Party Spot

Thank God this place is closed. This is the result of extremely poor service and bad karma.

I can’t wait till this place opens for business I loved loved the location too bad they canceled my wedding there this up coming June I really don’t care who Owens it or runs it I dreamed of my wedding being here.

I can’t help but rave about how amazing Party Spot and Michelle have been in making out wedding day so easy! My husband & I got married 6÷8÷13 & from day one of my husband & I meeting and just getting info from Michelle about the beautiful location till the clock struck 12am on our wedding day, Party Spot was more then helpful in every way possible. I recommend this business to anyone that is looking for a beautiful location & great food. The day of our wedding all our guest were so delighted that the dinner & appetizers were so delicious. I am Mexican and even the salsas that they served were spicy enough for me to want to take home. Thank you Michelle & Party Spot for making our wedding so beautiful & stress less for us!!!

I went to a party here and it was really nice. Beautifully decorated and friendly and attentive staff. The food was great too! I would definitely recommend it for your next event.

We were lucky enough to find party spot on Unilocal.It was the first venue we saw for our wedding reception and fell in love with it. Michelle is accommodating, helpful, and super nice. The price was more than reasonable. The location was near our hotel the Ritz Carlton and our church in LA. It’s by all the good clubs, so parking was not an issue for our guests. The food was incredibly delicious. She gave us a free tasting. She works with a great cook that knows a variety of food to cover any budget. We chose a chicken with mashed potatoes and vegetables… if she had a restaurant I would definitely revisit. She even recommended a delicious salad that people still rave about. The décor was perfect; she went with us to DTLA in the search for our décor and was great help. She understood our concerns and tried greatly to meet our needs. The venue is gorgeous with its Tiffany Blue environment, lengthy spaces, including the dance floor, bar and lounge. The bartender she hired was great. All our guests were happy with our bartender and service he provided. We brought plenty of liquor and beer, byob. Other hotels guests normally have to pay but our guests enjoyed from a well stocked open bar. We could not have asked for a better venue, catering and service. Again Michelle was the best. She was there the day of our wedding making sure everything was delivered and set up. Our wedding reception was a total success! We are extremely happy with the outcome and have no complaints. We would have recommended this place sooner but we were enjoying our honeymoon in the Bahamas. We definitely recommend her. =) THANK YOU MICHELLE!!!
From Kevin & Karina Santana —Wedding May 11, 2013

Update: We had our wedding reception at Party Spot last night and it was fantastic! The hall was beautiful, the food was fantastic, and Michelle was was extremely accommodating and gracious! Thank you Party Spot for making our day even more special!

I recenlty had a baby shower at this place, and first of all I loved the hall, it was so clean and loved the color on the walls. It was easy to work with Michelle she was very understanding and made this party event a success. She was very accomodating and understanding, I highly recommend this place for a party or event, all my guests loved the hall. I was able to use the kitchen and the refrigerators and even the ice machine, which was a great help to me. Thank you Michelle for all your help!

WOW… just got off the phone with the WORST venue coordinator in the world. My fiancée and I found this place and were super excited to have our wedding reception here. Michelle, the coordinator at the Party Spot, was accommodating for the first couple of weeks. Just like for any other venue for a wedding reception, we had simple questions. Before putting a deposit down, we asked our wedding coordinator to ask her for a contract and get answers to a couple of important questions like if our vendors (food/​flower/​dj) needed insurance. Michelle felt «nervous» about these questions and decided she did not want to work with our coordinator for the next couple of months because she felt that our coordinator was pushy. THREE COMMON QUESTIONS about things like insurance and logistics… and MIchelle couldn’t handle it. She then went to say that Kevin and I went around her by changing our family style dinner to a seated plated dinner. I don’t think she knows how to run this business. If she’s used to doing only quinceneras and small birthday parties where she doesn’t have to interact with other vendors, that’s what she should stick to.
WEDDINGS ARE DIFFERENT THAN QUINCENERAS AND BIRTHDAY DINNERS, MICHELLE!
I tried my best to convince my fiancée that she just had a harsh-​around-​the-​edges personality and we should try to work with her because we did like the venue. But, she is NEITHER STABLE NOR CONSISTENT with the way she conducts business.
Unless you want her to run your whole show, from flowers to her tacky table settings, DO NOT BOOK HER. Don’t know if she owns the venue, but I hope this place changes management because she will continue to push away bigger business opportunities.

