illusion bar and lounge

Swagged out.

Illusions is a must dine restaurant!!! I ordered shrimp and grits and catfish and grits!!!!!! After traveling to Pennsylvania and warming up my food……it was outstanding!! Being able to travel with seafood and grits for nearly 3hrs. This along with the flavor, portion size is just outstanding! My mom and I didn't want to finish it all so we saved half for the next day! And it was still sooooo good! The ONLY issue we only had a little bit left! So not only am I’m going back I’m going back asap!!! 5***** food!!!! So sorry I forgot to take pictures

Parking: Loads of accessible free parking!!! ladies you don’t have to walk far in ya heels! Well lit outdoor parking space.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Illusion always make me feel am at home.

Good vybes

Great experience nice people

Wow, great place to enjoy your heart's content, thank you

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fries

I went there it was empty didn't stay long. Talked to the manager she was nice

Loved it but way over price was told it was 6 dollars a shot then the bill ended up being 420 dollars. Didn’t drink that much work

Loved it but way over price was told it was 6 dollars a shot then the bill ended up being 420 dollars. Didn’t drink that much work

Dope vibez and a great time especially after hours!

Showed up as a performing artist for their promoted open mic - After about a week of promotion with my face on the flyer and additional promo on my end, they didn't even try to mention they charge artists a "pay to play" fee of $10 PER SONG until we were physically at the venueMy manager and I only discovered this fact the day of the event as we arrived at the venue.Both the promoter and venue seem to utilize lack of communication in order to further benefit themselves by putting artists and showgoers on the spot once they arrive to charge as much as they canWhen my manager attempted to resolve the situation by explaining that clearly I would be providing income for both the venue and promoters business via my own fanbase, the promoter tried to tell me he had 100 artists lined up and refused to waive the pay to play fee.This entire experience made me aware of the fact that they intentionally withhold event information, do all they can to take advantage of, and make as much profit off of the artists/customers with little to no consideration for professionalism or running an honest establishment.I do not enjoy leaving this review. My manager and I did everything we could to get all of the info and communicate with the venue and DJ/Promoter ahead of time. My crowd of nearly thirty would have provided considerable profit for the business, however they refused to not charge artists their ridiculous rate to perform. We wanted to create a positive, profitable, and memorable experience for all organizations involved to no avail.Very obvious they use these sort of events as a cash cow and dont care about the actual art, artists or atmosphereInstead I took my crowd of 26 people to pizza in GeorgetownDon't waste your time here

My favorite place in DC. Super chill but the most amazing owners. Cool locals, cool vibe, always the best atmosphere. Highly recommend!!

Unfortunately, this place is either permanently or temporarily closed and despite calling the number listed, there was no messaging to that effect to be known unless you were foolish, like me, and went to the establishment only to have to switch course. I'm rating it 1 star because the owner /management could have updated their information.

A nice comfortable place too meet new and old friends. Hookah selection is great and staff is great ??

I was not impressed with this establishment. First off, the website says that the place opens up at 4om. Well my family and I got there at 4pm and we were told that the place opens up at 6pm. We came there to support a performer that was gonna perform there. Anyway we didn't get in until almost 7pm, and we were told that their kitchen was closed, so there was no food and had the nerve to charge 5.50 for a bottled water. I could go on but I won't.