Degrees

The $ 25 burger took a looooooooong time to arrive, about 35 minutes, and that was after I let the waiter know that my parking meter is about to expire.
The burger had some bitterness to it — not sure if it was the overburned bun, the onion or something else. I ordered it medium well, but it arrived overcooked and dry.
I would have sent it back, but after such a long wait I was so hungry that I had to eat it. No pun intended.
Fries were good though, at least they didn’t f$&@ them up.
Had do ask for salt and pepper.
Top hit on Unilocal?Give me a break. Seems even the old school brands now know how to game the system.

This place has the best service & hosts
the food & drinks are beyond delicious, the Brussels sprouts, mushrooms, truffle fries WOW
I was disappointed with the steak which I requested to be medium rare — not at all melt in your mouth or tender

Update– They dont do their ramen sliders, which is why we were intrigued by this spot to begin with. Disappointed already, when we heard this.
We got the small plates: The fish tacos were dry and lacked flavor. The duck carnitas nachos– similar, meat was dry and the nachos just weren’t tasty. Enough said.
Their Sriracha honey chicken wings were pretty decent (their only saving grace), which was on the house, because we were celebrating a birthday and the birthday boy doesn’t like dessert. Very sweet gesture. (hence the 3 stars, otherwise it’d be a solid 2/2.5)
Maybe entrée and brunch food is better?

This restaurant is a hidden gym in Georgetown. I tried the cornflake crusted French toast, cinnamon bun bread pudding, breakfast burrito and breakfast banana split. Everything was delicious. The French toast was my favorite with the banana and caramel compote. No syrup needed. The atmosphere was relaxing and excellent service was provided by Marija. I will definitely visit here again. #

I never got the opportunity to eat at this restaurant, sadly, because I NEVER received a call back. I left my name and number in an attempt to make a reservation and my call was never returned. I’m very disappointed.

Seven of us stopped here on a Saturday night after 10pm for a cocktail. I had the Carolizer and it was amazing. It contained fresh carrot juice and micro greens. The place was pretty dead and there were children there. That seems to be the norm since they changed this from and cool bar to a bar/​restaurant.
Service was excellent. They brought a most impressive birthday dessert for my friend. It had a mini cheesecake, chocolates, and other treats on it. Seriously it was one of the most beautiful birthday desserts I’d ever seen. She loved it.

This review is for drinks in the lounge. We had a party of 7 for drinks for my friend’s birthday at 7:30 on a Saturday. When my husband and I arrived late, everyone else was there, but no one had a drink yet. I think my hosts had already been waiting about 15 minutes. It took another 10 or so minutes for the cocktail waitress to take our order and about 20 minutes after that to get the round of drinks. There were no apologies for the wait, and at that time there were only about three other tables and the bar was deserted. It took just as long to get our bill as it did to get our drinks. The only positives were that the ambiance was pleasant and we were offered complementary snack mix. I also acknowledge that we were seated in the lounge, pretty far from the bar, where service was bound to be rather slow. With tip (which was added automatically) and tax, our bill was $ 60 for three glasses of so-​so wine. For those prices, I would at least expect a good experience.

The food here was alright, but it was really the service that was amazing. After we landed in Washington DC I had to go to the hospital for an emergency infusion. So my Dad and I had to go to the hospital while my Aunt got our stuff settled here at the hotel. When my Dad and I came to the hotel the morning after spending the night at the hospital we got a basket of goodies from Chef Kristi here with a get well card and lots of snacks and treats. Super nice. We ate here twice for breakfast and once for dinner and ever time we got the same really awesome waiter who was great in service. I wish I could remember his name, now I feel bad.
As for the food, my first breakfast here was meh. I got a breakfast burrito that had dry black beans in it and barely any cheese. The sauce on the plate was really fresh and spicy though. The second breakfast I had here was a lot better. I split a eggs benedict with my Aunt that was everything you expect in a good eggs benedict. Dinner here was unlike any other hotel dinner I’ve had on my entire month of vacation. Very innovative and creative dishes, I was surprised. For dinner here I had the french onion soup dumplings and ramen sliders. The dumplings were a great idea made into a smart and delicious appetizer. Normally when I order french onion soup I don’t eat it all because most of the time it’s too salty or rich. With these bite sized soup dumplings all those problems with french onion soup go away. It’s a dumpling filled with salty delicious french onion soup and then topped with melted cheese. You eat it just like you would dim sum. Best part of the whole meal. The ramen sliders were kinda a disappointment after those amazing dumplings. The ramen buns were greasy, the beef patty’s were gristly and the sauce was too sweet. A good idea, that didn’t really work out. Out of all the hotels I’ve stayed in and eaten in this one is near the top.