I have never written a review on Unilocal before nor did I have an account. HOWEVER, I decided to create one just to express how displeased I was with this place.
Where do I start? When I first arrived to this run down looking building, first thing I saw was a homeless man (not trying to be mean) sleeping couple feet from the entrance. The area smelled of urine and has construction going on in front of the entrance way so it looks very uninviting.
Despite the outer appearance, I gave it a shot. This building is not handicap accessible and has no working elevators (not good if you’re trying to have an event for a wedding as their will be grandparents attending).
First glance up the long stairway, I was fairly surprised at how nice the facility looked inside. Inside was kept tidy and neat. So I was able to overlook all the negative for the potential I thought it could be.
Then finally, I met Michelle. I was again shocked at how off putting and unfriendly she was. Never did she sit down with me to discuss plans and activities, or even ask of my name, but she kept bouncing back and forth because she had another appointment the same time I had made mine (who does that?).
She didn’t have any pictures to show, no proposal, no contracts, no pricing, NOTHING. I asked for a floor plan of the building and she assured that she would have it for me next time. Despite all her personality flaws, I really thought that anyone could have an off day. So I decided to come back for a second time.
On my second visit, I thought she would have some type of proposal ready or have the floor plan at least. Of course she had nothing. Additionally, I asked if it was possible to see if the larger room could fit 220 comfortably. She of course said yes and had one of her employees set up about 15 tables to show us. This took about 20 minutes and she charged me $ 40 for twenty minutes of her employees labor!
Additionally, the second time around, she again had another appointment with someone else and was bouncing back and forth again. When I asked her if she could email me the floor plan for my coordinator, she simply said no. This was mind boggling. I asked why, and she said that since the floor plan was not on a standard size paper, she was unable to email it. Instead she said that she would make a copy and sent it via mail. If you can make a copy you can scan the document MICHELLE!
Feeling very discouraged, I asked if I could see her kitchen for my caterer. She said no again. I don’t think she understands what type of business she is in.
Michelle, you are in a CLIENT SERVING business. Learn to be professional and please be friendly.
Again, I have NEVER written a review because I am way toooooo lazy. This is how displeased I was at Michelle’s unprofessionalism.
I reallllllllly don’t understand how other reviewers gave you those ratings. You probably have your staff write them for you, or you just created some fake accounts. Maybe it might just be that you have no idea how to coordinate a wedding, but simply put, you are an unfriendly and unprofessional person. Please clean up your act.
I STRONGLY advise people to stay away from this place. Sorry Michelle to put you on blast, but I hope this could be lesson learned for you. If there really was a zero star option, you deserve that.

I highly recommend this place. I just celebrated my husband’s 50^th Birthday on 2÷2÷13. First, Michelle is awesome to work with. She is attentive and follows up. She has great suggestions and is very flexible. We visited many places before we booked this location and her prices are much more reasonable than other venues. The place is spacious, beautiful, and clean. Her package includes many services that other venues charged extra. The food was great. I did not go with a formal dinner, instead we selected a large selection of appetizers, since our party was more of a cocktail event. All my guests enjoyed the food and the location. I highly recommend this place.

***Previously posted this review but it keeps getting filtered! Not sure why, therefore I am reposting it!!!***
I help plan my sisters’ 50^th birthday party for 100 guest.
Michelle is a pleasure to work with. She was more than accommodating and her prices are very competitive. Additionally she was very flexible with set-​up hours. I would certainly use the space again & highly recommend the space if you’re looking for a beautiful, clean & well equipped space & great location.

I signed up for Unilocal just to review this place… the experience was that good. Planning a party is really stressful and I must say Michelle made the experience so easy. She was in constant communication about the event.
Her venue is elegant and very user friendly. I needed to throw a party for 80 television industry professionals and she accommodated the very large 3 room space to make a smaller party seem full. We were invited to a tasting event to make our menu choices (the catering ranges from traditional to hip). Everything is provided, the kitchen, bar, dance floor, dj booth, couches, dining area, catering, decorations, bartender, servers, clean up crew… for a very reasonable price. Also, there is secure parking just on the corner, for those who are nervous about downtown.

I have not even checked the place out and I called. A very rude woman answered! I was expecting something more professional, like an answering machine with some information on the place, or their hours to get information, and instead I got someone upset because i called!!! Certainly not the way to do business! be sure you call before the sun goes down, although the info on Unilocal says night life, and the place is called the party spot! on a Sunday, you would expect someone up handling some sort of event or again, a machine with some sort of info on the place where a potential customer can leave a message so that someone can call them back at their earliest convenience. I think I will continue to to look on my side of town, the beach area is a little more professional. Instead of business hours she should post cell phone hours. A potential customer does not know it is a cell phone they are calling. Or maybe she should put her cell phone on vibrate if it’s such an inconvenience.

I rent the commercial kitchen from Michelle. Whenever, my customers pickup their orders they are always pleasantly surprised by the lovely space inside. The new look with a pretty Tiffany-​blue color just pops when you walk in. It’s helped my business grow that she’s so flexible with the days and hours I need for my usage of the kitchen for my web based bakery business. Michelle cares about other small business owners and she supports us by keeping her pricing fair and she made sure all our needs were met. Even during our Living Social feature Michelle was pretty understandable about us changing from delivery only to pickups and delivery. Even when some of our Living Social customers showed up unannounced after before & our hours she was understandble and helpful. We will forever be grateful for her help! Thanks Michelle.