Colin McCann

Review of Iron Gate Restaurant

Went here to celebrate my birthday. Good food and ...

Went here to celebrate my birthday. Good food and nice outdoor atmosphere - but the service completely ruined the experience. Not friendly or accommodating at all, they didn t ask us if we dined there before, they didn t run through the menu or make any recommendations. In fact they didn t even have a menu, we had to pull it up on our smartphone. They refused to make me an old fashioned, despite the fact that they have a full bar they would inly make one of their 5 or 6 specialty cocktails. They should also provide disposable paper menus for those that don t have (or want to use) their phone. They also didn t clean off dirty appetizer plates from the table before bringing the next course. They awkwardly wouldn t get within 6 of the table without everyone putting their masks on, even if we were in the middle of eating or drinking or talking, which really makes it hard to have a fun dinner. Really just a bad experience, and COVID is no excuse for any of this, I ve eaten at 25+ DC restaurants for sit-down dinners since COVID started, and none of them are doing the strange and uninviting measures that Iron Gate has implemented.