"GREAT but many ROOM grow! I was looking for a special place to have a birthday dinner with 3 other mature and extremely demanding suburban women, none of whom was more excited to drive to DC for lunch. I won her on site. So your location, besides two other things, attracted me to this restaurant the food and the novelty. I wasn't disappointed. I went into a very good scene NEW very different from the Banana Cafe. The color scheme and the artwork are beautiful! The food was GREAT! I am from the Low Country SC and grew up on the dishes offered on the menu. (I consider myself an expert. LOL! The food was good and authentic. Our server was charismatic and friendly. These are the things that would force me to return. Also the choice of music is SUPERB. It felt like a soul food spot. At noon, however, Mainstays were not available on the menu Soul Rolls and either Dessert (Banan Pudding Sweet Potato Pound Cake. I am not an expert for the restaurant, but I think that the Soul Rolls (in this Soul Food restaurant should be a main reminder AVAILABLE. And at 1 a.m. after half a day of opening (as they are closed Monday to evening, I thought they were locked, loaded and ready to go. At the end of the meal and outing, I made a comment about not getting the soul rolls to the woman that seemed to be a manager of any kind. She brought us something out. They were here. Someone from the kitchen also took the garbage out and went right behind us through the dining area. That was very disturbing. I hope that was the decision of the individual employee and not the direction of management. Overall it was GOOD experience with GOOD food. I'm rooted in the success of this place. I'll give it a little more time before I return. I'll move!"
