This business is relatively new; opened for less than a year. The venue is nicely decorated with subtle detail and very spacious. The first floor is the restaurant and hookah lounge, and in the evening, the upstairs club/lounge area is opened to the public. The music is always lively and entertaining. I've visited 12 Twelve a few times since their opening, and have noticed major changes in a short amount of time, especially with their customer service. The food is bomb and drinks aren't watered down. Actually, I had to ask the bartender to hold back just a little on the rest of the drinks I ordered. It was a refreshing experience, since many bars I've visited had juice disguised as alcohol. I read a few of the other reviews, complaining about the service. I'm not negating their experiences, just highlighting the improvement that has taken place. One review mentioned the beautiful lady with the "green hair" having a poor attitude. She's one of my favorites. Authentic and a really sweet person who went above and beyond to make sure our table was tended to. I say to anyone reading this review, check out the establishment for yourself. The staff and owners are awesome. They really have a family vibe among them. I definitely recommend this spot to anyone and everyone looking for great food and a cool spot to hang out any day of the week. read more

Nice spot!! Good food and drinks, oh and Cam was great!! Good customer service! good spot for brunch lunch and dinner! #foodonhst

Gabby's Service was excellent and the lobster Mac was divine! Gabby made a great peach margarita and my friend loved the signature 1212 cocktail. Will definitely return...a cool cozy spot for after work cocktails and good eats. read more

I have gone here a couple times.... maybe four in total. The last time I went, I ordered off the brunch menu! It was pretty good, the prices are a little "pricey" for Brunch in the city. But it was worth it! I ordered the Salmon and Grits with a shrimp, cheese and egg sandwich. It was fresh and super delicious read more

If I could give this place no stars I would. That's how bad my experience this weekend was. My sisters and I have been wanting to try their food for some time and decided to check it out this weekend, Saturday. The service went from bad, to horrifying! We get to the door and immediately realized there is no air conditioning, there are trash bags hanging from the ceiling, large fans blowing and no one acknowledges us. We try to look past that since we have driven, parked and walked to get here. We are finally seated. Our waitress comes over pretty quickly which was good. We finally realized that they are renovating, which is why there's no air and hot as hell inside. Thank God for the ice water. We place our drink and food order at the same time and we wait. 5 minutes later staff is arguing right at the hostess stand. They are pointing at our table and literally arguing with one another. Cursing and raising their hands at each other. Next thing you know the Chef is behind our table arguing with another man that works there who appears to be drunk. Literally right behind us. They go into the back. The waitress comes out and tells us they can't make our drinks. She said can you choose something "basic", "like a basic drink". So I ask, are you guys unable to make the drinks on the menu. She says no, we can do a basic drink. So I want to know what's a basic drink lol since I can't order drinks from the drink menu. She brings out another women who explains what basic means, "do you like dark, light, fruity? " I say light and fruity. They come back with some sort of pink drink for my sisters and I. They chose it for us. We all take a sip of some watered down drink they must have made earlier and just put ice in it for us. At this point I'm hot, irresistible and wondering wth is going on in here. 25 minutes later the waitress comes back to our table and tells us, she's sorry we need to order from the starter menu because they can't make what we ordered. Omg, I'm about to lose it. They bring over "The Owner" which I am hoping was an employee and not the owner. A short, light skinned women with a shoulder length blond hair cut. She says to us that the waitress is new and that she didn't know that we couldn't order things on that menu. She asked us to order from the starter menu. I flip over the dirty menu and realized two things we order were from the starter menu. She then says we can't order those starter items, try something like chicken wings. (I don't eat meat) I don't want any damn wings. I proceed to tell her that this is inexcusable and she ask me can I please respect the fact that they have a busy party going on upstairs. The waitress is brand new and the chef is arguing in the back. She also adds at this time of night on Hst. all you are going to find on the strip, "is starter menu items", so she can get me some shots and order me the wings. I couldn't even curse her out because I was in shock. Lol needless to say we left. I took myself down the street to my fave Smith Commons and got so much more than a starter menu + a ton of drinks. Then headed over to On the Rocks. They saved our girls night. In conclusion don't waste your time or your money going to 12 Lounge. read more

