I must admit that the food does not match the elegance of the place, but I am a fan. The menu is very limited to items that are similar to the American dishes at the Cheesecake Factory but to a small selection. When I had the calamari, I bit into more floured and fried pepperoncinis that actual squid. I had the fish which was absolutely delicious and filling. Tiramisu was tasty as usual. Despite the lackluster menu, the venue is stunning. It rotates and one can see the pentagon and the Washington monument easily from the surrounding windows. The lighting and the music was classy. My suggestion to this place to jazz it up and be able to even charge more would be to get a more exciting menu, and maybe add a pianist or live bossa nova trio. read more

I've been here twice and both times were amazing. The view is worth the five stars alone but the food is good as well. Yes, it is pricey but the experience is worth the extra bucks. The drinks were good and the food was tasty. The bartenders and staff were friendly and that's always a plus for me. Overall good experience with spectacular views especially at night. read more

You pay for the view, which is amazing! The food is overpriced and not very good. I ordered the salmon and it was a tiny over cooked filet. My husband ordered the pork chop and it was small and there was nothing else on the plate. Service was fine. I do like that they validate parking in the garage. It's a bit of an odd adventure figuring out the elevators to switch in and out of to get to the restaurant. read more

It was so yummy the ny steak and crispy skin chicken were delicious. The view was amazing. A great date night. I will definitely be back.

I was at the double tree for a meeting and for years I've been thinking about stopping by here but never did till now. They open at 5pm. The hotel has a parking garage but it is also a 10 minute walk from Pentagon city mall so you can take the train. Everyone there was nice! I went with a group of 10 so it was amazing! The restaurant does rotate so you get different views. We ok only had drinks since the hotel was already catering dinner for us but I will definitely stop by for dinner another time. read more

My husband and I took our 9 year old daughter for dessert on a Saturday night at 7:30. We were in awe of the spectacular view. We sat and waited for our server. She came by and we ordered 2 slices of cake. We figured that would be plenty for 3 people. It was $9/slice so we assumed they'd be generous portions. About 25 minutes later we got the slices. They were average to small in size. Way over priced but very tasty. read more

The view and layout was pleasant. It is a nice place to dine if you are visiting. We only came for appetizers as this was one of the many restaurants we went to in one evening. We were all content with what we ordered. I will definitely come back! -4 star because the menu was average. read more

My mother in law and her staff were staying at the Doubletree hotel for a conference they had. I live in DC and thought since she has conferences all day she'd be tired so we decided to eat at her hotel. Made reservations at Skydome (you really don't need one). Yelp gives this place horrific reviews but we didn't have much of a choice. When calling the restaurant I told the manager about their Yelp reviews. He assured me they were not accurate and they're restaurant is really good. We got here on Tuesday at 7:30pm. The place looks like a Soviet Union office that has glass all around and cold looking tables where people eat on. It's a cold and dull looking office thing where they call a restaurant. Cool it rotates though. Our server didn't come over until 12 minutes after we were seated and that's because I had to raise my hand o get someone's attention. Waiter takes our order for drinks, appetizers and meals. Overall service lacks and is poor here. They didn't have the meal I ordered and didn't tell me until much later. I ordered the salmon that supposedly comes with two sides-- carrot slow and cauliflower mashed. Haha I'm not exaggerating AT ALL- carrot slow was as much as TWO table spoons and the cauliflower was this purée of cream as much as one tablespoon rubbed on my plate to look like it's something. They looking like food coloring as a decoration. This was for $29. I was starving after and had their cold fries for another $7. Omg this place thinks it's a restaurant. Sad. Just a sad place. Our bill was over $200 for 4 people who left hungry and walked to whole foods to get snacks. Don't go here. Service is 2 stars, food is 1 star, ambiance haha non existent, but it had a view so 2 stars. Take your guests to whole foods to eat. read more

