Kingbird at The Watergate Hotel

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   Nick

   Charlotte

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined today

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

   Food was horrible and not seasoned. Over priced for sorry food.
   

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   Stephanie

   Washington DC

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   The food was delicious and the service was outstanding.
   

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   craig

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   Great food and a professional staff. Pricey but worth it.
   

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   Catherine

   New York City

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   Waiter was fantastic. Excellent food! Really enjoyed it!
   

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   Michelle

   Richmond

   10 reviews

   vip
   2.0

   10 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   I had such high expectations of the Kingbird. The location was beautiful and very convenient to the Kennedy Center. But from the moment I arrived, I could tell something was seriously "off" about the service. There were plenty of servers and only about 4 tables of guests. The folks filling water glasses were great. But our server had a serious lack of attention (or apathy). We were a table of five, and one of the places had no silverware or napkin. I had to finally ask for that. When the server asked what we wanted, we put in an order for iced tea and coffee, as well as our food. Two were steaks, one was a hamburger, and all were ordered medium well. The water kept coming, but the iced tea and coffee didn't arrive until the entrees did. Even then, they brought the coffee but not the cream. Not the iced tea--we had to ask for that again. The steak was tough and not that good. The hamburger was medium rare, not medium well, but my guest was so hungry, he ignored it. No one came to check on us until we were mostly done with our food. By that point, it wasn't worth telling them, so I just said the food was okay. The iced tea was never refilled, nor was the coffee. One of my guests wanted to order dessert, and it took 15-20 minutes for that to be brought out (key lime pie and tiramisu). The manager apologized and comped the dessert, but overall, I was less than impressed with the Kingbird. It had great potential, but the servers clearly didn't care, and the food was only average. I'd look somewhere else for a restaurant.
   

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   Sal

   Washington DC

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   My adult son and I dined here for lunch. We arrived at 1:30pm, 30 minutes before closing. The three servers had three tables going, in addition to ours. It wasn't busy and they seemed to be more preoccupied with closing up the restaurant than serving us. Service was slow. Like really slow. All of our food came at the same time, which was odd. Who serves soup with the entrée? As I said, I think they were focused on getting the restaurant closed up. The food was good. My son ordered a meal which came with fries. He asked for malt vinegar and the server was completely ignorant of what that was and brought us balsamic vinegar. I wouldn't necessarily call that out, but at a restaurant that pricey, you should train the front of the house better. Overall, it was fine. If you want to spend that kind of money on lunch, I'd go elsewhere.
   

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   Melanie

   Baltimore

   6 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

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

   Thanks for accommodating our shifting RSVPs. We appreciate the flexibility
   

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   Christopher

   Orlando

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on December 8, 2024

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

   Henry made our night awesome: his service, timing, and attention to detail were all impeccable. He made great recommendations and was all around awesome to interact with.
   

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   Laura

   Denver

   7 reviews

   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on December 2, 2024

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

   Cold air blast and inconsistent heating made us uncomfortable
   

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    Scott

    Washington DC

    39 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    39 reviews

    Dined on December 1, 2024

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

    The food and service were excellent. The food portions are very generous and the staff nicely coxed the extras up to take to the car before the Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center. Nice ambience but was not yet decorated for Christmas. The staff led us to the back door for the shortcut to the Kennedy Center. Kingbird is an excellent option for a Kennedy Center show and and am glad we finally tried it as only my wife had gone before. Drinks including wine are rather pricey.
    

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