Georgetown Cafe

I usually give this place a visit on the weekends in the wee hours of the morning. Stumbiling in after a night of drinking with bacon on the brain.
Never spend more than $ 10.00, here and always leave more «sobererr» then when I came in; and I quote «I feel more sobererr now» «give me my keyys» .
I enjoy the french toast and eggs, and if im not mistaken they only serve Turkey Bacon, that may have to do with the religon of the owners, Muslim I suppose? Opens at 11am, the latest Ive been in here was 4am.
This is place is truly a lifesaver.

This place has excellent customer service even at 3am. The food isnt bad its like diner food. I had the cheesburger and it was really good with humus as an appetizer. The parking is really bad, but once you get passed that you should be good to go. The owner is a really nice guy that takes care of his customers.

I blacked out shortly after leaving this place (see Marvin on 14^th St NW) but any joint that will give out the extra hollandaise without any argument is A-​OK in my book.
I stopped in around 2AM with someone and it was a mix. Co-​workers still happy hour-​ing, an awkward date that wouldn’t end and some dudes crackin’ up over the latest YouTube hit. Very cool, very chill, kinda tasty…

It’s a diner in Georgetown. If you want diner food, it’s probably the only place in the area for it, especially late at night. That’s about it really, nothing memorable. Oh, except…
Ate there today and it gave me the shits within 20 minutes of leaving. If you eat here, make sure you have a toilet handy, you’re going to need it.

We wanted to grab a late night bite and ended up at Georgetown Café. It seemed like your standard diner-​style food, and it was. But the service was great, and I was glad to find a place that was open late in DC!
After ordering a chocolate milk shake, chili cheese fries, and chicken tenders, I will say that I was only impressed with the tenders (and by that, I mean the honey mustard sauce that came with it). But the place was filling up when we got there at 1:30am on a Sunday night, so it definitely seems like a gem of a find for late night eats!

Full disclosure: I have never gone to Georgetown Café before 2:30am. This being said, I can tell you that between the hours of 2am and 6am, the food and service have been great… in a standard, 24hr diner sort of way.
I usually order some kind of breakfast platter. Most recently I ordered a ham, cheddar and mushroom omelet. It was huge and came with a heaping side of home fries and plenty of sliced, buttered toast. Although the bland home fries came up a bit short, everything else was tasty and plentiful. It was like the never-​ending-​omelet.
Georgetown Café is also an awesome social spot late at the night/​early in the morning. I always run into friends that may have been out elsewhere, somehow with everyone effortlessly and unknowingly convening at the café, especially those that work in the industry.
Overall, great and respectably priced late night dining and a welcome alternative to The Diner in Adams Morgan.

Great Middle Eastern food as well as the breakfast dishes, the hot chocolate and the super nice service. I LOVE this place and I am never easily impressed. I lived in NY so everything else in any other place, is secondary when it comes to food appreciation. Can’t really compare it to Steak and Eggs. That place is terrible and way overpriced simply for being opened 24 hrs. Georgetown Café is the best option for a late night/​early morning snack.

If you’ve ever been out in G-​town really late at night and suddenly got hungry, you most likely found your way to Georgetown Café. Or, even if it was in the middle of the day, and you were in the mood for some breakfast food, you’ve likely been here. (I swear I wasn’t trying to rhyme.)
Now, the food. Aaah, what can I say. It’s decent. I’ve mostly eaten their breakfast plates, but I’ve also tried their kabobs. Hard to screw up my eggs over easy, but I sometimes pair it with their steak and that is an underwhelming experience. Their steak is thin and even cooked at medium is a little bit tough. Their kabobs are okay, but not even equivalent to something you’d get at the mall. I will say that their Belgian waffle is da bomb. The neat thing is that all this food is very reasonably price, for a diner located on Wisconsin Ave.