Breakfast was amazing. Fruit to start, OJ that tasted like it was freshly squeezed and coffee that was as fresh as when they picked the beans. While the food was great, the prices were outrageous. 22 dollars for instance for a three egg omelette with vegetables. See the menu pic and you will know what I mean. $ 160 later for ppl seems high but then again I do not normally stay at a ritz so I guess these may be normal prices for the rich.

Last Saturday my brother in law was married at the Ritz Carlton so boo and I made the rush hour trip down 95 Friday to get settled in and enjoy the surroundings. Once we arrived we naturally headed down to the lounge to meet up with some of the fam, typically my favorite part of pre-​wedding events however things didn’t go quite as planned.
I got everyone’s drink orders and went up to the bar. At this point there were only maybe 10 – 13 people in the lounge so getting a drink was easy. I was disappointed by the beer selection and they were out of Prosecco which disappointed boo but somehow some way we managed to make it work. In the time it took to mingle around and drink our drink the bar crowd had doubled. So when I went back to get the next round I see the bartender is still riding solo and is running back and forth and looking increasingly worried. The new crowd looked like a mix of the two businessmen from Trading Places and oil tycoons and were not used to having to wait for drinks. They start getting loud and saying ignorant stuff, meanwhile here I am a mild mannered bro wondering how I’m gonna get a drink when I’m standing next to T. Boone Pickens who I assumed tips in gold bullion.
At one point it was around 15 to 20 minutes of waiting when the bartender finally came over. Those would be the last drinks we got that night… there at least. It’s not even the bartender’s fault, when you go to the Ritz you don’t expect anything to be understaffed and this place certainly was. Gotta give mad props to the bartender who held it together but on the whole I could have done without the whole ordeal.

Came here for breakfast not only was the food horrible everything was over priced for the quality. I could have had a better meal at ihop, which says a lot.

I went for Restaurant Week for lunch and really loved the beer cheddar soup, French onion soup burger, and chocolate dessert – which was like art, very decadent, and the coconut really made it a hit for someone who doesn’t usually even like chocolate desserts. The burger was delicious, but wasn’t *so* much a French onion soup burger as much as just a really good burger with lots of cheese. The service was a *little* bit much, with 3 different people – our waitress and what I assume were 2 managers – asking us how each course was, interrupting our conversation each time, which ends up being 9 times for 3 courses… that’s a lot! But I definitely want to come back because the food was so good and I want to try the regular menu, plus the dinner menu looked delicious as well and I would love to hang out afterwards with a cocktail near the fireplace. Was definitely happy with this place and excited to try it again!

My friends took me here when I visited DC. Tucked away on a small street in Georgetown, this lounge is a cool spot to hang out, have a drink, and wind down after a long day of school/​work.
From what I heard, there are often events happening here in the evening. The night I came here, there was live jazz. After getting a few drinks in the bar in the back, we chilled in the lounge and enjoyed the music.
This bar/​lounge is quite upscale. I definitely felt underdressed when I showed up in my sweater and jeans. The drinks are expensive, but I guess you are paying for the experience. I think I paid around $ 18 including tip for a cocktail. The bartender was far from attentive. I definitely expected better service considering it being at the Ritz. If I lived around here, I would probably come here occasionally for drinks and special events.

I had the ramen sliders and truffle fries along with my complimentary s’mores :) The ramen sliders are very tasty but would be a lot better with vegetables. The fries were pretty good, but nothing special. As you can imagine, you don’t taste much truffle. The service is excellent. The staff is very nice and friendly. The lounge itself is very cool. It has that comfy log cabin feel with the high ceilings and fireplace. Cool spot to check out if you are in Georgetown.

The service here was subpar and not what I expected given my expectations of the Ritz and the drink prices. I walked in with a friend and because there weren’t two seats together at the bar, we were directed to one of the small tables. It took over 10 minutes for a server to see us, and over 10 for the drinks. We had to ask for our check after several minutes of our drinks being emptied, and did not receive it for 15 minutes. We anticipated stopping in for a quick drink before dinner plans, but were there for well over an hour. Perhaps the service is better when it’s busier, but I won’t be going back. For a $ 17 glass of wine, I expect more attentive service.

