First time here. Was meeting a group of coworkers. We sat in the lounge, so we had the bartender as our waiter. First off, she made a damn fine Old Fashioned. Single large ice cube, made with Bulleit, good garnish. Very tasty. The pizza was also most excellent. I ventured out and ordered a pizza that I normally wouldn't, and it did not disappoint. I think it was the K's special or something. I devoured the whole thing! Our waiter/bartender was cute. She made herself feel right at home with the small talk, but maybe a little too much. She also disappeared for a long time, but honestly, we were fine. We didn't need anything. Overall, it was a great experience. I will definitely be back next time I'm in town. read more

I had never been to matchbox before and had such a great experience!! Ecem was our server and was so nice and helpful! She was super knowledgeable and gave us such good suggestions. Highly recommend this place for brunch!! read more

I am only here to tell you to please order their crab cake sandwich! It's menu is large, but I saw crab, and I had to have it! I wasn't expecting much, but it was DELICIOUS!!! Here is my second review, when I went for Brunch: Chicken Waffles really hit the spot! When it comes to American Restaurants, I am a simple girl, I'd say stick with the classics, they can't let you down! read more

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Always a good spot for happy hour. Service can vary especially during rush hours. Pizzas are the best and they offer free pizza on your birthday when you sign up for Matchbox rewards read more

Server was great name was Ezequiel dude was chill food was great will be coming back soon.

A nice DMV local chain that delivers on large wood-fired pies and nice cocktails. With around a dozen locations in DC, MD, and VA (strangely there's a location in Florida!), Matchbox is always consistent and it's hard to go wrong with the pizza. Matchbox follows Covid compliance with tables and booths 6 feet apart and paperless menus that can be accessed by a QR code with your phone. While I try to keep a pizza simple, Matchbox similar to Pizza Paradiso, the more toppings the better! The pizza can handle a mountain of toppings and better loaded up. The Cremini Mushroom pizza is fully loaded and bursting with flavor! The pizza is packed with grilled mushrooms and onions, roasted garlic, roasted shallots, ricotta, mozzarella cheese, spicy banana peppers, and topped with arugula with a drizzle of truffle oil. The cheese and veggies paired very well together. I'm typically not a big fan of white pizza and love a zesty sauce, but didn't miss it! While I wasn't a big fan of the tangy banana peppers, they added a spicy kick! The Bourbon Crisp cocktail is a great way to enjoy the fall! Jim beam bourbon, apple cider, lemon, cinnamon syrup blend well together and glad I skipped the orange bitters. So good that I got Round #2. The 14' Large pizza is way too big to conquer. Would be nice to have a smaller 10' personal size that I could easily devour in a sitting. Sadly I don't see Cremini Mushroom pizza on the menu anymore, hopefully it'll be resurrected! Excited to come back when the pizza returns on the menu! read more

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Great service from Ecem! Very friendly, checked with kitchen and manager about allergies. Will be back again!

First of all, whoever the music director is needs a raise. I'm eating my dinner and the next thing I know I hear the opening chords to "Hate Dancin'" by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I'm coming back based on that alone. Me and my daughter are grooving having a good time. The food is consistent and good too. Get the table bread. read more

The food is still great here and the portion sizes haven't changed. Everything was fresh, cooked as we asked and the right temperature. This time I arrived during a shift change and a holiday party going on in the back. This was on a Friday afternoon. There was no one at the front host station when we arrived, right behind another party. It took a minute before someone came out to seat all of us and then a long time for someone to come to our table to take our order. The manager eventually came over and ended up taking our order. It also took a long time for our food to come out, but eventually our server, who had just come on duty, brought out our food. read more

Good fries but no pizza... they should have pizza new owners never updated the name and information read more

I ordered a thanksgiving meal for a family of 4 and it was totally unacceptable. I have tried to reach management to no avail. I paid a lot of money and it was not real turkey but pressed turkey loaf. The stuffing was mislabeled and creamed spinach came instead so no stuffing. The rest of the sides were totally bland--canned cranberry sauce, plain green beans and some apples with topping. This was a horrendous way for my family to spend the holiday. read more

