" Nice Place For Drinks, Nice Staff "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Did not have the food here, but just a for a few drinks.
The drinks were reasonably priced and they had a good happy hour deal.

Would come back for the drinks and maybe try out the food as well.

Staff were extremely kind to us and helped us out with an issue we had (not related to the restaurant/bar at all).

" Terrible Service, Bad Deal "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Our group of four went to the spot for dinner last sunday. We had eaten there before and found the food to be fairly standard and good value for money. On arrival we were pleasantly surprised to hear about the 150rmb all you can eat/drink deal. Looking at the list of food available on the all you can eat menu we surmised that a lot of the regular menu was on there so it could be a good choice.
The food that actually came out was much smaller servings than the regular dishes and were very poorly prepared. The common concensus was that the food was very oily, and in fact after eating our meals, all of us felt sick.
If this was not bad enough, the service was absolutely terrible. The only good thing about the service was one waitress who was genuinely nice, even though she was new did not really understand the guidelines of the all you can eat menu. As a result she said that diet coke was indeed included in the all you can drink menu, however when I tried to order a second one I was told only regular coke was included as diet coke was more expensive as they did not have it on tap. In fact the all you can drink choices are very restrictive. Eventually after much complaining I received a second diet coke, however the third one that came out was almost definitely a regular on-tap coke, although they promised when I asked that it was a diet coke.
In addition, the floor manager was incredibly surly and he did not acknoweledge any of our requests other than to grunt at us.
Overall it was poor service and poor food from an establishment that has been around long enough that they should be providing much better. Perhaps the a la cart menu is better, but we felt completely ripped-off by the all you can eat menu, which seemed to be little more than a blatant money-making exercise.

" Relaxed Place With Good Music And Excellent Food "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Spot Bar is originally a sport bar so decoration is not to be discussed - it is ok with the typical equipment - but: there is also life music with an excellent singer and an atmosphere that is far different from similar so called sports bars - why? don't know - perhaps because of the people or the very friendly staff, the open front space .... and not to forget their huge menu of asian, italian, german dishes, burgers ....
As a German I consider the quality and authenticity of the German dishes as much better then e.g. Paulaner (tried Jaegerschnitzel, Saussage Salad, meat loaf, Kaesespaetzle .... all just great)also tried the perfect burgers and bruchettas as well as huge delicious salads .... value for money?? try the Jaegerschnitzel for ca. 80RMB and if you are still hungry I can't help anymore.
I have to admit that there was 1 out of 10 weekends a little confusion in the kitchen so that food is not as perfect as usually - but it happened only very seldom to us. And compared to other shanghai restaurants: tell me were you really get the same quality every time you go - almost impossible in Shanghai.
From 30RMB dishes to huge steaks everything is availible. Drinks are a little more expensive but still ok.
sunday BBQ we never tried - alway had "a la carte", but there is not many people using that offer. So the staff seems not occupied and bored and maybe therefor(as written in the other review)buffet was not well maintained. A la carte food was always outstanding.

" Disgusting "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Went for their Sunday BBQ and it was the pits. all the food was cold and they were waiting for the chaffing dishes to be empty before re-filling them. 4 bbq chefs sitting on the balcony eating and smoking and the bread they put out was covered in flies and VERY stale!
Ive never seen it so bad, AND it was quiet too.

Not going back