Alter Ego

Class class class. Prior to the reno I alway loved this building and wanted to go in since about 2015. So was thrilled to see it was turning back into a hotel. Had the pleasure of visiting last night. Explored the whole hotel and had a drink and food at Alter Ego their jazz club.Arrived at 630p and it appears that's a solid time has it was half empty. Jazz starts at 7p. The positives; decore is fantastic, valet is reasonable at $10. The drinks are very strong and plentiful and the snack items weren't bad. Service was attentive and fantastic. The bad: the drinks were a bit heavily priced. I got the breakers old fashioned and it was like $24. It was well made and even came with a decanter for a 2nd pour that said still seemed a bit steep. $19 would have been a more reasonable price in my opinion. Also got the Italian cheese plate and fries which were like $29 and $9 each. Once again a bit pricey. Fries should have been maybe $6 and the cheese plate maybe $20. Anyways its a fancy hotel so kind of make sense. The worse part of the night for me was unfortunately what I came for. The jazz, it was the Andrea W trio last night which consisted of a female singer, bassist and a string instrument player. They were ok but as someone who loves jazz (from Boston to LA to Paris) having seen around 40+ shows this was a bit weak. They felt like a hobbyist band and were playing together off of ipads/phones instead of paper and/or knowing their song list. No offense meant to them they seemed friendly however it felt a bit amateur. I prefer jazz with atleast a snare or pianist. Otherwise will go back at some point for hopefully a better band.

Very intimate and quiet bar. Alter Ego offers bar seating and scattered cocktail tables. Menu offers light bites with a good variety of cocktails, beer and wine. Nikki was very personable and friendly! Good music via play list or live, depending on the day. Bummer they were out of Mussel escabeche. We'll have to come back and check on the live music.

A great lounge on the ground floor of the Fairmont Breakers with live music and decent drinks. There's no cover charge and valet parking is $10.The cocktails are great and the music was very good both times that we were there.

We stopped here for a night cap after a movie, and it was a great experience! The location is beautiful, and service was awesome. We had a Manhattan and old fashioned cocktail, both were delicious though the old fashioned was my favorite. The price point is definitely on the high end, however the presentation and taste of the cocktails made it worthwhile. Highly recommend! One thing to keep in mind is they closed fairly early for a bar on Friday night, closed by 11pm.

Beautiful jazz bar with fantastic smoky old fashioneds. Even though they were busy, we were immediately greeted and our orders were taken quickly. I'd definitely come back!

Went here on a Tuesday night during the soft opening before we had dinner at Nettuno. We waited a little long for our drink orders to be taken and went to check at the bar if we had to order there. We were assured someone would come to us, but there were only two people working that area that night. This will need to change for a place with so much beauty, class, architecture and history. Once our orders were taken (by wonderful staff), the drinks came out quickly and were delicious. We had a sampling of their specialities--I had the Banana Old Fashioned--a little sweet for my taste, but unique. We will go again and can't wait for them to have live music up and running.

Started drinks at Halo, which was great. They had last call at 10pm so we went to Alter Ego. We were lucky to get an open table as it was pretty full. Ambiance is nice and drinks are good but a little pricey. The server made it uncomfortable as she was dismissive, walked away when one person in our party was deciding on a drink, served an old fashioned and quickly removed the top to reveal the smoke when we weren't looking , insisted on moving tables next to us and told the party on the other side they couldn't use the table so others could sit. The tables on each side of us were making remarks on her unfriendly and curt service. Our party of 6 left after 1 drink and went down the street. Started off with dinner at Breakers and would have liked to end the night there but the server acted like she did not want to be there so we didn't either.

A great cocktail bar in a luxurious and beautifully decorated hotel. The bar features great decor, jazzy ambiance and live music.Cocktails are well executed and food was good tho had limited offerings - but we came for the cocktails and the music, not for the food.Highly recommended for those who're looking for a classy cocktail bar with live music.