Came here on a Saturday night with a group of 8 - 3 of whom where under the age of 4...so we were a little nervous...we had a reservation and our table was ready and waiting. and basically everything was perfect. The server was attentive, constantly filling water glasses and thinking of the little things - like bringing plastic cups for the kids, extra napkins, extra plates to split and yet it was still sophisticated and chic for the adults to have a family dinner - it was my mom's birthday so having the kids and grandkids together at a classy restaurant was the prefect way to celebrate. I didn't think I could pull it off (nor did my family!) - but Matchbox delivered me a perfect 10! and then the food was delicious - my brother-in-law, who is very difficult to please - could not stop talking about how great his pizza was. A great beer and wine selection and, yes of course we had dessert too. A complimentary bday brownie bomb (I don't know the real name, all I know is it was FULL of gooey, chocolate, fudgey deliciousness), peanut butter ice cream pie and HOT pecan pie. The kids love the ice cream pie - and confession, I didn't even know Matchbox had a kid's menu (they do!) - but I refused to go to McDonald's or Five Guys when my parents were picking up the tab - so I figured I'd roll the dice....and I won! From start to finish - a perfect evening - thank you to the entire staff that was so friendly and efficient and nice to the kids. With or without kids (which is how I will visit next time!), worth every penny. read more

One of my favorite places for pizza in the entire Washington DC metro area. Although they have other good things on the menu their pizza stands out. I highly recommend this place especially this location on Capitol Hill read more

As always, the pizza was great (half matchbox meat, half prosciutto and fig was suggested by our server, Luria, and was a winning combination!) The service, compliments of Luria, was simply the best service that I've had pretty much anywhere. She was prompt, offered great suggestions, was knowledgeable of the menu and was an absolute delight to meet! (Seriously, she was the absolute best!!!) Great food + phenomenal service by Luria = outstanding experience read more

I've bee to this location 3 times since I moved to the SE - formally live in the NE and would go to the Matchbox in Chinatown . Pizza and wine is always awesome- and the salads too. Reason for the 3 starts is this wait staff is not nearly as efficient at this location and we've waited and waited twice. But we'll try again :) read more

Great pizza and cocktails! The people next to us ordered regular entrees and dessert and it all looked/smelled good too. We sat at the bar and the bartenders were very nice and attentive. It seemed as though all the staff was very nice though. I would definitely recommend this place. read more

Seated quickly for Sunday brunch. Brunch menu not extensive, but reasonably priced for the area and had vegetarian options. Nothing unique but everything was tasty. Note: vegetable frittata comes w breakfast potatoes but the portion is tiny (golf ball sized portion). Service was great, accommodated our first floor seating preference, our waitress even split the bill without us asking, and the manager gave us a side of berries on the house when it arrived at our table by accident. Would come again! read more

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The Chicken Pesto pizza is AMAZING!!! Nate, the bartender, is fantastic!!! The weekday ambiance is great. This place can get a little over the top on weekends but it's always a pleasant experience. I absolutely adore this place and would encourage any local resident to stop by; tourist on the other hand seem to be a bit louder and more obnoxious than District residents. 5 stars!!! read more

Stopped in on a Friday evening for a quick happy hour drink. Fred was the most welcoming and hospitable host I may have ever met in my life. He quickly rushed to clear a table for my friend and I and made us feel like we were at a friends house. Because of Fred, we will for sure be back! read more

I do not live to far from the Capitol Hill area and I can say that it has really changed overnight! They have a ton of great reasturants for patrons to try out. My first time going to Matchbox was at Capotol Hill. I ordered the Special Q pizza. DELICIOUS! The pizza has herb-roasted chicken portabella, mushrooms, roasted red peppers, zesty tomato sauce and mozzarella! read more

Always great coming here. Food and service is exceptional. Great happy hour prices as well.

It's a good place to eat, but still is just a bit more yuppified version of Ruby Tuesdays.

We ate here again. It was a mistake. The food was good; the service was spotty. I'm still waiting for the coffee I ordered with desert. A few hours after dinner, my wife became violently ill. I'll spare you details. read more

I just cannot get enough of this place! It's a must do when company is in town or I need a pick-me-up after a long day of teaching... I'd suggest going here on a weeknight, because the wait on Friday and Saturday is a tad on the outrageous side. It is worth it, however. At least there are two locations now. Order the mini burgers! They are the best thing on the menu and my standard for all other restaurants. ENJOY! PS- I've only saved room for dessert once, but it was the most delish chocolate dish in DC! read more

Stopped in Saturday evening for a early dinner when we realized that Cava down the street did not reopen till 5pm. Service was top notch and the appetizer special was out of this world. Do yourself a favor and order it if it is ever on special again. Fried chicken and watermelon Baby! read more