Server was very attentive and checked in on us along with the manager! As for the food, pancakes and sides were great but I do not recommend the steak and eggs unfortunately. The steak was very rubbery and dry, and the eggs were very choppy similar to carton scrambled eggs. Maybe it was just this time but I've seen other comments saying the same thing after looking through reviews. Otherwise, the vibes are great, drinks are great, and staff was very attentive! read more

Server was rude and unaccomidating. Food was bland. Water was not brought. Only ordered drinks were brought. We had to ask for water and it was hard to get it refilled. No reason for me to return read more

Place is nice, the drinks are great, the ambiance is welcoming and the service was fast and efficient.

we have been eating or ordering from this restaurant for years. The Cantonese food was always out favorite until last Sunday. We ordered stir fry rice noodle with beef and seafood tofu pot. We ordered this two dishes many times before. The rice noodle was cooked with spoiled oil which can not be eaten but trashed. The seafood tofu pot should also has some chicken meat and barbecue pork but did not。 Customer knows when you are cutting corners. read more

**UPDATED FROM BELOW** 3.5/5; Got pizza for lunch. Extra cheese, added red onion. The pizza was 100% times better the second go around. The staff was very nice and friendly. It has made up from my first experience below. 2.5/5; Went to Matchbox at the request of someone else in our party because they loved the one in D.C. We ordered a half cheese half pepperoni pizza, with extra cheese. The pizza that was brought to us was not like our previous Matchbox experience. Barely had any cheese (even though we paid for extra) was over cooked and just simply not good. On the other hand the jumbo fried shrimp was great! Perfectly battered and seasoned. Ordered the burger and added bacon. The burger was okay, but not for the price. The burger was also over cooked. In addition, I wanted to order a glass of wine but the prices were outrageous. I know when dining you're always going to pay way over what it's worth but they had wine by the glass for $16-21 for bottles of wine that cost $10. Will not be returning to this matchbox. read more

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Has really gone downhill since we were here about 4 yrs ago. iPizzas used to be served hot and melty now were meh and lukewarm. Service was mediocre with no follow up to see how everything was and to top it off, there was a mouse running around behind our booth, Our server had to be asked twice to inform the manager who finally came. He was pleasant but pretty matter of fact; I guess they have been having a recurring problem and offered to take one pizza off our bill.., I don't know ..,they probably should have done better. Do they even realize how unsanitary this is??? read more

Great pizza!!! and that is an accomplishment in itself in Northern Virginia. The Apple and pear salad was well dressed and tasty. Highly recommend this restaurant, and the staff were welcoming and friendly! read more

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Overall great experience! Our server, Maggie, was very attentive and made sure our drinks were filled at all times. Food came out hot and was delicious! The general manager, Nick, stopped by to check in and was very nice to talk to. Would definitely recommend choosing Matchbox if you're looking for somewhere to dine in the area!!! read more

We just held a private party in the Barrel Room for a 60th birthday/30th wedding anniversary. The space was perfect for our guest list of 42! The waitstaff was superb and a manager was on hand to address any issues...there were none. Drinks were filled without delay, food was delivered, hot and delicious, and the event space offered a cozy fireplace with soft music playing on the TV. Our guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves and congratulated us on picking the perfect venue for our celebration. Thank you for accommodating and serving us with professionalism and gentility. read more

Food was delicious Nice area , Decoration is unique Alexus is the one makes you come again Thanks Alexus read more

Last weekend, we had a cheers for 18 years birthday celebration at Matchbox mosaic for my daughter. She chose this restaurant because we had a great sweet 16 there in January for her sister. Once again, the food and service were outstanding! We were able to select items from the menu, and manager Nick created our own special menu. Our waiter, Henry, was friendly and did an exceptional job. I highly recommend this restaurant for all your party and entertaining needs. read more

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Came here with the family while I was in town. The little one wanted pizza. The service was good, the food was a hit and a miss. I ordered the Nashville hot wings. It was a dry rub on them and they were far from being hot but they were crispy. The shrimp and grits were good. Plenty of flavor but the shrimp was over cooked. The pizza was really good. Thin and crispy and plenty of flavor. If you like mustard the deviled eggs are for you. The mustard takes over any other flavors. For dessert we had the lemon cake which was moist and tangy. The donuts which were crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. We were fortunate to have arrived during happy hour when they have some pretty good deals on food and drinks but even with that we were still looking at a $200.00 check for three adults and a toddler. read more

