Restaurants near Mount Carmel Monastery

Historic ambiance, food, and service were all amazing!

Not only is Mount Vernon a magnificent place to visit, but the restaurant there is wonderful. I have lived in the Washington DC area for 55 years and gone to hundreds of restaurants in that time. Here they make the best filet mignon that I have had anywhere. And you would think it wouldn't be difficult to make hericot vert. I have been presented with that 100 times in restaurants and half the time it's either too soggy, tasteless, or barely even cooked properly. Here it melts in your mouth. The prices are reasonable, wine prices are reasonable as well, and the service is great. I would like to go once a week if I lived closer. My dinner companions loved every bit of their food as well. Everybody had a different entree.

Food was great drinks even better. Will come back for the wine tasting and live band.

The gumbo and fried fish were absolutely delicious. I did not enjoy the fried chicken sandwich because I expected that like most sandwich chicken, I would get breast meat instead of thigh meat. The collards were tasty but a bit salty. I enjoyed the sweet potatoes. The cocktails were good.

It was Valentines Day and we made a last minute reservation. They worked with the crowd of reservations and walking ins very well. Wait staff was accommodating and the food was hot and came quickly considering the restaurant appeared to be at full capacity. I hadn’t been to Red Lobster in over 20 years. But, this experience was very good. I will visit regularly going forward. Job well done - Waldorf location.