The Ugly Mug

I was going to a movie at the Miracle theatre and decided to grab a burger and a brew. The Ugly Mug sounds interesting.I'm in about 5:30 PM. I grab a seat at the bar and decide on a stein of Valor lager ( I think it was a lager). It's a real stein made of glass and full of tasty beer. Definitely something to try on a hot day in DC. The A/C is definitely appreciated as it was a hot day and not cooling down any time soon. I decide on another beer. This time I go with the Red Tail Angels Amber Lager. Good and cold. The menu has a few burgers on it..I decide on the basic Becky smash without mustard. Service from Sophia is terrific. Need something? She's right there to help. In a bit of time the burger and french fries arrives. The burger is pretty good, bread was a bit stale. Fries are crispy and hot. I finish the food and have the last of the beer. Definitely will be repeating. Small place, has a cozy feel. Fresh brewed beers are on tap.

2023: This was the most insulting, morally disgusting, and worst service I have literally ever experienced in my life.A somewhat inebriated woman pulled me off the street as I was walking past and ordered me a drink as she kinda- flirted but mostly told me and her friends about her colorful romantic history. It was a good thing she told the waiter she was buying me a beer because otherwise I NEVER would've gotten one. The waiter completely ignored me the entire time I was there; that is, until I HAD TO LEAVE and started to walk away. That's the first time the waiter had ever appeared to notice me or provide any service after I'd been there well over an hour. The first time he ever looked at or talked to me was as he was chasing me down the sidewalk and threatening to call the cops on me. As he was yelling at me while I was walking away, I turned and loudly and DEFIANTLY responded - "you ignored and refused to serve me for over an hour, make me walk inside to order my 2nd drink AND ask for the check , then never bring the check .....and this is what it finally takes to get you to notice me? You were serving all the ladies outside, never approached me once and now I have to leave! I WAITED OVER 30 MINUTES just for my check!" He was in a raging fit, and I thought since he persisted to threaten me, that I would just ignore him and tell his boss that he completely ignored me, never brought the check which I had to go inside to ask for. His manager was slightly more rational but still a roughneck who sided with this server, who displayed the most despicable behavior I've ever witnessed in wait staff. I paid my bill vowing to write this review, but I jotted down the experience right after it happened and promptly misplaced them until now.To add insult to injury the drunk lady had NOT paid for my first drink which A. she ordered for me and told the waiter she was buying and B. they were forcing me to pay for that drink as well (which the waiter had failed to add to her check before they left)In fact, the drunk lady and her several friends LEFT while I was still waiting for my check (which I would've only included my 2nd drink if the server had remembered to do his job). I noticed even during my first 20 minutes there, that the 1 server who was regularly working the outdoor seating, was only approaching and serving the female patrons - out of the large crowd (Marine barracks graduation week?) which been camped at their outside tables and day drinking for quite some time before I got there.

Three of us came in for dinner. Wasn't expecting anything amazing - it's more of a bar than a restaurant and we've been here before. Service is good, as usual. I ordered a North Kackalacky burger that is supposed to have bacon, chili, cheddar, onions and mustard. As the guy delivered the burger he said they were out of coleslaw. As I took the first bite of the burger, I was confused. Took a look and it had no chili, no cheddar, no onions. I had a burger with a piece of bacon on it smothered in mustard, plus the poor little patty was dry as a bone. Tater tots were banging as always.Nachos were fine, not amazing. Side salad was wilted and sad.You get a mixed bag at The Mug.

This is a good venue for watching sports. Plus right below them is Valor Brewing. Parking is street parking but this is close to the Eastern Market Metro station. The Valor beer is tasty. I hm having the Valor air boss. I will come back...this is where my Manchester City fan club meets

This is a standard bar which is not a dig by any means. My wife and I went to watch the finals for district karaoke. They have a small stage upstairs and pretty intimate "venue". There os a full bar with happy hour specials and daily specials. Which are decent because a lot of other bars prices are a bit high for my liking. We got the loaded tots. It's standard bar food, so nacho cheese out of a pump vs real shredded cheese. Still tasted ok. We planned to get a pizza. The but the tots portion was large enough for 2 people. Beer selection was ample. They appeared to be short staffed. But if you were nice to the server she was nice back. The wait times were long. But we were not in a hurry. There are sports betting machines there. One patron came in just to use them. I like dive bars. And I like this place.

