Avenue Grill - Washington, D.C.

We waited minutes with no bread. No salad and no visit from the waitress.

The rating reflects the fact that when we got to the restaurant, we found it CLOSED. We were not the only ones, there were at least three other parties in the same situation. it is unbelievable that a hotel restaurant would allow Open Table to issue reservations for it, that same afternoon, when it was not going to be opening that evening. We had to settle for eating in the Lounge, across the lobby, as we had tickets for the National Theater and did not want to start looking for another restaurant. The Lounge did offer us the opportunity to order from the Avenue Grill menu. However, the is designed as a bar/lounge and not as a true eat-in facility. We ordered from the menu.

It is a great location if you are going to the Theater but has a very limited menu.

We wanted to have brunch before seeing Rent at the National Theater. Avenue Grill was very convenient. They had a wonderful variety of foods, all well prepared. I got to enjoy a bagel and lox, grits to which I added cheese, charcuterie, a very well prepared omelet with a nice variety of fillings, and some breakfast pastries. It was nice that juice and coffee were included. Only problems, even though it was not listed on the omelet ingredients, they had cheddar cheese which should have been included on the ingredient list. And the website said if we showed our tickets to the National Theater, we would get a discount. The waitress said they are not doing that this year, so it should be removed from the website. Overall, an enjoyable meal.

Ate there because we were staying at the hotel and had theatre tickets. Very limited menu but what we had was fresh and attractively prepared.