Capitol Grounds Cafe
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Capitol Grounds Cafe

1010 17th St NW, Washington, DC

★★★★4.4(70 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

This Capitol Hill spot blends Korean comfort food with quality coffee in a refreshingly unpretentious way, featuring a self-order kiosk system that keeps things moving fast. The bibimbap and spicy pork are genuinely well-seasoned with fresh vegetables, and there's a devoted following who praise the chef's kindness and the overall freshness of everything that comes out. It's the kind of neighborhood place where you can grab a healthy breakfast, a solid coffee, and feel like you've discovered something real rather than polished.

What to expect

Quick grabLight foodFull breakfastTraditional drinks

Google Reviews

Savy Fakhar
★★★★★2 months ago

This is MY spot. Food is so healthy and good. The chef is the kindest. Can just place your order on the machine. He is fast at making it. And its fresh ! :)

Matt McMahon
★★★★7 months ago

If you want to wait five minutes in an empty store and the be berated in Spanish because you want to pay in cash then this is your place! Stay away from here if you want to place an order in English. Very slow service and low quality staff customer service.

Lauren Hyunhee Kim
★★★★★9 months ago

Happened to see it as we were walking by. They serve delicious Korean food here. The veggies in the bibimbop was fresh and the spicy pork was well seasoned. The eating area could use a little sprucing up but it’s fun to see all the Korean and non Korean snacks they sell. It’s a no touch ordering system which is kind of cool. They have street toast and dukboki too. I would recommend a try!

Tiana Bady
★★★★3 years ago

I'm only giving one star because there's no "0." Honestly I blame myself because on first entry I should have known. All I got was chicken noodle soup and they couldn't even get that right. They used grilled chicken from some other platter i'm sure. The broth is greasy and it just all around looks disgusting. Don't even ask me what the black bits are! I'm putting this exactly where it belongs...in the trash. Do no go here unless you're starving and they're giving out free food.

Qin Maya Mei
★★★★4 years ago

I ordered a bibimbap for 14.19 on postmates for pickup. When I went to the store I discovered that their regular bibimbap is only 10 and 14 is the price for beef bibimbap. The lady in the store said that their boss increased 10% of everything’s prices on postmates and Ubereats. But raising over $4 on the online platform for a bibimbap means a over 40% price increase, which is unacceptable. I can’t believe I walked in and pickup the food and paid 40% more than the regular price. Plus the food is not very good.

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