Not only are the Spanish Steps an impressive sight in their own rite, if you can get to the top of them, youll find the most breathtaking view of the Rome skyline.

Nice ambience, paying or not. Open area with decent view of surrounding Tacoma and the water.If youve never been here its basically public access through historic yet privately owned Elks turned Mcsomethings club. You can comfortably access the two large flights of stairs through the handful of tables, clientele, and others waiting to be seated in the restaurant/bar area without it being any fuss.

Mcmennimens Elks Temple delicious menu and drinks with patio seating on the Spanish Steps is awesome !!

Nicely maintained. Next to the historic Elks Temple now a Mcmenamins hotel. Picture from a room balcony.

GREAT FOR PHOTOGRAPHS and great view looking into the port of Tacoma

Was going to give it five stars, but they replaced the smelly people that hang out on the stairs with rich ones with drinks in hands now. The ambiance is gone.

A hot spot for the local homeless population to urinate on.

Found this place by accident on late morning after discovering McMenamins lunch begins at noon. Needing a burger fix, we followed the sign down the stairs to The Spanish Bar. Strongly influenced Spanish in food authenticity as well as name. Our lunches were fantastic. Really great chicken sandwich and Spanish style burger. We opted for the potatoes bravado rather than fries. Great decision. Roast Yukon golds smothered with a Spanish tomato sauce and a garlic dipping sauce. Not yet on Yelp or Trip Advisor, our only complaint is that it’s not better advertised!

The bar is beautiful and has friendly staff. Frustrating though, that on event nights you cant start a tab. If you hold my card, I see no issue with a tab, especially if you add the auto gratuity if I leave it after closing

Best steps. If you need to go up or down to a different street, highly recommend using these steps.

Beautiful white steps. A little steep if your out of shape. View of the industrial port and water. Great surrounding architecture. Nice spot for professional photos.

You can eat food, have a drink, and enjoy the view of the Port of Tacoma from here.

Take the link street car and walk the couple of three blocks... have a beer half the way up... snap a few pics.

Loved this. I didnt have much time to enjoy it, so definitely planning a trip back!

Beautiful vantage point. Though the building next door was under construction, it was still a lovely spot.

Classic fantastic Mcmenamins! Good luck finding the hidden bar

The old 174 used to be the place to go,B.P.O.E. Tacoma Elks lodge, the fraternal order, was centrally located for a little taste at lunch time, but no parking to parking lot Nazis is the case nowadays. Dont come without change to park,you will be ticketed, better yet walk in or ride the free tram. Google Spanish steps and take a virtual tour courtesy of Google earth

Well aside from the urine soaked mattress and all the trash its a pretty cool spot. Great view of the area.

Would be better as a Spanish escalator.

There is a lot of work going on at the elks club looks like a fun place for a drink

Lots of bars around here. Walk, drink, have fun!

Beautiful view. Great selfie spot

I loved how long the steps had been there.

I remember having homecoming there when I was in college... Does that make me old? Haha

Beautifully timeless architecture, in addition to a great place to get steps for your fitbit! Located in downtown Tacoma; a city thats in the process of updating and rebuilding... I love coming across buildings such as this that truly take you back in time.

Beautiful, clean, old world stairs.

They are doing construction in the building next to it and they have half steps closed down

Incredibly cool old walkway. Good photo opportunity. Just watch out for the homeless and junkies that could be around. This is downtown Tacoma after all.

I play pokemon go there alot.

The architecture is amazing

So pretty.... Great spot for pictures.

Neat right next to Mcmenamins

I was doing a photoshoot around downtown Tacoma and it was suggested to me by a friend to go the Spanish steps. It was one of the trashiest places Ive ever seen. It looked like someone had gone to every office building in Tacoma, grabbed their shredder, drove a truck full of all the shredders to the steps, and dumped them all. Then, there was a bunch of trash from McDonalds that people had left. Also, there were sketchy people hanging out on the steps that stared at us, but I guess you cant expect anything less since it is Tacoma. Anyway, Im giving it two stars because I got at least a few pictures and I can see that the steps have potential.

Amazing restoration job!

Ive been to Spain, and I dont recall these steps. You cant just name it Spanish and expect it to be Spanish. Im pretty certain if it really was Spanish, theyd have a Spanish name.

Its cool and has the old city hall across the street.

Why not go and get a beer/coffee on the steps?

The Spanish Steps have never looked better! Thank you McMenamins!

Stairs are awesome! They allow me to traverse heights with ease!

With new accommodations next door ;-.)

Nice walkway - will be even better when McMenamins gets the adjacent, old Elks Club fixed up.

Ive actually walked through here several times without realizing that its a landmark. Either way, its a neat little spot.

These steps are tight as hell

The view.

Historical landmark by the Elks Lodge. Cant wait for McMennamins to open up the hotel there!

Far from the real Spanish Steps in Italy, but still nice to go up and down the stairs and make an effort to imagine youre in Rome.

Just another nice spot downtown.

Lots of history!

History at its best

Historic.