American Express Stadium Club

food ⁵⁄₁₀
service ²⁄₁₀
view ¹¹⁄₁₀
price is what you would expect for the venue, view is what you pay for, food is acceptable, service is what will keep you from coming back.

**Review for Private Event ONLY**
During the 4^th of July weekend, I helped out with my friend’s private party. I was not a part of the organization so I do not really know what options are available to people who want to rent the space out for private parties. All I can say is that the view at night is totally worth it! If you have an event here — pay to leave the lights on all night!
FOOD:
— Hearty Sandwiches which weren’t my favorite but they were fully loaded with meats and cheeses.
— Full Bar with bartender took our minds off having to rent out that service, buy booze, set up tables, etc. However the drinks were expensive ($ 14 for a jack/​coke). The event was for an organization, so we weren’t able to have an open bar, which I don’t know if they offer or not.
— Hot Dog stand was awesome! They had their stadium dogs available in a manned buffet station. LOL! I loved this part!
SERVICE:
The staff here were great! It was a bumpy start but we got things rolling after an hour or so of figuring out logistics. They really came through with giving us power to certain areas of the hall where we needed to set up cameras and a photo booth, as well as lock up some of the DJs equipment. Big shout outs to Julia and Erik! Thanks for making this a great event for us!
VENUE:
AMAZING VIEW! The full windows through the hall gave you a panoramic view of the entire stadium. There were booths which they are not able to fully remove, but if you are having your event here — it makes it more authentic to keep them in.

Awesome!

Amex Stadium Club is where I go for the Galaxy games. The stadium itself has plenty of vendors and bathrooms, but getting in and out of it during game day is pretty terrible.
The parking is organized, but nothing like Disneyland parking. It’s ~$ 15, so it’s best if you carpool in there. Also, you should either come early or find alternate routes if you’re coming around the start of the game.
Go Galaxy!

The stadium itself is nice and your never too far from food or a bathroom, but it took me 50 minutes to get from the freeway to the parking lot (only 1 mile) because they have a poor layout and nobody to directing traffic.

The Stadium Club = Caveat Emptor.
This semi-​exclusive restaurant club is reserved for Club Season pass holders and Suites. Which is to say these are typically people who’ve paid dearly for the club seats and suites, and should rightly expect a level of service and quality of food akin to that. It’s no Michelin star eatery, but nor should it have the kind of service policy better suited to a casual food truck. No, I take that back. I’ve had better service from a food truck, my apologies to those folk.
But alas no. A meal here for two with wine and tip will run you about $ 100.00. That’s the damage to your wallet. The damage to feeling like an abused gimp after you leave this place? Priceless.
What the Stadium Club has is a great view for whilst you’re having your meal. That’s it. Finis.
So if you are under the delusion that you’re in for a treat, save yourself the pain, go to the concession stands and get to your seats.
In essence, service staff in the club have but THREE things to accomplish given that this is a buffet service. These are very simply:
1) Seat the Guests (since they will serve themselves from the buffet)
2) Ply them with drinks (easy enough since this ought to be a good cash stream and how else will you get that tip)
3) Give them the bill and take their money (fantastically obvious why).
Yet time and time again this year, being here gives you nothing but that unsettling feeling of being in Greece, just as the markets fell where the most basic of services have been suspended and mutiny is dangerously close.
Because one, they don’t seat you anywhere near efficiently even while many of the tables sit mockingly empty. You just have a bunch of people lingering in front while the host/​hostess contemplates the meaning of life, you might think it’s something special as why else the wait? No mate, you’re just about to enter the first circle of hell.
So finally you get seated, you’re kinda special right? You skitter over to the buffet where the German themed recipe for chicken tastes suspiciously like Kentucky fried chicken. with kraut. Extra plates are gone — your fault since you decided to do dinner at the second seating i.e. 7:30 PM. Defeated, you return to your table. Perhaps drown your sorrows in some wine then?
We ordered red. We got white. In water glasses. Is this a new thing? No. We inform the waitress we asked for pinot noir, there’s none of that (because it’s super rare right?). Alternative reds? She’ll have to check. Maybe Hades himself keeps the wine list under lock and key.
If you aren’t already exhausted by reading this review, you ought to be. The mere thought of what could happen if we actually had to ORDER food is absolutely frightening. If you mess up a pretty straightforward request for a liquid, God only knows what you’d do to a solid.
And while in the big scheme of things we count ourselves lucky to have the opportunity to be at the games for the love of soccer, in this day and age of imploding economies, I don’t think it’s at all unreasonable to ask for the service we paid for.
The Stadium Club is a dinosaur with no respect for people’s time, their money or their loyalty. I’m not sure how ownership of this place has changed with the whole stub hub evolution for the Galaxy, but all I can see is a place that either has to evolve or die. And ya, I’m quoting 50 cent.
Lastly, it is with regret that I post this Unilocal review. because I’ve complained privately before to Levy Restaurants. They were responsive to the complaint, but the fact remains, service shouldn’t be selective.
It should be equal to the value of the cost of goods and service. Not an option.

