surprised there weren't more actual champagne cocktails on the menu. I don't envision myself going back anytime soon.
This is a solid option for after-work celebratory drinks and small, informal gatherings with coworkers. Â The ambience is classy-yet-understated.
It gets really loud/busy with the Thursday after-work crowd, and as the night progresses, the small space gets jammed with people and you have to raise your voice to make yourself heard. Â During these times, the waitstaff also gets overloaded and drinks don't come quickly. Â Squeezing into a spot at the bar to order your drink is also a miracle. However, crowded is a sign they're doing something right, no?
I enjoy RumBa most when I go for a drink afe work on a Thursday around 5, but leave before it starts getting crazy around 6:30. Â
Also, if you like fitting in, then come wearing your suit/nice work clothes. Â Everyone else will be.
Not sure what all the Rumba is about... this a typical hotel bar that seems to draw in a crowd of 20 and 30 somethings. Decor is fine but there are so many nicer places to hang. Maybe a nice place to pregame, if you have the cash to pay 14 a mixer. My wife stuck with her usual white from NZ... Glass looked decent from where I was sitting.
However
Cocktails = awesomeness. I started with a Mai Tai and then moved on to a sidecar. These drinks tasted like they should have (should be obvious, but it needs to be mentioned) but they were built like a manhattan.... strong and mmm tasty.... ending with a kick to head seemingly delivered by an angry mule.
Did not eat anything at RumBa, so no comment..
Parking - 2 things here. Don't waste your time with the attendants under the hotel unless you are lazy, drunk or love to spend your money. It was $20 to park there as we drink 2 drinks each but what was worse was witnessing one attendant driving a customers Audi, while goofing around with another attendant running next to the car. Then we come out and one guy is reving up the customers car in front of us.... I guess you have to expect this to some degree with valets but I drive a nice car that I dont reallt want anyone else driving and so I certainly prefer not to see these a-holes playing with other peoples expensive toys.... and the guy wondered why I didn't slide him some cash..... forget it.
Went with my girlfriend to visit our roommate who works as a Cocktail waitress.
It was a Friday night and quite crowded. Â Apparently, it gets even busier. Â Prices were reasonable for the location, 6-7$ for a beer is not bad in such a fancy place.
Thought it would be much more stuck up, but it was quite a chill place
I went here on a Tuesday night with friends to celebrate my birthday. Â There were five us and the bar was very quiet.
The rums and drinks are very impressive, the wine list not so much. Â
We had a lot of fun, and the desserts were great. Â I plan to go back sometime when I have something big to celebrate.
My only disappointment was the way the wine was served (yes, I am a snob). Â Typically you see the bottle, it is opened, and you get a splash to make sure it is good (drinkable, not corked). Â Once you give the OK, the wine is poured. Â
For the first bottle, she opened it and poured two full glasses, put the cork back in and walked away. Â The second time, she showed us the bottle, poured three full glasses and walked away. Â We were shocked.
Was here again on a late Sunday night with a friend. Â The crowd on Sunday and weekdays are a little older. Â The drinks we had were great but the fries and sliders we had were fantastic!
I highly recommend trying to find parking around the area. Â Valet parking at the IC is about $30. Â But if you have the VIP IC card its $15. Â
This place is a great hide away and date place. Â But be ready to shed some dollars.
A solid 4 stars.
I've been here on numerous occasions and the place doesnt disappoint. I've never really had the bar food, mostly here for drinks, but the crowd is decent and the music is great, though not a lot of people dance.
The drinks  are fantastic and the waitresses/bartenders are friendly.
We went last night, and after some spills and broken glass, the waitress was apologetic and comped our drinks, which was really nice of her.
Who doesn't like $5 crab cakes? Â Well I certainly do, as does my friend who went here with me last night. Â They were really good, $5 each, and came with a small portion of salad greens. Â Apparently Rumba is running some stimulus package specials, they also have a Kobe beef slider deal, but I can't recall the special price.
I had a mai tai and my friend had some kind of caribbean cooler drink, or some such thing. Â The mai tai was very good, albeit $14. Â However, I knew before I went there that the speciality drinks were really expensive, so I can't hold that against them. Â And you certainly got quite the bang for your buck.
