Chef Geoffs Reviews

Better than your average airport fare. Good beer and wine selection, typical bar food, but tasty

The Brussels Sprouts are my favorite appetizer and the happy hour menu is full of value. As a former bartender, I really appreciate the service that you get at the bar and the attention to detail in the setup. I'm always blown away by the food but its the homey feel that keeps me coming back. My first time at Chef Geoff's, I met Geoff and he was very kind and courteous. You can tell he really cares about the dining experience.

Excellent apps and dinner! Try the calamari, (great sauce w.it) & the cauliflower apps have this interesting Asian infusion. The crusted salmon was delicious. The food is reasonably priced for the area and quality. Highly recommend!

De-lic-ious !! Highly recommend this American cuisine restaurant for either a casual meal or business meeting. Food was amazing, prepared to perfection and exceeded expectations.

I ordered the $13.95 Belgian waffle. Its appearance was ok, but it arrived cold enough that it was unable to melt my pre-softened "butter". The bacon was also nearly raw. I prefer chewy bacon, but this was undercooked enough to cause a pause.

In the end, I couldn't finish breakfast. This wasn't an issue with my appetite, but by inability to stomach anymore.

Food is hit or miss. Sriracha cauliflower is good, avoid the brussels sprouts. Salads are also a good bet. Don't go if you're in a rush, service is extremely slow.

I ate here with the intention of skipping the meal on my flight by eating first. This was a waste of time and money because I only ate about 10% of what was put in front of me.
I ordered chicken wings that when eaten had the dried up and chewy texture that told me these had been in the oven for many many hours. they were covered in a thick thick sauce which was almost impossible to get off your hands, and the restuarant didnt even have any wipes, just dry tissues that just got stuck to your hands.
I ordered a chicken burger that turned out to be a chicken sandwich which had a thin slice of chicken in the middle with bread about 1-1/2" (3cm) thick on each side. Both were served at the same time so by the time you eat your appetiser your main is cold anyway. Very poor experience in an airport somewhat lacking in any reasonable food outlets in my experience.

Good location friendly staff and wonderfulll crab cakes great if not the best ive had in this city.

Good food. Great service. But it is far from affordable

Service was great, the Sriracha wings are great, and the crusted Salmon was excellent

Don't waste your time or your money. I waited 25 minutes for a stone cold Belgian waffle and undercooked bacon. Never saw the waitress again (read no coffee refill). Go through the drive through at McDonalds on your way. You will be $15 richer and the food will be better.

Guac and chips were good, but chicken sandwich and fries arrived cold and bland.

Food very average at best...if was not only restaurant close by at airport, no way.
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I had the Chef Geoff Burger. Quick to the table and very good. Fries were just okay.

Slow for an airport restaurant. My medium burger took 35 min and was well done.

Great food and decent draft beer selection, up to litresteins. Airport prices, but worth it.

One because you can't give zero. Seated and ignored for 15 minutes no drink no eye contact. The staff were more interested in talking amongst themselves than doing their job . Ended up leaving and going to the American tap room where service was awesome. Edit just recieved a reply from chef Geoff's sadly the issue was not staff numbers, it was the staff being more interested in talking and not working.

Pricey, even for an airport restaurant. Wings were great though.

Very solid local (AU) establishment. Location works well in that area where there is not a ton of options. The food is always well done and the service hits the mark. It's tough to pass up in that vicinity.

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I'm never that impressed with the menu.

Service is usually very good; food quality is good, but doesn't stray too far from standard 'New American' fare.

Very nice with good food and friendly service but the music does not fit with the ambiance.

Brussel sprouts, Sriracha cauliflower, and the Souper mug

This place has a great happy hour menu. The burgers are a great deal and they are delicious! They give you a lot of food for the price. This a good place to hang out after work!

Lovely place, especially for the nice terrace well separated from the road (must be perfect with small children).
Food was ok, but 3/4 dishes were too sweet for our taste.

For being names after a chef I'd expect a fresher menu

Decent burger and fries for a good price. Also, nice decor of the bar!

