Rock Star Elite Event @ The Hard Rock Cafe

Aduhhh. spaced out here… The very first event of the year… and forgot to write a review.
This totally Rocked Katy !! Everyone was pimping there rock outfits.
We had sights of feathered boas, fish net stockings, loud shirts, and crazy outfits.
The drinks. fancy sweet fro fro cocktails, Blue concoction and A lot of BEER !!
The food was mahvelous… chicken strips, sirloin burgers, calamari, egg rolls, and aoli fries. Second and thirds were given through out the night.
Everyone was eating and drinking a storm.
Tours were given of the memorabilia and it’s history. We received a tour of the upstairs party patio. It was on the roof and it opened up to the city. The patio had bars, cabanas, and a fireplace. Definitely a hang out place for the summer. NOT in the winter… They turned on the fire but none of us lasted to long up there.
Smile Brigade played for us at the event.
A perfect way to kick in the new year with Unilocal… I hope to attend many more. CYA all at the next one.

Hello, hello, beautifully delicious blue champagne drink. You are oh so tasty I could just drink you all night long. Actually, I kind of did! I had 4 or 5 of them and only stopped when the event was winding down and I realized I should be heading home.
I started my night off at happy hour downstairs and then made my way up to join the party when they started letting us in.
I didn’t do the tour so I have yet to see their apparently amazing upstairs deck, but the second floor is definitely a fun place to be! The seating areas against the wall had convenient spots to put drinks!
I loved the theme and how many people had fun with it. I don’t really have any good rock-​star gear, so I just had the fabulous Kimber do my hair and called it good.
Smile Brigade rocked out as Unilocalers mingled, imbibed on cocktails (hurricane & blue champagne drink) and beer (Manny’s), and sampled some of the non-​liquid goodies. The Santa Fe spring rolls managed to evade me all night and I was staying away from the meat (mini-​burgers and plenty of the chicken on a stick), but I did enjoy the aioli with fries.
I hear Hard Rock told Katy that they would not be accepting tips, but they did such a fabulous job so I made sure to leave some bills on the bar and quickly leave the area before they could say anything about it. (I think they crumbed and the staff appreciated them, so there was no chasing to return dollar bills.)
What a great time! I was apparently enjoying myself so much that I didn’t hear my name being called for one of the many prizes that Hard Rock was giving away, but I hear I’ll get that at some point… and I love their 50% off next food purchase coupons they gave away to everyone leaving (as well as their All Access cards)!
This was my first experience at a Hard Rock Café and I would be lying if I said anything bad about it. I’m looking forward to writing a review about my happy hour experience downstairs and going there again in the future!

Hard Rock, rocks, hard!
Ambience: 5
Food: 4
Value: ?
Gotta admit, throwing an exclusive event for Unilocal Elites (free drink, free food, and free entertainment) was an awesome promotional thing. I had the best time there at the event, and it sold me on this place.
I’m not usually a huge fan of chain places (I don’t think I would even have ever tried this place on my own), but this place is just so very cool. The décor as nice. The food was surprisingly tasty (I’m a sucker for chicken tenders in honey mustard sauce). And the drinks… let me say: you’ve gotta be careful of the Hurricane and the Blue Champaign drink, both are deadly addictive. It honestly was one of the best Hurricanes I’ve ever had.
I’m giving this place a five for ambience because… it’s got a Microsoft surface as a bar table in the front area! It was pretty awesome. It’s the first actual good use of that thing. I totally want to go back and just play more with it.
And the best of the night was the band. It was free entertainment and it was a damn good band. I don’t even remember their name, but they were great. Thank you Hard Rock!

I’m not sure if the everyday crowd is my scene, but I’ve seen a show or two here and had a pretty good time.
This event, however was executed flawlessly on both sides, Hard Rock was very accommodating and the service was stellar, even for so many guests. It definitely spoke well for their ability to handle large private parties.
The food was good for bar food, crispy chicken fingers, «southwestern eggroll» with cumin ranch dressing, nothing particularly healthy, but good to soak up the booze!
And on that note, they were absolutely unfazed by the demand for liquor and food, and expectations were definitely exceeded there.
Thanks Katy, HRC, and Unilocal

Free booze? Not in a frat house? In a place thats clean, well decorated, has free food (albeit greasy and hard to come by, and almost nonexistent in the bar) and has lots of people who are dressed up? Awesome!
I’ll admit to being a little shy, and I felt like everyone was really clique-​ish, and that coming up and introducing yourself to people you didn’t know/hadn’t met wasn’t really kosher.
Thanks to Katy for putting this on!

