Marvin - Washington

Always enjoy my time at Marvin. Great for late night meet-ups!

The mussels were fantastic and unique! Drinks were spot on. Great spot for Happy Hour specials during the week.

I took my parents, who are usually very selective about what they eat, to this restaurant. Everyone left smiling and very pleased with their meal. It was delicious. I would recommend it to anyone and will be returning!!!

Well, this place has changed. Friday, August 11, 2017. It was the last day of a trip I 'd taken my 13 year old daughter on we 'd explored all of DC we could manage in five days and having been to Marvin once previously a few years ago I thought we 'd celebrate our trip over a nice dinner at a place I knew to be good. There were two unsmiling hostesses to great us I mentioned we had a reservation. They looked us up and literally turned their backs to us to share a private word. I thought it was a little awkward, but whatever. We were seated and the hostess/waitress came back a moment later to ask for a drink order. Literally, within in three minutes she returned with my beer and asked if we were ready to order. Uh oh. That 's never a good sign. We 'd been in the restaurant for several minutes by this time hardly time to take in the place, to look over the menu, to chat about our week nothing. Nor did the unsmiling waitress have ANY suggestions, recommendations, helpful comments. She didn 't introduce herself or ask how we were. Absolutely nothing. We asked for more time to look over the menu. She came back eventually and stood behind me to take our order (my back being to the mural facing the mirror) there was space next to us! Why wouldn 't she stand where she could talk to us more easily. So I turned in my chair to see her and place our order. The food was fine, but not spectacular, and not worth the cost. It 's mostly just that we weren 't made to feel welcome at all and spending $85 tip for that privilege was pretty frustrating. I 'd been looking forward to making MarvinDC part of my trip to DC with family in the future. That 's not going to be the case. I won 't return, nor would I recommend somebody patronize Marvin, which is unfortunate.

My chicken was slightly undercooked and cold; I would have preferred it to be fried a bit longer. However, the scallops were excellent, and the wine and drinks were outstanding.