The Westgate Room's Plaza Bar in downtown San Diego occupies the ground floor of the Westgate Hotel, a Versailles-inspired property custom built in 1970 with Baccarat crystal chandeliers, eighteenth-century Flemish tapestries, and hand-carved European furnishings. Live piano accompaniment anchors the bar's cocktail service beneath antique lamps and Persian carpets — a combination recognized as San Diego's best piano bar and a mood distinct from the curated wine-flight format at M WINEHOUSE nearby. The bar's small-bites menu is directed by the same executive chef running the hotel's new Bonne Vie Brasserie & Bar concept, which blends French technique with coastal California ingredients across breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A vintage private-club atmosphere — plush wingback seating, brocade upholstery, and bronze sculptures — draws a pre-theatre crowd from the San Diego Civic Theatre directly across Second Avenue, a location advantage not shared by the tucked-away cocktail format at Charade Speakeasy in Bankers Hill. The highest-value booking pairs the bar with the hotel's 33,000 square feet of adjacent event space, where custom French-Californian menus are built for private receptions and corporate functions.