Kingbird at The Watergate Hotel

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   Vanessa

   New York City

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   What a delightful tea! The variety of savory and sweets were ample and delicious. Some nice surprises as well as more traditional offerings. The four pages of teas to choose from, the gratis glass of proseco and great service sealed the deal!
   

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   Michael

   Hawaii

   4 reviews

   2.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Went for Valentines Day Dinner, preset 3 course menu with decent portions, taste was average and extremely overpriced for what you get. Drinks were average quality and again overpriced @$25 each. Service seemed off and bumbled through the night. Absolute nightmare with pulling up to park valet, then again nightmare getting car after dinner, no signs, no organization, no management with regards to valet service. You must grab a worker in between them running around and see if they can find your car, best to meet them out on the street and hop into your car or you’re stuck in a massive waiting line with other patrons. Went for a unique and pleasurable experience with my wife and will never return, recommend going somewhere else for a $500+ dinner for two.
   

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   Julius

   Washington DC

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The Valentine’s Day Pre-Fix Menu was overpriced. Didn’t see the value. I would revamp the entree selections as well as increase the portion sizes.
   

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   Erica

   Baltimore

   20 reviews

   3.0

   20 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The Kingbird is a very nice restaurant. The ambiance was exceptional as well as the service. However, we went for the first time on a Valentine’s Day pre-fix menu. I did not know what was going to be in that selected menu until the last minute. That did not give me enough time to opt out and just do a la cart dining. The majority of the selections no one was thrilled about. Also, I was not given the option to sit outside in one of the very nice tented setups. Didn’t even know it existed. Additionally, it says on the website that valet parking for dining was $15. We were all charged $25. There were so many people coming that valet parking was backed up. We waited for 10 minutes to allow someone to park out car, and on the way out, waited 30 minutes for someone to bring us the car. We had to meet our car at the corner of the street away from the Hotel. I’ll try going there again. Later in the year, to see how the rest of the menu fairs.
   

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   Kishna

   Washington DC

   7 reviews

   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   It’s a nice place. The seating is to close and placing tables in the walk way seems forced and is awkward for those seated to have the restaurant traffic having to literally walk inches from your table because they are that close. Also the tables were extremely unstable 🥴 if I wanted to cut my food my husband would have to hold the table (not kidding)…the food is good but again $$$$$. Each person has to decide if it’s worth it.
   

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   Megan

   New York City

   11 reviews

   4.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Christin was an amazing host, kind and funny & helped me navigate the menu due to my gluten intolerance. Food was great as were the signature cocktails. Only disappointment was the French fries weren’t gluten free.
   

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   Steve

   Washington DC

   3 reviews

   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Half of the toppings for our burger was missing and our waiter dropped the bowls of ketchup at our feet.
   

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   LISA

   VIP

   New York City

   13 reviews

   2.0

   13 reviews

   Dined on February 8, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Unfortunately we were seated by the bar to start which was fine till a large noisy group arrived. The food was not good. How can you mess up Branzino? Was fishy. Chicken was dry. We complained and they took off the bill but you expect much higher standards from a Watergate restaurant.
   

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   Gregg

   Charleston

   10 reviews

   5.0

   10 reviews

   Dined on February 8, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Wonderful experience…the hostess was very sweet and Jose was great!
   

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    Ryan

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 8, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Overbooked filet for $71 is absurd. Waiter and drinks were great but food was mediocre at best.
    

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