Sophia's Lounge
Venue Brief
Parlor-style lounge inside The Ivey's Hotel on North Tryon, where chandeliers, velvet chairs and a gallery wall frame cocktails and small plates for Uptown dates.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- Chic/LuxuryDate NightVintageIntimate
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Casual Chic
- Cuisine
- Tapas/Share Plate
- Demographic
- CouplesYoung ProfessionalsTourists
- Music genre
- Lounge/Chill House
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Offerings
- Table Service
- Open times
- Mon 6:30 – 10:30 AM, 4 – 11 PMTue 6:30 – 10:30 AM, 4 – 11 PMWed 6:30 – 10:30 AM, 4 – 11 PMThu 6:30 – 10:30 AM, 4 – 11 PMFri 6:30 – 10:30 AM, 4 PM – 1 AM BestSat 7 – 11 AM, 4 PM – 1 AM BusySun 7 – 11 AM, 4 – 10 PM
- Vibe score
- 5.7 / 10
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About Sophia's Lounge
Gilt frames crowd the walls around a fireplace, chandeliers hang over tufted sofas and throne-backed velvet chairs, and an iron-railed staircase rises through the room of this lounge inside The Ivey's Hotel. The kitchen sends out small plates and flatbreads, with lamb meatballs and the margherita flatbread recommended, and the Clouds of Provence is the cocktail reviewers name. Breakfast is served in the mornings, but the lounge proper opens at four, closing at eleven most nights and at one on Friday and Saturday, when the music and occasional dancing lift the energy. Spend runs roughly $20–60 a head. Reviews praise attentive staff and the romantic setting but flag two policies: checks are split evenly rather than itemized, and private events can bump reservations at short notice. It sits at 4.4 stars from nearly 580 Google reviews and works for a date or a group of friends.