Loved this establishment.The room spins very slowly and the view is spectacular. The food was delicious. I ordered the Kobe Burger, the patties were so juicy and tasty. I also got the cranberry margarita and it was amazing. My fiancé got the crispy chicken and liked it. The vanilla cheesecake was also very delicious. Will be coming back in the near future. read more

360 View is AMAZING Food & staff was excellent The portions were just enough so you may have room for dessert. DELICIOUS!!!!! read more

My family and I came here really expecting something great. We were seated rather quickly and the waitress was polite. We ordered dinner rolls to start thinking it would be a quick start to an awesome meal... 30 minutes later we finally got the rolls, and they were basic at best. The waitress said they cook them upon ordering... our rolls were not even warm. The butter tasted like they forgot to wash the ranch dressing out of it, yuck. The main course was even longer of a wait. Our order didn't consist of anything big, a salad, chicken, a grilled cheese for my kid... still it took an hour for our order to arrive. Again, food wasn't hot maybe warm at best. Overall, the service was terrible. The waitress was nice and tried to explain, but we were not pleased. I have the second star for the view. Rotating around DC and seeing the sites from the 14th floor was great, dinner was not. read more

I came here to celebrate a birthday... and it felt like a regulars dinner. The prices are extremely high. However, since this is inside of a hotel it makes sense. It was hard navigating to the top floor. It wasn't a pleasant experience. There were multiple birthdays being celebrated and I was seated right next to children running around and attempting to take photos yet, they were blocking our table. Sign number one. However, I solider'd on through. The food got cold pretty quickly. So I couldn't enjoy it. They were very stingy with the additions in the half chicken entree. It took a while to get the check. Literally waited a good 8 minutes to grab his attention. Then the check was brought as if we were hotel guests. However, if he wouldn't have had to go back multiple times. Overall, my experience with the unruly children and young adults made me not enjoy my experience. I would not come back. As they didn't make a birthday which was written on the opentable request feel special. Terrible terrible. The stars are for the ease of making a reservation and the 360 view. So basically, the stars aren't for anything done by the staff. read more

Skydome Restaurant - Half chicken entree. Barely any veggies for $27. You can get a whole chicken from Costco for under $7. - Lounges Near Me - Arlington, Virginia

More like 3.5 stars for me. The food has flavor for sure. Portion wise youre not getting much. Service is just ok. When i came here we need a "party of 4" or more in order to dine in, which i had no idea why when i see other tables of 2. My friends had party of 3 until they invited me since you needed a party of 4. Which is really ODD and threw me off. So call and ask before hand, maybe reserve. Let me tell you the good things. Wow the view, set up and how the dome itself rotates and let you see different angles, it does move slow though, its MY ideal spot to bring a date or small party for my preference. The prices are a bit high especially for the portion as well but hey cant complain it is what it is and that view tho. I cant imagine if you came here during sun set hours would be gorgeous. I came here during the night time. Im not sure if they have a dress code but at least dress nicely? Also it was a bit of a pain on getting there. Parking at the hotel or whatever, then go up to lobby floor using elevator or escalator, then take the elevator up to a certain floor than transfer again one more time to another elevator before you reach the dome. So it was 4 step process in getting there, if you dont mind the mini adventure of getting there. read more

I live almost right next to here, and I didn't even know this place existed. The view of DC is nice, especially at night time, and it doesn't spin too fast - just gradually. I think it takes about a half hour to complete one rotation by my timing. I thought the service was good too, especially given how crowded it can get in there on weekend nights (my waiter was able to find me consistently and get me my requested drink quickly, unlike the Irish pub I started the night at). It is a bit small, especially the dancing floor (which rotates, BTW). It's actually a lot smaller inside than I thought it would be; the entire night I felt like I was almost on top of somebody and couldn't get around without bumping into someone. Not something the management can change, obviously, but a slight annoyance nonetheless. Maybe have a limit of how many people can be up there at a time? Also, apparently the alcoholic drinks that are not beer are not of very high quality, at least according to my companions. I just stuck with beer, which you can't mess up. I'd probably come back. read more

