"This is an interesting place in the middle of a residential neighborhood a couple of blocks from King Street. I 've been to old town a bunch of times and never would 've found this place. It 's a pub with a Hobbit theme, I saw the Lord of the Rings way back in the day and kinda sorta vaguely recall them (mostly lots of green trees and creepy guy who wanted his precious rings) so I 'm not one to vouch for its authenticity. We ate upstairs in what was a basically empty room on a Sunday evening with what was a de facto private waiter in a large room with a hobbit village scene painted on the wall. I don 't recall the hobbit pun named food but the old fashioned was interesting with an apple flavor which was unusual and enjoyable. I 'd recommend this but read the menu since you aren 't getting the classic drink. As for the food itself, skip the onion soup. I 'm a big fan of french onion soup and I 'd take the canned version over what they served here. Yes it had cheese on top and bread inside but it didn 't taste like onion soup. It almost tasted like chicken soup with some onions mixed it. Take Yelp 's advice and skip this. Having said that, the waiter STRONGLY recommended the Grilled Achiote Double Pork Chop and I was wondering if it would manage to live up to the hype. Bottom line, it really did, it was a large well grilled bone in pork shop with a large portion of mashed potatoes and succotash (Lima beans, bell pepper, onion) with some sweet glaze and a side of spicy citrus sauce. I would definitely get this again and they give you a large portion of everything so this isn 't a presentation and leave hungry DC place. Not sure how hard core Hobbit fans feel about this place but I enjoyed it and would come again, and skip the soup next time."