I agree that the Hard Rock event was one of the most fun events I’ve been to! The staff was nice, the venue was very cool, and there was lots of room to mingle and talk to Unilocalers and meet new people. I thought having the whole upstairs to ourselves was great!
The drinks were tasty and the food just kept comin!
Thanks Katy for such a fun event!

Katy, Kira and Hard Rock, you make a great team. I think this was the funnest Elite event to date.
The food was free flowing — the chicken on a stick was moist and delicious, good enough that it’s on my ‘go right back and have this again’ list– the tasty drinks were also readily available and the Hard Rock staff?
Well, I’d hang out there to see them again anytime. Seriously AWESOME.
Smile Brigade put on a fantasic show, we’re a lucky group to call Leonardo H a member of our crew and I look forward to hearing more from those fine lads.

It’s a Hard Rock Life… for Unilocal!
Starting off the Elite Events with a rocked out purple wig and some sexy Clover-​esque makeup, Katy sure hit big with this one.
Not much else is better than a real live rock concert, tasty apps on big platters, and exciting cocktails being served by none other than the many hip and flairin’ waitstaff of the Hard Rock Café.
I love when people go ALL OUT in the dress-​ups too! I believe some of my favs included Lady Gaga’s telephone, thigh-​high boots, Chris W’s make-​up, Clover’s cowgirl hat, Keoni’s FUR jacket, and Skunk’s get-​up!
This was a great way to start off 2011! Way to go Elites for making this a
event to see and be seen at =)
Oh and hats off to Leonardo and the Smile Brigade!

Another killer Elite event at the Hard Rock! Katy «Benatar» pulled out all the stops to make sure we were snacked and properly lubricated with drinks and had a local band for live music.
My favorite part was the great tour of the artifacts with THE Hard Rock resident Nick! There was so much cool stuff to check out and it was great there was so much emphasis on the local scene. Plenty of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Mother Love Bone, Hole, Foo Fighters, Heart. I was thoroughly impressed with Nicks knowledge of the scene and the history of the building. We even got a tour of the roof. Can’t wait till summer to chill up there with the fantastic views and fire pits.
Great mingling with the fancy Elite folks too and seeing some old and new friends.

Five stars for the event and the volunteers. One star for me for being late. Like real late. Too bad for me because I missed seeing a lot of very cool Unilocalers.
Elite squad, take note. Come to these things on time. Otherwise, you’ll end up with these sweet drinks that the Hard Rock Café served at the end, which had a lot of sugar, and very little alcohol.
Thank you, Katy and Katy’s dad, for a great Elite Event!

This is the first Unilocal Elite Event I have been to and if this is how they are, I will be at many more. It was very well organized, everything seemed to flow extremely smooth even with the amount of people that showed up.
My wife and I were in towards the front and had no problem getting a table and the staff at the Hard Rock were amazing getting the food and drinks around to everyone. There seemed to be plenty and if you needed a drink you could go to the bar. The food and drinks were very good, from the sliders to the hurricanes, we enjoyed it all very much. The music was very entertaining and seeing all the Unilocalers in costume including our host Katy, made it all a very fun evening.

Can I give 6 stars? We had a great time! I love walking into a party, greeted by a guy with cocktails who calls me classy! I wanted to have the opportunity to mingle with other Eliters, but it was all good. What a great event to participate in the wonderful sport of People Watching.
So, I had one of each of the cocktails, and the champagne cocktail made me giddy after a few drinks, and the hurricane tasted like candy. I loved the chicken tenders, and the pulled pork sliders were wonderful, too. My favorite moment of all was when the announcement was made on stage about a New Elite’s hat — and said hat was returned at that very moment.
Oh yeah, and the band was amazing! Anyone who can do such a righteous cover of Mama by John Lennon deserves major kudos.
Thanks for doing this, Katy! You truly rawk and know how to make all us Eliters feel like a billion buckoleenos!