A gyro sandwich here was delicious (deliciously toasted pita and awesome cucumber sauce), but the water here tasted like the smell of urine. Nasty. I stuck with the soda I brought along with me.
Plus the tables are sticky — no good when you’re taking notes. After peeling my lined paper off the table (which took a layer with it), I stuck my menu in between as an attempt to buffer my work from grossness.

This place made me violently sick. I didn’t leave my bathroom for two-​days. I mentioned this to someone at work, and he said «You ate at Georgetown Café? Were you trying to kill yourself?» and then he told me that he and a friend also got sick after eating there. The place is a death-​trap. Don’t eat there, unless you are suicidal.

Georgetown Café is an institution. Its held me down on plenty of late night studying as a college student. I have yet to have a bad meal there. Its a diner so don’t expect much via décor. The owners are pretty cool. This place is always open. I mean always open. If you have a late night hunger go there.

Because it was 12 am and I needed to study, I of course ended up at Georgetown Café. I mean, where else could I go that would be open the day before Thanksgiving at midnight. Even my go-​to (the Starbucks attached to Gelman Library at GW) was closed. Slackers.
So I’m pleased to report that Gtown Café was open (of course) and going strong (probably 5 – 6 tables full). I got my fix of bad fried food (buffalo chicken tenders), though I was slightly horrified by the soggy celery that accompanied the tenders. It felt like they had been soaked in water overnight, and after watching Hell’s Kitchen all day, I could just imagine Gordon Ramsey screaming «What the **** do you think you’re doing? Serving this ****? Get Out!» Sadly, no teary-​eyed aspiring chef came running out of the kitchen in disgrace. No, instead the celery just sat there on the plate, looking at me sadly. At least the chicken tenders were pretty good.
Anyway, you don’t come here for the food. You come here, as I did, because it’s late and nothing else is open and they have free wifi (most of the time). And for that purpose it’s solid. I got some studying done, and I ate too. That’s my biggest complaint with coffee shops– I have to go somewhere else to eat. So inefficient. In that regard, this place is definitely efficient. Just don’t order celery.

Ugh, I went in here at about 10:30am on a Wednesday. I was the only one in the place, and there was only one guy working (which was fine, he was very nice and service was quick, since we were the only ones!)
French Toast was cold. Bacon didn’t even look like bacon. Egg and Cheese was good on toast (very hard to screw up) and Homefried potatoes were doused in Butter. Coffee was ok, but there were no sweetners on the table (sweet n low, splenda, etc.) My girlfriend said she wanted to leave when we first walked in, but she decided to say nothing.
On second thought, i would have been better off at Starbucks

I visited a friend out here who is a regular at this joint. Very friendly with the owners and everything. I’m sure that adds to some bias, but any place that has totally approachable owners that are willing to tend to your every request deserves extra stars.
The place was exactly what I wanted at 3am coming out of the bars and clubs. A nice place to unwind the night and just chill with friends over some warm diner food.
I had a BLT sandwich and a side of hash browns, which probably wasn’t anything to write home about. The real reason why I enjoy this place is that when I come back to DC to play with some friends, I know late at night, this is the spot where I’m going.

Ah, the memories.
Sometimes the nostalgia of being a Georgetown student overwhelms me. I think back to all of the many times Georgetown Café was there for me at – all times of the day — with its heavy, indulgent, highly varied food and smoke stained interior. Breakfasts of cramming International Relations and Economics, late nights after some particularly heavy partying, mid day (though usually just after one had awakened, in need of some grease)… the stories go on.
The one time that Georgetown Café was closed (5 am on a Tuesday pre I-​trade exam) set me and my friend into a downward spiral of uncertainty… What horrors lay in store for us if Georgetown Café had closed for one hour of cleaning? We had to head to Starbucks. a tragedy.
It was a sad day when Georgetown Café became non-​smoking, though it probably made it a little more palatable for any «real people» that happened upon it during a luxurious stroll up Wisconsin avenue.
A meal at Georgetown Café is a cure for whatever ails you… perhaps with some unsavory side effects (remorse, post indulgence fasting…) but ultimately worth it. Not a place to bring the parents.