12 Twelve - DC - Lounges Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

I have been to 12 Twelve numerous times and this was my first visit for Sunday brunch. I was pleasantly pleased with the Shrimp & Waffle Po' Boy. It was served with a Maple Sriracha sauce, whose sweet and spicy characteristics made a happy union akin to Childish Gambino and Jhene Aiko. The textural contrast between the crispy slightly firm shrimp and fluffy waffle made me wonder why I never did this before. I definitely had a foodgasm as I ate. The staff is super friendly, the food was prompt, and everything tasted great. On top of all of that bottomless mimosas. This was the makings of a great Sunday. I will be back with friends. read more

Ok where do I start me personally the owner needs to reported fined and banned from ever participating in the growing history of H Street. So two weeks ago on a Saturday I was browsing down H Street just looking for a nice spot for me and my girlfriends all of us whom have worked under the Obama Administration..My intention is not to brag but to make note we are professionals looking to support black establishments. When by chance I noticed a young lady walking across the street I noticed her shirt advertised an business and the back said BARTENDER so I casually caught her attention and to my surprise she greeted me gracefully and professionally she introduced herself as Chrissy which made me insta÷ntly fell in love with her personality. We briefly talked about the place where she works and oddly we were steps away she explained what the business image stood for explained how great the atmosphere food and drinks were from that point I was very interested in patronizing this place so I told her I would return later with my GFS a couple hours later. So around 8 or 9 we arrived and in doing so it was fairly crowded I saw the young lady Chrissy whom by the way looks exactly like Teyana Taylor lol she immediately greeted us gave us several options for seating we chose the couch area. .she gave us the menu and stood there with much patience when we were deciding what to eat and drink... Finally we ordered 4 drinks which she suggested Strawverry Hennessy..less than 10 minutes we had our drinks in front of us they were perfect we watched her make them and was excited to see them well put together...she saw us enjoying the atmosphere she convinced us to buy a Hookah food arrived she was great then it happened she was being cordial helping other customers giving them A1 service when this short light skinned lady with this enormous loud ghetto voice starts yelling for her to stop assisting others to help one of her friends whom just popped out of nowhere...my mouth dropped how do you not let your employee tend to paying customers smh especially when you had one other bartender whom wasn't doing nothing but smoking hookah and looked rude as hell . .Anyway the service from our Bartender/Server was well over excellent her aura class professionalism and dedication gets 10 stars we tipped her well ...far as the owner I've contacted several persons in DC small business to look into her there's sonething not right about this lady that young lady should work where recognition is rewarded and respected her and the Hookah guy with the braces were the Best!! The owner is unprofessional and a drunk we watched her drink 3 full glasses of an alcoholic beverage in the 4 hours we were there and the other staff were completely doing other ish not work The stars is for the bartender not the establishment!! We will return when the young lady works!! God Bless read more

I wish I could give this place a zero... what a joke for an establishment. Do NOT be fooled by the attractive website. On 4/20 they had a breakfast at night event where they advertised a nice menu of breakfast options for $35 for an advanced online purchase. The advert gave the impression that it would be a nice spread. When we got there, I wondered if we were in the right place. The place was run down, shabby and small; some of the staff looked dusty and unprofessional; they had only four tables that fit approx. six or so people each (we wondered where everyone was supposed to sit, as people had to either stand and eat or wait for one of the four tables to free up); there were only four food items including fried chicken, soft/cold waffles pieces, shriveled up bacon and I I think sausages,of which I did not want. When my husband asked where the other "advertised" items were, specifically the shrimp and grits or the "more" that was advertised, we were told they weren't serving any that night, To add insult to injury, the person at the door charged only $20 or $25 to get in at the door -- so not only were we misled by deceptive advertisement of what would be included with our purchase, we were overcharged by purchasing in advance, online. When we asked to speak with a manager, we were told they would get someone, but really they ignored us, and based on the waitress's facial expression and mannerism, it was obvious. We sat there for about another 40 or so minutes waiting. This establishment seems to be more for teenagers who live in the area who just wants someplace to be other than their home. Unless that's who you are, don't waste your time or your money. This place should be fined for deceptive advertisement, because they clearly have a "hustle" going on for unsuspecting people. Not sure how far I can take it, but I will be reporting them to the FTC. read more

The food was great we had a wonderful time,a great place to take friends and family.The biggest treat of the evening was being served by a celbrity chef.That's right the personal attention shown to us was also demonstrated in preparing 0ur food! You don't want to miss out on this Quiet Storm.You never get a second change to make a first impression, we surely were impressed.It doesn't get any better than this, a well deserved 5 stars. read more

A very nice location loved it! And the food is great along with the waitresses! Very exquisite

