Local Motives

If I could give the food zero stars, I would. I wana first say that the lady that served us our room service was very nice. However, the food was disgusting! I order fried fish and grits. I requested the fish be fried hard. The meal was literally a small portion of purple grits that were unidentifiable if you didn’t already know what you ordered. The purple grits were in a literal pool of what is suppose to be a county onion gravy. The sauce was not a gravy but, more of a thin, liquid cream sauce with lumps of I don’t know what. The fish was a small piece of whitening cut in half with thick soft skin. The fish was so soggy from being cooked lightly and also sitting in the pool of mystery sauce. The toast was hard and dry. Those grits and fish literally made me nauseous. I want to note that yes, I know purple grits are a thing but, these looked a mess and tasted the same. That was my first and last time ordering from Local Motives. I should’ve took pics but I was so disgusted that I was not even thinking about that at the time.

This was my first time coming to the W, I’ve always heard amazing things about the hotel but nobody prepared me about how phenomenal the ambiance, food and EVERYTHING would be! For starters it was my birthday and the Bartender/Server GRACE was serving me for the evening and if I could give 10+ stars just for her alone I would!! From the time me and my mother walked in to the time we left she made sure our experience was TOP TIER. The kindness and care about her job plus us as customers was absolutely outstanding. Food was IMMACULATE & I met the chef ( Chef Jen ) who was absolutely amazing as well, such a beautiful soul. Wonderful staff , wonderful food and overall Grace completed my birthday with her great spirit & made sure I had everything and went over and beyond. Thank you guys and I’ll definitely be back again & Grace if you see this THANK YOU, continue being great!

I dined at the W restaurant with my daughter for her 25th birthday. The food was stellar, we had the crab cakes & seared scallops for appetizers. I had the shrimp carbonara pasta for my entree. The server named Grace was absolutely amazing. She was extremely attentive, suggested meals when we first got there. She was pleasant and continually checked on us to make sure that we were ok. I highly recommend them for great food, great customer service and a great overall experience. 10/10

Delicious food! I had the gnocchi with shrimp and a special derick the bar tender Tenise created for me that was out of this world delicious! My husband had the burger with a special cheese (can’t recall the name) with fries…also amazing.

My buddy and I were in the area and wanted to go somewhere close by after we finished scuba diving at the GA Acquarium and we're actually walking towards Catch 21 when it started to rain. As we were trying to find an alternate place that was high quality we accidently came across this and only went in to avoid walking in the rain. Best accident ever!!!! High quality food, decent prices for what you get and the bartenders we're amazing. We went to ALOT of places during the week we were in Atlanta to try local favorites and each were unique in their own way. Of all places though this place tops them all. Decor of the bar is very contemporary and it's located at the W Hotel across from the Acquarium. The bartenders are true mixoligists! Food was eldente! If I go back there I'll definately go there again and again....it's that good.