Best Restaurants for People Watching in Mount Vernon Square

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.

We came for a special New Year’s Day brunch and everything was amazing! We could stop oowwing and awwing at the food, drinks and ambience - the love jazz was great too! We will be back!

Attentive staff, delicious food (don’t miss the Sunday Gravy and short rib agnolotti), and half-priced wine bottles on Sundays and Wednesdays—such a great surprise!

Josh the Bartender was excellent. He is very hospital and gave good recommendations. We almost stayed at the bar. Nina was a great waitress. Overall experience was perfect. Will definitely be back!!!

This is definitely a special occasion restaurant, and I really wanted to impress my favorite niece after our Christmas concert - TSO! Kitty was awesome!! He's been there for a few years he knew just how much to bother us, and how to help us navigate the menu. We did the classic tasting menu and it didn't disappoint! Everything about our visit set our Christmas off to a great start! And the host, Alexis, was amazing!!!