My husband and I were so excited to visit this place on our trip to DC for the holidays. I booked a reservation to be able to experience the winter chalet after our trip to the holiday market. When we arrived early, I asked if we could go to the chalet for drinks before our table seating. We were told no, we had to sit right away. We were led to a back room, four black walls with no one else in the room the entire time we were there. Our waiter came in every 20 minutes or so to check on us. After over $200 in drinks and food, we left very disappointed and certainly not in the holiday spirit. What a waste of money, definitely not what we expected to bring in the holiday season. We thought we would go to the winter chalet afterwards, but all it was was a tent in the back with overpriced drinks, nothing in the holiday spirit or relaxing. Don’t waste your time or money.
Al
It’s a great looking restaurant and that’s about it! We would have enjoyed if they had the food that we went there to have or a nice table like we asked for and the hostess/host refused! We were placed right by the kitchen. The place is very noisy, food is mediocre and the service is nothing to brag about! They refused to give us a nice table at even with having a reservation! There are much better restaurants in DC!
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 2
trevor nunez
No food until after 5pm, not even a cheese plate. Slow var service, line up to get drinks. Five drinks, $133...before a tip.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 3
Anja Srienc
The Winter Chalet was beyond terrible. For $50, we had two drinks to which an overly generous tip was pre-added. The drinks themselves were awful. The Spiced Butter Rum was lukewarm without any flavor while the hot chocolate-based cocktail had a crust over it that looked like dirty dish water and was so unpalatable that I couldn’t sip it without gagging. Decor is cute but does not make up for the exceptionally bad drinks. Not sure why this place is on all the DC Christmas bar lists. Save your money and don’t come here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Mark Mozena
Came in for their Christmas chalet theme winter bar while visiting the Christmas market across the street. Wanted a couple warm drinks and a nice atmosphere. I was quite disappointed. The decorations are fine. The drinks we ordered came out of a premixed container and one was fine but not interesting (a slightly boozy hot chocolate) while the other one was not drinkable (spiced butter rum) and we left it on the table. Seems insane to pay $50+ for two drinks that are mediocre at best. A nice reminder why I don’t come to Dirty Habit.
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 2
Sha
The food was absolutely delicious!!!! With a nice intimate vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kala Dunn
I loved everything about this restaurant! We went for brunch on Sunday. The aesthetics /decor is super cute , The food was great, mimosas were on point and the service matched ! Eduardo was awesome! We will definitely go back the next we are in DC!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Russell
Great
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Karen Ed
I had the seabass and it was prepared well. I usually aim for leftovers to leave room for dessert. Not this time, I cleaned my plate. It was a delicious pre-show dining experience. I also had a virgin mojito. Delicious! Finally, the dessert was a chocolate lovers dream (the scoop of ice cream was too small to offset the richness of the chocolate 😘). I then walked to Capitol One to see MaverickCity. I have another concert coming up in December. I plan to return to the Dirty Habit. This time it for an after show dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Em Sav
Food was good not great but decent for the price, service absolutely sucked
The mussels were amazing and our bartender Eber was great! Probably the best espresso martini I’ve ever had. Love the ambiance in the glass room, as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christina Walker
Food and atmosphere were amazing! Service was a bit slow, including 1 of the appetizers coming out a while after dinner had been served. Even soda refills took forever.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Kerven All
Overpriced mediocre food, 20% tip included regardless of how many people - so overcharge on tips bc food is overpriced Loud music
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
cailyn williams
the food and service is painfully mid. at least i got to cross off another over hyped and over priced restaurant on my list lol.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Desiree C
We went to brunch on a Sunday. The ambiance was very nice and gave an upscale type of vibe. The food seemed ok but I can't really say much as I had an omelette with potatoes and toast. Well bread because it wasn't toasted. It's kind of hard to mess up an omelette and toast. The potatoes were really good though. However my friends ordered the shrimp and grits and didn't like it at all. They said the sauce (which seemed like a tomato base ) messed it up. Two of my other friends had chicken & waffles. They didn't like the chicken too much as they both said they got a fatty part of the chicken and it didn't taste too good. We had a party of 7 so we were seated in "The Black Room". There was a DJ there who played good music that started off at an okay volume but increased in volume the longer we were there. Luckily we were in the black room so we could hear each other speak. Getting our food didn't take too long however my friends who got bottomless mimosas their drinks took some time to get refilled.
