Cafe Deluxe - West End

I've visited for lunch and staffs were super friendly. Also, special menus were very delicious!!

Service was nice, although one order was missed so it came after the others. Desserts were great.

Horrible lighting.. decent service.. so so food

Solid food but terribly inattentive service. Really bad. Usually a reliable, but not spectacular, lunch spot.

Server was distracted and made a couple different mistakes. Meal took more than 40 minutes to come out despite the restaurant being half empty. Listing indicates this place is family friendly, but really not. Cloth napkin place, with everyone there giving us looks for having a kid.

We've enjoyed going to Cafe Deluxe at other locations for years, but noted that the quality was going downhill ... and this visit was the worst. I ordered the salmon eggs Benedict, but the dish could have been plain oatmeal for all the flavor that it had. Hollandaise sauce with no spark, salmon that was dry and chalky ... it was like someone had bleached all the flavors out. Service was spotty. But the location is nice--we had a great table by the big windows, with lots of street activity to watch while we waited for our food.

Solid lunch spot - nothing special.

This restaurant is in my neighborhood and the food is fine (though nothing really special - pretty basic and boring menu) but the service is very inconsistent. I find this interesting because a nearby restaurant , North Italia, just opened and their service is great.

Great place for a business lunch. Highly recommend.

We met old friends for a lovely dinner last Saturday at Cafe Deluxe. I made a reservation, so our table was ready when we arrived, a spacious and fairly quiet table so we could catch up and talk. Food was good and service was adequate, I think the great table we had and the fairly quiet ambience of the restaurant made it a great experience for us. I would definitely go back to Cafe Deluxe, any time we want to meet up, relax with friends, and enjoy a nice evening.

Nice day to sit outside. Salmon special was excellent. Attentive service.

I'd been to Cafe Deluxe at Tyson's and this felt like a basic diner by comparison--a little run down, bad coffee. The Tyson's venue is more upscale. Food and service were good, however. We were here mid-afternoon on Sunday and were pleased with the brunch and lunch offerings--something for everyone. Good for decently priced, basic food. I probably would look for other options next time I'm in the area but this is a good place for families with kids. Nothing to write home about, though.

Host was rude and unapproachable. Short young lady with long hair . She looks Indian.

Nothing spectacular about this place. The service was sub par. It was cold, with fans blowing in the winter. The food was fair.

Breakfast. A weekday, so quiet. Blueberry pancakes should be made with fresh berries. It seem like they were over hydrated dried blueberries. The milk that was provided for the coffee was awesome as it was hot! Loved that.

On a rainy Friday night in DC we were looking for available and convenient. Glad that Cafe Deluxe was across from our hotel.

Nice spot with a diverse menu. Salmon and pasta with bolognese
were our choices. Also ordered some drinks. We were in the less busy side of the restaurant. We found the device concerned but not readily available.

The entrees were well prepared but wouldn’t have minded paying more for a larger portion. That said I would recommend this restaurant and happily return.

Decent, basic food. However, service was very poor. The waitress didn't know much about the menu particulars. She didn't even know if they carried Chamomile tea and other obvious items.

Solid food in a busy and nice room. Good service and a nice brunch menu.

What a wonderful surprise. The hotel’s Cafe Deluxe was cheaper than surrounding restaurants and the food was very good! It had a very pleasant atmosphere- great style. The wait staff was a little slow but nice. Their gluten free buns were EXCELLENT! They looked like they were homemade - moist, tasty, and nothing like a dry Udi’s. I even forgot to order my grilled chicken sandwich with a gluten free bun (my mistake) and they brought me one and didn’t even charge me! Unheard of. We ate there both nights of our stay- great food at great prices.

Decent food. Poor service from hostess and waiter.

Nice casual place. Great location. Service was friendly. Food was good.
Would be nice for big groups or casual dining, but not for intimate or upscale dinners

Always a good lunch spot. Friendly servers.

Service was spotty and from FOUR servers who see,ed not to communicate wi5h each other. The chowder was not hit and filled with lu,is of flour. Back to the Wisconsin Avenue branch high never disappoints.

I love this restaurant but the service was horrible on Saturday, they were very slow and while I asked for a quiet table, we still rarely saw our server. I had to chance them down to start service and then again to get our check.

Abby was great waitress

It was great as always.

Food was okay, service was something to be desired!

Service was fantastic. Harry, our waiter, was wonderful. The food was awesome and plentiful. The desserts were to die for.

Abby the waitress was Excellent

Mediocre place with mediocre food and bad service, wouldn’t go again

Had to keep asking for refills on our water and sodas. Had to track down 3 different servers to get refills. The sauce on my sons chicken sandwich was great but spicy and that didn't go well w/o drinks. He was almost miserable waiting on water refill. Waiter kept pushing and urging us to try meals/entrees that were not on the menu. We saw what we wanted on the menu, but he kept insisting we try things not on the menu. We finally had to tell him matter of factly that we weren't interested in what he was suggesting. It just started to become very annoying and uncomfortable. Overall the food was wonderful, but very poor service!

Very tasty veggie burger and great seasonal dessert.

Nice atmosphere; great food at reasonable price. I’ll be back!

The server forgot my order of turkey for my omelet order

Would recommend. Great price, decent food and friendly staff :) we had just got into Washington, we were very tired and it was great to be able to pop in, casual dress, eat and leave.

Stumbled in because near hotel, pleasantly surprised. Great salads, too!

Great spot for lunch or dinner! Creative menu and exceptional service.

Great selection ...meatloaf especially tasty.

It started off good, had to ask for wife’s wine, when arrived it had been sitting for some time as it was no longer cool but room temp. Calamari was clumped together it big balls of batter sauce was chili sauce was in one spot would not recommend. Buffalo burger was great along with sweet potato fries. Kids meals were good. Overall it seemed disorganized and instead of being asked if there was something we needed we had to ask for drinks, refills and the check. Not a great experience.

We were there on a Sunday evening and was seated immediately. The restaurant was not crowded but the wait time between being seated and the server showing up was not great. The same thing happened at the end of the meal to the extent that we had to ask another server to find our server to get the check. The food was good but the desserts were amazing! I recommend the apple crisp and berry cobbler. We would return again if in that part of town.