801 Restaurant and Bar

Item: 801 Restaurant and Bar
Rating: 3.65
Author: Bottomless Bros

Shaw, U Street

801 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC

3.65

Drinks

4.25

The display isn't fancy -- plastic cups all around -- but with a veritable rainbow of flavor options, nearly all is forgiven.

Food

3.15

Top-tier brunch classics like steak and eggs and crab cake benedicts make this a solid, if unspectacular, locale.

Service

2.79

Be prepared for a slow start, but once our purpose was amply demonstrated, bottles flowed freely, if sharply cut off at the two-hour mark.

Ambiance

4.42

Few spots offer an Instagram wall quite like 801's flower dancer, and with a prime U Street intersection, there isn't much more you can ask for.

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We're like the postmen. We brunch in rain, sleet, or snow