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Bilbo Baggins Global Wine Cafe and Restaurant

Bilbo Baggins Global Wine Cafe and Restaurant

208 Queen St Alexandria, VA 22314, United States

Soup • Ice Cream • Vegetarian • Tradamerican


"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."

Front Street Station A Railroad Eatery

Front Street Station A Railroad Eatery

2 Front St, Northumberland, United States

Soup • Fish • Grill • Coffee


"This was truly the worst dining experience of my life, and I dine out a lot. To be fair, it was their Easter buffet, not the usual dining, so your results may vary. Upon entering, we were barely greeted but brought to our large table. It was a table for eight though we were a party of four, so it was very awkward but compared to the food, that part was nothing. Despite it being an 11am reservation, this was not brunch food but rather only dinner type of food. Everything looked incredibly unappetizing. The vegetables were green beans and corn that had to have been from cans. They were swimming in a weird liquid and looked inedible. There was mashed potatoes and stuffing that seemed ok, along with turkey, some sort of pulled beef, and possibly ham. There were two kinds of gravy, both congealed looking despite it being the first reservation of the day. I tried the turkey, beef, potatoes, stuffing, and the light gravy. The potatoes and stuffing were ok, the meat was exceedingly dry. I could barely cut the turkey. There was also fruit salad which was partially frozen yet mushy at the same time. My family, who usually will eat any dessert item, did not find the selection appealing. Even the rolls were bad. The salad was iceberg lettuce plus a bunch of difficult to identify mayo-soaked slaws of various sorts. Even the coffee was undrinkable. They brought us the check almost immediately and included an automatic gratuity that was not advertised. After not eating more than a few bites of anything, we paid the check and left. It was clear that we were very dissatisfied, yet no one inquired a single time. The manager who barely greeted us was at the door as we left and said nothing, not even a goodbye. This cost us $115 for a few bites of mashed potatoes, a couple of dry rolls, and some flat soda for my daughter. The fact that no one inquired as to our experience was definitely the worst part."