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The 515

3.6 (39 reviews)
Open 12:00 pm - 11:00 PM

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Brennan S.

Nice restaurant/bar in the hotel. Drinks and food were all surprisingly good! Was it overpriced? Yeah. But it's a hotel bar The service was slow, and I thought they were going to get confused with all the food, but they didn't.

Wings
Kristy W.

What a perfect lounge in our hotel. We had eaten earlier in the day, I wanted a quick bite, and maybe a drink. This was great for that. We ended up ordering a drink, some sliders, and wings before retiring back to our room for the night. The service was great, and really fast. We only made it here one of the evenings we stayed in town. I happy we did. Would come back again if staying at the property.

Chicken Caesar Salad
Billy A.

We stopped in to this lounge twice during our stay and I have to say that I'm not a huge fan. The lounge itself was very nice with a great vibe & decorations. They even had live music the night that we arrived. Which was nice. The bartenders even although not the fastest servers, were incredibly nice. The reason for my 3 star rating is for the food. It was very basic hotel food choices for the most part but they did offer a couple of different items. The food was overpriced in my opinion and they add the gratuity to every check no matter the party size. I would recommend going to one of the close-by restaurants to get a more authentic flavor of Seattle.

Overpriced drinks. Bill came to $50 for 2 drinks; a gin and tonic and a vodka w/cranberry. There is an automatic 20% tip included (for very slow service) and tax is added on top of the tip.

House white and side of fries
Elizabeth C.

Stayed at the Renaissance for work a few times and the bar has pretty great food! I still think about the harvest salad I got sometimes. Great service and a chill ambiance. Comfy place to sit and read whilst sippin on some sauv blanc.

Michelle M.

I wanted to love The 515 so bad, but sadly this placed missed the mark. Located in the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, this bar/eatery has a great menu and fun staff. The drinks are delicious, the food tasty, but unfortunately their fun staff was lacking...big time. Like I said, they were super nice, but soooooo slow. The worst part was they weren't even that busy. 10 pm on a Friday night, and there were maybe 20 or so people in the bar, if that. Once seated though, our server took our drink order while we looked at the late night menu. Drinks came out right away, but it was a chore to get someone back over to take our order. Once we ordered, we were then told that several items were no longer available for the night...sigh. Ok, so we picked something else...fries. They were served perfect,y salted and super hot. We the. Wanted another round of drinks. 20 minutes or so goes by, and no one returns to our table, so my husband goes up to the bar to order more drinks and a piece of cheesecake because the brownie was sold out. We were told no food after 10:30. However, my husband waited in their long drink line to get more drinks and our cheesecake for 15 minutes. Thankfully they accommodated us. Everyone else though, they told them room service was available 24 hours and to go up to their room to order. Wait, what? Like I said, the food and drinks are good, but only if you can get them. Such a disappointment...

Gary F.

Small menu, lack luster service, and a bit over priced for what it is. Our server came took our order, and disappeared until the food came and then disappeared again until he brought us the check. At the bar it wasn't much better. I was ignored for about eight minutes the bar tender and the other person who kept walking past me. As for the food, everyone either had a burger or a ceaser salad. The burgers all looked great, and the ceaser salads, it could of used a bit more dressing but otherwise was good.

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Service was prompt and attentive. Burger and pork sliders were good. Cosmo was a little weak, but the beer was good.

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