Pepper Palace is a hot sauce lovers paradise! You can find a hot sauce flavor to satisfy any palate, from sauces made with ghost peppers, to milder flavors that you could safely serve to a child. One of the highlights of visiting Pepper Palace is that they have a ton sauces on display that you can try before you buy. Not only do they sell hot sauce, they also have items such as: rubs, cocktail mix, salsa, and novelty edible treats and candies. read more

Pepper Palace does have an impressive selection of hot sauces. If you're a fan of spicy foods, you're sure to find something here that suits your taste. And one of the best things about the store is that you can sample the hot sauces before you buy them. This is a great way to find your favorite sauce without having to commit to a full bottle. The store can be quite overwhelming. There are so many hot sauces to choose from that it can be hard to know where to start. The staff was helpful. You can buy gift sets if you are buying a gift for a hot sauce lover. Overall its a decent novelty store that specializes in a variety of hot sauces. read more

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I stopped in at Pepper Palace while perusing shops in the area. The store is HUGE and there's so many products, you can absolutely find something regardless of your preferred spice level. The staff were great with providing recommendations and samples to all guests. I ended up leaving with several items, all of which I got to try before buying. The products also make great gifts, so you can't go wrong with one of the countless salsa or hot sauce variants. read more

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Really fun place to sample and buy sauces and other things that make your eyes water and mouth burn. The world's hottest gummy bear is also here. The employees taught us how to sample safely and made it a really fun experience. The lady at the register even came out to find us in the store next door to bring us a free sauce we forgot to get with our purchase, which was super sweet. read more

There's a plethora of hot sauce spices, sauces, sauces, barbecue sauce and other condiments of every level spice. We noticed but there's no employees wearing masks inside here. You can try out some of the sauces, but would dare in this current pandemic and with the lack of masks in here. read more

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Gee Whiz, Eric and Delores are AMAZING! Very helpful and informative. Love this place!

eric helped us choose some hot sauces to bring home. i got to try the hottest sauce they have The End and had myself a wonderful experience. 10/10 would recommend to everyone. small ma and pop feel. fantastic hot sauces. if you like peppers, this is the place to go read more

Shoutout to our local community heroes here at Pepper Palace. Ms Linda was as lively, personable, and unique just like the sauces! She has a great disposition and she fills up the room with her cheerful Spirit. She helped us pair up a good mustard hot sauce with a dry spice mix. We bought the creole mustard sauce and the creole dry spice mix. We also bought a ghost mustard & habanero sauce! Which was flavorful and not just hot. Hubby is much more adventurous than me and his spicy meter is way up . I am so happy that he found a few new sauces that he liked. Stop by, there's lots of spicy sauces to choose from! Ms Linda will be there for some encouragement and knowledge! read more

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Linda is an absolutely sensational shopkeeper, i must have spent over an hour in the store and had a wonderful time tasting products with her. she was incredibly informative and had suggestions for sauce uses and applications. the selection of bbq sauces both sweet and spicy were the highlight of my trip to the shop. i purchased almost half of their bbq lineup! i also highly recommend the sweeter reaper sauce, i can't wait to get home and start using it. i highly recommend pepper palace for friendly service and great sauces. read more

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Went to D.C. for a weekend and the trip was overall fun expect for the people. That is until we met Delores at Pepper Palace. She was by far the kindest person we have encountered during our entire trip. She was overall very welcoming and had a beautiful outgoing energy! :) read more

The Lady was nice she greeted us immediately!! She was conversational all the while telling me and my bff about what they had to offer. When you went into the store it was set up really nice they even have hot clause contracts you have to try for all the super hot stuff just like on some of those Food network shows!! It was wall to wall EVERYTHING seasonings, marinades, slim Jims, fruit topped items, just anything a Foodie or Chef would love!! I'm definitely returning for the Chocolate Habanero sauce they even have sooo many horseradish sauces at different levels it's kept in a box with a warning label on it. I'm most certainly coming back! read more

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Everett(GeeWhiz) had excellent costumer service. I came in looking only but left a very happy costumer!

