Lost & Found DC — Restaurant in Washington

I loved the ambiance of the place and the nice staff -- but wish this place expanded their offerings a bit more.

First off, I found the bartender to be extremely efficient and cordial. He was willing to assist as best he could but i seem to have caught him off guard asking for a negroni. I take fault in this as they really do advertise themselves primarily as a beer/whiskey joint, but, with that being said, they also advertise craft cocktails (which I will get too later).

Secondly, as I touched on earlier, they are a whiskey and beer bar. They need to really stress this as a strength and stop offering other types of cocktails. I say this because I tried a couple of the cocktails and they were not good (at all-- in fact horrible). I stuck with the old fashioned which, in their defense, was good

Finally, This bar can really succeed if they focus on their strengths and outwardly advertise that they are a whiskey and craft beer bar. I would recommend they move toward pairing whiskeys and beers and really showing off their whiskeys and hiding vodkas/gins/etc and serving only basic requests for vodka drinks.

I will return at some point to review and re-rate -- mainly because I think I entered without an expectation being set and immediately was disappointed.

(one last note -- no food -- so come...

My boyfriend went to Lost and Found on Saturday afternoon before I went back with him the next day. He sat out front. He was smoking a cigar while they served him a drink. If it was not allowed, he would’ve understood but clearly this was okay. So, I tagged along with him the next day. We sat out front smoking cigars as we watched several other people sit at tables smoking cigarettes. They were not patrons. Someone from the bar walked over to us 30 minutes later, letting us know we can’t smoke here. It’s not allowed. It was clearly allowed for the OTHER people that had been smoking but we were told something different I guess. I explained to him we wouldn’t even be here if my boyfriend was told the day before that it wasn’t allowed. He never did give me a response when I asked why it wasn’t a bother for the waiter the day before -_-. I wasn’t trying to step on anyone’s toes but I had to explain how there had been several people smoking here before us that have an affiliation with the art gallery next door. The security guard who works at the art gallery even told us it has NEVER been an issue. And he’s been working there long enough to know that. Clearly it just wasn’t okay for US since we weren’t white. I would never come here again and I’ll let everyone else know not...

Took my one-year-old to a happy hour with friends here. They told us we could sit on the patio but couldn’t come inside. When my wife came to meet us she went to wash the baby’s hands, and the bouncer was overtly rude to her, and told me “tell that lady she’s not allowed back inside.”

If you’re going to allow families on the patio, you have to allow the children to go to the bathroom. Anyone who doesn’t understand this should not be working in hospitality. Either you’re family oriented or you’re not, and if you won’t allow a child to use the bathroom you should not be allowing them on the premises at all.

Also, the beer is very underwhelming and not any better than what you could get across the street at Safeway. Calico down the block is a much better place.

Edited in order to respond: Then why allow families on the patio? Your hard rule amounts to profiting from any families that attend gatherings there while depriving children of the basic services they need. Very...