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Ordered a 1/2 and 1/2 pizza to go. Service was friendly and prompt. We waited inside so we could eat it fresh n hot outside. When we opened the box we both looked at each other confused as to what we were looking at. This will go down as the worst, most expensive pizza I've ever come across. First off, it was cold even tho they handed it to us saying it just came out of the brick oven. The restaurant was in between lunch n dinner so there was only a few customers. Pizza looked like someone took a tortilla (there was no crust), smeared a little sauce on it and sprinkled the smallest amount of cheese on it and charged $24. My friend and I took a few a couple bites and threw the rest in the trash. We ordered the 14" but wasn't close to that size. It didn't look nor taste like a pizza cooked in a brick oven, wasn't 14", had barely any ingredients, over priced, tasted like a stale dry cracker, a complete rip off. What makes this even worse is Thompson Hospitality also owns Wise Guys pizza which puts out a great product and knows how to make various styles with great execution. This place is an embarrassment to even call pizza, along with adding such a high price for a subpar product. A $2 frozen Mamma Celeste tastes like gourmet compared to this. You can get a high quality pizza elsewhere in Masonic cooked in a wood fired oven for well below what you would pay here that is far superior in every aspect. I'd go as far to say I'm surprised they're still in business serving food like that with such a high $. read more

Brunch food was pretty good!! ! Service from Diego was top tier. Staff was nice too. They do music fyi.

Experienced this business for a private dinner after the funeral with full military honors of a close family friend. No pictures of the meal, out of respect for the circumstances/situation. The private area for our party was right near the bathrooms, so it was semi-private. The first thing I noticed upon arrival to the table was that the name on the menu was misspelled. I learned after the meal that the business arbitrarily changed some of the menu items from what had been contracted. The food itself was good. As people arrived, each table received a ginormous meatball in a heavy cast-iron mini skillet, an order of dynamite shrimp, and an order of spinach artichoke dip with chips. I ordered a 10-inch kids cheese pizza but one of my children said the sauce was still too spicy (as opposed to the zesty tomato sauce on the standard cheese pizza offering). For my meal, I enjoyed the simple salad with mixed greens, shaved red onion and a few pieces of cherry tomato in a pungent vinaigrette. I also enjoyed the steak frites with chimichurri. My children & best friend thoroughly enjoyed the mini donuts with berry and chocolate dipping sauces for dessert. My best friend said they were like beignets, which spurred a conversation about travel and future plans. The others at the table seemed to enjoy the berry cheesecake. One started off slicing the huge piece in half, perhaps to save some for breakfast with coffee the next day, but ultimately cleared their plate anyway. I can't fault the business for service. We were a large crowd and they did the best they could, while continuing to manage the rest of their customers. I was disappointed for my close friends, that what was agreed upon wasn't fully received. I do recommend a visit to the shopping area. I learned what was once a single-street of shops has expanded into a several-block area of shopping and entertainment, and being a week before Thanksgiving, it's all decorated for the holidays. My kids also enjoyed the larger-than-life chess & checkers sets outside the restaurant, even if a few pieces were missing. read more

I'm so disappointed. I've been to this restaurant so many times and it was consistently decent. This time was awful. First, the restaurant was empty yet we were asked for our order within minutes of being seated. Our entire party was not even at the table. Once we ordered, our appetizers took 30 minutes. They came five minutes before the entree. The onion fries were droopy and not crisp. I'm so disappointed. For hundreds of dollars, I could have to many places. I will never return: read more

Fantastic service. Delicious food. Great environment. I sat outside on the patio for dinner. Sometimes when you go somewhere and sit outside the service can be kind of slow/the staff is less attentive. Not the case here! My waitress, Liz, was *spot on*. Gave great recommendations and was very welcoming to everyone both in her section and those walking through to get to the door. The patio overlooks the grassy park area so it's very pretty at sunset. 10/10 would recommend/would come back again. read more

matchbox - Pizza - 1/2 Matchbox Meat, 1/2 Fig & Prosciutto - Pizza Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

