Cedar Knoll

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   Ann

   VIP

   New York City

   103 reviews

   5.0

   103 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Going to Cedar Knoll is always an exceptional experience! Whenever we have out of town, guess, we make it our business to bring them there. The food is exquisite, the ambience is lovely and historic, and the service is perfect. 
   

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   Craig

   VIP

   Los Angeles

   22 reviews

   4.0

   22 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely historic location, wonderful service, dishes were creative and most were delicious, but heavy fried food for one of us was a bit much. Wanted to go here my whole life from growing up here, finally made it, and was overall a great get-together.
   

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   Stephen

   VIP

   Washington DC

   28 reviews

   5.0

   28 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent meal in the Main dining area near te fireplace
   

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   Jackie

   VIP

   New York City

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Our family had a very disappointing experience this evening at Cedar Knoll. First, we were not seated where we had requested to be (we had out of town family visiting for the weekend and requested to be seated in the main dining room). Second, our entrees were an hour and 15 minutes late and arrived cold and third, we were charged for the late, cold entrees without any kind of apology whatsoever, particularly the filet which was sent back - to arrive 30+ minutes later grossly overcooked, which we had to bring home in a bag due to the long wait time.
   

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   Debra

   VIP

   Washington DC

   4 reviews

   1.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   This was supposed to be a special price fixed menu for Christmas Eve served family style. The food was horrible-- the salmon mousse starter was too salty. The croquette starter was very greasy. The lobster and scallops main dish had almost no lobster and was cold. The scallops were rubbery. The beef was tasty but came as four very thin slices for a table of four people and was cold. The service was very, very slow and the price was $95 per person plus drinks, gratuity of 23% automatically added on and tax. For that price the food and service should have been impeccable. Unfortunately they were not. A huge disappointment. We won't be going back.
   

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   Jeanne

   VIP

   Washington DC

   13 reviews

   5.0

   13 reviews

   Dined on 19 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fabulous experience!! Sparkling wine and champagne tasting was am amazing event!!
   

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   Juliette

   San Francisco

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 December 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   Appetizers, sauces, and garnishes (veg) were excellent. Proteins were dreadfully mis-cooked: the venison was black-and-blue (raw inside), not rare, and the cutlet hadn't been tenderized before cooking and had been fried in too-cold oil, so the coating was a greasy, slimy mess. The only high point was Iko (sp?) who tried to apologize for the other staff and was very nice. Won't return -- too many other good places nearby.
   

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   Adam

   Washington DC

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 9 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had a fantastic dinner for four with cocktails, the best $20 cheese plate I’ve had, and exceptional entrees all around. Just the right place to take out of town guests for a really special meal.
   

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   Darlene

   VIP

   Washington DC

   14 reviews

   3.0

   14 reviews

   Dined on 8 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   Cedar Knoll has beeen our go to for special occasions. Previous experiences have been excellent. Our most recent visit was not up to the standards we have come to expect from them. They seemed to be understaffed and the staff didn’t seem prepared. It took longer than usual for our pre-dinner cocktails to be served and our bread was not served until our appetizers. The quality of the food for the appetizer courses was excellent. After a long wait for our dessert to be served, we were quite disappointed in the quality. It seemed like it had just been pulled from the refridgerator. We will return with the hope that the service we experienced was an isolated situation.
   

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    Diane

    Washington DC

    46 reviews

    5.0

    46 reviews

    Dined on 6 December 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5

    Wonderful meal and love the special atmosphere. Definitely a good choice!
    

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