Most overrated restaurant you've eaten at recently

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Iron Gate. It wasn’t bad and the setting was beautiful, but not worth the price.

Had some seafood stew there and then later was in Annapolis at a casual restaurant and got a similar dish. Preferred the one in Annapolis much more, at half the price.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha! I read your title and came here to post about DC Prime in Ashburn.

I went there a few weeks ago with friends (their pick) and it was not a great experience. The place was pretty empty for 7 PM on a Saturday, yet it still took an hour to get our food. Then my steak that I ordered medium-rare was medium-well verging on plain well done. The server asked everyone to cut theirs upon delivery to check if they came out to specification and none were correct! How can you be a steakhouse that can't deliver properly cooked steaks?! They did correct the misfired steaks quickly, I will say that, but they were just okay and on the level of an Outback. I mean, for $50 I was expecting much better. The person in our group who got the crab cakes was complaining of stomach issues later.

Sock puppeting? Are you an ex-employee with a grudge? I can't believe a restaurant is consistently giving people stomach issues. The health department would shut them down in a heartbeat if that is the case.

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Urban butcher. Terrible service. It's bad when the server acts like they are doing you a favor to bring you your food

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Anonymous wrote:Zaytinya, hands down.

Bland (except for overly salty falafel), non-authentic and really just underwhelming. Mediocre ambiance and service.

OMG yes. My husband is always recommending it to visitors because he can walk there for lunch. I always glare at him and mouth “stop. Just stop.” It’s only good if you are visiting from Ohio and think it’s exotic.

Omg. The Cleveland food scene blows DC's out of the water.

I agree! I don’t even bothering going out here any more.

My hometown of Milwaukee blows the DC restaurant scene out of the water too. I dream about dishes and restaurants there. We don’t even go out here anymore either. Overpriced, bland, and disappointing. And why no restaurateur in this area can’t put together a decent sandwich or bake an edible loaf of bread has always baffled me. Plus, no good diners, Italian, Mexican, delis, bakeries, funky coffee shops and bars that serve great food. Ahh, I am homesick.

Milwaukee? Cleveland? Why don’t we throw in Pittsburgh also since people rave about the food scene there too. I travel to all three frequently and there is nothing in any of them that would cause me to rave about any of them.

Seems like you haven’t ventured out much when visiting those places. I can give you multiple recommendations in Milwaukee that blow most DC restaurants out of the water. There is great food outside of DC. In fact, that’s where most of it is.

The one thing DC does better than almost anywhere else is fast-casual-lunch-restaurants. Shake Shack, Z Pizza, Cava -- not fine dining, but a much larger and more diverse selection of lunch options for the working stiff than in most US cities.

Not surprising. And yes, most of these originate elsewhere. And yes, fastcaslunch <> "food scene." But credit where credit is due.

Yet, no one can make a decent sandwich.

You don't like Taylor Gourmet?

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Anonymous wrote:Millies in Spring Valley. Way overpriced for what you get. Food fine but not amazing, especially for the price. It is the only decent place in the neighborhood though.

Yes, the prices are nuts! It's fine but doesn't come close to justifying the cost.

I had the worst lobster roll I've ever tasted at Millies. Have no interest in returning.

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Anonymous wrote:Zaytinya, hands down.

Bland (except for overly salty falafel), non-authentic and really just underwhelming. Mediocre ambiance and service.

OMG yes. My husband is always recommending it to visitors because he can walk there for lunch. I always glare at him and mouth “stop. Just stop.” It’s only good if you are visiting from Ohio and think it’s exotic.

Omg. The Cleveland food scene blows DC's out of the water.

I agree! I don’t even bothering going out here any more.

My hometown of Milwaukee blows the DC restaurant scene out of the water too. I dream about dishes and restaurants there. We don’t even go out here anymore either. Overpriced, bland, and disappointing. And why no restaurateur in this area can’t put together a decent sandwich or bake an edible loaf of bread has always baffled me. Plus, no good diners, Italian, Mexican, delis, bakeries, funky coffee shops and bars that serve great food. Ahh, I am homesick.

Milwaukee? Cleveland? Why don’t we throw in Pittsburgh also since people rave about the food scene there too. I travel to all three frequently and there is nothing in any of them that would cause me to rave about any of them.

Seems like you haven’t ventured out much when visiting those places. I can give you multiple recommendations in Milwaukee that blow most DC restaurants out of the water. There is great food outside of DC. In fact, that’s where most of it is.

The one thing DC does better than almost anywhere else is fast-casual-lunch-restaurants. Shake Shack, Z Pizza, Cava -- not fine dining, but a much larger and more diverse selection of lunch options for the working stiff than in most US cities.

Not surprising. And yes, most of these originate elsewhere. And yes, fastcaslunch <> "food scene." But credit where credit is due.

Yet, no one can make a decent sandwich.

You don't like Taylor Gourmet?

I haven't been to Taylor Gourmet in years. The rolls were too hard, and the last time I went I got something with a truly terrible taste combination. I think it was maybe cantelope, cranberry, turkey, and arrugula?

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persimmon

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for saying this but I didn't think that Rose's Luxury lived up to the hype and certainly was not worth the 'no reservations' hassle.

Yeah the whole wait outside for 3 hours do you can get in is too much. I don't care how great the actual food is-I'm not doing that. When you try that hard to make yourself special I think it backfires.

Seems to be working for them. Not clear how it backfired?

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Anonymous wrote:Founding Farmers. Mediocre food, marginal service, pretty boring menu (and I like boring sometimes!). Just so blah.

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I'd add Bobby Vans on 15th to this.

+2 founding fathers is by far the most overrate restaurant I’ve ever eaten at in my 46 years.

Yes it's terrible but it's not technically overrated because it gets terrible ratings. I occasionally have to go there for lunch and it's passable at lunchtime if you have low expectations.

Yes, this. Everyone should know by now that that place sucks.

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Has anyone complained about Equinox yet? If not, let me be the first...

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Anonymous wrote:persimmon

Persimmon is not overrated. It's just not horrible like many Bethesda restaurants are.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone complained about Equinox yet? If not, let me be the first...

I will second you. I went as a guest (so not paying, thank goddess) and was so underwhelmed. What was all the hype about??

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Anonymous wrote:Urban butcher. Terrible service. It's bad when the server acts like they are doing you a favor to bring you your food

Oh wow, surprised by this. I've happened to eat there a few times in the last couple of months (date night and then a couple of family/friend gatherings) and every time the service was great and so was the food. I must have lucked out.

In terms of overrated, Pineapple and Pearls. Went there for a friend's birthday and was underwhelmed by everything - food, service, all of it. It was okay, but not great. And for the price, it should have been great.

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Anonymous wrote:The Dabney. Food was ordinary and bland. Like I could have made it at home myself. Did not understand the hype at all.

+1. The main dish was a joke. For example, The pork belly's fat is not melting in your month but fatty and 4 small pieces for $20-30? ( I forgot the exact price). Most dish are too damn small but charge as a main.

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Anonymous wrote:All those hip ramen places where you have to queue for 30 minutes to get a bowl of so so noodles. Daikaya, Sakuramen, .... the only thing special is the wait.

Totally agree. Although I did not wait for Sakuramen. The ramen is ob for American. The borth was so boring and kinda watery, and the soup is not HOT, which the most reman place serves warm...hate it!!!!!