Also, beers are only $4, which is comparable to almost any other bar in Boston. Â As a matter of fact, they are cheaper than many places, especially the more "upscale" places. Â I'll never forget when I went to Rumor and they charged me $9 for a Bud Light. Â But that is a story for another day. Â
All in all I enjoyed my experience at Rumba. Â They have servers if you sit at a table, and if the lounge is full they have more tables in the lobby, where you can also have server wait on you. Â I'll be back to try some other rum cocktails, but probably not until I am no longer laid off.
Cute dress....check
Reggae cover band...check
Sugar daddy to help me pay for the outrageously expensive drinks....d'oh
This is the place to see and be seen. I wasn't totally diggin' the "we're too hip to even make eye contact with you" crowd, but the reggae band was soothing and helped me digest the most delicious and expensive mojito I will ever have in my life.
Didn't try the food, but this place is good for about one delish drink and then move on.
Maybe I'm thinking of a different place for I don't think this place was THAT great to get 5 stars from everyone. A nice place, for sure... but not 5 star worthy.
In the Intercontinental Hotel and fits in nicely. Bar in the middle, cozy fire place on the side with comfy lounge chairs and leather couch's. Specializing in rum drinks (must have missed the champagne night) the pineapple something, amazing. But $40 for 3 drinks, give me a break. Props for knowing your clientele... rich business people going through on work trips will pay those prices.
I thought this place was pretty hip. I went here 2 weeks ago for a birthday party. I loved that its in the middle of the lobby, everyone watches you as you strut, yes strut, down the hall, up the stairs and into the circular bar.
Very cool atmosphere. Dim lighting, a dj, a fireplace...so sexy. We scored a group of leather chairs right next to the fire (perfect bc it was so cold out!) The drink menu was a little limited, but very creative. I'm not a rum person, but I got the pineapple upside down and it was awesome! It was sweet, but a pretty large drink. My friend got a mai tai which was straight booze...but hey, she's into that.
Very cool crowd and we didn't have to wait long for a drink. 20-30 somethings crowd, the people were dressed nice (which is good bc I thought I was going to be over dressed in my mini and knee high boots).
The only downfall...$48 for 3 drinks....but we were paying for the atmosphere....where else were we  going to be able to strut up to the bar?
These monthly Champagne parties at RumBa are the new hot spot in Boston. It's a young and good looking crowd and the space is fabulous. What takes it to the next level is the attention to detail that these people put into these parties. I walked in through the open fire lit lobby to find RumBa buzzing with people in the heart of the hotel. Bubbles were flying everywhere, Champagne mojitos were being served from a bar made out of carved ice and there was even free chocolate covered strawberries and truffles that you had to snap off a chocolate covered ice cone. Can we say PIMP.
The music was amazing! It's so rare to find a trendy spot in the city that is not a club and that you can still dance. The DJ was great, people were dancing and they even had a video DJ projecting movie scenes and images above the dance floor to the beat of the music. The event is free and I got free champagne left and right, although that's just because I know people (who's the elite yelper now bitches).
Oh another awesome perk: You can drink outside while smoking a cigarette and overlooking the water. Where else can you do THAT in Boston? Had it been 20 degrees warmer with more fake breast implants and I would have sworn I was back home in Miami Beach.
My boyfriend's boss took his office here for drinks and appetizers to commemorate a co-worker's departure last night, and I tagged along.
I had two glasses of pino, and sampled some New England Clam Strips, the slider-style Kobe Beef Burger, and Miel Brasserie pommes frites (AKA French Fries).
The clam strips were salty (in a good way), crunchy, and all around tasty - one of three things could account for this: a) they make amazing clam strips here. b) I haven't ingested a clam strip in at least five years. OR c) those aforementioned glasses of wine were consumed quickly and consecutively, I hadn't eaten, and I do not often drink wine.
Although I (and more than one other person in our party) believed the mushroom-like mass atop the burgers to be an actual, albeit odd-tasting, mushroom, turns out the burgers are "crowned with foie gras." Â I've had better burgers crowned with ketchup and pickles.
