Vendetta - Washington

I went to Vendetta for the jazz brunch with the Captones, held on the first Sunday of every month. The brunch menu features lots of comfort food with some Italian flare, and the band did an excellent job with classics like Our Love Is Here to Stay and even La Vie en Rose. Thoroughly enjoyable!

The concept is nice, but when a group of 5 of us arrived for brunch, there was a very LOUD band playing. For brunch, seriously? We're talking drums so loud and a singer singing at the top of his voice so that I couldn't even hear the person across from me at the tiny table. I wasn't hungover (hadn't even been drinking the night before , and although the music was good, it quickly gave me a pounding headache and defeated the purpose of having brunch there. The food also comes in wire baskets with tissue/wax paper in them, which was acceptable for serving burgers and fries, but definitely not for my sausage and biscuits. (Very messy. Other than the Hangover Sandwich (which my husband loved , all of the rest of the food was blah. And although the waiter did successfully get the band to quiet down (by dismissing the backup musicians , he was frequently absent, took a long time to take our orders, and forgot simple things (like bringing coffee out, without any sugar/cream or even offering. Then once asked, took about 15 minutes to even bring those. Like I said, good start, good concept, but needs serious improving.

The food I ordered the grilled ceasar salad and the zucchini frieds were very tasty. But I ended up ordering them because I didn't really have a hankering for much else on the menu. I do wish the restaurant had more choices on the menu. And it also would have been nice to have the option of ordering a special there were none.

Went for a birthday party. We had dinner and planned to get a bocce game going but were never quick enough to get to the court before someone else. Food was good. I had the vendetta burger. It was slightly overcooked but still good. The service slowed down after it got a bit busier but it wasn't impossible to place an order.

Stopped in with family during a DC vacation. Ordered 4 different menu items and they were all excellent. Good recommendations from the server. Nice people. Kind of a dark, kinda of dusty from the Bocce, but well worth the stop.