Heard so many great things. Nice little place for a drink. Will have to come when it's warm and sit outside.Bartenders were sweet but was put off by how small the bar was. Basic hotel bar.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Gus Panagopoulos
Great hotelnwith the best hospitality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tina Love
Nice atmosphere great beverages professional
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
John Miller
Stayed at the Aloft for business and finally made my way down to the bar. Very friendly staff that were attentive and mixed some great drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Cameron Riewe
Great contemporary modern style bar/lounge in the heart of Downtown South Bend. The interesting light fixtures and chill vibe make this a fun place to hangout and order a few drinks. There are board games you can play as well as a pool table and if you are lucky you can catch some live music. My wife and I love this place and as a bonus you can catch a live comedy show right in the same building. The only thing keeping this place from five stars are the prices as it's a hotel bar which means inflated prices and unfortunately as good as the food looks I cannot leave a review because I have not tried the food. They have four beer choices on tap usually with one eccentric flavor when we went it was Mango Wheat (Delicious by the way) and the bar tenders were very friendly with quick service, I highly recommend you check this place out!!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
Ty P.
We were here during food/restaurant week. Good drinks and decent food options (would like to see a lil more variety). However, everything was prepared to order. What I did not like was that the server brought our food through the lobby uncovered. This is an OK place for business socializing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Matt Wheeler
Fantastic service from the bartenders Kody, and Nicole. Always attentive and consistent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Mike Gallagher
It was really comforatble and an easy atmosphere to relax in.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jerry Roberts
Good service. Bartenders were friendly. The drinks were very good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mykael Paschall
Really nice establishment.... great drinks, nice serving sizes.
Very comfortable and personal place to share a conversation and a favorite beverage..recommend
mjgipper
The rooms seem new, the staff is nice, but the elevator system is sloooow and this is apparently a regular hotel for youth hockey teams. So, if you want to have a place where your kids can run rampant, it’s a good option. If you don’t want to run the risk of kids running rampant throughout the hotel, maybe choose a different hotel. In any case, choose a low floor if you can because the elevators just take forever.
ERICK FREY
Nice atmosphere. Catering was good for simple event. Prices at the bar were very reasonable.
O1856HVpaulm
This must have been the worst hotel experience of our lives. My wife is the team manager of a 2010 AA travel hockey team, this is her 5th year, and we have never been treated so badly. The short is the general manager, AJ, kicked us out at 11:30 (ish) pm on Friday night because a parent on our team yelled at the maintenance manager, Josh Overholser, for creeping on a child. Coincidentally, the child was not part of our team. Josh called my wife and and they met at the front desk to speak, Josh started yelling at my wife and threatened to remove the entire team from the hotel for said parents “behavior.” At this point I stepped in and asked for the General Managers business card to call him in the morning. The older gentleman at the counter, did not like my attitude, of course, as I was not happy. They then began threatening to call the police and stated they could not supply a card or contact name and number for the manager. Then AJ called my wife's cellphone (from a private number) and began attacking her regarding said parents' “behavior” and not having “her team” under control, despite her repeatedly stating she would speak with the mother and the team regarding behavior in the morning. He said as the team manager (a volunteer position on a youth hockey team) we are responsible for the team parents' actions and his staff would be calling the police. I tried to intervene, again, and basically said we are going to bed, we can talk about it tomorrow during the day. He yelled, “you have 1 hour to leave!” We went to bed and then the police showed up. The back story is, The Aloft general manager AJ, accepted 3 different travel hockey teams into the hotel for the weekend. All of which were placed by the hockey tournament, meaning we did not choose this hotel. He then forced the players to stay out of the lobby and only go into a room, in the back that was under construction. The ceiling had insulation falling out of it, there were holes in the walls, the heat ducks were not attached (which also meant the room was cold). The floor had a couple holes which had carpet remnants over it, which one of our players fell into and got hurt. This room was not even close to being “up to code” let alone safe for children. The hotel tried to say, children were not allowed to walk around without an adult. Therefore AJ (general manager) had instructed his maintenance manager, Josh Overholser, to follow the children around the hotel. He would get on the elevator with children, peak around corners to spy on kids and to be honest was creeping everyone out. When Josh was yelling at my wife, he said, the team cannot interfere with the other guests, they have a comedy show in the basement, and a DJ in the lobby. We asked if he came and told the parents of the children that they could not move around the hotel without them. The answer was of course no, it was also asked by myself and my wife why he had not identified himself as a hotel employee to the children or parents, as he had nothing on his person identifying him as “security” or any sort of employee as he is following persons into the elevator and down hallways. My wife was with our daughter, escorting her to our room where our son was playing Xbox when the situation with “said Parent” took place, neither of us were aware it had happened or any details. Some of our team players were and had been moving around the hotel by themselves (age range 12-16 years old) but again we have no indication that they were acting inappropriately or disturbing anyone. For this hotel, and the GM, AJ, to voluntarily host 3 hockey teams for the weekend and then treat them as unwelcome guests is disappointing enough on its own. The treatment of my wife, myself, and my two children, because she is the team manager for one of the teams was outright disgusting.
