A lot of people have complained about this place and justifiably so. I can echo their sentiments. I don't mean to boast but unlike the majority of the people who go to the W, my friends and I actually do have money and are educated. We are the type of people who frequent the W in other cities yet in Scottsdale, we couldn't even go upstairs. We even had a contact a the hotel. We requested the bouncer that we would like to speak to this contact or employee at the hotel. The bouncer lied to us and said he didn't work there. Well, we called that contact on his cell phone, he immediately greeted us, apologized, reprimanded the bouncer and bought us a round of drinks...true story. Nonetheless, this is the type of juvenile ASU hack job tactics you see at Devils Martini not the W.
Nonetheless, I don't mean for this to be another long rant that provides no help to readers. I would recommend this place. The poor economy has kept the 30,000 dollar millionaires at bay and the childish attitudes of the hotels employees' with it. We were treated differently a few weeks ago. The bouncers at the door were nice (although the guy standing by the Sushi Roku entrance still made us walk all the way around to the door instead of just letting us pass which was remniscient of the old ways), the waitresses upstairs were very friendly and real. They let us sit at a reserved table and didn't make us buy a bottle. We tipped her generously and she took care of us. The people were also less "Jersey Shore" like if you know what I mean. It was the W as it was meant to be and not another trite Scottsdale "wannabe LA" scene that we saw when it first opened.