Thank you so much for making my Angel Hair pasta Vegan friendly! Olive oil instead of butter and no cheese - just as I ordered! Portion size was just right - I was full but not overly stuffed. If we had bread or something else I might have been too full. Great job!! read more

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Was snowed in during the last big snow in DC. The hotel was very nice all staff was very friendly. Now on to the Skydome tried the Potpie was really good and was still hot and fresh when delivered to my table. The brussel sprouts where amazing but the Skydome salad left me with an everlasting craving. The food is amazing. Now for the only cons I have: Though amazing, the food and drinks are pricey. Would only be able to return on special events. As I am writing this review I am actually thinking of my next "special event." Will be going back. read more

This was a huge let down. Both of our steaks were over-cooked the first time. Cool views, but Ruth Chris is much better. Ashamed I've paid this amount for a D+ meal. Go somewhere else. Make yourself happy. Spend your money wisely! read more

Great place!! With amazing view, i been there all ready few times, the drinks are nice the food is only ok because you don't have a lot of selections but the chicken dish and the eggplant are good, i will suggest to come evening time to enjoy the sunset just bring sunglasses and sit for a hour to get for a full round :))) i will for sure going ti come back to this place to enjoy a nice drink in a unique atmosphere and amazing view of Virginia, Washington DC and even some of Maryland. Just pay attention that you are validate your parking because if you won't the parking price is 30$ so do not forget to do it. The service is nice i just do not think the the sports games they put on the screen are suited to the place atmosphere but if you want to watch a game without audio it is also a nice option:)))) read more

This place is disappointing and nothing special even it has a view... It's not what I expected unlike the other Skydome or Sky Lounges that I had been too...The place is small and congested... As you enter there was right away the bar in the right side and tables right away where there was not much space to walk to the table...So I took my brother here for his birthday dinner and first if all I call to make a reservation but they will drect you to their online reservation. So I made an 8:30 reservation and I specially put in a note I needed a very very nice window seat as this is a special birthday evening for my brother. When we get to the place we had to wait for five minutes for the receptionist as there was no one by the front desk to greet the incoming customers. So after five minutes of waiting this grumpy men came to us and I said we had 8:30 reservation and it is now 8:35. Then he looked got my name in the reservation and then he said we had to wait 40 mins. for our table. I told him i had made the reservation for 8:30 earlier in the day and why do we have to wait for 40 mins? Then he said that if I wanted that window seat I reserve I have to wait 40 mins. Am like what??? I made that reservation earlier in the day and it is an special occasion as it's my brother birthday and now you want us to wait for minutes to get the seat we want???So anyways he said if I don't want to wait we can seat not by the window. So I just had to take it s we are so very hungry. So we seated and there's not even a table cloth in their table and the table is sticky. Their chair is a metal frame with vinyl cushion (where in the chairs they used at the food court at the malls is much better than their chair at the Skydome)...I said to myself maybe the food is good so it will not matter time even we didn't get that table I reserve... but eventhen we got more disappointed with the food...So, we started with appetizer and we had the fried brussel sprouts which is ok but some parts are burned so there's a bitterness taste in it... and we had the crab in a potato and its ok but it's oily...For my soup, I ordered a sweet potato crab soup and it is cold and it is like a gerber baby food and there was no flavor and taste. Then for my main course I ordered a steelhead trout and it is cold in the middle and so sour... My brother ordered a Kobe Burger and it is dry and no taste and he had to return and not eat it at all. My husband ordered a steak and it had no flavor and dry...So we tried their desert and we had tiramisu and it is watery at the bottom and the tiramisu is lumpy and they put this horrible strawberry like jam on top of tiramisu just to make a design. I ordered coffee and I had to return it as it is not cold so I expect the server would give me a fresh coffee instead he just reheated my coffee in the microwave...After, I went to the bathroom and there was a diaper on the floor and toilet paper in the floor. I ended up not using the toilet that I had to wait until go down the hotel lobby to used the hotel toilet. I do not recommend this place as for the price that I paid it is not worth it plus the place needed to be updated as if you are gonna have a Skydome restaurant you should had a very very nice upscale restaurant as you represent the city as well...I would not come back here as even the view is not worth for me as it is not a full view you are gonna get and it is not a romantic place either... read more

