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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."

The Pan

The Pan

3550 Long Beach Blvd, 90807, Long Beach, US, 90807-3944, United States

Pizza • Vegan • Steak • American


"I’m starting to loose faith in reading good reviews because this place was not what I was hoping it to be. We were sat fairly quickly but we had to wait 10 mins for our server to approach us and offer us drinks. I had seen him walk by us many times to attend to a party of 8 that he was taking care of but never said anything until 10 mins later. We finally got waters and I tried out their cafe latte and it tasted like regular coffee with regular milk poured in, so I guess they don’t have a milk frother thing? Idk what it’s called but I’m a coffee feign so I know it was just a regular cup of coffee. We waited for 45 mins to get our food. I tried the shrimp and grits and it was so overpowering, waaaay too much sauce was poured on. The hash browns had a sweetness to them and not very good either. They over cooked our eggs (we ordered over medium) and my daughters steak (which we ordered medium, and the steak was very bland and dry), she got the steak and eggs. To top it off we never got refills on our water and when I finally got more coffee, that I had to ask for, it was cold. Our server was very attentive to the party of 8 but didn’t pay me and my daughter any attention. I was server before and I know you’re expecting a good tip from a large group but you have to pay attention to all your tables and make sure they’re good. I doubt I’ll come back here."