The Falls

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   Daniel

   Washington DC

   30 reviews

   3.0

   30 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   I was sadly disappointed with the meal here and it just was not on par with my experience at other restaurants by this same ownership group. Overall, I really dug the ambiance. They did a great job designing the restaurant to give it a unique feel. Spacious, but warm. Chic, but not stuffy. They really did a good job with the design concept. The food was fine. No really complaints, but you don't return to restaurants for food that is just fine. To be fair, we really liked our appetizers across the board. We just found the mains to be somewhat lackluster. Finally, the service was a work in progress. We were there for a birthday dinner, and they forgot to put candles in the desert. They didn't bring us utensils for our desert, and it literally took longer to bring us utensils when we reminded them that we didn't have any than it took to get desert after ordering. There were other odd quirks with the service. For a long table, the waitress oddly would not come around to the other side of the table. The same thing was true when bringing food, the servers passed the meals down through the guests at the table. It's hard to truly explain, but more like the restaurant hasn't set up any training or expectations for the staff. They were perfectly kind. Maybe overworked? But it just wasn't very smooth.
   

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   Matt

   Washington DC

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Good food, good service. Sitting by the bar was a little loud.
   

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   Kara

   Washington DC

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was our first time ever dining out for Thanksgiving and it was spectacular. Everything was absolutely perfect. We ordered the pre fixe menu and each dish was better than the last. We were looking for a classic Thanksgiving meal: turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, stuffing and lots of vegetarian sides for our daughter. It was all exceptional. Lilly was amazing and very helpful. We’ll be back!
   

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   John

   Washington DC

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Thanksgiving Dinner at The Falls was excellent. They had both a prix fixe menu and a la carte. We went with the prix fixe menu. The main course included choice of turkey, steak, pork chop or trout. I got the steak and everyone else in my 5 member party got turkey. All was tasty! Will definitely come again.
   

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   Marsha

   Washington DC

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   This was our first time there and we were very pleased. The food was good and plentiful ,the service was pleasant and on this very busy night.they did a great job. There's free parking in the parking lot. One thing to know is that the booths require people to step up a bit so if you're limited in mobility or have a wheelchair ,ask for a table.
   

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   Chip

   Washington DC

   50 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   50 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Really friendly service and a great holiday meal.
   

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   Kristen

   Miami

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was great except the sweet potato casserole. It wasn’t traditional pecans, marshmallows, and brown sugar which is my favorite. I hope next year they do it that way. Everything else was delicious.
   

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   Adrienne

   Washington DC

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Delicious Thanksgiving meal! Service was a bit slow, all in all very good.
   

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   Douglas

   Richmond

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The Falls at any time is one of our family's "happy spots." And, today @ Thanksgiving with its special menu was even more so. The menu choices were varied with a lot of emphasis on vegetables. We ordered the fixed price menu: lobster bisque and the crab croquettes, then the grilled pork chop and the trout, both with fixin's, wrapped up with chocolate flan. Our meals were delicious from start to finish and good value. we had the prosecco and draft Virginia cider which both went well with the food. Service was prompt and helpful, even at this busy time. The bartender gave me excellent advice on a smooth bourbon to finish. We couldn't ask for a better holiday meal - - and no dishes to clean after!
   

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    Andrew

    Washington DC

    8 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3

    Entire group enjoyed their food. Restaurant was packed and very noisy.
    

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