I was one of Two Nineteen's biggest fans for easily the past 15 years, until visiting it last Friday after a long time away. I was so sad to see that the once elegant, Creole restaurant which always pampered its customers had been sold and the menu had been reduced to poorly prepared tourist trap crud. The menu which used... more

I was underwhelmed when I ate here. The food was expensive and not any better than the other restaurants around. more

Tired and dated more

I've always liked going here with family and friends for an elegant meal. more

it's been a while since i ate here, but it's a nice restaurant. Fun basement bar below & nice jazz trio upstairs. more

Nice restaurant for date nights and special occasions. Good food and service. more

Never going back. We booked here for an expensive fixed price Valentine's dinner and the service was deplorable. The waiter didn't pay any attention to us until he realized that we were eating many courses & spending a lot of money; but he nearly worshipped the older couple next to us. I was so disappointed that I'll never return. more

We ate at the Two Nineteen Restaurant during a recent trip to DC. Two nights prior, we had eaten at The Warehouse accross the street. Two Nineteen really pales in comparison. The filet mignon was a little tough we found. The she crab soup was again not as good as the one accross the street. We also ordered bananas foster... more

Just returned from Alexandria (4/10/05). Had dinner at Two Nineteen and so looked forward to a great Cajun meal. No Cajun would want to be connected to this claim. More like a Tempora fried catfish arrived at our table with no flavor at all...where were the spices? Salad and soup were good but soup was cold. Nice seating in the... more