"Brunch Review Been driving by the place literally since I 've been I DC. Because of its placement on the corner of Colesville Rd where it sits, it just never seemed particularly inviting or convenient to stop. Maybe that 's just an excuse and I never had inspiration or incentive to go? Who knows. Turns out they built a parking lot across the street some years back I found out today (not visible from the street). Fast forward to today and a UYE planned by a fellow Yelper. 1:30p reservations and all three of us arrived on time to a packed house. I was excited. Then I saw the food. None of us was impressed. Everything was pretty basic and most everything was cold and dry. The rotation of things like snow crab legs and scrambled eggs was very slow. ONE guy manned the waffle station...cut the prime rib....the baked salmon....and (I guess) was responsible for the omelette station too but ran out of octopus arms? I didn 't feel like waiting for a scramble. The prime rib was as dry as uncooked grits. The biscuits and chicken too. Even the oysters. How you manage to serve a dry oyster is beyond me, but the shells were HUGE with tiny meat inside. Huh? For some reason the home fries were good. They were actually very moist, and flavorful. hand clap for those Saving grace we all got nice on the bottomless mimosas. Brunch is $39.99 $20 for the mimosas. I think I drank about 10 of them determined to compensate myself for the weak food. To drink myself into happiness. The ambiance and garden views here are wonderful. As is the service. Another Yelper discovered a hair in her plate and let them know. Towards the end of our meal almost 2 hours later the manager comes over to apologize and offers our organizer multiple gift certs for free brunch. I think she got at least two and perhaps three. This place is okay. Just okay. They really need to work on their food quality. Can 't believe I missed football games for this. Luckily the conversation was entertaining. 3 stars."
