Type: Lounge
Class: Mid-Scale
The Satellite has a Martini Bar feel, without actually really having the martinis. The lighting is soft, the seating is spacious (if you can actually get some), the food is good, the art is, well, Capitol Hill wall art. There is room for live music in the back, but to be perfectly honest the place is too small to allow the band to play and to allow you still carry on your conversation and anything less than a dull roar.
Normally the service her is pretty good, but tonight, the waitress was slow to come over and our Sponsor came back with the following story, "So I order the drinks and the bartender is looking confused. She casts around and stares are the bottles before her. She just can't seem to find what she is looking for. Finally, she turns to her co-worker and asks, 'Which one is the rum?' " Now here is my point. She may be new, but if she has ever made a drink in her entire life, then she should be able to read the labels and figure out which is the rum bottle. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to mix a rum and coke, but I suspect it might help.
The drink was passable, nothing special. I have had their seafood pasta primavera that was just great. But instead of staying to eat we just drank our drinks and moved on. I wish I could comment on the prices but our Sponsor paid, so I don't know.
When it comes to women, the Satellite does attract a high quality gal. Unfortunately, it also attracts her high quality boyfriend. This is really a date place, rather than a drinks place. I give it 3 and half Martini Glasses out of 5.
--wOOt