Went for restaurant week and mostly enjoyed my experience. The appetizer (Bacon Nachos) was excellent, as was the dessert (Mango Sorbet, Raspberry Sorbet, Bittersweet Chocolate Ice Cream). My only issue was with my entree, the NU Strip. It was cooked perfectly, but the flavor was lacking. Unseasoned, I suppose. It just tasted like... warm meat. The peperonata on top did nothing to enhance the experience. I only ate half and sent the second half home with my dining partner.

Altogether my experience was very good, I was surprised that my entree didn't match the rest of the dining and service excellence.

Love this place! Our lunch was Amezing thank you for Chef Geoff s restaurant and our server.

Staff is incredibly Amezing and friendly.bezawit was my server she walked me through the menu want to tell me about there features.We ordered Chef Geoff s IPA and she was knowledgeable about a different types that they offered. outstanding service.the manager stopped by to check on my food and I love it BBQ burger was fantastic!! And also the home made donuts was so good and fresh.

I d come back again for that kind of service.

Thank you Chef Geoff s for a great experience

Former college hangout that turned into one 9f our fave family restaurants. Quality is still impeccable.

Good company and good weather. It is very telling that these are the only two good things we can say about our dining experience since they are both outside the control of the restaurant. We had high hopes for this visit, particularly because we rarely have the opportunity to go out to enjoy ourselves. I'm the one that suggested Chef Geoff's on New Mexico Ave as I've enjoyed meals at the Tysons location. Chef Geoff's really let us down.

I ordered the steak which is served with a port wine shallot sauce and blue cheese fondue and requested the cheese sauce on the side. When it arrived, there was a weird-looking orangeish sauce on the side and nothing that looked like cheese sauce. When we finally tracked down the server (as my steak sat, getting cold), she agreed that this didn't look like cheese sauce. While we awaited her return, I tried my steak, and it was extremely dry and tough. When she finally returned with the cheese sauce, I asked about the port wine shallot sauce because the steak didn't seem to have any on it. She first claimed that it was there "around the steak". I said, okay, but it seemed like a lot less sauce than I had had before with the same dish at the Tysons location (you couldn't see any sauce at all). I then tried to salt the meat to pull what flavor I could out of it. Nothing would come out of the salt shaker so I opened it - it was one big clump. That's OK, I thought, I'll get another shaker. I went to an empty table and tried their salt shaker. Same result. So, the next time we saw the waitress, I asked if I could have some salt and explained that I couldn't get any out of the two salt shakers because they were clumps of salt. At that point, she told me that the weird-looking orangeish sauce was the port wine shallot sauce. She indicated that she knew I had not asked for it on the side, that she had placed the order correctly, and the kitchen had made a mistake. However, she did NOT offer to correct the mistake - to us, this is the worst a restaurant can do - you admit the order is in error, but don't offer to correct it. Rather, you expect the customer to live with the kitchen's mistake!

Next, I waited for the server to return with useable salt, as my steak continued to get cold. Finally, I went to another empty table for yet a third salt shaker (the server had taken the first two so I had no ability to try to salvage some salt out of them). The third shaker worked, but by that point my steak was room temperature. I choked down what I could of the dry steak, alternately trying to dip it in the orange sauce/cheese sauce or add salt to it in a vain attempt to salvage some flavor.

Meanwhile, after my request for salt, the server disappeared for half an hour. During our 1.5 hour meal, our server NEVER refilled our water glasses. The drinks we ordered were perhaps the worst that we've had in a restaurant.

We had gone out with high hopes for a rare evening out, away from the kids. We returned home thinking about the worst dining experience we can recall and bitter disappointment.

Oh, in case you're wondering, the server never returned with the salt.
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I sent this info to Chef Geoff's. In response, David Lynch, the General Manager, sent me an email offering to send a gift card if I provided my address, and asking that I let him know when I return. That was on June 12. I responded the same day with my address, and that I would consider returning because of his nice response.

It's now June 23, and I still have not received the promised gift card. So much for follow-through after being notified of a terrible experience - It seems like Chef Geoff's doesn't really care about customers after all.

The service is horrible! Waitress are rude! We are trying our best to let them know that we have been waiting for so long but they kept on ignoring us by pretending not seeing us

Head across the jetway to C22 for Tap Room. Similar fare but the service was quick.

Crusted trout and BLT were very good BUT the hot cinnamon dounut with raspberry and chocolate sauce was superb!