We stayed at the Ritz coming from California. The hotel is great. Service at hotel amazing … The bar was a huge dissapointment.
We came in for a drink after dinner before calling it a day. The bar after 9 pm was super bright, horrible music and felt sterile
We ordered two glasses if wine and never saw the male bartender again. A female bartender was more into cleaning than anything else.
My fiancé had to walk to the end if the bar to ask for a bill — 15 minutes after our glasses where empty. No one ever checked on us. Then the other bartender asked what we ordered as she didn’t know
And it wasn’t notated.
Georgetown has many great spots. Go to those instead

This review is strictly for the food.
I had breakfast here twice and dinner once while staying at the hotel. My first morning I had the Georgetown breakfast which included eggs, bacon, country potatoes, coffee or tea, juice, toast, and a fruit plate, all for $ 29. Everything tasted good except for the eggs which had a strange aftertaste to them. My second breakfast was oatmeal and the granola and fruit topped yogurt. My oatmeal tasted ok. The yogurt was sour and the granola didn’t taste terribly fresh so I ended up just eating the strawberries and blueberries.
The dinner menu consisted entirely of small plates. I had the ramen sliders, chili chicken wings, and duck bahn mi. The wings and bahn mi were pretty tasty but I had an issue with the sliders. The beef tasted good however I found them very difficult to eat as the ramen noodle bun falls apart after the first bite. I ended up eating them with a fork and was left wishing I had just ordered the regular sliders.
The service here was pretty good. I will probably not return, however, since there are lots of great dining choices in the neighborhood.

It’s the second time we went there where the restaurant was booked for a function. We decided to sit and have a quick bite in the area that was a open lobby but also served as a lounge where people could order drinks and food. It was kind of strange there was a lot of activities people dressed for a black tie event, lady with a twin baby tram that kept pacing around in circles and hotel guests.
So they just added some new items to the menu a week ago, we ordered the duck banh mi, ramen sliders, onion soup dumplings and truffle fries. The banh mi sandwich was served on a mini baguette it was ok we liked the pickled onions/​cucumbers garnish. The ramen sliders nice crispy top layer but the bottom layer was soggy and it was not possible to pick it up with hands the burger was too thick and on the dry side. The onion soup dumplings to our surprise was deep fried as it was usually steamed to order however it was tasty with the cheese and the soup slowly oozed out. The soup was hot but people who’ve had soup dumpling should know. Those who never had soup dumpling please dont put the whole dumpling in your mouth! The truffle fries were cooked perfectly garnished with herbs and shaved parmesan. I enjoyed the truffle flavor even though it’s just the flavored oil. Nice try with new items.

My girlfriend and I met at Degrees recently on a blustery night to toast the Holidays in style. In the Ritz Carlton, Georgetown. Puttin’ on the Ritz. That’s right, I was in heaven even while realizing that most likely I will never be able to afford to stay the night here, or eat more than an appetizer or two, or drink a single cocktail. Degrees is divine for the grand fireplace tended to by the butler, complimentary roasted s’mores brought hot to your table should you be lucky enough to be in the lobby evenings between 6:30 & 7. Friendly service in an elegant, yet intimate setting. Sure, the cheapest wine by the glass is $ 13 and the butternut squash soup is too sweet for my taste and our gallant server w/​the indiscernible Euro accent was MIA for quite some time that recent evening.
I still love it here. Classy while at the same time relaxed-​kids and dogs fit right in on those comfy sofas or milling about the lobby. The most beautiful, fresh flowers and the roaring fire. A perfect spot for celebrating or just hanging out and reading w/​a pot of tea, a glass of wine, or some light, lemony, crisp calamari. Good for people-​watching, and tucked away in the old industrial section of Georgetown close to the canal. Degrees feels very exclusive, and I plan on visiting as much as I can as long as I’m in DC. Because I’m worth it.

I wasn’t here for long, only for about an hour on a Tuesday night. The bartender was helpful, and there were plenty of seats. Nice environment of course, but you’re at the Ritz so why wouldn’t it be?

This bar is the best bar in Georgetown and one of the best in all of DC. The bar and lounge area are set up very trendy and has an inviting feel to it. It seems to have been a hot spot for the after work crowd as it was a mostly upscale crowd.
They make a lot of specialty drinks here and the bartenders are very sharp. The rum selection was top notch as there were many premium rums and liquors to choose from. It’s definitely expensive here, but you get what you pay for in terms of atmosphere, drinks selections and service.
This is will definitely be a go to place for me whenever I’m in DC.

Tucked away in the Ritz Carlton in Georgetown, we came here for drinks on a Sunday afternoon. I could definitely see myself stopping by here again before or after dinner in Georgetown. They have a full bar and their menu features specialty cocktails, craft beers, and tapas. (I didn’t get to try any, but I would like to next time I’m there!)
The atmosphere is intimate and lounge-​y, the music is at a volume where you can keep a conversation with someone else, the Blue Basil cocktail is a must-​try, and the service was great, attentive, throughout our whole experience there.