The View alone gets five stars. I was prepared not to eat anything and spend a lot of money , so cocktails it was. Love the experience. I've been recommending it to everyone. I look forward to going back at Sunset again. read more

Skydome Restaurant - True sky blue from top to bottom. - Lounges Near Me - Arlington, Virginia

The ambience was amazing and customer service was great. The menu; however, left much to be desired. For a Saturday night dinner the menu selection was quite small. Not many options for a vegetarian. I ordered the shrimp and quinoa which was actually pretty good. My boyfriend order salmon, and got just that... A single piece of fish. No sides, no salad, not even the slightest morsel of rice to compliment or share the plate with the salmon. In my opinion, there wasn't any value because the entree was quite pricey not to include any sides. Whoever thought it would be clever to serve a sole piece of fish, by itself at such a price should be fired. Overall, the ambiance and people were nice, as well as my Cosmo. Although we say next to a table where they were complaining about there experience, as well. read more

Came here for dinner last night with a friend, because we were staying at the Hilton property that this restaurant is attached to. It's the only rotating restaurant in the DC area that I know of, and if you have ever been to the restaurant at the stratosphere in Las Vegas, it's exactly like that. Took us about an hour to make a full rotation around, and since we were there so late at night, the city was lit up and the view was great. Food came out very fast, and I really enjoyed the brussels sprout appetizer, but the salmon that I ordered was overcooked even though the waiter said that it would come out medium. I didn't bother saying anything to the waiter about it though, because I was hungry and I had an event to get to. Service was great and the very beginning, but we sat for quite a while with our empty plates and the restaurant was maybe half fun. Once our plates were cleared and the waiter asked we wanted desert (we said no), we then got stuck waiting on the check, which wasn't brought over until I finally caught the waiters eye asked for him to bring it. Thought it was a little weird that we declined coffee and dessert and got stuck waiting. I wouldn't say anything necessarily went wrong at dinner last night, but I just found the experience to be about average. Nothing wrong but nothing amazing either. read more

Came for desserts on a Thursday night. Advice- If you've never been here, call ahead to ask about parking options and once there, ask the front desk how to get up to the restaurant exactly, we were confused and looked like fools walking around the hotel because we got a little lost haha. Desserts- I don't think they have a desserts menu available online to view (they need to put one up soon), but as far as I can remember there were 3 nice options- chocolate cake, vanilla cheesecake, and tiramisu for $8 each. (Hopefully I am recalling them right) We ordered the chocolate cake and tiramisu and we're pleased by both. Both were very delicious, would specially recommend the chocolate cake for sure. Although it was a foggy night, view was still beautiful, and I love the slow speed of the rotating floor-not too slow, not too fast! Service- This is where it was lacking. The waiter was nice but he took forever to bring the check, we had to ask someone to bring him. He also did not come back during the entire time to refill out waters. He walked around numerous times but he did not come to our table after it was clear we were done with our food. Was initially going to put 3/5 stars because I expected better service from a nice place like this , but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt :) All in all, I will come again for that amazing view! read more

I came into the sky dome to see the rotating restaurant, something i've never seen in Miami and to have a nice drink. The first problem was that nothing was rotating, why did I come all the way up here to see a non-rotating lounge? The lounge wasn't too full and i saw a bit of staff, but after I sat at the bar with my sister we weren't spoken to for about 7 minutes and when we were the man gave us water and advised us he wasn't the bartender. The bartender was somewhere in the back so after he went to get her and about 15 minutes later we were served. The drinks were mediocre and made rushed and soon after the bartender scurried out of sight again. I will be visiting the skydome during the afternoon to see if I have a better experience, but for my first time visiting this lounge I was deeply underwhelmed. read more

