Emilie's - Washington DC

I've always enjoyed visiting Emilie's! Their fried chicken sandwich is incredible.

This place is a hidden gem that you shouldn't overlook! You can truly taste the love and care in every dish. The food is of chef-quality, and some of my favorites include the Brussels sprouts and the cucumber, tomato, and blue cheese salad. However, you can't go wrong with anything you order here!

The food and cocktails here are fantastic and very affordable. The desserts and cocktails were standout items, along with the incredible waffle fries! The Brussels sprouts and gazpacho are definitely worth trying. While the sandwiches and chicken tenders were good, they didn't leave a lasting impression.

I have been to Emilie’s a decent amount of times usually to just grab a latte as it is close to my apartment. Which at the beginning of lockdown was a perfect excuse for a walk but recently I went after there expansion. I ordered an iced almond milk latte. The people behind the counter had no idea what they were doing. I don’t blame them mind you this is management either not having a barista there at all times or not properly training everyone staffed to work the new cafe. They ended up steaming the almond milk and when I repeated again I wanted it iced they used the already partially steamed milk in the latte. The put ice directly on the espresso which shocks the espresso and makes it bitter. Though that couldn’t explain all the flavors that was coming from the espresso it was definitely over extracted. Ceremony’s destroyer blend which I assume it was is a bit temperamental so I understand slight error. I understand the new cafe just opened and they are probably going through growing pains I only hope they don’t loose the quality I had experienced before. The staff was all friendly even though they kept forgetting what I ordered. Also you should eventually have decaf espresso if your going to have an actual cafe not just coffee at your restaurant.

To be completely upfront, we did not eat the food here. We had a reservation to eat outdoors for 3 adults and a baby. We actually had to call twice to make the reservation because we rescheduled. When we showed up, they didn’t have a single high chair. Not that they weren’t available at the moment, they actually don’t have high chairs at the restaurant. If they had told us when we made the reservation, I could have brought our portable one from home, but they said nothing both times we made reservations. We had to go elsewhere. I’m willing to go back and update my review to include info about the actual food/service if the restaurant responds saying they’ve bought some high chairs. The server/host was really apologetic and nice, and the bathrooms were very clean, but I really can’t get past the no high chair thing, and I’ve never been to a restaurant without them.