Founding Farmers - DC

Wait staff are amazing and the food is so delicious. Well worth reserving ahead of time. Will be returning in the future.

All good.
Thank you

Our most recent meal was a real disappointment. The food was thoroughly mediocre. I had the Good All Greens salad with shrimp. The salad was bland and the shrimp were anemic. They looked and tasted like they had been microwaved. A friend had the spicy chicken sandwich - it too looked and tasted sad - like it had been withering under a heat lamp for hours. Not sure if they were having an off night, or if things have gone down hill in general. I'll be hesitant to go back.

We had the best time, took one of our coworkers their to celebrate their upcoming retirement. Couldn’t have picked a better place to go. Reservation for 4 was honored upon our arrival, at we were promptly seated. Waitress was patient and attentive, not overly. Food and drink options were good, no Mindori liquor thought and someone in our party wanted a drink prepared that included the liquor. Food was hot and delicious. Our party had shrimp dinners, beer chicken and a modified crispy chicken salad was served with roasted chicken... Most certain everyone will return.

Always great. Must go.

Will definitely go again! Want to have the mousse again.

I had a very nice lunch with a coworker. Both of us loved the chicken pot pie on a cold rainy day.

overall good experience but the hostess was incredibly rude

Great waiter and the chicken wings are possibly the best wings I have ever had. Really enjoyed the drink menu as well. Fun place to dine with friends or for business

We loved founding farmers. Our dinners were amazing. However, the tables are so close together that we felt we were dining with strangers. It was uncomfortable.

Overall a highly enjoyable experience. A must for both locals and tourists.

The food is outstanding. Service was top notch. The Apple Pie ala mode was the perfect way to end our stay in the Nation’s Capitol!

The food at Founding Farmers is delicious. However, I had made a reservation for a business dinner 8 weeks prior. We had to wait for 45 minutes past our reservation time before we were seated. When I inquired about timing I was told the table before us was just sitting talking even though they'd paid the bill. A 5-10 minute wait on a reservation is fine, but 45 minutes is just plain ridiculous. They didn't even send over a manager to explain the situation. I had to request to speak to one.

I've eaten here many times and it is always a pleasure. But don't count on your table being ready on time.

Our go to spot for celebratig milestones, reconnecting and ofncourse, getting our grub on! The host made rnsured our growing party was well-accomdated and our server took care in accommodating the meat eatera, vegan and glutten free folks in our party.
Really appreciate all the extraordinary care!

We were in town for the weekend and decided at the last minute to try Founding Farmers. So glad we were able to get reservations. Service and food were amazing! Would absolutely recommend!

This food was over rated. The crab dip was nasty- it was liquidity and had onions. Who puts long strings of onions in a crab dip??? The ribs tasted like they lathered it with hot sauce. The mac n cheese was flavorless and missing the cheese. The shrimp and grits were horrid. The flavor and taste was blahhhh. I don't know what they were aiming for. The lemaonade was tarr. We left hungry. Never again.

Delicious food & cocktails! Not your cheapest option, but everything is very high quality. This place gets very crowded so I recommend making a reservation!

My low score for service is directly attributed to the way they assign tables for reservations. I showed up 15 minutes before my time and was "assigned" at specific table, not realizing my ability to be seated was dependent on the previous guests at my assigned table finishing. I watched as at least 6 other parties of 3 were seated and did not sit down until over 30 minutes past my reservation time. Food - great. Server - great. Front hostess - not great. Management of reservations - not great.

Even with the reservation we had to wait another 30-45 minutes to be seated. Food was good but be prepared to wait.

Great service from Louie! Beignets were the best I’ve ever had!!

Average food, great location, but way crowded. Didn’t help that they didn’t care that someone was literally changing a baby’s diaper on the table next to us

So great! Love the ambiance and the menu selection. Our server was excellent and we never felt like we were waiting for anything. The mac and cheese wasn’t that great and definitely didn’t look like it had 7 cheeses, but the shrimp and sun dried tomato bucatini was SO delicious.

Be prepared to wait. Even with a reservation there is a wait time. The service is awful as well due to amount of people who come to this restaurant. The food suffers as well. Its a shame because it’s a really cool place!

There is better food elsewhere. The price point is as high as other restaurants in the area, so it's not bad. The food doesn't live up to the expectations I had.

My husband had the beef shorts rib and when he received his food the sides were cold. We were comped $10.00 on our meal. Besides that the food was delicious.

Went for dinner with friends this past weekend and everything was so good that I want to eat it again! From the soup/salad, the incredible cornbread, to the meatloaf, chicken pot pie, and pot roast, we had a great time. Thanks!

We loved the Farmers Salad, the Long-Roasted Pork Chop, and the Yankee Pot Roast, and the portions were so generous. Most outstanding of all was our excellent server. I don't know how such a busy restaurant manages to be so well-run. We look forward to returning.

Great food, terrific service but very loud and terribly annoying music which was playing too loudly - not as background music.

Food is very good, but service could definitely use some improvement.

Very strange interactions with wait staff. Super packed (to be expected though)

Awesome experience!! The food was amazing, and service was great! We want to go back tomorrow before we leave town!

I’ve often had good meals here, but after this past experience I won’t be back. Our entrees came before we could finish our apps and be cleared properly, the crab cakes weren’t cooked thru, and a member of our group didn’t get their meal until we were half way done. My side came out when I was done with my entree. And a manager never touched the table after being told about the crab cake situation. Seeing as how they’re consistently busy, you would think they’d be use to being consistent while busy.

It was our first time dining here. Our reservation was for lunch. We sat down and were provided with the menu. We ordered brunch and mimosas. Soon after placing our order, we saw other types Of food - sandwiches, salads - and different types of drinks - cocktails and beers - all of which wasn’t listed on the menu we were provided. We asked if there was another Food and drink menu, which there was, but it was too late to change our order as our food did come out expeditiously. Probably wouldn’t go back for brunch or recommend to a friend.

Seated late as always. We are never seated on time

We’ve always like Founding Farmers but on this visit it felt like we were being pushed out. Our meal arrived within 3 minutes of ordering, just much too fast paced for a sit down restaurant.

Founding Farmers is really really really overrated. We give it a rating of 3, but convert that into words and you end up with “average“ or “mediocre,“ depending on your POV. If you like tiny tables crammed together in tight spaces Where are you can literally be bumping elbows with the people at the next table in the middle of large crowds, expensive and far less than stellar cuisine, average service, then this might be the place for you.

We really enjoy the brunch here, a favorite place to come when we are in DC.

OH my goodness LOVED everything..... we had late reservations and time made no difference everything was delicious!!

Das Restaurant scheint insbesondere am Wochenende ein Hot Spot zu sein. Trotz Reservierung 20 min auf den Tisch gewartet. Anstehen im Eingangsbereich, wo ca 20 - 30 Gäste auf Ihren Tisch warten und die Namen ausgerufen werden. Im Restaurant sitzt man sehr eng, es ist ziemlich laut. Also eher alles etwas unentspannt. Publikum zwischen 20 - 50 Jahren, eher jüngere Leute, die das Ambiente wohl eher anspricht. Service & Essen sehr gut, da kann man nicht meckern. Nach 1,5 h sollte man spätestens fertig sein, die nächste „Schicht“ wartet dann schon.

We had an 8:15 reservation on a super busy Friday night and we were seated by 8:17! Loved the whole experience!