Time Visited: 6PM Pros: It's the Skydome! the seating area slowly rotates! Cons: The food really is as bad as people complained it was. I tried ordering two entrees that were on the high price range ( pork chops and hanger steak ) hoping that the cost would make for a safe meal but I was wrong. It was terrible and expensive. Just stay really safe and order the dip or something that no one should be able to mess up. Don't get the sliders. The AC was freezing cold to the point where we couldn't take off our jackets and we were warming up our hands on the small decorative candle light. read more

Good view, the waitress was nice to let us sample a couple of wines before ordering. Confused as why the chef refused to warm up pour spinach and artichoke dip. It simply needed to be warmed up a little bit and I'd have been happy. read more

On a clear night, the view is spectacular! The Washington Monument and the Capitol are lit up and stunning. The Pentagon is down in the corner of your field of vision. Aircraft are taking off from DCA. The food is serviceable, and the service is good, but the reason to dine here is the view! read more

Food was so much better than I expected it to be. I ordered the crispy chicken. My wife had the cous cous. Both dishes were excellent.

I went to this restaurant today, December 24, 2018. The view of Washington DC is fantastic. The service was slow. I was there around 5:30 PM. I have my parking ticket validated. When I was exiting the parking garage, I have to pay $24. for the parking. I called the attendant and he told me that I was there over two hours. The restaurant validate the ticket for only two hours. I have to pay $24 because I was there 12 minutes over the two hours. Ridiculous. Service was low, it rook for ever to find a parking space. My first and last time at this restaurant. read more

Stayed at the DoubleTree with my friend and we decided to eat here for dinner on Friday night. We made reservations and when we arrived we were seated promptly. Our waiter came (didn't introduce himself). He gave us the menus and we both picked the brussel sprouts as an appetizer and the salmon for entree. The food came out very quickly. I really enjoyed the brussel sprouts but I will say that there were lemon peels in there and if you chewed on them it was extremely bitter. The salmon was middle of the road. A bit dry for my taste. The restaurant itself was interesting since it's self-revolving. It gives you a nice panoramic view of D.C. and parts of VA. I took one star away because it took the waiter 15 minutes to come back to our table to clear it and he didn't even bring the check we had to wave him down again. Second star is for the fact that they don't have hot tea. What restaurant doesn't offer hot tea? It's literally hot water and a tea bag! read more

We came here after a conference and despite the average reviews, we had a great time. We came on a Tuesday night so it wasn't crowded. The staff was very attentive and the food was good. I had the sirloin and several 3 stars brewing peppercorn saisons. Also, you can't beat rotating around views of DC so consider it a win. read more

The view: spectacular. The food was very good. What a great way to spend the evening - tourist or not!

Seriously - if it wasn't for the view this place would be at the bottom of everyone's list in regards to places to hang out. My first impression coming off the elevator was embedded permanately when I saw 3 little girls running through the restaurant like it was a McDonald's playground -you know, the one with the slide and the balls...yeah. The next image burned into my brain was the completely random music that came blasting out of nowhere. Everyone in the place looked around like WTF? They eventually turned the music down so we could continue to bash the place. How nice. There are four nice flat screens hanging in the middle of the place but one is broken. The food? Simply sucks. We sat around for 45 mins waiting for our waiter to stop talking only to be told that we could not order from the "flip up" menus on the table because the kitchen was behind on orders. That was classy. After another 30 mins (no joke) our appetizers arrived. I've never seen a chicken quasadilla served with mushrooms or "lunch meat." I'm not kidding. Order it - but don't get mad at me. The drinks - all the drink mix you can drink. Brought back memories of the Frat house. I thought I was past all of that, but I guess not. The menu has pictures of these huge island drinks but what you actually get is about an orange juice serving and its not that cheap. What's on tap? Ha-Ha - nothing my friend - nothing. The service? Well they have adequate staff, but they just don't pay attention to their guests. Overall - if you want to show someone the sites around DC to get your night started then this is an "ok" spot to get a quick drink but in terms of a hang out.....keep it moving, there's nothing to see here. I'm a little disappointed, I've been trying visit this place for 2 years..... read more

