President's Terrace — Restaurant in Palo Alto

Spectacular experience! It was my mom’s birthday and we were walking around to digest our dinner and stumbled upon this quaint and artistic hotel. We found out they had this roof top bar and so we had to check it out to continue her birthday celebration…

We went up and was surprised by the nice views and ambiance! Rooftop bar in PA? That’s a first for us! It happened to be very windy so the hostess instantly offered us some blankets to keep warm. I heard there are heaters coming soon, but the weather should be perfect in the months to come.

Bartenders were phenomenal and the drinks are so unique! The drink tastes just like a Thai iced tea, IMO… and I don’t usually drink brandy! She even got a “Happy Birthday” sung in French! She felt like a superstar!!! Thank you so much for making her feel so special!

The lobby and bar downstairs was also top of the line! I highly recommend it!!! I will definitely be coming back with some friends!

The whole staff was...

Bit of a rollercoaster. My beautiful lovely girlfriend took me here for my birthday which I really appreciated. Views are great, especially for sunset but as expected it does get cold. We got drinks and a couple small plates. The drinks were mediocre at best and extremely small, the smallest I’ve ever seen. Not a lot of flavor, PLASTIC cups for a 23$ drink that has minimal taste other than the tequila? Followed by extremely small plates with abismal taste. The cauliflower was steamed without seasoning and the dish it was served in was so sour and bitter we couldn’t finish it. Borderline inedible. The meatball sliders were good, something you could buy at a deli for 15$max. Overall, the drinks are extremely overprice and mediocre, the food is ok or inedible depending on what you order, and the prices are outlandish. However, there is a good view and an even better one since I could enjoy it with my...

This is a review for the rooftop bar. TLDR: pretentious and overpriced.

First of all, there was a ridiculous bouncer type person trying to keep us out. He asked if we had a reservation. We said no, and ask if reservations were required and he said no. ???

Then he said that they were nearing capacity and we pointed out that there was room. So he finally reluctantly let us in. I hate that. Please. If you're trying to pretend this place is exclusive, then that's just sad. It's a hotel bar in Palo Alto, for heaven's sake, get over yourself!

Drinks are pretty, overpriced as per normal in this area. But what was strange was that I could not taste any alcohol in my vodka based drink. My friends tasted the drink too and nobody could actually tell if there's any alcohol in there. Which is not good for an $18 drink that is supposed to have alcohol!

We went elsewhere for food, and...