Ok. So we look at the menus and place our two orders and a mega mimosa. My bf wanted to order scrapple as an add-on but was told that no scrapple was ready and it would take 30 min to be ready. (Why isn't it being prepared when you open up? But okkkkkk) About 30 minuted later I'm like where is the mega sangria????? The girl tells me that she is waiting to bring everyone's drinks out at the same time. Ummmm bruhhhhhh nahhhhhh and wtfffffffff. I ask to speak with the manager. Lo and behold it's the same girl who at this point I'm not feeling. She goes into defense mode when I tell her we have been waiting and I don't get why I must wait for her and other people to get my stuff. She goes into an "explanation/excuse": they are short staffed, training someone, and that there are people who were here before us who still didn't have their food but WE did. I looked around to make sure I wasn't crazy. EVERY table seated came in AFTER us AND had their drinks. By this time our good had come. Oh she also cut me off talking about "Well what y'all want? You want a shot or something?" Oh this is he girl with the green hair who is supposed to be the manager. So the mega sangria came out we were both done with our food. No need for it. Asked for it to be taken off the bill. They did that. Then I attempted to use Spotluck which gave us 20% off the bill. First off, she didn't even know what I was talking about. How do you have promos and don't have informed employees?? She comes back and says she can't honor the 20% off because it's a private brunch today. At this point, I was just over the whole experience. Mind you, the 12Twelve/Spotluck promo was advertised on EVERY table. I try to give black owned businesses a chance all the time but this was an entire mess. My shrimp was seasoned good though. ‍ Based in service and bad attitudes I wouldn't go back and wouldn't recommend it. Only way I would go back would be if they offered a meal on me and gave me bomb service! I truly hope the owner reads this. I'd even be a waitress here just to show how TRUE customer service works! read more

Clearly this place needs a new chef who actually shows up on time! After the chef finally arrived, an hour passes and our food still hadn't arrived and nor did he start cooking our food. This shouldnt happen on a Saturday afternoon. read more

I visited this restaurant on Sunday for brunch with a couple of my friends. its really nice on the inside, very intimate. We were seated right away without any problems. We ordered our food and my friend ordered a hookah. The gentleman prepared the hookah for my friend in which she was unable to smoke because it was burning her throat, and very strong. The gentleman was asked to come back multiple times to fix the hookah and with all the attempts it was not put to use by my friend. The owner comes in and appears to be really friendly. She takes a seat at the table beside us and someone brings her a plate and a mimosa as she sits on her laptop. Then walks her husband who is also the owner. At this time we have already received our food, which was VERY GOOD! We are now waiting for our checks. The waitress brings our checks out and my friend explains to her the difficulties she had with the hookah and asked if it van be removed. Our waitress goes over to explain my friends frustration with the owner and comes back to my friend to tell her that she can get the hookah at a discounted price but it will not be taken off of her check. My friend continues to let the waitress know that even though the hookah was sitting at the table the entire time, she was not able to smoke it. The waitress then goes back to the owner to let her know what was said. At this point we are all frustrated because the owner is literally sitting next to us and is communicating with us through the waitress when all she had to do is come over to my friend and respectfully speak to her to straighten out the discrepancy. We over heard her saying to the waitress "just take the hookah off because people like that...". The hookah was taken off and we nicely paid for our food tipped our wonderful waitress, complimented the chefs, and walked out of the poorly ran establishment. This was by far the worst restaurant I went to because I watched the owners display unprofessionalism at the lowest of lowest levels. They are not business oriented at all. The worst part of it all is that I have friends that have had bad experiences here with management. Overall the food was GREAT!! The chefs did their thing! I will be on the lookout for their food truck DISTRICT BRUNCH when it is back online. read more

1 star for effort and inconsistency. I visited this place twice, I may go again. My first experience was really great. I order the slammin salmon and it was hot and delicious. I went again last night and ordered the same thing. Before I ordered I had to wait 15 minutes for the chef to arrive and then an additional 30min to fire up the kitchen and then an addition 30min to prepare the food. While I waited, the very lovely bartender let me know the chef didn't have the mashed potatoes or spinach available. I've already waited close to 45min by now, I'll just eat the asparagus and mac-n-cheese that they offered, I thought. Then the chef comes out with salmon, veggies and mussels and places it in-front of man across the bar from me who happened to be the owner or the owners boyfriend. That's when I got heated... the guy strolled into the restaurant well after I did and eats a full spread of food before I had mine - this is problematic customer service, especially if you own the place. When my food came out, the salmon was half the size from my previous visit, probably about 6 asparagus and med size skillet of Mac-n-cheese. This was not worth $21 I paid before. I let the bartender know I didn't want the food and she apologized and set the food next to the guy and his lady friend that he was fork feeding. While closing my tab, they and a friend (or staff member) all started eating the food. I'm really happy they enjoy their own food. read more

