Best Restaurants for People Watching in Foggy Bottom

Good menu variety excellent tastes and flavors. Beer and wine selection is not lacking. A few vegetarian items but they will make changes to accomodate.

The beignets are AMAZING!! Table on the mezzanine level overlooking the main dining room felt like the best seat in the house.

Great service, attentive and accommodating. Food was good. Appreciated tofu/vegetarian offers. Expresso Martini excellent. Manhattan “up” delicious. The thyme lemon gin drink very good (but could have used a bit of garnish or something, like thyme sprig).

At $120 a person without a tip, this was a treat for me and my family. I'd only booked it because I had seen that the experience also came with a white house ornament and I was disappointed to see that they no longer include this as a benefit. Moreover, they seated our group right by the main entrance to the hotel, which would be fine had it not been winter and being met with a rush of frigid air every single time someone entered or left the hotel (which happened without fail at least 1-2 times every five minutes). A member of our group even wore her heavy winter coat the entire time because it was so cold where we were seated. Finally, at times the wait staff was nowhere to be found, so there were a handful of times throughout the evening when I needed new silverware or waters and had to wait an unusually long amount of time. The space is stunning but this is absolutely not worth the expense or the physical discomfort and inattentive service.

The food was great and tastes fantastic. The service was excellent and the drinks were top notch