Death & Co. D.C. — Restaurant in Washington

Ok, I would love to give Death & Co five stars but . . . I went there for my birthday. The place is very dimmely light, and all painted in black, the booths have black curtains. I went to the restroom ( I was on crutches due to a fracture tibia plateau). When I left the restroom, dark as can be, I leaned against what I thought was a wall, but due to the lack of light and everything painted black, I leaned against what I thought was a wall to adjust my crutches, but no it was a black curtain hiding a booth of people. Needless to say I fell on my ass in the middle of some peoples evening. At first they were like "what the f@#k" but then they saw my crutches and were very nice and tried to help me get back on my feet. Next issue, this is not a place to EAT. A cup of store bought popcorn is $10 (a cup!), the chips and dip were a bowl of chips and and the smallest ramekin I've ever seen of dip $25 +/-). The drinks, while good are off the charts expensive. Alcohol has a 500% mark-up potential. They take advantage of that.. Not a happy camper! Now the good part. The drinks were fabulous. The bartenders Marcus and Jesse were amazing and know their stuff (highly recommended). Unfortunately, I did not win the lottery and will not be visiting Death & Co again. If you want a good drink and are a partner in a major law firm, I highly recommend it. Oh, for my birthday, they were kind enough to "split" a $27 shot (not cocktail) in half between me and my partner for the evening. So, the bartenders are fabulous! The service is good. The BLACK theme is awful and dangerous. This is NOT an ADA Accessible place, in no way shape or form. It was the most disappointing birthday every. I would add pictures but it was way to dark to...

Had a chance to attend the soft opening today, ahead of the grand opening.

We were greeted with a great host, who sent us upstairs. We were seated outside next the bar ( thankfully it wasn’t a super hot summer evening) the area was well lit with fans and a covered roof. The staff was super friendly, and gave us suggestions on what to order. As it was a soft opening the menu was “limited” but they had quite the selection to choose from. We had the rare essence — shout out to them for the ode to DC, much appreciated! The mutineer, the after glow, midnight rider, and the coconut jam. I honestly cannot select a favorite. All the drinks here good, with a mix of flavors and textures. I was certainly tipsy by the time I left so strong enough to get you going! we were also served some snacks- some olives they were divine ( I don’t like olives so that’s saying something), popcorn and some mixed nuts. We also had a crudite that was fresh with a really great dipping sauce.

Lastly they served us some fried chicken with a honey hot sauce. Let me tell you, that chicken was chefs kiss! I was there for the drinks but I would certainly come back for the chicken.

Over all a good experience. The ambiance and the small nature of the location gives it a great flare! I think the max capacity is 64? The ambiance created was really cute, not overstated or tacky. It’s an elevated drinking spot for sure.

This is definitely going to be the go to spot for DMVers the rest of summer 2023 into the fall.

The indoor decor was cute— again elevated chic, the restrooms ample and clean. It was less lit in the indoor space but if you like so see your surrounding outside is great also.

Shout out again to the very attentive...

The customer service at this bar is horrible and so rude. My friend and I were there for a couple of drinks, we left, and as soon as we got in the uber realized my friend had accidentally left her purse at our table in the bar. I walked back to ask if I could run up and grab my friends purse (the bouncer saw us walk out 2 minutes prior) and the bouncer said they were at capacity. I said “ok I understand I’ll be 15 seconds I just need to grab my friends purse with ALL of her belongings in it”. He continued to refuse even after I offered to leave my phone,purse, etc with him as collateral that I was just going in to quickly grab her purse. As I continued to ask how we could get her purse back he just stopped talking to me and looking away, which was so rude. Especially after we had paid for two rounds of drinks at this place. Luckily, another person I know was at this bar separately and still there so I called her and she was able to find the purse and bring it down. I understand the necessary strictness of being at capacity but the complete inflexibility and frank dismissiveness from the bouncer to work with me on trying to obtain my friends purse that was left behind with all of her belongings is very concerning and shows that Death & Co does not care about the wellbeing of their patrons. If I didn’t happen to know someone else who was there by chance, my friend would’ve likely lost her purse, phone, wallet, house keys, office keys,etc. and the staff at Dead & Co would’ve been negligently complicit in that theft and not cared one bit about it. Management should...