Hotel Tabard Inn & Restaurant

We had our wedding rehearsal dinner for about 30 people in the beautiful Green Room at the Tabard Inn. We wanted an intimate, reasonably priced, and classic DC restaurant for our dinner, and The Tabard Inn was the perfect choice. From the beginning, the whole staff, including Mariana, Elena, and Judy, were great to work with. They were responsive to all of our questions, and did a great job organizing everything. For the actual dinner, the restaurant put up welcome signs for our guests, had name cards with entree selections, and printed custom menus. The Green Room is a great space with an area for drinks and passed h’orderves before dinner and then a larger room with space for several round tables. Plus there's a private bathroom, which is really nice for guests. The service was also great and they had everything set-up early, and kindly served some of our guests that arrived earlier than we had planned. The room and service were great, but the food was the real star. We decided to have 3 passed h’orderves- watermelon lollipops, scallop chorizo skewers, and lamb chop lollipops- which were the perfect way to welcome everyone to the dinner. Our dinner started with a mixed green salad that had an amazing vinaigrette. Our guests then picked between three entrees- filet mignon, crab cake, and vegetarian pasta primavera. Everyone raved about their entrees. Finally, we had an incredibly delicious cheesecake for dessert. Everything was fantastic, and we highly recommend Tabard Inn!

Elena and the staff at the Tabard Inn were fantastic. Elena was an excellent communicator, responded to emails promptly, and kept the planning process as simple as possible for us. The venue was absolutely perfect for our 60 guests. The patio was rustic and gorgeous for the ceremony, and they included little details that I didn't even notice until we got the photos, including putting little planters at the ends of the seating rows and little lanterns at the front rows. The banquet rooms were beautifully lit. In the green/pink room, the tables were expertly set. They included little table card stands and were very accommodating for my folks to set up centerpieces, escort cards, etc. Having a separate room (the red room) for the DJ, bar, and dancing was really nice as the green/pink room became a cooler place to rest while everyone danced the night away in the red room. The food was excellent, with most of our guests commenting on it being the best "wedding food" they'd ever had. Our menu included the Statler chicken breast, Ribeye steak, both with whipped potatoes and vegetables, and vegetarian pasta primavera; everyone loved their dishes, including us. (Elena even set up a complimentary tasting for us a few weeks before the wedding so we could finalize our selections.) We stayed at the inn on Friday and Saturday nights (the wedding was Saturday). The inn rooms were rustic, very Victorian with modern bathrooms, and the room we were in (room 3), was beautifully appointed, and had ample room for the bridal party to prepare. My husband and I have nothing but good things to say about the Tabard Inn, and would highly recommend it to couples looking for an intimate, personal venue, and the restaurant (which does the "catering" is second to none, and we're looking forward to going back for brunch in the near future.