User Reviews
Tonight the weather was beautiful so my family, myself, husband and two
young daughters, walked in to town to have dinner. We decided on the Ice
House because it was early and likely to be more child friendly then.
It was a friday night and we arrived around 6:30p. The wait staff was
lovely and while they do not have a child menu (I prefer that) they offered
to make us something kid friendly. My husband and I shared the Oysters
Rockefeller and they were very good. I had the salmon and it was good
but I removed the ham, it just wasn't needed. My husband had the ostrich
and that was very tasty. A jazz band set up while we ate and began to
play as our meal wound down. Our daughters danced in front of the band
and by our table and everyone was completely cool with it. Of course the
kids weren't crazed or butting into anyone either. For dessert we shared
the bread pudding, which was I think the best bread pudding I've had,
and the chocolate mouse which was quite lovely. Overall it was a very
nice evening out in our neighborhood that we will gladly make a routine.
J&OS, Herndon
Likes: Patowmack Farms, L'Auberge Chez Francois
Dislikes: chains
Reviewed: 3-18-11
I live in Herndon and looked on the web for a place that had both food
and
entertainment. Many reviews for the ICE House were positive but not all.
I
decided to take my wife and try it out. We were pleasantly greeted at
the door and asked how close to the band we wanted to
sit. The place was about 90% filled. We were very well attended to. We
were served extra bread and our water glasses were filled several times.
The menu was somewhat sparse. I was pleasantly surprised to see the prices.
The
prices are about what one would pay at Unos Grill. The salads and soups
were
priced from $4.00 to $5.00 each. Entrees started at $17.00 and went up
to about $28.00. I ordered a chicken pasts disk. It was pretty good. While
the food was about an 8 on a 1 to 10 scale, the entertainment was a solid
9 or 10. I can't say if we were just lucky or not but the group playing
the night we were there was well worth the price of admission. The cost
of our meals including salads came to $50.00 after taxes.Overall, the
ICE House is a very good value and makes a very nice romantic evening.
Michael C. Barnes, Herndon
Likes : Da Dominicos
Dislikes: Red White and Blue
Reviewed: 01/14/2011
A very good friend of mine suggested that we tried
Ice House Cafe for our anniversary dinner. I have to say that it was a
wonderful experience. We arrived at 7:00 and was promptly seated by the
Matre d'. Right away we could tell the place had a mystical feel to it.
It carries a lot of history and it is elegent but not pretendious. We
were welcomed by our server whom I found very courteus and friendly. We
had a good conversation and I was very impressed by the history of the
restaurant. Ice House has been at this location since 1978. As we settled
in, I took notice of the extensive wine menu. Our server made us feel
right at home He went through the specials and recommended some popular
dished on the a la carte menu. He also seemed to be very knowledable with
wine and we order a bottle of Caymus Cab. We started with the Oysters
Oscar on the special and the clams on half shell. They were absolutely
wonderful, delicate and flavorful . My wife ordered the halibut special
with champagne dill sauce and I ordered the beef tenderloin. I have to
say it was the best beef tenderloin I ever had. The cooking was supverb
and the sauce complemented the dish nicely. We finished our dinner with
Irish Monk (coffee liquor) and home made tiramisu. I had tiramisu in many
places and what we had at the Ice House was the best. What a wonderful
evening for celebrating our anniversary. Ice House Cafe is truly a unique
place. We stayed for the live jazz with couple more Grand Marnier.
Raymond Daz, Potomac
Dislikes: Morton Steak House
Reviewed: May 30 2008
We made reservations for 2 for dinner at 7pm on Valentine’s Day and
when we arrived we were promptly seated. Our waiter quickly came and brought
us our menus and took our wine order. We had never been to the Ice House
but had heard very good reviews and thought that we would try it. After
flagging down our waiter (Chris) we each ordered appetizers. After waiting
for over 40 minutes we flagged Chris down to ask about our appetizer.
He said the kitchen was running slow. After waiting just over an hour
the appetizers came. The wait time had been ridiculously long. We had
both ordered the tenderloin for dinner. One of us ordered it medium well
the other medium. Chris did not write our order down and when I questioned
him about would he be able to remember what we ordered he said it would
not be a problem. Our dinner was brought to our table 1 ½ hours
after we sat down. It turned out that both dinners were way undercooked
both were rare to medium rare. Chris did not check to see if our tenderloin
was cooked correctly and he was so busy we could not get his attention.
It appeared that he was waiting tables for the entire back room and many
front tables as well and was not able to provide us service. We were not
able to eat much of our tenderloin since they were so undercooked and
decided to take them to our dogs. We tried to flag Chris down and finally
got to him. We asked for our check and paid our bill and then left. Adding
insult to injury we had noticed that Chris was given the ladies of each
table a flower but because he was too busy he did not do so for us. We
had a terrible Valentines Dinner and several times we were ready to walk
out. It seemed that the staff at the Ice House really did not care about
their customers. The server was inattentive, the kitchen very slow, the
cook did not prepare the meal correctly. We were very disappointed and
do not understand how the Ice House could have had such a good reputation
considering our experience. I would hope that you would share our experience
with your manager/owner so that they might make the proper corrections
in case they really care about customer satisfaction and the Ice House
reputation.
Steve Deutsch, Oak Hill, VA
Likes: L'Auberge Chez Francois
Dislikes: McDonalds
Reviewed: 2-14-08 |
