Bluestone Lane Spring Valley Café — Restaurant in Washington

I typically do not write reviews, but what happened today was so egregious i felt like I stepped back in time. I had been to the 14th and U location previously and did not have a terrible experience or a memorable one either. Food was decent so i decided to try Bluestone lane again. As I was near the 4874 Massachusetts Ave NW location, so I decided to go in for breakfast. I came in today (Monday morning) 10:30Am. Expecting there to be light traffic, and it seemed like mainly single tables of "work from home" crowd. I waited for a total of 45min to be seated. In this time span there were 2 male waiters, I was passed up and ignored twice as the same waiter asked the party that arrived after me, without even sparing me a glance, if they were ready to be seated. Not once acknowledging me, not once greeting me, not once informing me if there is a wait or how long. I find it oddly suspicious that both parties he chose to seat while ignoring me were white. There was no mistake I was there and had been there a while as we made eye contact several times, each time he averted his eyes. I ended up leaving after 45min. To be this discriminatory in 2023 is honestly laughable. Do yourself a favor and dine where you are welcomed. They seem to prefer a certain skin color in this...

Bluestone Lane is in a good location for the upscale crowd. They did a great job with the inside decoration and presentation of the meal. The outdoor seating is nice and off the main drag, but the tables are small. For me, the food for the price wasn't worth it. I left this place still feeling a little hungry. Avoid the lemon Ricotta Pancakes. That dish was undercooked and the portion was small. I am glad I ordered the two scrambled eggs as a side. The Breakfast Bowl was fine, a simple dish with a healthy amount of avocado. The eggs and Breakfast Bowl needed a little more flavor, so say yes when they ask if you need salt, pepper, and/or hot sauce. We saw a smoothie and a couple of other specialty drinks go to another table. Really cool looking in terms of presentation, but they would have to be heavily recommended by others to be worth the asking cost. The service was good, and I enjoyed the waiter calling the tea Early Grey. But be careful, they grab your card without showing you the receipt. I didn't get a printout either. I will try this restaurant again if the...

Every time I’ve come in here the manager is disrespectful and makes my experience bad. He argues with customers. I ordered a hot drink (which I specifically went for because my throat was hurting) and he made it iced and then told me that I ordered it iced and refused to remake it until I kept standing my ground. Another time he insisted I ordered two of the sandwich I online ordered, so I showed him my receipt showing I only ordered one. He argued with me and took up about 15 mins of my brunch and made me get up to go to the kitchen to speak to him multiple times. When he realized it wasn’t my fault he said my phone service provider must be bad and that in the future I should “check with him” (when there was no problem on my end ?).

I live close and was excited for the opening of bluestone lane so it’s unfortunate I’ll no longer be going here after he’s made every one of my experiences uncomfortable and stressful. The food is alright but overpriced. Other workers are nice but I’ve dealt with the manager one way or...