The Third Rail

Name: The Third Rail
Address: 815 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, US
Telephone: (202) 783-7800
Rating: 4.20

New American restaurant, Breakfast restaurant, Dessert restaurant, Restaurant, Salad shop, Sandwich shop, Southern restaurant (US)

Location: 815 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005, United States
Located in: Hilton Garden Inn Washington DC Downtown
Phone: (202) 783-7800

Opening hours

Sunday: 7-11 am, 5-10 pm
Monday: 6:30-10:30 am, 5-10 pm
Tuesday: 6:30-10:30 am, 5-10 pm
Wednesday: 6:30-10:30 am, 5-10 pm
Thursday: 6:30-10:30 am, 5-10 pm
Friday: 6:30-10:30 am, 5-11 pm
Saturday: 7-11 am, 5-11 pm

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I’ll start with this.
It was not very busy and I dined alone.
But still was waiting constantly for anything and everything.
Barely checked on me.
I believe his name was Alexander/Alex.
He was waiting a table next to me.
And checked on me more than my own server did.
I wish I could have had him as a server. I travel far and very often.
I rarely write reviews but had to for here.
I got the steak Frites.
I ordered my steak medium.
Again, I will say that the steak was far from medium.
It was well done (I assume because my server was ignoring me all night; the steak was resting in the window and continued to cook).
The steak was still good, fat was melting and seasoned perfect.
The frites (fries) were par.
Just fries. I also got the raspberry cheesecake.
This was very good.
Very rich for my liking but still very good all around.
The service is what I would say brings this place down.
Will not be back myself, but still worth a try for someone else.

We found this bar and restaurant at the bottom of our hotel.
It was a hidden gem! We spent a lot of time with our bartender. I applied myself to try every cocktail on their cocktail menu.
I didn't quite make it but the ones I had were really great.
You really can't go wrong here.

Overall it was underwhelming.
I believe they were understaffed when we were here because we had two people waiting us and they were not in sync.
They forgot to take our order after we ordered drinks and an appetizer, i actually had to ask if we could place our order.
Plus, it took quite a while for our beverages and appetizer to arrive.
I believe the meatball appetizer was somewhat raw which was surprising considering the outside was crunchy.
I ordered the steak incorrectly so I will not be reviewing that but everything we ordered was very well presented.

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