I was at pepper palace Saturday, December 30th and great service. Great customer service and my only issue is that I couldn't carry all the hot sauce. So i bought a couple of them. But if I could, I've would have bought a lot more. here are all the ones that I bought. Plan to go back very nice. read more

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Was able to find our favorite sauce. Got the last two off the shelf! What luck! This sause is great on Shake-n-Bake Chicken Thighs! Give it a try sometime and enjoy! read more

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I recently visited the Pepper Palace for the first time while in National Harbor. The customer service was top notch. Dolores really knows everything about the products and I enjoyed all of the samples. I will be going by again soon. read more

Whoa!! Foodie heaven. Couldn't take it all in during my one visit. Will def be back. Lots to sample. However it is hot sauce, so there is only so much that you can handle in one shot. Great place for those looking to add to their sauce collection. My one tip is to be very cautious with how much you taste in one sample. You literally may just need a small dab to get the full taste. Otherwise you may hurt yourself. Lol. read more

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Great experience trying their sauces and amazing service! We got the honey run bbq sauce and the jalapeno hot sauce!

If your looking for spicy this place speaks temperatures I mean volumes. They have an array savory and sweet sauces with a kick to them(different levels of chili's) you will not regret even if you sweat. Ps: the hostess was very warm (no pun intended)idk read more

Fairly large spot for everything spicy or hot. My first time in here. Pleasant helpful staff. I don't know how they can afford to stay open with this type of business. I bought a bottle of meat rub just because I liked the label. For the heat lover I guess this is your spot. As for me, once is plenty. read more

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Update I made the queso from the PEPPER PALACE chili starter , 1/2 block of velveetta cheese, 1- 8oz block cream cheese. I added crabmeat for the B-more flare and a dash of old bay seasoning. read more

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Get all your spicy needs here! The old lady is very helpful and relatable! Her stories are just so funny!!! She helped us pick out our products, and gave us so many recommendations! My fiancé's mouth is on FIRE eating their salsa, but he can't stop eating it!!! So many different seasonings and sauces! She will even recommend what sauces taste good with certain foods. What a sweet soul for such an aggressive store!!! Haha! I would LOVE to come back after covid is finally over to taste test their hot sauces!!! I'm a little wimp for spicy, but I do like a slight kick! We will be coming back!!! read more

We've come back multiple times to Pepper Place--a favorite spot at the National Harbor & my go to for hot sauce. I recently became a fan of their salsa as well. Great customer service & very knowledgeable about their products. Thank you, see you again soon! read more

Amazing store. Walked into this store and was immediately greeted by the staff. They pointed out all the samples provided for just about everything in the store. If you are looking for hot sauce, barbecue sauce, and spices this is the place. Tayla B. Who was a trainee staff member was amazing. Her patience and willingness to help was amazing. Her manager was there to help answer questions. I just got to go back to pepper palace. If I didn't have a dinner reservation, I would have stayed to taste a little more. Pepper palace is a must go place when you're at the washington harbor. The staff will make you feel welcome and will not rush you. What a place. I'm definitely going back. read more

We stumbled on this jewel of a place as we were checking out the National Harbor shops. My husband is a big fan of spices and enjoys flavors with a 'kick'. Very welcoming and friendly staff. The decor was festive and there were plenty of samples and crackers to go with. Also, if you can't handle the heat, they also have cool down strategies to take the sting out of it....let's just say my husband had to partake in a cool down strategy lol . Definitely a place worth checking out! read more

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We were visiting national harbor with our friends and family and ended up visiting this spice joint. They had t aray of hot sauce to try before you purchase. Numerous variations of spice level. Our favorite was sweet chipotle hot sauce and ghost ketchup. I ended up buying 14 bottles. They also had a promotion going on where you buy 10 and get 3 free. read more

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Pepper Palace is a excellent place to sample and purchase various hot, medium, and mild sauces, salsa, and marinades. It is a wonderland of flavor for the taste buds. What is so awesome about Pepper Palace is that they let you sample the sauces, salsa, and marinades before you purchase them,; which shows how confident they are that you will find one or more of their (Pepper Palace) products that you will like and will probably purchase. It is worth the journey to travel and experience a variety of flavors that you can use to spice things in the kitchen. read more

Customer experience was top notch - her knowledge and how she treated us is why we made a purchase!