And, as for the Miel Brasserie pommes frites - just call them french fries for christ sakes. Â They were good french fries, but french fries none the less.
We didn't pay which is always awesome. Â But, the wine I had alone was $24, and to sample what I did, it'd cost a paying customer around $50.
Lackluster service, small menu, gorgeous decor.
Service: the staff here were less than friendly, would walk away while you were still in the middle of a sentence, and took forever to do anything. We ordered a couple of appetizers while waiting for our room (see my review of the Intercontinental for more on that), shrimp cocktail and oysters. They forgot/never heard us order the oysters. Awesome. We had drink vouchers for $15 apiece, so I ordered a $20 glass of champagne (hey it was my birthday, I'm allowed), prepared to pay the difference...only to be told, once I'm almost DONE with it, that the voucher wasn't good for that drink b/c it cost more than $15. Um, thanks for letting me know. We had the vouchers on the bar, so the bartender knew we were using them.
The decor of the place is beautiful. From the wrought-iron scrollwork/windows, to the vintage Louis Vuitton trunks used as coffee tables, it's just gorgeous.
We probably wouldn't head back, unless we were meeting people staying there. But at least we know what we're getting in to this time.
I love going to hotel bars..let's just say I have a hotel fetish in general. Â There is a mix bag here at the bar which is fun, from 50+ to as young as the 24 crowd, majority visitors. Â Prices are hotel prices...any hotel bar you go to, it's about 3-4 dollars more. Â
I love the lounge chairs and couches that align the walls with the giant fireplace that looks hot in the winter time. Outside the bar in the common area, they can serve you drinks there as well which is great if you want to get away from the noise which can be very loud, especially the music. Â Service can be snooty but drinks are served properly. Â
Fridays are great, like all hotels, majority of people who check in are on a Friday. Â Atmosphere is like the intercontinental, hip and hotel guest like.
I was really excited to try out this bar, so I gathered some friends to go there after work one day. Â The bar atmosphere is very nice, most likely due to the fact that it's new, and the couch and chairs were extremely comfortable. Â
The problems started coming when we wanted to order our food and drinks. Â The service was extremely slow, probably due to the fact that you can't distinguish the waitress from a customer in their uniforms, but when they did come to the table, their demeanor was more of a fake politeness than genuine service. Â
The menu was extremely expensive for bar food, although the food was good. Â I probably would have enjoyed the food more though if I could have found my waitress in time to get silverware and napkins. Â Somehow the thought never crossed their mind to bring silverware at all during the hours we were there.
It was definitely an experience goign to Rumba, but a huge disappointment. Â And to top it all off, the location is not convenient to the T at all. Â Once the novelty of this bar wears off, I can't see customers coming back.
This is a beautiful bar, although it's a hotel bar and it's very expensive. It's off the hotel lobby and is extremely loud and the music they were playing was terrible (J. Lo). Â We had to ask the waitress to turn the music down (there's an echo because the clielings are so high) and she made a comment about people often complaining about the loud music. It was 7:30 on a Wed. night and it's not a dance club. Not necessary.
We settled on a separate room off to the side of the main bar. It was gorgeous with red velvet couches and its own bar (not functional at the time since the room was empty) but it would be perfect for a private party. My two friends and I were the only people in this room all night, Â which was nice.
Service was attentive but somewhat unprofessional. We ordered 2 $40 bottles of wine (the starting price on the wine list) and each time, we were not even given the opportunity to taste it. The waitress opened it and just poured all 3 glasses. We laughed it off  and figured that's what we get for ordering the cheapest wine on the menu (needless to say $40 isn't really cheap). She also mispronounced items on the menu and didn't know what certain items were. She also never cleared our table after we finished eating. She was very young so we gave her a break. She was friendly at least. Â
We ordered 2 appetizers. The Meditteranean platter & the shellfish platter for 2 (which was pricey at $60). Â Both were excellent and the shellfish platter was enourmous. It had shrimp & lobster skewers, oysters rockefeller and giant crab legs. We coulnd't finish it all.
All in all, we enjoyed the atmosphere and had a great night but it was rather pricey  for after work drinks and apps.
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