chrissT1896HQ
Great place to take your mistress! Able to fornicate all day, with little to no interruptions. Absolutely wonderful getting to stay with a new girl and pretend the one I have doesn't exist! Why I just cant wait to tak the next one and put on a facade as if I dont live with my mother and have an absolutely pathetic exisence. :)
Heard so many great things. Nice little place for a drink. Will have to come when it's warm and sit outside.Bartenders were sweet but was put off by how small the bar was. Basic hotel bar.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Great hotelnwith the best hospitality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice atmosphere great beverages professional
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Stayed at the Aloft for business and finally made my way down to the bar. Very friendly staff that were attentive and mixed some great drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great contemporary modern style bar/lounge in the heart of Downtown South Bend. The interesting light fixtures and chill vibe make this a fun place to hangout and order a few drinks. There are board games you can play as well as a pool table and if you are lucky you can catch some live music. My wife and I love this place and as a bonus you can catch a live comedy show right in the same building. The only thing keeping this place from five stars are the prices as it's a hotel bar which means inflated prices and unfortunately as good as the food looks I cannot leave a review because I have not tried the food. They have four beer choices on tap usually with one eccentric flavor when we went it was Mango Wheat (Delicious by the way) and the bar tenders were very friendly with quick service, I highly recommend you check this place out!!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
We were here during food/restaurant week. Good drinks and decent food options (would like to see a lil more variety). However, everything was prepared to order. What I did not like was that the server brought our food through the lobby uncovered. This is an OK place for business socializing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Fantastic service from the bartenders Kody, and Nicole. Always attentive and consistent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
It was really comforatble and an easy atmosphere to relax in.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good service. Bartenders were friendly. The drinks were very good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really nice establishment.... great drinks, nice serving sizes.
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Very comfortable and personal place to share a conversation and a favorite beverage..recommend
The rooms seem new, the staff is nice, but the elevator system is sloooow and this is apparently a regular hotel for youth hockey teams. So, if you want to have a place where your kids can run rampant, it’s a good option. If you don’t want to run the risk of kids running rampant throughout the hotel, maybe choose a different hotel. In any case, choose a low floor if you can because the elevators just take forever.
Nice atmosphere. Catering was good for simple event. Prices at the bar were very reasonable.
This must have been the worst hotel experience of our lives. My wife is the team manager of a 2010 AA travel hockey team, this is her 5th year, and we have never been treated so badly. The short is the general manager, AJ, kicked us out at 11:30 (ish) pm on Friday night because a parent on our team yelled at the maintenance manager, Josh Overholser, for creeping on a child. Coincidentally, the child was not part of our team. Josh called my wife and and they met at the front desk to speak, Josh started yelling at my wife and threatened to remove the entire team from the hotel for said parents “behavior.” At this point I stepped in and asked for the General Managers business card to call him in the morning. The older gentleman at the counter, did not like my attitude, of course, as I was not happy. They then began threatening to call the police and stated they could not supply a card or contact name and number for the manager. Then AJ called my wife's cellphone (from a private number) and began attacking her regarding said parents' “behavior” and not having “her team” under control, despite her repeatedly stating she would speak with the mother and the team regarding behavior in the morning. He said as the team manager (a volunteer position on a youth hockey team) we are responsible for the team parents' actions and his staff would be calling the police. I tried to intervene, again, and basically said we are going to bed, we can talk about it tomorrow during the day. He yelled, “you have 1 hour to leave!” We went to bed and then the police showed up. The back story is, The Aloft general manager AJ, accepted 3 different travel hockey teams into the hotel for the weekend. All of which were placed by the hockey tournament, meaning we did not choose this hotel. He then forced the players to stay out of the lobby and only go into a room, in the back that was under construction. The ceiling had insulation falling out of it, there were holes in the walls, the heat ducks were not attached (which also meant the room was cold). The floor had a couple holes which had carpet remnants over it, which one of our players fell into and got hurt. This room was not even close to being “up to code” let alone safe for children. The hotel tried to say, children were not allowed to walk around without an adult. Therefore AJ (general manager) had instructed his maintenance manager, Josh Overholser, to follow the children around the hotel. He would get on the elevator with children, peak around corners to spy on kids and to be honest was creeping everyone out. When Josh was yelling at my wife, he said, the team cannot interfere with the other guests, they have a comedy show in the basement, and a DJ in the lobby. We asked if he came and told the parents of the children that they could not move around the hotel without them. The answer was of course no, it was also asked by myself and my wife why he had not identified himself as a hotel employee to the children or parents, as he had nothing on his person identifying him as “security” or any sort of employee as he is following persons into the elevator and down hallways. My wife was with our daughter, escorting her to our room where our son was playing Xbox when the situation with “said Parent” took place, neither of us were aware it had happened or any details. Some of our team players were and had been moving around the hotel by themselves (age range 12-16 years old) but again we have no indication that they were acting inappropriately or disturbing anyone. For this hotel, and the GM, AJ, to voluntarily host 3 hockey teams for the weekend and then treat them as unwelcome guests is disappointing enough on its own. The treatment of my wife, myself, and my two children, because she is the team manager for one of the teams was outright disgusting.
Great place to take your mistress! Able to fornicate all day, with little to no interruptions. Absolutely wonderful getting to stay with a new girl and pretend the one I have doesn't exist! Why I just cant wait to tak the next one and put on a facade as if I dont live with my mother and have an absolutely pathetic exisence. :)