Andiamo Celebrity Showroom
★★☆☆☆ 2.2 (43) • $$$
"I came here for an event for the first time last night and it went okay. I have a few thoughts on the event space, and while most of it was good, I also know that Andiamo only has so much control over the situation.For starters, the event area is large, and when pulling in, they have two areas to pull your car into. One is self park for $5, and the other is valet for $10. I chose valet because it was super cold outside and didn't want to have to trudge through the parking lot in the weather. Plus, the lot already looked pretty full, and for a few more bucks, I could let someone else deal with the parking situation. Valet people were friendly, professional and efficient, both parking my car and grabbing my car. While I did have to wait for my car at the end, that's expected since there was a ton of people waiting. No problems there.Walking in, the lobby area is well decorated and looks good. Staff greeted me, and checked me with a wand for weapons. After I was cleared, I found the coat check which is technically free, but you have to leave a tip. I strongly suggest coat check if you have a heavy winter coat since seating in the showroom is extremely tight and compact. Do yourself the favor!Getting into the showroom is obvious and easy enough. the staff was super friendly here, and that's where a lot of my positive experiences occurred. Everyone was professional, friendly, helpful and I can't say enough good things about them here. No stuffiness, all were dressed appropriately, and most importantly, knowledgeable! Each interaction was extremely positive, which made the event so much more worthwhile. They had a fabulous set of ushers who showed me to my seating table after I checked in and I was wonderfully escorted to my table. Menu's were there, which I reviewed but didn't order anything. The food was a bit pricey in my opinion. My one thing is, it seems like their food is meant to be shared, so ordering a single plate of anything seems impossible. Want sliders? You get like a ton. More than one person could eat. I don't have a problem sharing food, but everyone wants something different. I wish they had smaller plates instead of huge portions.They have a cool bar area off to the side and it was fully staffed. Prices are reasonable and they have a great selection of wine and mixed drinks. I wanted a Moscato, but I became so entranced with the speaker and performance, I never did get around to ordering anything beyond water. (I have to stagger my alcohol, otherwise I would either fall asleep or want a second drink and then I would need food, blah blah blah.)I found out that each table has a server that circulates to take drink and food orders during the event. Unfortunately, the kitchen closes at 8:30 PM, so get your food in early?!?! I wasn't hungry but why do they do that. I guess if you want to have dinner at the table, you should get here early. Also, as a side note, my server did an amazing job of checking in on us, *but* the first half hour I was there, I NEVER SAW HER. It wasn't until the event almost started that she came by to check on our table. Ok, so here's where I get really super critical and have issues. The seating here's horrendous. It's long tables with padded chairs facing the stage area. The only "good" seating is the seating in the front area that I will refer to as "the pit." it's the only seating in the house where you can actually see the stage and the presenters without the assistance of the TV's that are severely misplaced throughout the even space. They had many TV's and a screen directly placed behind the stage, but everyone's head was sort of in the way, so you end up either looking to your left or right the entire event to see what's happening. It became uncomfortable after a while between the stackable chairs, cramped seating area and such to see what's happening. I feel like the screen over the stage is poorly placed and hung to low. Literally impossible to see a thing. I had decent seats, but still had to keep adjusting every time since the people in front of me kept adjusting. It's not their fault, it's poorly placed. Also, they kept turning on the house lights that were bright as hell during the event. It was like a spotlight in the face, even sitting back where I was. (I had decent seats, so I wasn't all the way back, but to far back that I shouldn't have gone blind from the lights.) They need to fix this.Also, it was a pain in the butt when everyone was leaving to get their car. There was a huge bottleneck at the front door and we all got jammed up. I almost got run over by a jackass who was running to get his car. He literally pushed me out of his way. Where's security then? People were getting rude and just rushing the door. No order here. Staff should have stepped up to keep the order and stop this from happening. They all seemed to have disappeared at this point. Please take care of that. There were some very rude guests here!"
"I've been to the Fox many times before but this trip was especially special! My grandson loves Grinchy, as he calls him, so I took him to see the Grinch musical. He loved all of it. I'll never forget his smiles watching the show."
"Just come here to hang back and chill with your friends. No pressure. The bar tender Ingrid was amazing and the food followed suit. I was more so impressed with the patrons. A lot of cool people who just want to chill out and have fun. Come see for yourself."
