Telegraph Room (Fox Theather) — Local services in Oakland

The Telegraph Room is an exclusive side entrance and lounge to the Fox Theater, located on the ground floor to the left of the theater. Before you get in someone will scan your tickets and confirm you have access to the space. As you enter you will see the coat check on the left side and the “host” will greet you. Coat check is free as part of the upgrade.

The lounge features a full bar (glass and plastic cups), lounge seating, two gender neutral bathrooms, and separate entrance to the Fox Theater. They also have a TV on the wall showing the stage, but with no sound.

All the staff was very friendly and eager to assist.

The bar featured signature cocktails (menu on the website), as well as beer and wine. All the alcohol was extra.

The night I went for food they had empanadas in 4 different flavors. They were huge and very filling. You were able to eat as many as you’d like and they kept putting out more. But they were only sitting under heat laps and thus only room temp. Next to that was a sad looking coffee station. On a couple tables they had Hershey chocolates. Someone passing out hors devours would have taken it to the next level.

The bathrooms were nice, clean, and modern. They also had mints in the bathroom.

Up charge was $50+ per person to get into the Telegraph Room. Nice upgrade if your trying to impress a date or want to indulge. Come early to get the most out of it.

Opportunities: The coat check was too close to the door with the greeter, fighting against the crowd upon the show ending to get back into the Telegraph room was a nightmare, the execution of the food and coffee needs to be improved. Hot food should be served hot. And a coffee station should have the coffee labeled...

This "add on" is a scam. They don't allow you to transfer it with your ticket, so when my husband went to transfer our tickets he bought for my son and I to me, the Telegraph room add-on did not transfer with the tickets. I tried multiple times to contact the fox theater about it, but I kept getting the brush off from staff, saying "No transfers, no refunds". So the bottom line is don't fall for this scam. From all I have heard it isn't worth it anyway, but most importantly, if you are going to do it, make sure you have everyone in your party buy their own ticket so you don't have to try to transfer it. Now we are out $120 (PLUS TM fees!!) and didn't even get to use the Telegraph room. And if you can't go, they won't even let you give it away to someone else. I knew people who wanted the upgrade, but Ticketmaster kept saying "this add-on is sold out, check back later". Which is deceptive because they don't allow you to return the Telegraph room for sale, so how would you ever see more available later? At the very minimum, the Fox should've offered us a return visit to the Telegraph room since we couldn't use it this trip. Not impressed with the service and...

Awesome way to enhance your trip to the Fox Theater. Highly recommend this upgrade. Early entrance on a red carpet through a separate door, coat check as you enter. The seating is comfy and the lighting is perfect. The food was delicious and perfect for me they had a vegetarian option paella that was amazing. The private bar was great and the cocktails were very nice. There is also a private 2 room unisex bathroom, and a special viewing area just for the telegraph room and it was perfect. The only way I can ever go back to Fox Theater is with this...