The view was great. It was a nice way to watch the LA Galaxy game. We were a party of four with a window booth. Because the room is curved, it can be a little difficult to see based on where you are sitting, but overall, the view is great.
It is a buffet and the food was good. There was a lot to choose from and you can help yourself as often as you like.
Our experience could have been much better. We were seated fairly quickly (we DID arrive at game time). There were plates on the table so we assumed we just go ahead up. Usually when we go somewhere new I will wait for the server to find out just how it works. At first we didn’t see the buffet but we followed the people!
I am so glad we did not wait for the server because she never came. I don’t mean we waited a while, I mean NEVER. We never got the option of ordering drinks (we were given water) or anything additional. No one offered us anything.
When we were ready to leave we flagged down the hostess (who was amazingly apologetic and sincere) and let her know we would like to pay the bill so we could leave since we did not have a server. She suggested we speak to the manager, but frankly, I thought she should have come to us.
The server showed up, apologized. It was her second night. She thought her tables ended at the one next to us. I get it. I guess it could happen. Whatever. To be honest, I was a bit upset they didn’t comp us the one meal we had to pay for (we earned passes) since there was no service.
We paid for the one meal, no tip. Yes, no tip. Normally we are very generous tippers but there was nothing to tip for.
I gave a 2 star review for the view and the food. I think had our night gone different, our experience would have been possibly 4 star. This was our first, and no doubt now, last visit there because we were forgotten. I would expect so much more for $ 28 per person.

Food is pretty good and always changing. Chicken this last time was a little too salty but everything else was fine. Service has always been good and you can’t beat the view. Before a game or during. Great place to grab dinner.

This place is nowhere near the caliber of their other property, the Lexus Club @ the Staples Center.
The service staff are completely incompetent and the quality of food leaves alot to be desired.
Although the club has great views of the field and has a lot of potential, the management and service staff are unorganized and completely fail in providing any value to this venue.

The location is great if you’re a soccer fan and want a birds eye view of the game. They recently changed chefs and the food is now sub par… and expensive for sub par!
I went last week with friends, and one poor soul in our party was «king of the thrown» if you know what I mean, for three days after he ate here… Sorry friend!
This is the premium restaurant at this facility so it isn’t very affordable for most. Wait staff service is so-​so and alcohol is not cheap.
One plus? They have great bartenders that are both cute and friendly, also quick considering the amount of people they get.

So thanks to a generous Unilocaler I went to the Galaxy game tonight to see Beckham. I have been to Galaxy games since they opened at the Home Depot Center but I have not been since Becks joined.
The AMEX Stadium Club is a club for people with Club Seats as well as Suites but… those with Staples Lexus Club memberships have access too.
Oh yeah. check me on this but they use to be open to anyone on non-​game days for lunch.
The tables open to the stadium and the windows open so it is like having a table in a suite.
They USE to have appetizers and salads but now your only option is buffet which… I am not a huge fan of.
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