Shrimp is not fresh, a little bit smell. The chicken is also not good. Feel shame about the price. The view is ok. The service need to be improved a lot. When I turn into near the pantry, I can see the kitchen stuff which should be done in the kitchen. The waiter passed back of me twice. Affect my conversation with no apologize. Desert is terrible. Worthy nothing! No coconut at all! Never back read more

Skydome Restaurant - Lounges Near Me - Arlington, Virginia

Way overpriced and not worth it at all. Youre better off coming for cocktails than food and even then, the cocktails were average. The service was subpar. The food was equally as terrible, overcooked and dry. The only redeeming qualities here were the amazing rotating views of D.C. You are able to see the monuments and landmarks. The bread rolls were great with the peach butter, but thats about it. If you check-in on yelp, it gives you a 20% coupon. Even with the coupon, DON'T COME HERE! Terribly disappointing read more

Good views. Food was mediocre. I had the steak and it was tough and covered in a demi glaze that tasted like it was from a can. We had crab cakes that must have been frozen. Menu choices are very limited. I made a reservation and arrived 15 minutes early. I asked if we could sit by the windows (2 tables open), was told they were taken. I asked if we could wait until one opens and told "no". read more

Came here with a work team of 7 people because we were staying in the hotel. I have to say it is by far the worst dining experience I have ever had coming to the DC area. We made reservations for 7:15pm and still had another 20 min wait for our table. It felt like they were very short staffed.. so it look a while to get water, and then to order. We finally ordered after waiving down the waitress. One person had to walk to the bar and order because it was taking so long. Another person did order a drink and had to return it because it was awful. The food then took a very long time to come... and we were all starving - they dont provide free bread or anything to tide you over. When the food finally came, people complained that their soup was cold, the mash potatoes were cold and undercooked and their meat overcooked. What a disaster. ( I also realized that all they do not cook the food on that floor and everything is brought up thru the main passenger elevator- which i noticed some items were not covered ) Then it took forever to finally get our check and then cash out. I would not recommend this place to anyone. The view was nice but not worth the experience of the restaurant service and food. read more

We are staying in hotel so decided to give it a try and as stated previously, if you don't have a reservation they won't give you a window seat. We are staying here and there have been been window seats open for over an hour but we couldn't have them? Also, the waiter is nice but busy and not able to be as attentive as needed I wanted to send back what ordered and the took 20 min to do. We won't be back.... read more

We were mainly attracted by the location in the air and the fact it is revolving. We were disappointed for several reasons: 1) The height and panoramic view could not make up for the cafeteria stylel furnishings, the clatter of the dishes and the silverware, and the vulgarity of the music. No atmosphere whatsoever. 2) As for the food, the grilled octopus and crab croquettes were good. But the fig soup with octopus tasted like hot chalk. We found the entrees excessively pricey and did not order them. 3) The parking: We were told by the people who took our reservation that two hours of self-parking were free. We had our parking ticket validated by the restaurant. Our parking ticket attests that we only stayed 1 hour 18mn. But we had to pay 24 dollars at the gate in order to get out. It was night and we could not see the push button to talk to anyone. Upon our return home we called the Doubletree manager on duty. She said that Doubletree does not manage the parking. She was unable to give us the name of the company. We will certainly never come back to this venue. read more

Customer service was great. Excellent views while dinning on a rotating platform enabling you to see the district and the commonwealth. Food was good although a bit pricey. read more