Super awesome. The pizzas are good, esp. fire and smoke, which if you have a low tolerance for spicy foods, I'd avoid. My favorite are the appetizers. It's worth going just for the chorizo butter shrimp and grits (my favorite). Most things I've had here have been extremely good. The burgers are great. They have a decent beer selection. The salads are very good. The only thing i didn't like was the Roasted Turkey sandwich, seriously underwhelming. I haven't had most of the entrees because they're too expensive though. I do like that you could go here and have an expensive meal or an affordable pizza and appetizer, depends on what you're looking for. Also the coffee and doughnuts dessert was delicious. It was the perfect end to the meal. read more

I recently went to this bar and had a great time. The Bartender, Paige, (who is also very attractive) was fast efficient and made very tasty drink. I had the chop salad, which was amazing. I will defiantly be coming back!! read more

Great pizzas (we had 3) and good beer selections (Bell's and Founders on tap will win you many friends in my world). We took the kids here for dinner whilst wandering DC and were pleasantly surprised. read more

Went to the one in Chinatown and only got their sliders and drinks but their sliders were really really really good!!!...Their pizza didn't LOOk that good but didn't taste it so could be wrong....but the place itself was pretty big and cool and again yummy sliders! read more

Went here after a near-death experience at the North Face Half-Marathon outside of D.C. and was brought back to life by cinnamon rolls, donuts, tuna tartare & a bistro burger, which were all good... but the pizza topped everything! If I had my Lactaid pills I would've housed the whole pie. Loved the decor and matchbox tables too... Clint, baby! read more

Maybe I am a pizza snob, but I cannot say that the pizza at Matchbox is anything to write home about. It is not bad pizza by any means, but it definitely lacks something and is quite expensive for what you get. The dough/crust is good, chewy and thin - as it should be. However, every time I eat there I am left underwhelmed. I will say that the apple/pear salad was really really good - the maple glazed pecans were a perfect compliment to the gorgonzola and very light balsamic vinaigrette - definitely the best thing I have eaten at Matchbox. Also, they have good beers on tap, but even that can't persuade me to give 4 stars. read more

Every time my wife and I go there, it is wonderful! We especially like the live jazz Sunday brunch. Our favorite is the iron skillett sunnysideup eggs with the salmon and capers! Yumoooooooooo! The pizzas are excellent, mini-donuts, and also the cinabon rolls fresh and hot from the oven. Great selection of beers, wines and bloody mary's with different rimmed toppings! Yummooooo, again! The fire and smoke pizza is spicy but we like it that way. Try the daily specials and soups and salads, nothing not to like here! Ask for Kristin L. as your server, she is awesome! Gave us superior service and made great recommendations, she really knows the menu and the wines too! read more

I've been here twice. The first time I ordered the Q special it it was alright, nothing special in my opinion though. The second time I started out with the tuna tartare which I thought was very small for $12 and got the fire and smoke pizza which was delicious, some of the best pizza I've had in DC. It's very spicy and has smoked gouda cheese on it which I wasn't a big fan of but the other half of the pizza had mozzarella which I liked better. Matchbox is my girlfriend's favorite restaurant on 8th street and I like it as well. read more

Capitol Hill or Chinatown, this place is equally good at both locations. Baby friendly (they will give your child dough to play with) and staff was very accommodating to my wife and I who were in a hurry the night we went. The slider hamburgers are a must and just about any of the pizzas are worth the wait. read more

My daughter and I walked in and requested a table for two. We were told it would take 20-25 minutes. A party of seven walked in right behind us and were seated immediately. Following that party, a group of 5 came in and were seated immediately. I asked if those people had reservations and the host said no. When I inquired why they were seated before us he said that he didn't have a table for 2 available. If he made an exception, he said he'd have to treat everyone the same. This place looked like a decent restaurant, but the host at the door was exceptionally irritating and condescending. I felt a bit of discrimination in play. Horrible first (and last) impression. read more

Went there last night. Great food, great atmosphere, and the martinis were awesome, too. Will go again next time I'm visiting DC

Went there for a short lunch. Their burger comes with three large fried onion rings on the side instead of fries - really delicious and highly recommendable. In addition, the quality and taste of the meat they use for their burger is clearly above average. My wife had the tuna salad, which was also very good (very soft and fresh as well as perfectly medium-rare fried). Also remarkable is the service of the place. My mom was looking for a simple pasta dish which she could not find on the menue and they did prepare a special dish for her. The only thing I we were missing was espresso. An espresso machine should belong to the stadard equipment of every restaurant that sells Italian food. read more

