The Spare Room

Located on the second floor once entering The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. We only ordered drinks, but there was an option to get food as well. Excellent vibes for a group of people, especially if you want to pair drinks with an activity (they have a bowling alley and board games for customer use!). Tannic at the disco: Good combo of white cranberry and citrus! 9/10Old Fashioned: Well and strong - gets the job done. 9/10Thunderclap: Good drink if you like a strong ginger taste. 7/10Goldenback: Delicious and strong. 8/10Parking: free street parking a couple blocks away

Came here for a work event and it was pretty cool, they have drinks and snacks. Bowling opens at 8pm and it is located inside The Hotel Roosevelt on the second floor. Only valet parking $25 and there is parking structure next to the hotel

So it took me ten years to get back to the Spare Room, as it turned out, but I liked it just as much the second time around. I went for a work party for maybe 40 to 50 people, with buffet-style food and an open bar. It was an ideal venue for that kind of event, with plenty of places to sit and chat, in addition to those pretty bowling lanes.The food was good, though I don't remember what it all was, and I thoroughly enjoyed the cocktails. The Thunderclap was probably my favorite, with blanco tequila, Douglas fir, ginger, honey, fizz, aquafaba, lemon, and mezcal mist. I also liked Green For Danger, with mezcal, dry vermouth, Lustau manzanilla sherry, cucumber lime cordial, and absinthe. The Day For Night was a nice gin drink with St. George Botanivore, Campari, sweet vermouth, lemon, and egg white. On the whiskey side, I enjoyed the Goldenback, made with Woodford Reserve bourbon, Lustau amontillado sherry, peach, and salted honey.The Spare Room remains, by default, my favorite spot for a night out in Hollywood. It's a great bar, and especially nice for a private event.

The most beautiful bowling alley I've ever seenI came here for a private party this weekend. I've been to the hotel for other events a handful of times, but have never gone to The Spare Room until now. I'm really not a huge bowling person, but had such a wonderful time here.The aesthetics really make the experience. Everything from the decor to the drink selections feel paused in time. The balls are sleek and simple, with only two lanes that look like they could come out of a Wes Anderson movie. My only wish was that the view wasn't obstructed by covering the massive windows with film. I really enjoyed bowling, and found that I wasn't bad at it! The handsome bowling attendant also gave us all tips and tricks. He was great - knowledgeable and charming, and he kept score the whole time too!I kept drinking the Drag Queen's Gambits all night. I loved the thought of putting sesame oil in a gin cocktail, and it was absolutely delicious. I'll be trying to replicate them at home for my husband and I sometime soon. I had a lemon drop as well that I really enjoyed as a nightcap. Since it's such an intimate venue, I expect that having the whole place to yourself is a better experience than just booking one lane on a random night. That being said I would certainly throw a party here for my husband in the future.

Service: the best bowling service I've ever experienced, really enjoyed the fact that we have someone keeping score on an old school chalkboard. The vibes here are immaculate! Drinks: also top notch! There are only two lanes so super intimate and the vibes are really cosy! Perfect to share a lane among 4-6 people. After bowling they have a board game area with connect 4 and Jenga which is also nice to spend time after a bowling game.

Horrible money suckers - had a broken window on my car and was there for one hour on a Monday at 11 pm. I waited for the parking attendant for more than 15 minutes and when I returned to my car, I saw that they had blocked it with a large SUV and were telling me that I need to pay a ridiculous amount of $20. Mind you I had left two notes on my car with my phone number for them to reach me and let me know what the cost of this parking would be and if it is OK that I actually self parked and nobody did. I spoke with the hotel manager and she couldn't do anything about it either and just said that they're going to give you the discounted rate of $10 and there's no way they we would be willing to move the car unless I paid this, like seriously what the fuck?

My boyfriend and I came here for a date night and everything about it was amazing! We will definitely come back for more! If you're looking for a lively but somewhat intimate night with loved ones this is the place for you!The staff was very friendly, professional, and played into the overall vibe/ atmosphere of the secretive place very well. It's located in a gorgeous hotel on Hollywood blvd. It's really refreshing to see that every single one of the staff members were happy and provided great service. That's not always the case in trendy Los Angeles places we've been to before. The two men checking IDs at the door, our hostess Oona seating us at a cute table, and our server were all so pleasant! I didn't grab the servers name but she was a cute brunette girl who was so kind and smiley and helped us choose what games to play from what they offered. I really wish I grabbed her name because she was awesome! They offered mancala, jenga, cards, monopoly, checkers, chess, and much more. The vibe is perfect for a date night, everyone there was having a good time drinking, playing bowling, chatting, or playing games. The ambiance and lighting is very intimate and fun. Our table had a view of Hollywood blvd lights. They offer a good menu of drinks and bites as well while you play.I can't wait to come back for another date night! We will reserve a bowling lane for sure next time.

This place has an awesome vibe. Very cozy and perfect for a small special event! It's a hidden gem inside the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel!

I came here after a screening of a movie to meet up with a group of folks and we were a little late. We asked someone at the front to walkie-talkie if it was OK for us to come up because I am very pregnant and didn't wanna walk up the stairs for no reason. The woman was really kind. She was really understanding. She walkie-talkie the gentleman upstairs. I heard him say it was fine for me to come upstairs my partner and I walked three flights upstairs to get there. I'm obviously out of breath and the gentleman says we can't go in. We let him know that the people that walkie-talkie up he said he doesn't care we can't go in, but what he can do is tell my party to leave. He was extremely condescending. He was very rude and he was absolutely on a power trip, my partner who started getting frustrated obviously as we try to explain that we were told, and we checked before coming up and it was clear. The gentleman at the FRONT became increasingly router and more disrespectful, saying that he's the manager, and he makes the decisions I will never ever return to this place. It's unfortunate because the woman at the front was so courteous so polite and did what she was supposed to do, but this manager person at the door at minimum he could've been polite and politely rejected us. He started off being incredibly rude never again.

This is a great place for drinks and some appetizers. I love meeting friends here. We made a reservation for our birthday and it was really easy to make the reservation and to modify it. But I would book early because ideal time slots are taken quickly. We ended up not doing the alley and just the lounge area. They were attentive with drinks, they had a good supply of board games (although we opted to play the ones we brought ourselves). The ambience is fantastic. My only complaint was that we had 6 in our group and the spot they reserved for us was quite small. I couldn't imagine all of us squeezing in there comfortably. Luckily another group wanted to switch with us so we had a more comfortable spot before the rest of our party arrived.