Order on Uber eats ask for a bagel sandwich on cinnamon raisin bread they sent plain untoasted bagel just horrible presentation eggs are carton eggs no cheese. Ruined my breakfast all together. Never ordering from here again.

Placed order on app. Wings never delivered. Absolutely no attempt to understand situation. Was told to file complaint with bank. Service has never been a high priority within this establishment. Do not use App!!!

I came here yesterday for karaoke/game night. They have all day happy hour on Wednesdays, so that's good. There are a lot of options on the happy hour menu for drinks and food. The food is pretty bad though. It's bar food, but the bottom-mest of bottom bar food. I ordered the "truffle" fries and a Caesar salad. I put truffle in quotes because there was nothing truffle about it and they used powdered Parmesan cheese on them. Despite this, the fries were actually tasty. Far better than my salad. The main reason I ordered the Caesar salad is because I figured that was something that would be hard to mess up. The first red flag was I saw some cheddar cheese sprinkled on the salad. Lol. I love all types of cheese, but this was unexpected. The salad wouldn't have been terrible if they didn't drown it in dressing. I picked at it, looking for pieces that didn't have so much dressing. In the end I mainly ended up eating the croutons. As for drinks, I kept it simple with a tequila-soda from the happy hour menu. I had two and they were solid. The first one was really strong, which I like. My last critique is that it took a while for us to get our drinks. The food ended up coming out before the drinks. They use a website where you can place your order and conveniently split the bill. I'm not sure if the bartender was backed up, even though it wasn't busy when we first got there. The vibes were cool. The music was very loud, so don't expect to have a lot of conversation. All in all, I don't think that I would come back here.

*Please read fully*The portions given are pretty lack luster. I didn't expect a full box of loaded fries but I got a small order of fries. I opened my burger before taking a bite and I was shocked to believe I was only given what looked like a burger cut in half. All these burgers have noticeable chunks missing from them...I ordered a triple cheeseburger and these Pattie's are extremely small. I'm met with 2in x 2in square patty that rivals more of a flat meatball than the big juicy patties I ordered. The lettuce is ballon ribbon thin and so scarce that it's not even worth ordering with your food. Truly its more like a garnish than topping. The grilled onions aren't nearly cooked long enough to carmelize and don't have enough noticeable flavor to them. These French fries are sweet and it just throws off the whole idea of loading them. You want cheesy, salty, well made fries. Not sweet, cheesy fries? I'm really sitting here like what is this. These fries are bland ya'll. I'm not a petty guy and I rarely leave reviews unless it feels justified. My burger was upside down and I'm not sure if that's saying the cook was just that busy or unbothered by how I'd received my order. I order this triple burger and loaded fries through Uber Eats and so this order costs almost 50.00 USD all things considered. I haven't even taken a bite yet due to how thrown off I was about the food I was excited to try out. I even considered buying two sets of fries to share with a love one, which definitely would've put my order above 50.00 USD. Good thing I didn't waste my money or get too excited about the experience. I'm disappointed and I gotta keep it real. Bad Portions. I don't see how you cook up a burger this small and give it the "ok" to be served to a paying customer, especially a online order. This is a Patty was a snack for the cooks, not a meal for a customer. I just took two bites of it and its gone. Missed potential. Your customers shouldn't have to filled their burgers with replacement ingredients because of a lack of quality control. I don't know if this was a one off thing but looking at past reviews I'm gonna have to say otherwise. This place could be ran by good people with too much on their hands, who knows? What really matters is customer satisfaction and today, I got a bowl of disappointment.I'm not gonna lie to ya'll; I feel sick tryna eat this. I ate the little square patty and 2/3 of the "second" one. I spit the rest out. I'm not here to ruin livelihoods but maan. The fries are actually sweetened to a degree. Cheese shouldn't be sweet and these fries are soaked in it. The burger meat actually had a slight taste/wiff of decay. it might not be decay but theres something about these burger patties that ain't right. Hell the whole restaurant is on the chopping block. This actually ruined my appetite and now I'm thinking I should lay down because my stomach hurts. Not worth the wait, the money, the calories or the excitement. spend your hard earned money somewhere else. (SMH) Damn, I shouldn't just got chipotle.

Save your money! Ordered through Uber Eats, and what I got was far from what I ordered. They displayed a delectable looking waffle in the picture, but what I received was a frozen waffle from Harris Teeter. Disappointing, to say the least. The letdown continued with my sausage egg and cheese - no cheese included. Picture being excited about a meal, only to receive this. Got a refund, won't be returning.