Spire 73 — Restaurant in Los Angeles

This was the first time my gf and I went to Spire 73. We picked it for the beautiful view and were hopeful the food would be good. We started with two cocktails, the Wilshire and the Green Thumb. They were refreshing and very tasty. At $23 a piece they are a bit pricy, but we knew this would be an expensive dinner going in. Our first food course was the street corn on the cob. It was very flavorful and the 3 half cobs were cooked perfectly. I easily ate mine off the cob, while my gf cut the kernels off. We then had the Cilantro Lime Caesar salad. It was a good sized portion, easily enough for 2-3 people. It was very flavorful, with a bright acidity to it. For our entree, we split the Roasted Chicken Breast a la Provencal. The chicken was cooked perfectly. Tender and juicy on the inside without being dry and tough on the outside. The mashed potatoes and vegetables were very good. It was a hearty portion, good for 2 people. For dessert, we had the Pomegranate Grand Marnier Chocolate Cake. It was very good. Not too sweet, with a slight bitterness. The pomegranate helped balance out the cake. I had an espresso as well. It was on the sour and acidic side, but I didn't expect much either. Aside from the incredible view, another highlight of our evening was our server, Rubin. He was very thorough and answered all of our questions. He was very knowledgeable and knew the menu inside and out. He was a fantastic server from start to finish. The only complaint I had is that an 18% gratuity was added to our check. A different server dropped off the check and did not mention it to us. The menu says an 18% gratuity will be added to parties of 5 and a 20% gratuity will be added to parties of 6 or more. I'm more than fine with added gratuities. I just like to be told about them. I added to the check to equal about 25% for the tip, but it always irks me when a gratuity is added and the server does not explicitly say it's been added. I did hear Rubin tell a nearby table the gratuity was added, so I'm confident he would have let us know if he dropped off the check.

Overall, this was a very enjoyable experience and I would recommend it to anyone looking for dinner or drinks with a view. Dress appropriately though, it is windy...

We made our reservation about 3-4 weeks in advance for my wife's birthday. It was a Thursday so not a weekend to say they were busy. Upon arrival we were seated on the the side facing nothing and super tight in the middle of people no where close to the windows we did not like it and told the hostess that we want to be seated at the empty tables by the windows with the view and she said they all are reserved, one table the people had just left we told her we can wait for that to be cleaned she said we don't seat a party of 2 by the window. I showed her 3 parties of 2 who were actually sitting by the window and while she was saying this calling her out on her lie, she then switched to Oh those tables are reserved I told her we made a reservation about 3 weeks ago what about us??? We asked to speak to the manager who said in order to be seated at the open table by the window we need to wait another 1.30 hour or he can get us somewhere as close to those tables as possible. Not by the window but we did not want to argue anymore and accepted it. Because of this we decided to keep an eye on those table to see if and when they will bring the people "who have reserved them" and were not surprised to notice that 2 table right by the window and with a perfect view remained empty for the whole night and the entire time we were there and they did seat parties of 2 on some other ones. This is a place that requires spending $60 minimum per person. the 2 stars are for my server he was very kind and attentive. The hostess girl on the night of 5/6/2021 at 8 PM has a big attitude problem and is poorly trained for the industry she is working in. Place is nice, definitely overpriced (nothing special about their drinks and food) but you are paying for location so it would be nice if their service level matches what they actually charge their patrons. We won't come back nor will be recommend the place to others and you can thank your hostess for that who preferred to lie to us, keep the empty tables for "Ghost" customers and not appreciate actual customers. View is nice, make sure you dress warm cuz it gets very cold (they do provide blankets) food and drink is good (not wow but good). Ambience and...

Over-rated/Over-priced. The experience was good; however, the price for that experience was borderline abuse and creed. My wife and I are comfortably in the 6 digits and live in Beverly Hills, but we recognize when we are being taken advantage of. Folks, so many businesses are screwing us for outsized profit margins. They expect us to use our gas to patronize their businesses, FORCE us to spend $80 per person when we get there. Most daring, abusive and disrespectful is that they also want us to subsidize THEIR payroll in the form of a “gratuity” so that they can pocket even more profits. This FORCED abuse comes in form of an automatic 18% “gratuity”. People please wake up. Society has given us all sorts of reasons to normalize and expect tipping, but tipping only perpetuates a culture that robs the worker of a living wage. The tip should be extra and voluntary. Workers would make more under this scenario. Continuing to tip actually hurts the worker. If we continue to help the owner pay that living wage, will he ever be incentivized to raise his compensation to the worker? These TACTICS of giving us reasons why we should help the owner with his payroll is plain old simple dressed up GREED. And be careful, restaurants are beginning to condition us to pay for worker’s healthcare. Another area of owner responsibility that is being passed to the very people who keep the owner’s lights on. The conditioning will slowly make the customer feel responsible for the healthcare of someone you didn’t hire. Look at your receipts carefully. The consumer should go on “strike” and refuse to tip until these wages go up and make tipping truly voluntary. Yes, the pain would be felt temporarily, but look at all the people you would have helped after the owner is forced into some human decency. “No pain, No gain. By the way, my going away gift was another $33 for parking. As consumers, we should...