Super 5+ What a great event to kick off 2011! Thanks Katy – everyone looked fantastic and had a blast!
Perfect nite. I loved the theme, talented live music, contests, tour, meeting elite Unilocalers. E gads– My only complaint is that time went too fast!
First off, the theme was so fun… Rock Band & Groupies. Awesome! I did not have the time I’d have liked after work to really ‘do it up’ however, I was still super excited to done my Siouxie & the Banshees Tee and a headband I’ve had for reals since early 90’s haha!
We showed up to the Hard Rock Café near Pike’s Place Market which is in a truly historic building, it is very sleek how they updated but kept the original shell.
Unilocal had the private upstairs area and we were immediately treated like special VIPs. We signed up for a tour. Nick, our tour guide was super friendly, cool and enthusiastic about the bands and memorabilia. He has had his brush with many bands and has great stories along the way. This was a highlight to the night. Thanks a ton for the tour– Nick rocks!
Drinks and snacks flowed until the very bitter end and there were several ninja-​fast and friendly bartenders! This could be a great venue for a work event as well– I’m always searching for stuff like this, great private space with room to mingle and room for entertainment!
The upstairs patio is beyond awesome! I can’t wait to go back in the spring/​summer months for HH. I absolutely loved the silver metal fire pits and the cabanas are sweet! Hard Rock Café went above my expectations, that is for sure!
Man oh man, Unilocalers provide much eye candy! I can’t wait until next time!

What a fun, fun event!
Loved the theme, loved the venue! Food was probably half and half (delicious fries and chicken strips, but my pork slider was cold and I was not a fan of the soggy southwestern spring roll), but the drinks were amazing! And I was pretty impressed that it was pretty much a free open bar.
My boyfriend, friends, and I were lucky enough to get into the event at the front of the line, so we were able to snag a table, get first pick of all the food (I noticed they brought around far more food at the beginning than they did later on), and grab drinks right away. We were pretty fortunate and it set a great tone for the rest of the event.
Live music from a Unilocaler’s band was a great idea. The only issue I had was the sound level — it would have been nice to be able to talk with people a little bit more. I also would have liked to take a tour, but it seemed like the HRC employees never announced tours like they said they would later on? I hear people got tours of the rooftop — I would have liked to see that!
Thanks to Katy for putting on such a rockin’ event! Can’t wait for the next one!

Way to rock it out people! I’d been wanting to check out the new Seattle Hard Rock but just hadn’t got around to it. Now I know of the coolness I will have to go back — especially in the summer when the roof-​top bar is open. (Word is they have fire pits — awesomeness).
I enjoyed everyone’s outfits and guessing who was who. Mine was a bit more obvious than others — but I was going for a «stand out» kind of night.
Food was great — loved the mexi-​rolls and fries with garlic aioli. Nom nom nom nom.
While this was, clearly, a 5 star event the icing on the cake would have been a professional photographer — the outfits were something else!
Thanks KATY!
;)

It’s been way too long since I attended the last EE (or even UYE), so I was super excited after hearing that so many awesome Unilocalers were attending.
Anyhoo, I arrived «fashionably late,» about 45mins into the HRC. The lower portion of the HRC was pretty quiet with a few diners (I briefly panicked, lol), but I saw the Private Party sign off to the side and dashed upstairs where Jorge checked me in quickly and provided a name tag, thanks!
Taking in the venue and all the attendees was pretty intense, but I quickly swept through half the room and caught up with at least a dozen Unilocalers I haven’t seen in a few months. YAY! On my way back, I saw even more familiar faces and talked to a handful of new friends too. It’s great to see so many first time attendees. :)
The Smile Brigade was rocking OUT. I was totally feeling their vibe. HRC employees moved through the room with large trays of fried chicken skewers, egg roll-​like things, pork sliders, and nummy garlic fries. From what I could tell, if there was a line for the bar it moved extremely quick. Those electric blue drinks looked su-​weet!
A special Thank You to Katy H (and her super tall hot pink wig and super pointy high heels), Kira I. (with her constant enthusiasm and affection), Jenni L. (for her ability to take great pics of anyone and her never-​ending supplies of fresh baked goods), the army of trusty Unilocal volunteers (yep, I know there is one), Smile Brigade, and HRC for putting together such a fun event.
Congrats to those who attended the tours, won raffle stuff, and/​or scored some sweet Unilocal/​HRC (50% off coupon and an «all access» member pass) schwag.
And finally, Allie S, in a costume featuring a collage of Lady Gaga themes… YOU are ACES!