Awesome, fun place! Cocktails are fun and delicious! Cannot go wrong with the mini trio at all! It gives you a taste of 2 mini crabcakes, 2 mini scallops in a vanilla sauce, and 2 mini burgers with onion strings on top. My god this is delicious! Calamari salad is great, cant go wrong with the crab bisque, tuna tartar is wonderful, the salmon, and scallops dish are to die for as well! I would reccomend this place to everyone. I used to work in Capitol Hill so we would frequent this place alot and I cannot wait to go in with my fiancee. It does get crowded and can be pricy so be prepared to wait and be prepared to take out your wallet! Trust me, you wont be dissapointed. Services has been always good as well. We usually (be coincidence) get this cute, little, sweet southern girl that gives great service, a great smile and ever so friendly! Wish I could remember her name! She is great though! Knows the menu real well and makes you feel liek your at home! Definitely try Matchbox! read more

We recently visited Matchbox from out of town and this place was the highlight of our trip. The food was amazing. We all tried a few different things, the sliders were out of this world. We also tried the brick oven pizza, which is up there as well. Try the onion strings, I can say enough nice things about this place, even the wait staff seem to enjoy working there. read more

Very good thin crust pizza. The veggie one with pesto, artichoke hearts, and sun-dried tomatoes is definitely worth a try. I was visiting DC with my family and staying around the block, so we just did takeout. I ordered at the Chinatown location by mistake, but once that was discovered, the waitress manning the takout orders was very helpful; she put in my order and canceled the other one without blinking an eye. read more

I had the blackberry pisco cocktail that was very good and the tuna tartare, which came with sesame seeds and wasabi sauce, so not the French style. My date had the fire and smoke pizza, which was pretty plain, and he also got the fire and smoke martini, which was almost undrinkable. We came in 5 minutes before close and the waiter was still a dear to us, so THANKS! read more

We relied on Yelp reviews when choosing Matchbox and knew we made the right choice the moment we got our food. Our intended spot had a ridiculous waiting time, so we ventured out and chose Matchbox. We both had the Steak & Eggs, with a single waffle on the side. The steak was cooked perfectly, and presented on a cast iron skillet with a side of seasoned potatoes. The waffle was crispy on the outside, but soft and delicious on the inside. They even had some type of special maple syrup, but we didn't need much because the waffle had its own flavor that I enjoyed. And our server, Dan, was excellent and made sure we had everything we needed, throughout the meal. read more

Everything was wonderful. The service was really great. They gave my nephew a ball of pizza dough the occupy his time. The food was amazing. I would eat there again and again. read more

Matchbox...what can I say; this place is high atop my list of favorite restaurants. Every time I go it's always a great experience. I love the menu as it takes me way to long to choose my meal. I am a big steak fan and the rib-eye there is "killer". I have to try the pizza again but only if I can get pass the steak. I am very much looking forward to my next "Matchbox" experience. read more

I LOVE pizza so I love this place. Staff is pleasant. We sit at the bar a lot and the bartenders are cool, not too chatty. Usually just get pepperoni pizza and sometimes the sliders, yummy little boogers. I really love their apple and pair salad for something on the lighter side. read more

Crab soup was amazing and LOVED the lump crab in the soup. I'm our group we also had the meat trio pizza, kind of boring compared to rest of the dishes and the pepperoni was on the spicy side. I had the crispy chicken, really good but the sides were straight up bad. The wild rice made no sense and the vegetable was cooked wrong and bad flavor. Crab soup is definitely carrying the rating but I didn't gives the sides too much sway because they are just sides. Would love more gluten free options. read more

Consistently good. Tough to catch them when they're not busy.Service is usually good. They have excellent pizza. Try the chopped salad with steak. Craft beer choices are awesome. Definitely the place to go before a Nats game. A short walk to the stadium. read more

I have only been here once, but it was a marvelous experience. We had a lovely waiter who was very attentive and the food was delicious! Everyone at my table enjoyed both their drinks and their entrees. I had the prosciutto & black mission fig and I highly recommend it! read more

Ate here for dinner. Had the matchbox meat pizza and the proscutto and fig. Both were great. The wedge salad was delicious. Sampled several beers that were great. Nice ambiance. Good choice. read more

Just had lunch with my friends who were visiting from all over the country for Thanksgiving. The food is always great here and the service we received from Khamise and the others was the best experience anyone could possibly ever hope for. We will definitely be back again and again and again!! read more

I always have had great experience at this location. Just giving them props for great customer service. I ordered lunch special which apparently took way too long to prepare as a result they apologized and asked me if I would like to order an alternate entree. I did so and when the bill arrived they hadn't charged me for it. read more