The Flat Iron Rooftop

Reviews

• RB

  Rob Bartholomew

  Nov 16, 2025
  5.0
  Great drinks with a wonderful view of Asheville and the blue ridge mtns
• DW

  Derald Ward

  Oct 18, 2025
  5.0
  Amazing place hotel and rooftop bar ate amazing. Staff was awesome drinks amazing.. Views are to die for.
• AH

  Alyson Hamilton

  Oct 14, 2025
  5.0
  Stunning views with amazing service. 3 patios so lots of seating
• RB

  Ryan Benton

  Sep 27, 2025
  1.0
  The pizza was great, but the service was absolutely unacceptable. Our server spilled a full glass of wine on me and did nothing to make it right — no apology beyond the bare minimum, no offer to comp anything, nothing. Accidents happen, but how a restaurant responds is what matters. At Luminosa, they simply didn’t care. For a place with such good food, the lack of professionalism and hospitality ruined the entire experience. I left soaked, uncomfortable, and extremely disappointed. Definitely cannot recommend.
• LH

  Lockie Hunter

  Sep 25, 2025
  3.0
  Meh. Of course the view are spectacular, but the cocktails were underwhelming. My husband ordered the sirens sunset, which promised strawberries and bourbon and saffron and Rosso aperitif. He asked if it was too strawberry forward, and they said it was actually fairly bourbon forward. But it wasn’t really. It was just sort of… bland. We both tried it. It was one of those drinks that sounds delicious but was was instead sort of bland. The saffron was totally absent, it basically tasted like bourbon and some sort of strawberry mix. It also had a great deal of ice. I had the tequila gimlet, and the best thing about it was a huge cucumber garnish. I asked them if they could do mezcal instead, and they did, but they charged an extra five dollars. I’ve never understood this, because Vida Mezcal and some of the other mezcals are actually cheaper than many tequilas. The result was a $19 drink. It was supposed to have lime and cucumber and salt and centrebe. And I would’ve happily paid $19 if it was spectacular, but mostly it just tasted like an upscale margarita. The normal smokiness of the Mezcal seemed to disappear but it was refreshing. I will give it that. The bartenders were great. We talked to one of them on the way up in the elevator. Nothing wrong with the service whatsoever. And of course, the atmosphere is gorgeous. It’s just the drinks seemed somehow uninspired. Maybe this was their take on refreshing summer cocktails? And of course, we know that we’re paying a premium because of the view. This location was once the “sky bar” and a lot of locals came here, and I did not expect to have the same experience, of course, and the new owners have done a good job of making it upscale, but in some ways, it also felt a bit sterile. We will try again in the winter and see if they’ve changed their menu a bit and maybe try some classic Manhattans and old fashions and see how they interpret those. For now, I’m leaving the three stars until we have another visit. Oh, somewhat related, when I walked in the day before to try out the bar with a girlfriend, it was closed for a private party, but the website didn’t say so. And she had just gotten off work and we only had an hour, so we had to go somewhere else. Also I was greeted by a server at the door who said “oh my god, it’s a human, I didn’t expect a person to be standing there.” But they were at the host stand, so that was a little confusing. Don’t people normally walk through the door and come to the host stand? It made me giggle a bit.

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