This is solely a review for the Happy Hour/"Social Hour". Had the soft pretzel, chicken bites, mini burgers, a "Matchbox Meat" pizza, blue moon, and cookies & cream milkshake. Soft pretzel was excellent, probably one of the best I've had in the general area, wish it had a little extra salt. Not usually a fan of pretzel cheese dips, but this one was great and not too overpowering. The chicken bites were also pretty good, they used to have wings on the HH menu pre-pandemic, but this is good enough for now. The pizza and burgers are both bleh, not bad, but not good. Burgers have no toppings or spread/mayo so even though they are well cooked they are bland and dry. Pizza is really not anything to write home about, reminded me of one of those Totinos party pizzas. Milkshake was alright, a little thin, but easily drinkable. Service was great. read more

matchbox - HH Spread - Pizza Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

Ordered the mambo chicken sandwich and it was OK. Nothing really outstanding about it, butit didn't suck. My meals never seem to look like the pics they post, usually I get half the amount of fries. Service wasn't great, as it took out larger group a while to get our meals even though it was pretty empty in the dining room. Food was barely warm when received. read more

It was the first time for us to try the weekend brunch. Our waiter,Derek, was courteous and answered our questions since it was our first time at that establishment. The food was great. read more

The only reason why I did not give this one star is because I was not there to purchase this myself. This salad is so bland for $24. I would have expected it to be exploding with flavor, especially with the dressing that was mentioned. The salmon was cooked perfect but it was still lacking flavor, if you don't like flavor in your food, this salad is perfect for you. read more

matchbox - Herb crusted salmon salad - Pizza Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

I will this place should be better at what they do as a whole. Now the Chicken and Waffles was absolutely Perfect for starters. Where my gripe lies with this place is how unclean the cups where. I had to ask multiple times to have new ones brought to me. I'm not a difficult person to please but I don't want to use dirty utensils. I won't be coming back here anytime soon. read more

matchbox - Chicken and Waffles - Pizza Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

The food was great and the service was fast. We needed some food to grab before our movie showtime and this was a convenient location. I haven't had Matchbox in a very long time and was super excited to try it out again. I would definitely add this location into my plans again when in the area. read more

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Weve been frequent guests at this and other Matchbox stores, so this is a bit overdue. Today, the first of the 'Big Corona' was probably a bit of an anomaly as the service was really weak. We wanted to sit outside as it was a nice spring day, however the hostess told us it would be 5 -10 minutes as they only had one server. Seeing it empty was a bit confusing. Similarly inside a sparse restaurant saw us wait quite a bit after being seated. Oh well, it is an unusual time, so be prepared. For HH you can't go wrong with one of their discounted pies. The Meatball sports their tasty orbs accompanied by bacon crisps; the Fire and Smoke is unique to MB and features a nice zing. The most impressive on the HH menu are their 3.6.9 options of sliders. Covered with a tower of onion straw, these choice beef patties come replete with pickles on a small toasted bun. The HH drinks feature a small range of craft cocktails and a discount on a few beers and wines. The food though is what makes MB's HH so good. Service aside, we are fans of our neighborhood pie place. read more

matchbox - Matchbox - Pizza Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

I recently visited this location and the food was excellent. My server Diego, was the most friendly and engaging server I've ever had! He suggested to me to get the sliders with onion straws and I'm glad that he did because the straws were extremely flavorful. If you visit this place, ask for Diego! He knows his stuff about the food and will make your time worthwhile with conversation. read more

Deeply bizarre brunch experience. I would probably not return, definitely not for brunch at least. Our server was trying her best, but I wonder if there are staffing issues (especially during these "unprecedented times"). The menu items available seemed overpriced for what was served, and there are literally only 4 brunch items available on their regular menu. Maybe it's our fault for not being in the mood for pizza, but their menu seemed really unappealing or too expensive for what it seemed. We all got drinks. First of all I do not recommend the sangria, I believe it was apple although the menu said peach. It wasn't a particularly good sangria, it kind of tasted like juice, could not detect any alcohol at all. Possibly watered down taste. My chicken sandwich was pretty okay, but my friend's french toast was raw. Like we cut it open and there was like wet batter inside lol. Also it looked extremely basic and not worth the price. My other friend ordered the "Nashville hot" sandwich and it was identical to my normal one lol. The service was weird but I don't want to fault our server because she was doing her best. I think that maybe her team let her down a bit. read more