12 Twelve - DC - Lounges Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

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If I could give 0 Stars I would. I visited this bar/restaurant yesterday with my 13 year old son. We were pressed for time so I ordered from the Happy Hour Menu. I ordered Chicken Sliders, Fries and Cornbread. The fries came first in about 10 minutes after we were seated. The sliders 10 minutes later and the cornbread never came. The Manager disappeared several times after telling me my cornbread was minutes away from coming from the kitchen. After waiting an hour I said I would take it to go. The Manager came to the bar and told me she would refund the money for the cornbread and blamed the cook. Although the staff is friendly, referring to customers as Baby, Sweetie and Honey is not good Customer Service, and lacks professionalism. I should have received all of my money back and an apology for this inconvenience of my time. Great Customer Service is a must and should never be compromised. Simply own your mistake and rectify it. read more

My goodness. I'm beyond disappointed in this place. I do my best to support black business but today was just an outright hot mess! A few friends of mine came to this place and said they enjoyed it so I figured I'd give it a try...I guess today was just an off day maybe? I walked in and was told my friends and I could seat ourselves. Cool. Waitress came a few minutes later with menus. Cool. We ordered our food and mimosas. Cool. So here we go. The table next to us (was there an hour before us) was so fed up that they gave us the rest of their mimosas(its comes in a huge pouring jar) because they refused to wait for food any longer. We decided to wait it out. Took about 40 minutes just to get some water. Our food took over an HOUR to come AND it was cold. The server also constantly forgot my friend's coffee she ordered. Shall I add in that she managed to bring us 3 forks and ONE knife to eat with? The service was all around terrible. My friends had the chicken and waffles and I have the shrimp and waffles po boy. It was good food but I'll probably hold off on this place. They have the means to be a great establishment. Just not today..... they're fairly new so I'll be back in about 4-5 months to see if they got it together. Only because the food was good. read more

My boyfriend and I stopped by here randomly on a Saturday while walking down H street. Our waiter was really Nice but our hookah took 30 minutes to get to us. Secondly when our bill came we were over charged. Not a fan of this place and won't be coming back. They even tried to charge us $10 just to replace our coal for the hookah. read more

I came here on a Friday night for happy hour and there wasn't too many people here initially. The woman at the bar greeted my friend and I immediately and was nice! But we were a group of 5 people that stayed past happy hour and when we got our bill we were charged for 2 hookahs and an additional $10 (twice) for it being more than 4 people smoking hookah even though the hookah quality was terrible and we complained and requested a remake. Terrible! We waited for our drinks and had to ask for the same drinks more than 3 Times. Service was terrible and so is their petty pricing. First and last time!!! read more

TY the bartender and Tia the waitress were amazing. Chris, the hookah concierge understood the fine art of mixing tobacco. My friends and I had a blast and will be back read more

Great drinks and service. Be sure to look for Cola, she's one of the best bartenders on H street!

Listen Linda!!!!!! Lounge Twelve Twelve on H street DC has the best shrimp and grits I have EVER had!!!! Their food is amazing!!! #perfection if you don't listen to anything I have to say listen to this!!! Best food hands down!!! read more

Nia the bartender was amazing!! Renardo was of great assistance when I first arrived. Nice new venue on H Street. Should attract a different and diverse clientele. read more

This place is absolutely AMAZINGGGGG! The calamari is out of this world the broccoli in the calamari is blazing. The drinks are on point and the service is great! The bartender B is the best! I definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for a chill vibe, this is the place to be! read more

This is the place to go for a good time, good food and friendly bartenders...the best drinks in the dmv

The wings are awesome! The staff is so welcoming! Will definitely come back! I came on a Friday night and am very satisfied.

