Comet Ping Pong — Restaurant in Washington

At night, nice attractive cosmic neon sign welcomes you to the place that has pizza and ping-pong! I don't know why upon entering there was a water workstation with an open container of ice and a portable "igloo" for the server to set you up with a tall wine color hard plastic cup of water, no straw- but maybe they forgot. In this era of COVID it just didn't seem kosher to have ice literally open and within arms reach like that. Tables are fixed to the floor and are designed like cute ping-pong tables, though I doubt you could really play. But have no fear, the official ping pong tables are in the back: two, navy blue competition tables. We were seated and given instructions to download an app to order, or they could just take our order. I guess ordering online keeps them from lingering at your table, since order drop-offs take about 5 seconds or so. We ordered the smokey pizza- make sense since they'reusing a real wood fired oven. Pizzas are one size, which you may consider to be a little smaller than medium at your average pizza joint.The dough was a bit chewy and thick. They got the order wrong somehow, so the second pie seemed to show even less effort to thin out the crust. The smokey flavor was nice. We were not a fan of the red sauce. It seemed very thin, a bit sweet, and honestly to me, just not freshly made. Maybe it's from a can or bag? Can't speak to the others items on the menu, but they serve more than pizza, and some items that floated past our table looked rather tasty. We chose this place because it was featured on DDD. It's an oddly attractive place with a funky vibe: intentionally unfinished walls speckled with old paint jobs of different colors, obvious evidence of where old fixtures once lived, inconsistencies in the wall, where you'd usually sand down- I'm sure it looks epic on camera! There's also a huge projector screen hanging from ceiling against wall where you first enter. No volume, but it seemed to be playing Anime? Overall, the food was OK,maybe they put a little more love in the food they produced, when Guy Fieri visited. So, if you're looking for decent pizza with thick crust or a variety of smoked veggies AND you want to play ping-pong, I'd say try them out. Otherwise, MAYBE your local mom and pop...

This review is for the late-night bar/concert experience. I have not been here just to eat.

Went here to see Ghost Funk Orchestra...they absolutely killed it and you should see them the next time they come through!

The stage and audience area is in the back of the restaurant and it is absolutely tiny, but that's part of what makes it fun. This is one of these places you go to see bands that are solidly on their way but still humble enough to play small venues. Openers are frequently local and vary in talent and quality. The sound people had some trouble getting the balance right on vocals versus instruments, but I don't know if that is the venue's issue of the band's. Be forewarned that small stage does not equal less volume; it was very loud and I was grateful for my Eargasm earplugs.

Bar service was friendly. The beer list is solid and reps the DMV properly. As for food... skip the late night bar snacks unless you're really hurting for food like we were. It's prepared well in advance so you're going to get something at room temp (or cold). I could tell that it would be good fresh, though, so next time we come here for a concert, we'll come early to...

For a place this fun and reasonably priced, I didn’t expect the food to be as good as it was. The menu was just as fun as the restaurant, and everything we ordered was delicious. We had the Mac and cheese bites, lentil salad, garlic knot meatball sliders, wings and spring chick pizza.

The lentil salad was unique and tasty. The garlic knot meatball sliders were amazing, were bigger than I expected and such a good idea. The wings had a great flavor and were so tender they practically melt in your mouth. Honestly some of the best wings I’ve ever had.

The pizza is true Neapolitan style dough. Robust yet soft with the right amount of char. The flavors of the spring chick were excellent. The quality of the pizza was something I would expect from a fancy white tablecloth Italian Ristorante, a pleasant surprise for a place with ping pong tables.

We finished with an Oreo sundae. All in all it ticks every box. The cocktails were tasty, the staff were friendly, the ambiance is lovely. It’s a great place to take the family, meet up with friends, or...