matchbox

"Definitely the best matchbox in DMV we've been to! The food was so tasty. What we really enjoyed was the amazing service. From the gentleman that answered the phone for our reservation to our server, they were so polite, respectful, good-natured, and knew their job well. Khalil especially made us feel welcomed, gave us great recommendations, and took such good care of us."

"It's one of the most expensive restaurant without a good reason. For example, half a really thin chicken breast sandwich is $18. That's hardly enough for anybody to feel full. An order of steak was $38. It was about half an inch thick. But I think they do is they split 1 in steak in half, and sell that for $38. So the margin is much higher. That is hardly enough for one person. I don't mind paying for descent and enough food and I have paid more for great service and good portions, but this is outrageous. Cutting corners in order to increase profit. To me, this seems like cutting corners to increase profit and this will catch up with the restaurant at some point. I don’t think I would ever be back."

"Great food and vibe plus wonderful service. Great to have a new local restaurant and bar open in downtown McLean. I am sure this place will do great! They also have a good bargain happy hour from 3pm which has a wide selection of food and drinks including cocktails. A pleasant and friendly place to meet people from the neighborhood. Outdoor seating is available for pleasant weather days as well."

"Second time getting matchbox in McLean, this time takeout. Last time dining I was waiting for extended periods of time for a waiter, which was frustrating. I think from both experiences I felt that the food was over salted, but still a solid restaurant with good food."

"Empire strikes back at Matchbox. This was our 4th visit to this location. When we arrived, the restaurant had a few guests already. We asked for a quiet booth and were seated at a booth on the far right side. It took 10 minutes for us to get an ice tea and a glass of water. We noticed that the menu had been updated since our previous visit. We ordered our appetizers, mini-burgers under a tower of fried string onion rings and mussels in white wine sauce. As a new item, the kitchen needs practice on cooking mussels. Sauce was good but mussels were over cooked and the bread was absent until requested. Dinner went downhill from here. Our entrees were the seared tuna salad and the shrimp linguini. We never got the seared tuna salad. The waiter mistakenly ordered the salmon salad. The manager did come by and apologized for the waiter’s error, commenting that it was a new menu. He asked what we wanted to do and we told him we would accept the salmon salad because we didn’t want to wait another 15 minutes for the seared tuna salad and the shrimp linguini to get colder. The menu description of the shrimp linguini was so beautiful I knew I had to have it. Boy, was the menu description wrong. The portion size was small for the price. When you finish a pasta dish, it is not unusual to soak up the remaining sauce with the bread. Regrettably, the sauce was so salty it was inedible. You will be safe to order simply things in this restaurant like burgers and pizza. Other than these, this kitchen is not capable of executing anything more complicated. They certainly are missing experienced adult supervision."