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Tom Tom

Tom Tom is a club in Adams Morgan located at 2333 18th St. NW. Cost – $$ Service – C+ I would have given this place a C but I had rapport with a bartender at Tom Tom when I used to go there and she hooked me up quite a bit. Food – ? […]

McFaddens

McFadden’s is a restaurant and bar located in Foggy Bottom. Cost – $$ Service – C It is a sports bar that caters to the University crowd. In other words the servers and bartenders have no real incentive to be polite or helpful because they aren’t going to get dick for tips. It is actually […]

Irelands Four Provinces

Ireland’s Four Provinces is a pub located in Cleveland Park at 3412 Connecticut Ave. Cost – $$ Service – B Ireland’s Four Provinces, also referred to as the ‘4 P’s’, is a neighborhood place that has pretty friendly servers and bartenders. If memory serves, they have doormen that work on the weekends who are also […]

Smith Point

Smith Point is a bar/restaurant in Georgetown located at 1338 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Cost – $$ Service – D The bartenders inside are great. Unfortunately the stipulations at the door seem to be if you are not white and wealthy then this is not the place for you. Food – ? According to Tom Sietsema […]

Maté

Maté is a club / sushi bar located in Georgetown on 3101 K Street.  As with the majority of Latin Concepts venues in the area Maté has a slick, sophisticated vibe, good food and good music. Cost – $$$ Service – B+ Maté does a good job hiring attractive girls to work as servers and […]

The Reef

The Reef is a bar located at 2446 18th St. in Adams Morgan. Cost – $$$ Service – C The doormen are a bit annoying, which is typical for Adams Morgan. The bar staff is nothing to really write home about. That being said, they don’t do anything egregiously bad so they get an average […]

Ozio

Ozio is a restaurant and lounge located in Dupont Circle. Cost – $$ Service – C The services at Ozio is what you would expect from a high-volume club with table service. Food – C Unless someone tells me otherwise, I would expect the food at Ozio to be pretty average. Decor – B Actually, […]

Old Glory

Old Glory is a restaurant and bar located at 3139 M St. in Georgetown. Cost – $$ Service – C I honestly think some of the staff at Old Glory is racist. Maybe they take the whole patriot thing a little too seriously there. Food – B Pretty good wings and ribs. It is actually […]

Mie N Yu

For a long time the nightlife in Georgetown was pretty one-dimensional: it was primarily bars and sports clubs tailored to meet the needs of Georgetown students who wanted to wear flip-flops, t-shirts and white three-bar hats out to the bar. Then Mie N Yu popped up and changed the dynamics considerably. With an uber-cool global […]

Zaytinya

Zaytinya is a Turkish/Greek/Lebanese restaurant with a good bar scene located at 701 9th St. NW in Penn Quarter. Cost – $$ Service – B The wait staff are usually very good at making recommendations and educating first-timers on mezze etiquette. A good waiter will bring your order out in waves to ensure food is […]