SPiN Standard

I’m use to the pool halls and bowling alleys for a nice time. So ping pong was definitely new and different.
Average downtown LA pricing. Parking will run you 10 $ which isn’t bad.

Definitely a cool place to play some ping pong. The only real criticism I have is that our bucket was never filled with any balls and we had to constantly go around and get the balls ourselves, which costed us precious time and effort when we’re paying by the hour. This seemed to be an issue with other tables that night too. Other than that, great place and ambiance.

Killer spot! Can’t go wrong with Spin for big or small groups. I have been there twice recently — once with a few friends and then again for a larger event. Both times were a blast no matter how bad I suck at ping pong! Super fun environment with great lighting and music you can’t help but enjoy yourself. The food is phenomenal too — Mac & cheese balls are a must!

Awesome ambiance to this place with easy access to the elevator that takes you to the rooftop bar. Great place to play seriously or casually and you dont have to chase the stray balls because theyre picked up by the wonderful staff! Bartender Peter is awesomely courteous and every drink he made was delicious!

PONG IN BLACKLIGHTS!!!
Simple as that. Ping pong in a black-​lit room, where they also serve drinks at the bar. We came here after eating a filling dinner in DTLA, and decided to chill and do something spontaneous because we simply didn’t want to leave DTLA after dinner (cause parking is not work the pay if we don’t make use of it).
It is located on the second floor of the Standard. You go to the desk and make a reservation (which hopefully won’t take too long), and they keep an ID for security, and I think to keep the tab open. One side of the room are around 4 ping pong tables. Black lights are on, so it gives this night life club vibe going on, and they only things lit are the white balls. It is a bit trippy once you actually start playing it. The other side of the room is a bar, and a few seating and couches. This place is actually really chill, and super unexpected. There are people who pick up the ping pong balls for you, so all you really have to do is play on!
I believe we only paid 25 $ for the hour, which we thought was super cheap between five people. Also, Unilocal is doing a promo where it’ll only be like $ 15 p hour, so grab on to that deal! Honestly, an hour is probably more than enough time to actually be playing pong on a saturday night. It’s a fun break away from partying, and clubbing, and just a cool place to have fun, but still able to drink along the way.
I’ll make sure to bring more friends again, have a drink, and just have a good ol’ time.

Whoever thought of opening up a ping pong bar is seriously a genius! Ping Pong + Alcohol + Neon Lights makes the perfect place for a fun Friday evening. Bypass the long line out front which is for the rooftop lounge, take the escalator up to the second floor, and the host outside the bar will help you out. My last trip to Spin we booked a ping pong table for two hours at $ 25/​hr. We ended up being moved to a different table half-​way through so they gave us an extra 30 minutes for free. The best part is they provide you with a full bucket of pong balls so you don’t have to worry about chasing yours down when things get a little cray. There’s no cap on amount of people per table, which is also a nice plus. Great place for a chill night in DTLA.

Great place to have a couple drinks and play some blacklit ping pong. Good atmosphere.

Love this place. The club is located on the second floor of The Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The atmosphere is very «fun.» They have a DJ spinning dance music, a huge flatscreen TV with a couple of couches and chairs for people who just want to chill out and drink, 4 ping pong tables with trippy neon lightning, a full bar, and delicious food.
There are two sides I think — the right side has what I just mentioned already and the left side has something else… haven’t been over there yet, but I believe I saw a retro, 1960’s inspired design on the table? Crazy! Anyways, the paddles are as cheap as it gets, so I would recommend taking your own if you’re a «serious» player. They give you a bucket of ping pong balls and they have workers who collect the fallen balls on the floor, so you don’t have to worry about picking them up every time they go flying off across the room. The only downside is the price — $ 25/​hour. Yikes! For a couple of hours of ping ponging, you’ve already downed half of a hundred bucks and that’s without food and drinks included. Apart from that, I highly recommend this place to couples who want to have a fun date or groups of people who just want to have a great time.
I want to give it a 4.5, but Unilocal won’t let me!

Getting your ping pong fix has never been trendier, thanks to the SPiN at the Standard in Downtown LA. This nicely decorated lounge has ping pong tables for both hotel guests and visitors of the rooftop lounge. You just need to check in your ID in order to get some paddles, and you’re good to go.
When we came in last night, they were closing the lounge down for the night. However, I’ve had my share of good ping pong games here. I can enjoy drinks bought from the restaurant downstairs, which is an awesome thing. Ping pong while buzzed in a room lit by black lights is truly a highlight in my cross town escapades.

AWESOME space for table tennis. i had so much fun here.
so what to expect. this is a full bar/​lounge with 4 ping pong tables. the lounge area has a spacious seating area so you can relax on a swanky brown leather couch and sip your old fashion if you’re not into table tennis (but why wouldn’t you be O_​o?). it’s on the second floor of the standard hotel in dtla.
when playing pin pong, expect to pay about 14 $/​hr for a table. the best part is that they provide you with a full to the rim bucket of pongs and you don’t have to chase after your pongs because someone comes around and magically swoops them all up every 15 mins or so. paddles and tables are well kept. i came around 9pm and the space was empty but it started getting busier around 10pm and all of the tables filled up. i heard on monday nights they have tournaments.
good place to hang out and try something different in the dtla area. ill be back for tournament night: D.