The only redeeming aspect of this place was the waitress, who was very kind and trying so hard. We waited 40 minutes for our drinks, over an hour for our food, and one of our group got food poisoning. The rest of us had just okay food, but nothing special. The music started out reasonably and progressively got louder and louder so we couldn't hear each other even when screaming. It was also very explicit, so if you don't want an in depth description of various sex acts screamed at you over dinner, maybe try someplace else. read more

My husband and I went for a quick HH date!! Went inside and was instantly greeted by the bar tender! I'm very big on customer service so that was a plus for me entering the establishment. I was greeted by Lindsey(bar tender) and provided with a food and drink menu and enlightened about their HH special. The menu selection was great it had a lot of tasty food options and drinks to choose from making it hard to actually choose what you want if your hungry like I was!! I decided to order the Lamb chops with Mac and cheese and OMG my food selection was so bomb especially the Lamb chops they were phenomenal some of the best Lamb chops I've ever had and I'm a picky eater!!!! I had to meet the Chef (Chef Brittany). Chef Brittany came out greeted my husband and Myself and was so humble, professional, and sweet!! What was suppose to be a quick HH in and out date lasted for a few hours! We truly enjoyed our time here as we met and conversed with random customers who came in as well!!! 12 Twelve definitely provides a great atmosphere and provided us with extraordinary customer service, great music, one of the best HH drink specials from 4-9 $5-$8 shots and drinks with some top shelf included and extraordinary food!! We will definitely be back!!! read more

This is the worst restaurant ever in DC. I'm the bartender to the management the absolute worst and I would never step foot back into this establishment. There WiFi wasn't working so they was operating off an hot spot. My bill comes and they tried 3 different method of payments which some how according to them didn't work. They kept my ID and bank cards I told them let me walk to the ATM to pay my bill. The owner ( which was either sleepy or tipsy) was like you don't have no money it's all declined so how can I trust you. So instead she said I'll be right back "3 mins later the police arrive and she states to them i can't pay my bill give them my ID and bank card and they walk with me to the ATM. I get to the ATM and my card works and I'm able to withdraw money. I get back to the restaurant to pay the bill I ask for a receipt to confirm what's on it because the amount owe changed 3 different times and guess what the internet down they can't print it out. I been to many places in DC and never experience this ever in life. This is the absolute worst establishment in the DC trying to support a black business and they treated me like trash. read more

I'm not even sure where to begin. My girlfriend & I went there for NYE. It was empty bt we gave it a try anyway. I honestly wish I would've kept my hard earned coins. I ordered drinks & hookah for my girl & I. It took them about 45mins to bring my hookah. Then to add insult to injury, people that came in wayyy after me received their hookah. Finally got my hookah & there was little to no smoke coming out. They only put one coal on the hookah & when I proceeded to ask for more it took them forever & a day to bring it out. While I was waiting for the coal, I went back to the bar to get another drink. The bartenders were taking pictures of themselves INSTEAD of taking my drink order. At this point, I am beyond furious & my girl had to calm me down. I finally get my coal only to find out that the original coal had died down. Oh & to top the night off, there was a big fight that broke out! The fight went from one side of the club to the other. Sis, just throw away the entire staff. They were extremely rude, minus the young black dude with the braids. I love my people & I always try to support black businesses BUT I'll never visit this place again NOR will I recommend it to anyone. Do yourself a favor & dont waste your time OR money!!!!!! read more

I was very excited to try this place & it's black owned! It had so much potential but the quality of customer service was so horrible. We weren't greeted when we first walked in. We found a seat and waited 20 mins before I decided to go to the bar and ask for service. The bartender wasn't friendly. It wasn't until Deonte tried to help out as best as he could. Our drinks took 30 mins. The food and hookah was great. I asked to speak to a manager was told they weren't there. As my friend and I began wrapping up, we ask could we be compensated for the inconvenience of our experience, they took 20% off which wasn't 20%. The head bartender with blonde hair then had an attitude because I asked for the original bill. I asked the girl with green hair who is the manager, she said there wasn't one in but herself and blonde girl were in charge (cool but when there is an issue, if your in charge you need to rectify the situation without an attitude) the blonde hair girl then says I'll take the 20% percent back and just take off the hookah (cool but it isn't about money at this point). As a first time guest trying to support black businesses, I probably won't be back. I'm a bartender and the lack of experience when multiple people are ordering a drink was beyond me. They act as if the didn't know what was going on nor how to make a simple drink. They were short staffed to be fair but communication is key to avoid any hiccups down the road. The only reason we stayed was because the guy Deonte did everything he could to fix the situation as well as the girl with the green hair. I just hope the managers read the reviews and fix the issue with the staff and lack of customer service. 1 star for the food other then that, don't waste your time here you'll be waiting forever. read more