My husband and I were so excited to visit this place on our trip to DC for the holidays. I booked a reservation to be able to experience the winter chalet after our trip to the holiday market. When we arrived early, I asked if we could go to the chalet for drinks before our table seating. We were told no, we had to sit right away. We were led to a back room, four black walls with no one else in the room the entire time we were there. Our waiter came in every 20 minutes or so to check on us. After over $200 in drinks and food, we left very disappointed and certainly not in the holiday spirit. What a waste of money, definitely not what we expected to bring in the holiday season. We thought we would go to the winter chalet afterwards, but all it was was a tent in the back with overpriced drinks, nothing in the holiday spirit or relaxing. Don’t waste your time or money.
It’s a great looking restaurant and that’s about it! We would have enjoyed if they had the food that we went there to have or a nice table like we asked for and the hostess/host refused! We were placed right by the kitchen. The place is very noisy, food is mediocre and the service is nothing to brag about! They refused to give us a nice table at even with having a reservation! There are much better restaurants in DC!
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 2
No food until after 5pm, not even a cheese plate.
Slow var service, line up to get drinks. Five drinks, $133...before a tip.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 3
The Winter Chalet was beyond terrible. For $50, we had two drinks to which an overly generous tip was pre-added. The drinks themselves were awful. The Spiced Butter Rum was lukewarm without any flavor while the hot chocolate-based cocktail had a crust over it that looked like dirty dish water and was so unpalatable that I couldn’t sip it without gagging. Decor is cute but does not make up for the exceptionally bad drinks. Not sure why this place is on all the DC Christmas bar lists. Save your money and don’t come here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Came in for their Christmas chalet theme winter bar while visiting the Christmas market across the street. Wanted a couple warm drinks and a nice atmosphere. I was quite disappointed. The decorations are fine. The drinks we ordered came out of a premixed container and one was fine but not interesting (a slightly boozy hot chocolate) while the other one was not drinkable (spiced butter rum) and we left it on the table. Seems insane to pay $50+ for two drinks that are mediocre at best. A nice reminder why I don’t come to Dirty Habit.
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 2
The food was absolutely delicious!!!! With a nice intimate vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I loved everything about this restaurant! We went for brunch on Sunday. The aesthetics /decor is super cute , The food was great, mimosas were on point and the service matched ! Eduardo was awesome! We will definitely go back the next we are in DC!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
I had the seabass and it was prepared well. I usually aim for leftovers to leave room for dessert. Not this time, I cleaned my plate. It was a delicious pre-show dining experience. I also had a virgin mojito. Delicious! Finally, the dessert was a chocolate lovers dream (the scoop of ice cream was too small to offset the richness of the chocolate 😘). I then walked to Capitol One to see MaverickCity. I have another concert coming up in December. I plan to return to the Dirty Habit. This time it for an after show dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food was good not great but decent for the price, service absolutely sucked
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
The mussels were amazing and our bartender Eber was great! Probably the best espresso martini I’ve ever had. Love the ambiance in the glass room, as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food and atmosphere were amazing! Service was a bit slow, including 1 of the appetizers coming out a while after dinner had been served. Even soda refills took forever.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Overpriced mediocre food, 20% tip included regardless of how many people - so overcharge on tips bc food is overpriced
Loud music
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
the food and service is painfully mid. at least i got to cross off another over hyped and over priced restaurant on my list lol.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
We went to brunch on a Sunday. The ambiance was very nice and gave an upscale type of vibe. The food seemed ok but I can't really say much as I had an omelette with potatoes and toast. Well bread because it wasn't toasted. It's kind of hard to mess up an omelette and toast. The potatoes were really good though. However my friends ordered the shrimp and grits and didn't like it at all. They said the sauce (which seemed like a tomato base ) messed it up. Two of my other friends had chicken & waffles. They didn't like the chicken too much as they both said they got a fatty part of the chicken and it didn't taste too good. We had a party of 7 so we were seated in "The Black Room". There was a DJ there who played good music that started off at an okay volume but increased in volume the longer we were there. Luckily we were in the black room so we could hear each other speak. Getting our food didn't take too long however my friends who got bottomless mimosas their drinks took some time to get refilled.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
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