Wow, what an awesome night!
Again Katy, thanks for an incredible evening, and I still love your wig.
Initially I was a little wary of an evening at the Hard Rock Café, but man! What good times. Really though, how can you go wrong when you have the entire second floor closed off for you and your fellow Unilocalers? And kudos to all the awesome people who dressed up! Liked seeing a Lady gaga, a Sid Vicious, and just random rocking outfits all over the place.
First thing to happen when I got upstairs was bumping into a friendly waiter with a tray full of drinks asking me if «I was thirsty?» My pick of free booze? That is a good way to start the night! (and that poor waiter, I don’t think he ever made it more than 5 steps from the bar area the whole night.) The snacks were hit and miss. I liked the fries and chicken strips– both were hot, crispy and delicious. My bacon burger slider was cold, and well. the best way to describe that strange tex-​mex egg roll would be luke warm & flaccid. No bueno.
Got taken on a tour by the nice Hard Rock employee with green hair (thanks Cyndi & Chelsy for letting me & the boy tag along). Lots of interesting memorabilia. The best part of the tour was going to the roof though. What an amazing view! And pretty warm if you hung out by their fire pits. Would make a really snazzy place to have a party, that’s for sure.
The live music was great! Was my first time experiencing the Smile Brigade and they were excellent. The noise level made it hard to converse — but the boy is more shy than I am so maybe that worked out in our favor. Even with the double shyness factor finally met some familiar faces and new ones as well.
The evening flew — was seriously over before I knew it! Guess that is the mark of a really good time. Can’t wait for our next event!

Thanks Katy for putting this together! I had a good experience in my first Elite event with Unilocal.Thanks Kira and Jennifer for the warm greeting during check-​in.
I think I am a shy person. Therefore, I tend to hang out with people I already knew from other UYE’s. My goal for the next event is to talk to 5 new Elite members.

HELLO. I’m seeing Sir Mix a Lot, he of «Baby Got Back» fame-​atude because of the raffle. Can we say JUMP ON IT?!
Katy did a fabulous job glamming out the Hard Rock and shouts to all those who really embraced their inner rock star. Allie S. was definitely one of my top favorites with her Gaga telephone ensemble. Lots of punk rock wigs, fishnets and neon colors to be had in the crowd, loved it all!
The food was fab from little sliders to egg rolls in Hard Rock shot glasses and more. Plus the free drinks were colorfully dangerous, in a good way! The fact they even threw in pulls of Manny’s for those wary about blue drinks was a nice addition. So thank you bartenders, you rock on a whole ‘nother level.
Smile Brigade kept our feet tapping and the floor humming and I couldn’t help myself, I had to nab one of their cheery yellow shirts once the set ended. AND they gave me a free download of their entire CD, oh hey!
Overall, this night was LEGEN … wait for it …
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It might be preemptive to write a review but I have faith tonight will be awesome! Rock on Elites, let’s have a blast tonight…
edited to add that yep, I was right. We DID have a blast tonight! Parking was nearby and simple — a flat $ 6 at the West Edge garage with barely a block walk. The plentiful trays of food circulated quite frequently. I liked the pulled pork sliders but was a bit indifferent on those soggy spring roll things. Blech. I tried something blue in a martini glass and something orangey in a pint glass, the latter of which was the preferred beverage.
Thanks to the staff at the HRC for feeding and watering the masses. And to everyone who came out for the event, especially if you dressed up! You all collectively looked fantastic :)
PS. Smile Brigade bestowed great music upon us even with a slightly muddy sound mix. I’d dig hearing you guys again for sure!