I love this place. Why? It’s the only cheap restaurant in Georgetown. And now that they’ve renovated the bathrooms, there’s no need to sacrifice cleanly urination for cheap eats.
My friends and I all called this place the GTC. A must-​eat-​at location at the end of long nights out. Good food, good atmosphere. A gem in the middle of a J. Crew sea of the overly expensive pish posh.

I went here today for dinner since it close to where I work. The place from the outside looks small and cramped, but it was surprisingly spacious when I went inside, extending far to the back. Granted, only 1 other party was there at the time, so the room was completely empty.
Only 1 guy was working at the time, which was find, since nobody else was there. I got the chicken shawarma sandwich (with fries for an extra $ 1.50), and split mozzarella sticks with my friend. He got the falafal platter.
Mozzarella sticks were tasty, piping hot and came with good marinara. I think it had 8 sticks. Not bad for $ 6.25…I think? That’s a lot for an appetizer…
…especially when my sandwich was the same price. Chicken Shawarma sandwich itself was $ 6.25, add extra for the fries (normally comes with chips). The fries were tasty and piping hot too. The chicken shawarma could have had more tahini on it, the chicken could have been better marinaded. ALTHOUGH I am recovering from a cold so my taste buds could have been deceiving me.
My friend really enjoyed his falafel platter and couldn’t even finish it all, it came with so much. (I had a bite, it was really good!) Overall I was very satisfied with the meal. Very full, and my sandwich was cheap. I do wish the mozzarella sticks were cheaper.
Service was pretty good, considering it was one guy who took the orders, made the food and brought it out. Things got awkward when a girl came to take over for him, but was still getting ready/​changed (in the bathroom, of course) even though he had left. We didn’t know who to pay, and then she finally realized we were waiting after about 10 miinutes.

It seems kind of a low blow to give a place whose food you haven’t even sampled one star, as an earlier reviewer did, so I’ll try to counterweight the current average for Georgetown Diner. It definitely is good for what it is, and it is a welcome haven from the Rodeo Drive wannabe glitz of Wisconsin Ave (though I’m sure Georgetown has more charm than Beverly Hills). What some call «grimey» [sic], I call the aesthetic of most American restaurants pre-​1980s, i.e., a diner.
Alright, alright, I’ll stop ribbing Candace H. and get to the food. The vanilla milkshake was excellent – thick, creamy: exactly as it should be. My club sandwich was fine. The bacon was great, but the tomato was kind of mushy. I can’t expect top quality for a 6.50 sandwich, though, but it would be nice. The fries were fine though not anywhere near the tasty, salty, potato-​y goodness of Wonderland’s. They also serve some standard Middle Eastern dishes like a falafel platter and pita and hummus.
If I ever went out in Georgetown, this would be a great place to wrap up the night with friends while attenuating my BAC – a Ben’s Chili Bowl to the West, if you will – but, alas, Smith Point, you can’t have me!

I haven’t tried the food– maybe I’ll give it a shot someday, but it seems on par with Steak n’ Eggs, so I don’t see any reason to head all the way down to georgetown to eat at this café.
I walked in there today with a girlfriend, and we sat down, took a look at the grimey tables and floors as well as the germ-​infested menu, and decided to leave.
Sorry Georgetown Café, but there are other places I’d rather fill up in.

Georgetown Café is easy to miss, because it’s at the top of this neighborhood on Wisconsin Ave., near random clothing and furniture boutiques. This is the perfect place to go for late night food if you’ve gone out in the area. They have American food like burgers, fries and pizza, but they also have falafel and kabobs. I don’t think this place ever closes. I went there last night (Sunday night) at 3 a.m. and it was hopping. A woman came in after me and was asking if she could set up the tables for a party of 15! I would definitely say check it out for late night eats.