Valley Bar has been on our list of places to try for a few years now, so we were very excited to finally make it in. It has a very real speakeasy vibe to it. You enter from an alleyway behind the actual address of the bar, and it's in the basement of the building. It's dark, dimly lit, and actually pretty sparse in terms of the decor. It's definitely a no fuss type of atmosphere where good drinks are the emphasis, and boy were they.
I happen to not be a big fan of mezcal, but my husband ordered a spicy mezcal cocktail and I loved it so much I ended up changing my order! It was incredibly balanced - nothing was overpowering anything else. Exactly as a cocktail should be.
To top it off, our server was amazing. We put in some food, and after about 20 minutes our server came over to apologize for the wait - one of the chefs hadn't shown up for his shift so all of the servers were actually pitching in to help the other chef get the orders out. He ended up comping us all of our food (something he absolutely did not have to do) and was incredibly nice and attentive our entire stay. We will definitely be back again for some live music!