Excellent food and service at a cost... But, you are in DC!

Chef Geoff's do a great job. Due to Covid, it's one of the few restaurants I use regularly. Loads of tables outside and each has an effective heater. The menu has an excellent range. The food is very good. Same for service.

Food is great, service is always slow or the kitchen is???

Deandre is our favorite waiter! Great food. Great service

Great food and location . Requires reservations on weekends.

Waited 25 minutes for a chicken wrap when there were hardly any other customers. On The Fly servers always very unfriendly. Great food though.

Good breakfast, attentive staff. Very accommodating for dietary needs.

Good cold beer. Wings were fantastic, loved the dry rub!

Decent atmosphere, basic American food and drinks, hostess needs to take a course in tact and manners.

I was really disappointed with the service I got when I was traveling through IAD. The staff placed me in the middle of two tables, when I asked to be placed somewhere else and I was ignored. From that point on, everything was a downwards spiral. The chocolate peanut butter stout was not that great, and the nachos made me feel sick. I noticed the service was not only bad for me, but for most people at the time.

Food is delicious, but the service on the patio during brunch hours is lacking.

The service was excellent. I had a German burger (similar to yiu typical burger bit it also has ham) and it was delicious and cooked just right. I tried a new cocktail called a 'Smoky Paloma' and it was great.

Went for lunch with family on Sunday our fund day ...everything was superb. So hungry didn't take pictures of our meal but the desert. Definitely it will be one of our favorite restaurant

With so many places in Washington DC to choose from, this restaurant rose to the top of my list. This is a very warm and friendly place to go and hang out with the staff and enjoy a really great evening meal. The bartenders made you feel right at home. Erin in particular was especially a shining star and she made my evening special just by her friendly attitude. Everything from the brussel sprouts the salmon the cheesecake dessert were cooked very professionally. I understand the salmon burger in particular is a homerun. Right across the street from American University, it will definitely be a repeat on my list.

The worest place i order a burger with out becon. Finally after 43 Minutes waiting i received my food Still becon on the burger it was not only me they are missed up with some body already i talk to manager he was so rout insted he supposed ask for Apologize and he try to put blam on me
The worst worst place

Overpriced airport fare, fries were less than stellar (cold), burger was just ok. All this goodness for just over $20 (sarcasm for those who can't detect it)

Seriously great burger and fries. Happy hour all day Monday and Tuesday.

Expensive airport food. There is no other sit down place in terminal c except a bar

The food, the ambiance, the service, all great! Loved tje patio.

Good food at a good price. Great place to eat and drink while watching a game

Nice place for happy hour. It's fun to come here with friends.

The food was great, and the service was outstanding. Shout out to Damian!

Friendly and welcoming. Lovely servers. Had a couple of cocktails and two pizzas. All were fantastic. Thanks for a nice afternoon

Had a flight to Tampa Friday evening. Arrived early, wife and I went up to bar ordered two beers , no seats available . So we go over to seating area with tables. Seated ourselves and waitress comes over and asked if we bought beers at the bar. I replied yes no seats were available . She replied that the seating area was different from the bar. I told her again there were no seats available. Very rude !! We went back to bartender and asked it we were able to sit at the section with tables and he said yes , asked why and we told him we were told by the Hostess and waitress it was a different section. He apologized . We asked the waitress what her name was and she just walked away. Very rude. So if you order a libation from the bar area and go over to tables be careful .

Really good service and reasonably priced for an airport joint. Food was good.

A great bar that has a classy feel, but where you can still get a burger, a beer, and watch some football.

They have fantastic happy hour deals, and if you haven't had a super mug yet, you're missing out.

Their regular entrees can be on the expensive side so I would recommend ordering off their happy hour menu if you're trying to save money

The food is good and the service is friendly and helpful. If I had ordered something different, the review might have been higher. I ordered the Spicy Grilled Chicken Sandwich, and it was tasty, but in no way could it be classified as even the tiniest bit spicy. In addition, it only lasted as a sandwich through half of the meal. After eating a few bites, the bun essentially disintegrated, making it difficult to hold. The others in my party were satisfied with their orders and overall it was not a bad experience, but the "spicy chicken sandwich" should be renamed.

Wonderful food! Staff was excellent- will fly into Dulles from now on...