Came on a Saturday night, and it was SOOOOO FUUUUN! I had AWESOME company, so that might’ve helped, too! The music was good bc I love to get down to hip hop! Too bad the DJ started to play more of that towards the end when our group was about to leave though. But before that, the music was still super upbeat and good… just not as much hip hop as I would’ve liked.
fun but best music was at the end when I left. boooo! My group and I were first at the couches chilling, drinking, and catching up, then we moved to the higher tables next to the ping pong tables to enjoy a few ping pong games and Jenga!!! It’s pricey, but you can’t put a price on good friendship hahaha Plus, they were getting drinks and drinks so they didn’t care! Overall, I had a lot of fun here even though our initial plan was to meet here then go to the rooftop bar that we never made it to!

I came here for a work event. The hotel itself is gorgeous but when you walk into the room upstairs it is very hip. The tater tots were really delicious and I love places with a really unique drink menu. It was similar to Mixology drinks.
I was a little grossed out by the bartender who was sick and rubbing his runny nose often. I had the Dickle Pickle which is a pickle back shot and they make homemade pickle juice which was tasty. I also had a tasty drink that was similar to a Moscow Mule.
I would love to come back here because I think it’s a really cool idea to have a bar with ping-​pong tables. It was really fun and they have really good service with the staff picking up the balls constantly for you.

One of the coolest spots in town. If you are coming here for a drink or to play ping pong you will have a great time. The bar is very nice area to relax or the nice sofas to seat back and listen some cool music. If you are coming here in small groups or large groups you will you have a great day.
If you are coming here on a date or with friends you will enjoy time. Very friendly staff and bartenders. It’s located on the 2^nd floor in the standard hotel. Make sure you check in with Unilocal as you will get a discount for your ping pong.

Came here for a friend’s birthday and had a fun time. It’s super fun and everything glows from the black lights, including my drink! There is a person collecting balls and filling up your bucket, so you don’t have to worry about running out. There are two rooms and the main room is where most of the action is, but the second room is smaller and more intimate for gatherings. Had a great time considering it was in the standard and the crowd can get kinda douchy and skanky… especially on the weekends.

Review in #Haiku:
Never a dull time
Drinks are strong, most peeps are kind
Love me some ping pong! =D

When I think Standard Hotel, Saturday night and competitive sport, I picture a sea of douchebags beating their chests. Luckily, that was not the case here.
I came here for a friend’s birthday. We had a table reserved for 2 hours. There’s about 6 tables total. They were taken for the most part between 8 and 11pm on a Saturday night, though it was actually less busy later on. There’s buckets full of ping pong balls and balls all over the ground, but the staff is pretty good about keeping the ground relatively clean as they come around and pick them up every 15 minutes.
I’m a beer guy and their selection was pretty small but they had Allagash White so I was happy. Server (Rachel?) was very attentive and kept good care of us.
Their food is definitely overpriced for the quantity. My friends got some sliders and skewers and I was shocked at how much they paid. My friend and I split the bacon-​wrapped brownies — impulse buy — for $ 8. We were told it was one big one but they split it up for us. It was rather rich so it was plenty enough to split. Though very tasty — nice combo of savory and sweet — definitely a bit more than I’d like to spend on dessert.
There were a couple DJs playing chill music — mostly instrumental stuff. Nothing super annoying. There’s a projection screen playing bizarre footage, definitely a nice touch for a weirdo like myself.
I had dinner further down and walked, but I know parking in this area can be pretty crappy, so plan accordingly. I’m more of a fan of grungy, divey, dinged up tables and paddles, but going to a Lucky-​Strike-​esque ping pong hall every so often is cool too. Stop by if you’re in the area and want to have some fun while having a drink.

SPiN is inside the Standard Hotel. The bar is small and depressing, but the drinks are surprisingly good (and nice and stiff, thank you Downtown for not being Hollywood). It’s also the best place to play table tennis, provided you’re willing to shell out some cash. What makes it the best?
The fact that you never run out of balls. The workers will come by with these little manually operated «ball-​vacuums» that collect all the winners, aces and otherwise errantly hit ping pong balls off the floor and deliver them back into a small can that holds a seemingly never-​ending supply of ping pong balls.
Which is perfect, really, because when you’re kicking your girlfriend’s ASS at some ping pong, you don’t want to be running around trying to pick up balls. You want to utterly destroy her thoroughly and repeatedly so that ping pong at the Standard never becomes a thing again.

Fun spot for alcohol + old school arcades + ping pong. But expect to have a few balls flying your way. It costs around $ 20 – 25 an hour to play the tables but for certain events if RSVP’d you could play for $ 5 all night. Look for those. Chill interactive atmosphere.

Good times at the DTLA Standard Hotel!
Loved the workout I had playing an aggressive table tennis match and the music playing in the background. Such a great concept to have a combination of table tennis, background music from DJs, and cosmic ping pong.

Flying balls, cocktails, late night munchies, black lights– oh my!
Celebrated a friend’s birthday here and had a blast. Management and service was awesome (shout out to Erik!).
A unique spot that accommodates large groups or a fun «just the two of us» date night (saw a cute couple sandwiched between groups at a table). Will definitely come back!