Basin Street Lounge

219 King St, Alexandria
(703) 549-1141

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Tyler

We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary at 219. The window seat they reserved for us was great! The food was delicious, especially the she crab soup and shrimp and grits. Our server was extremely friendly and attentive. All in all a great experience and we will be back!

Carey

Excellent Southern cuisine! Venue has multiple experiences and live music. My wife loved the Shrimp and grits. Great sauce! The coconut cake desert was good too. Wish the portion was bigger and sharable at that price. We will check it out again.

Bob

Great experience. We hadn't been here in nearly 30 years and the food and service were first rate!

Edward

The food was delicious, the service was exceptional but the total costs caught me off guard.

Daniel

Food was very good, the service was excellent. We had a table by the window which was great, looking out on King St. The space was a bit loud but not ridiculous. Overall very pleasant dinner.

John

The food was poor. We had a party of 4 and collectively we were disappointed with the appetizers and the main course.

Sabrina

First and last time. Food was not tasty! The vibe wasn't great and the music wasn't all of that.

B

Great experience overall but I did not appreciate the mandatory 20% service charge (tip) fee. We were a table of three. Waitress then mentioned that I could add tip.....really?

Ambitious Kahaulelio

Cool and mellow vibe. Cigars are a bit pricey for the selection that they have. If you smoke you’d be better off brining your own. Live music and a pretty cool atmosphere

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 4

Jasmine

We celebrated my 29th birthday there and it was amazing. Great food, great cigars, so many whiskey options!

Lavita

Good atmosphere. Live music and good food. Not wheelchair accessible for the music venues.

Leslie

Came with 3 friends to celebrate my birthday early on 3/29/25. Service was definitely very slow, but our server was lovely and we used the time to talk. Also, they extended my reservation 30 minutes without complaint when we were running late. The best part was the food. I couldn't find fault with one meal. Everyone's food was delicious. That steak might've been the best I've ever tasted; the salmon dinner, jambalaya meal; fried oysters; wings - all outstanding. Then we went upstairs to try to listen to some music, but it is a smaller space than I remembered from the single other time I came in 2022. It wasn't comfortable for us, so we went to the basement to listen to the DJ play a little millennial hip hop, and that was a perfect cap to our night. I definitely recommend.

chantel

I truly enjoyed the food but the initial service gave me pause. There was no one at the front desk to greet us. A kitchen worked happened to see us and tried to locate someone but that took about 10 mins which I thought was odd. Unfortunately the restaurant smells like smoke due to the cigar lounge next door which could be problematic if you have respiratory issues. The food was good. I had the jambalaya which I would order again.

LaurenR

We stopped by 219 on our drive home from the airport. The food was incredible and really hit the spot! Everything was delicious and the service was incredible. Strongly recommend trying this place out!

Henk

Very nice club for serior gay men. Best place to step away from the married life and hold hands with one of the bar men...

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