Great ambience and atmosphere. Decent martinis, but the martini prices are insane. I expect to pay a lot for a martini, but not the prices they charge. I don't know how they justify it.
SLucius
The Casa Monica is a great place to stay in St Augustine but our friendly bartender, Amber, and her crew made The Cobalt Lounge rise from “hotel bar” to evening destination for both nights of our stay. Not just a server of excellent drinks - Amber is fun to chat with and a gracious host. More like drinks with a friend than the person taking our money. We had a great time and we will be back
Jeff Braswell
Old fashioned and Moscow mule were excellent. Hotel atmosphere is very elegant.
Anna Bennett
Has a wonderful dinner there in the private dining area for a friend's birthday on February 13th. The serves and food was great. I reached out to a manager, Mr. Philip...right away after finding a problem on my credit card and he looked into it and took care of them problem right away. VERY IMPRESSIVE on the amount of time for Mr. Philip took care of this and correct it in a short period of time. I want to give him a BIG SHOT OUT! We need more managements like him. He listened and took care of my concern. Again the serves, the two servers, and the food was great.
chrisdean71
Great experience. Great food and the piano bar was wonderful and fun.
John B.
Amazing place in an amazing hotel. Ambiance, ambiance, ambiance. Comfortable and beautiful. Like dining in a museum but an approachable museum. Very Spanish and jazz. Super friendly staff. Literally everyone. Allows dogs!!!Nice craft cocktails. Excellent food. Minorcan chowder was perfect. Somewhat more blended than chunky, but still an amazing depth of tomato, pepper and clams. Meatballs in the most incredible sauce with micro greens and an avocado whip. And the best wedge salad I think I ever had - home made dressing, excellent pancetta, and a prefect blend of tomato and datil peppers. No music night we were there but I am sure that is incredible too. Excellent value.
Susan Mitchell
Not very good at all. Burger was very greasy and undercooked (ordered a little bit of pink and it was very rare), fries were heavily over-salted, and Bloody Mary also not good. The Spanish olives were great and so was the service.
Sandra M
Great bar. Excellent Service and very accommodating bartender as well as servers. The Tapas were delicious, and there was a good variety of cheeses, meats, olives, and desserts.
I43BCbarbaraw
Wow, the servers work at this bar. Very comfortable seating almost in the lobby of hte hotel. The bar prices are really reasonable and the bar is comfortable with great people watching.
Richard P
At least the nights we were there, the lounge was crazy busy and very loud. The waiter seemed less than interested in his job and the bartender tends to do short pours on the martinis.
Only one server working in the restaurant when we visited, so there was a very limited menu and of course things were slow. I'll give them another shot, because they were nice and the food was good.
John_Phillip_Aris
We have been enjoying the Cobalt Lounge for many years, usually on a Friday or Saturday night, when there is live music, which has always been good. Last Saturday (26 Nov 2022), we went for a couple of drinks and tapas, like we usually do. We enjoyed the drinks, food, and music, but were surprised at the price increases. We have always considered the premium prices of the Cobalt Lounge worth it from time to time given the menu and music. Unfortunately, we'll have to reconsider this in the future. At some point, high prices begin to detract from an otherwise enjoyable experience.
Christine D.
Food is amazing, the service is a little slow, or maybe it's just me being a New Yorker. We eat everyday at the restaurant while we stayed at the hotel. Can't go wrong.
lign Good
Sunday brunch. Not perfect, but good - and worth another visit. Beautiful live Spanish guitar and trombone were not too loud and VERY skilled. The waitress was very nice but should have been more attentive. Made an error in our order and never did get it corrected. Beautiful atmosphere and no crowd and no wait. We will give them another try.
Tyrone R.
Sheer excellence top notch service by top notch people in a beautiful setting. Awesome food and cocktails as well
Great ambience and atmosphere. Decent martinis, but the martini prices are insane. I expect to pay a lot for a martini, but not the prices they charge. I don't know how they justify it.
The Casa Monica is a great place to stay in St Augustine but our friendly bartender, Amber, and her crew made The Cobalt Lounge rise from “hotel bar” to evening destination for both nights of our stay. Not just a server of excellent drinks - Amber is fun to chat with and a gracious host. More like drinks with a friend than the person taking our money. We had a great time and we will be back
Old fashioned and Moscow mule were excellent. Hotel atmosphere is very elegant.
Has a wonderful dinner there in the private dining area for a friend's birthday on February 13th. The serves and food was great. I reached out to a manager, Mr. Philip...right away after finding a problem on my credit card and he looked into it and took care of them problem right away. VERY IMPRESSIVE on the amount of time for Mr. Philip took care of this and correct it in a short period of time. I want to give him a BIG SHOT OUT! We need more managements like him. He listened and took care of my concern. Again the serves, the two servers, and the food was great.
Great experience. Great food and the piano bar was wonderful and fun.
Amazing place in an amazing hotel. Ambiance, ambiance, ambiance. Comfortable and beautiful. Like dining in a museum but an approachable museum. Very Spanish and jazz. Super friendly staff. Literally everyone. Allows dogs!!!Nice craft cocktails. Excellent food. Minorcan chowder was perfect. Somewhat more blended than chunky, but still an amazing depth of tomato, pepper and clams. Meatballs in the most incredible sauce with micro greens and an avocado whip. And the best wedge salad I think I ever had - home made dressing, excellent pancetta, and a prefect blend of tomato and datil peppers. No music night we were there but I am sure that is incredible too. Excellent value.
Not very good at all. Burger was very greasy and undercooked (ordered a little bit of pink and it was very rare), fries were heavily over-salted, and Bloody Mary also not good. The Spanish olives were great and so was the service.
Great bar. Excellent Service and very accommodating bartender as well as servers. The Tapas were delicious, and there was a good variety of cheeses, meats, olives, and desserts.
Wow, the servers work at this bar. Very comfortable seating almost in the lobby of hte hotel. The bar prices are really reasonable and the bar is comfortable with great people watching.
At least the nights we were there, the lounge was crazy busy and very loud. The waiter seemed less than interested in his job and the bartender tends to do short pours on the martinis.
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Only one server working in the restaurant when we visited, so there was a very limited menu and of course things were slow. I'll give them another shot, because they were nice and the food was good.
We have been enjoying the Cobalt Lounge for many years, usually on a Friday or Saturday night, when there is live music, which has always been good. Last Saturday (26 Nov 2022), we went for a couple of drinks and tapas, like we usually do. We enjoyed the drinks, food, and music, but were surprised at the price increases. We have always considered the premium prices of the Cobalt Lounge worth it from time to time given the menu and music. Unfortunately, we'll have to reconsider this in the future. At some point, high prices begin to detract from an otherwise enjoyable experience.
Food is amazing, the service is a little slow, or maybe it's just me being a New Yorker. We eat everyday at the restaurant while we stayed at the hotel. Can't go wrong.
Sunday brunch. Not perfect, but good - and worth another visit. Beautiful live Spanish guitar and trombone were not too loud and VERY skilled. The waitress was very nice but should have been more attentive. Made an error in our order and never did get it corrected. Beautiful atmosphere and no crowd and no wait. We will give them another try.
Sheer excellence top notch service by top notch people in a beautiful setting. Awesome food and cocktails as well