XoXo Cocktail Lounge

It's Thursday night and I came out to support the new international nights with DJ Atomix (tonight special guest DJ Nani). I came early to get good pics of the space. It's been open for about two months now. AmbianceThis spot gives upscale, regal, luxe vibes to the max. The decor is great def one of the best I've seen in Charlotte- big ups to the creative director Brittany. Best nights to come are Mondays for their industry nights and Sundays for their hip hop nights which has been selling out each week with famous guest coming every week!

This review is on Southern Kitchn which is located inside XOXO. I saw a tic toc video which caused me to choose this restaurant for my 27th wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day for fine dining. I must say I was mislead. We thought we were going to a restaurant vibe but that wasn't it at all. Ok, I emailed before calling to make sure reservations weren't needed for Valentine day. We drove from Greensboro to arrive right at 6 when they opened. Another customer was waiting and two employees because the doors were not unlocked until 6:15 pm. We are in and yes I was surprised that we needed to order our food togo but could sit in and eat. Definitely not what I was looking for on my anniversary or led to believe from the website or calling a day ahead. There were many menu items that weren't available until later when the club portion opened. This threw me for a loop because I came with an appetite for lobster tails, oxtails, mac and cheese type of pallet but ended up ordering a smash burger and fries and my husband ordered fish shrimp peas and rice and yams . Our food comes out about 45 minutes later and my husband grabs the bag and we commence to dine in ...in togo fashion lol. We ordered lemonade but again all menu flavors weren't available so we got our "plastic DIY bottles of mango lemonade . To say the least... the food was hot and amazing. The fish tasted "fishy" but the shrimp was really flavorful. Everything else tasted really good too. I will say the rating would've been 5 BUT I had to take 2 1/2 stars away because I was misled when I called about the atmosphere. I specifically said we were older and only wanted to come eat dinner and celebrate our anniversary. Interpretation is everything lol. This probably would've been a perfect date night if we were looking for a party scene and staying late night not arriving for 6 pm dinner.

Great vibe and good staff. The drinks were amazing. My bartender was awesome. I wished I remembered her name. I walked out feeling very nice .

Very inconsistent staff and drinks are bad. We were first told at the front that we may or may not have to do bottle service if we sit down so no problem, we went straight to the bar. Then one of the security guards come to us and say he doesn't know why we were told that we had to order bottle service and we will be fine sitting down. So we're grateful, THEN of course a bottle girl has another staff come over and reiterate that we need bottle service. Is this some sort of tactic or do they pick and choose who sit down based on looks? Anyways, we left for a better atmosphere.