So i usually frequent the silver spring matchbox but decided to go to pentagon city, Pentagon city stated at 2:30 that they had no more seats. The entire upstairs was empty but they said they had reservations coming in so they couldn't sit my 2 person party so i headed to merrifield and was vey disappointed. The only thing good about the place was my waitress. She was very friendly and attentive. First their pizza oven was broken (if u have had the pizza then u know thats one of their best items) , then i ordered a tower and it was brought in a pitcher (not in the cute glass tower that the silver spring location uses. They don't offer full pieces of chicken like silver spring. They only offer little boneless cutlets and they were overcooked, and furthermore my glass and silverware were dirty. I will be making a reservation at the silver spring location from now on. Now i see why this one was practically empty. read more

We had an amazing time enjoying an easy Saturday at Mosaic District with Matchbox's restaurant week menu. The burger was so tasty and juicy and they have the best Caesar salad! Lena was absolutely wonderful as our server. Friendly and very attentive. We will be back soon! read more

One word: Brunchbox!! - aka unlimited brunch tapas from your neighborhood pizza joint. I finally had a chance to try out brunch here with a few girlfriends this weekend and it was fabulous! We sat outside (seating is limited and fills up quickly on nice afternoons so keep that in mind) and enjoyed a leisurely two hour brunch for four. We probably could have stayed longer so plan accordingly. Food: Chilaquiles (breakfast nachos) - best item on the menu by far. Spicy, smokey, cheesy, crunchy, salty and delicious. Do yourself a favor and order one for everyone at the table so you don't have to share! Arancini - fried risotto, mozz cheese and tomato sauce. I was expecting more flavor, especially from the sauce but it fell flat. Good dish, just not great. I wouldn't waste my calories here next time around. Chicken + waffles - the chicken was the star -crisp and juicy, I could have eaten it without the waffle and been just as happy. The waffle was fine but lacked anything to wow me. I think they could have kicked it up a notch with some hot honey syrup or by adding sugar crystals to the waffle to really make the dish shine. Shrimp + Grits - yum! Even if you're not a grits fan you need to give this dish a chance. The creamy grits alone are worth ordering again. Avocado toast - I didn't have a chance to try this one but the other girls seemed to enjoy it! The presentation was lacking and could use a little sprucing up - a blistered tomato or some finishing salt never hurt anything. Mini burgers - I was sad to see the mini burgers didn't come with the onion straws piled on top. It was a bit deflating when you've ordered them previously just to see two small burgers on a plate next to a small side of onion straws. #wompwomp. The flavor however was still tasty. Mini walk of shame burrito - I had high hopes for this burrito after eating the chilaquiles but I have to say this was my least favorite item on the day. Tasteless and all one note. Don't waste any calories here if you can help it. Cast iron cinnamon rolls - super cute cast iron with delicious gooey and sweet cinnamon rolls. To share or not to share...depends on how much you like your company! Lemon pound cake French toast - not sure how this was French toast, but it was still tasty. The lemon is definitely a predominate flavor. The blackberry drizzle adds a nice tartness to the dish and the strawberries help lighten it up. This is definitely one dish you should share because it's SUPER sweet. Biscuits with honey butter and jalapeño jelly - good but not great also. Comes with three mini biscuits and two little ramekins of butter and jelly. I had half of a biscuit and some jelly but that was enough for me. Nothing really to write home about. Pizza - we tried a few pizzas as well (why the heck not - it's unlimited right?!). We had half a brunch half meatball on one pizza and half pepperoni, half margherita. The service and food were great and the company was even better. However, the price ($31.50 pp, plus $3 per brunch drink) is a bit steep if you don't come with a big appetite! Cheers!! read more

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