I've been here before a few times when I was in town for work and each time has been pleasant. However, this time my boyfriend and I are here for a mini vacation so we have free time. I've gotten him sauces from here before and he always loves them!! I'm so glad he got to try them for himself this time. He even tried the hottest sauce there and survived LOL!! TIARA (hope I spelled that right) was amazing!! She was very knowledgeable and entertaining!! Can't wait to come back!! When you go, ask for TIARA and tell her the silly couple from Charlotte, NC sent you! read more

A place dedicate to hot sauces. Not my thing but stopped in for a gift for my husband. They were very helpful and made lots of recommendations. read more

Want to leave sweating profusely and regretting your life choices? Come try their hottest sauce! Pepper palace is such a cool establishment with a variety of hot sauces that'll burn the taste buds off of your tongue. I like the tasting options so you can experience the heat before purchasing the bottle. I stop by to try different flavors every time I'm in the harbor. read more

I love hot sauce (and food) so I stopped by here on Memorial Day to check it out. I don't think anyone actually buys anything here for the most part. You can try most of the sauces available which is neat and I took advantage of this. I wasn't motivated to buy anything as nothing I had really stuck out. Most people I saw left empty handed like me. This is more a novelty store than anything else and I'm stunned they are in business as I saw at least 20 people in and out of the store with nothing in hand. read more

Being from Texas I Love hot sauce, I didn't have high hopes for the east coast but the pepper place in Maryland had a great selection, and the staff was extremely helpful, In particular Antoinette, Her bubbly and charismatic personality made the visit worth the trip. read more

Great Hit sauce place. Samples galore! The staff is most accommodating. We had no problem walking out of there with some great sauces. They even do horseradish sauce! read more

Pepper Palace gave such great customer service that I'm breaking my rule against reviews just to give it 5 stars. Besides the fact that they have a killer brand with a huge selection of incredible products all produced by the company, this store had an awesome selection of samples and phenomenal staff. Linda is an absolute angel - she could tell we were just stopping in out of curiosity, and hung back to let us explore. Once we had a chance to take it all in, she met us with samples and judgment-free water cups to cool off from our adventure into ghost pepper territory. If she hadn't approached us, we probably would have left without buying anything. But she was attentive, kind, and intuitive, so we learned about the products and tried things we never would have thought twice about. She was so knowledgeable - even without having tasted some of the items - that we were inspired to take home a bounty of rubs and sauces. I highly recommend Pepper Palace to anyone strolling the harbor! You can sample an endless array of hot sauces suitable for every palate, and there is nothing else like it in the area. read more

A great experience! Go in and yell "Pepper Palace is Awesome" and get a free bottle of Awesome Sause. They have mild sauses as well as rubs, seasonings, cheese dips, salsas and so many other things. I went in and tried there LD 50 hot sause, HOT does not began to describe it! The lady that worked there was very helpful and took the time to give some idea's of things to use the different sauses and things with. I will go back again! Oh and take the hot sause challange if you dare. I only did half the challange myself, couldnt handle the other half lol. PS, go to the candy store next to it and get some ice cream before going in, it helps if your going for the Serious spice! read more

Drove through DC traffic for this place. Very good selection of the hottest hot sauces. It's a nice little shop makes everything easy to find. A good one time shop stop if you're a pepper head. read more

I decided to take my family to Pepper Palace tonight (May 29th) because they have never been to one before. I went to the one in Baltimore and had a great time. I actually spent over $70 in sauces because the staff and sauces were so great. Anyways we got to the place in National Harbor 35 minutes before they closed and the worker had everything cleaned up and didn't have any chips or sauces to taste. He said that his manager told him to close an hour early. This is completely disappointing and not good business. I'm extremely upset. On to the next place. read more

When I asked the cashier what the most popular item was, she seemed annoyed I was asking about their products. When I asked the cashier if a particular hot sauce was good, she rudely said, "I hate when people ask me that, what am I supposed to say, no, it's nasty, don't buy it." A simple "yes" would of sufficed. If the product is bad and the customer service is good, I'll always give a place a second chance. But if the customer service is bad regardless of the whether the product is good or bad, I won't be giving them any business. It's called customer service, and it wasn't like I was being rude, just asking because I love hot sauce. And I am a friendly and easy going guy who never writes reviews, but Hard Pass on this business! read more

I wish I could have had more time to spend here! The lady who helped us was incredibly outgoing, and once she realized I was an enthusiast even let me try her own homebrew of the Nasal Napalm (horseradish) with one of the flavored ketchups! What an experience! I'll definitely be going back! read more