Katie H.
Yelp
My friend and I were in town for the Mariners game and stayed at the Populus Seattle hotel, so we gave this place a try as it is in the hotel.
We stopped in for just a drink and were going to get food somewhere else. The drinks were super yummy! Definitely well made.
The vibe in the restaurant was very earthy and vegetation was clearly a theme, like the rest of the hotel. We loved it. It was clean and comfortable.
The service was a huge turn off. It took us like two hours to get our one drink and pay for our check. With how expensive this place is, and the fact that they automatically add 20% gratuity, that's just insane. The service was so slow and the bartender was so indifferent to whether we were there or were being helped. And they weren't even busy.
Then when we went to pay, my friend was getting the bill, and asked if he could break a hundred. He said yes and then rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath when he was walking away. She felt like she inconvenienced him so much that she just used her card.
Our bill was almost $50 for our two drinks, breaking a hundred, or paying in cash in general, shouldn't have been that big of a deal. It was uncomfortable and disappointing.
We would go back again if we were at the hotel, but hopefully it would be a different bartender l.