Ms. Peacock's Champagne Lounge — Restaurant in Arlington

Our drinks were served in plastic cups, the French 75 was more like a Fake 75, the bathroom was filthy and stank, the food was cold and the place closed at 11 p.m. instead of 2 a.m. as advertised. We were expecting a peacock, but got a chicken. My party of 5 visited this place two nights in a row and was disappointed both times. On Thursday we discovered it was closed for a private tasting; the waiter acted as if we were a bunch of clairvoyants and were somehow supposed to know that in advance. He then asked, "Were you not able to call ahead?" Yes, I suppose we should have just randomly called before we came. (Eye roll) Why not post the closing on the website so your patrons will know? But we were a determined, convivial bunch-determined to try the French 75, that is, so we called and made reservations for the next night. Well, we should have stayed home. The milieu of a 1920s champagne lounge with beautiful velvet banquettes and soft lighting was spoiled by a bunch of tacky plastic drinking cups. And don't get me started on the French 75. I didn't have one but everyone at the table who did gave it a firm thumbs down, though someone discovered later that all the gin was hiding at the bottom of the glass. I had a Le Fizz and was happy with it. My spanakopita was cold and barely cooked, but I ate it anyway. We'd planned to have two more friends join us until we found out the advertised hours were a complete lie-this place closed a full 4 hours early. Ms. Peacock's is a cool concept and has a great marketing team (I was drawn in by the pictures on the website and social media) but has some serious operational issues. ...

Attached to the boardroom next door this bar has a lot of charm and a great selection of sparkling wine and cocktails make with sparkling wine. I went for the cocktail which was delicious while my wife couldn’t pass up a glass of Virginia sparkling which was amazing. There are definitely some speakeasy vibes going on and that added to the experience.

For a Friday night service was not great. There was one guy on staff and he had to spend a lot of his time going back in to the Boardroom, which made it difficult for him to keep up with the amount of people in this bar needing service.

I’ll definitely be back but hopefully they can get at least one dedicated staff member who doesn’t need to shift between...

Horrible service. Went here for a couple drinks on a Friday night and waited over 15 minutes just to have our order taken (and the bar wasn't busy- only a couple of tables taken). The atmosphere and drinks were okay, but I couldn't get over the poor service. There was a point where we looked around and no one in the place had a drink. The bartender seemed to be the only person working and would disappear for random lengths of time. We would've gotten multiple drinks and food, but were never asked if we wanted anything to eat and left as soon as we could get the bartender's attention for the check. Will not be going back...