Hummingbird Bar & Kitchen

3.5 stars Not bad. Came on a weekday and it was pretty empty and service was attentive. Was able to find street parking.The Royale: a yummy cocktail and we got ours made with 0% alcohol. Fried oysters: wasn't a fan-- a lot of breading, greasy, and 2 of the oysters I had was super chewy and tough...inedible.Crab grilled cheese: great flavor and a decent amount of crab. However it was pretty greasy and I wish the bread was less soggy and a bit more crispy. The fries that came with it were good. I dug in so fast I didn't take a picture before I started eating. Overall, great weekday lunch special. $15 for the special of the day and a selection of drinks. I'dl come back and try other things.

Came here with some friends for restaurant week and it was pretty and delicious. We had their restaurant week menu and the price was good for an excellent three course meal. There was the option to replace the dessert with a cocktail, but I opted for the dessert. Our table shared the appetizers and each one was delectable. The shrimps used for the shrimp cocktail were gigantic and there were huge clumps of crab meat in the dip. The tuna tartar had a lot more depth than it appeared at first as well. Following that was the main course and I got the lobster and crab pasta with shrimp. It was so good I almost couldn't finish it. For the dessert I got the brownie sundae and it was incredibly rich and balanced out by the freshness of the ice cream. I have to give a shout out to the waitress because she was on it. She refilled out stuff and brought the course and food out so fast we were barely waiting for anything. It was honestly superhuman how fast she was serving out table and making sure we were all taken care of.

It's been quite a while (3 years) since we last visited Hummingbird, so it was overdue for our re-visit.A beautiful space, with a great view of the Potomac inside the Indigo Hotel, Hummingbird Bar & Kitchen is a great place for a drink, apps or a meal. My chief complaint (which isn't solely directed at Hummingbird or any restaurant in / near Robinson Landing) is parking. That's really an Old Town thing.The menu sports a number of tantalizing items to choose from, some of which are variations on standards (e.g. the Beastly Smash Burger) while others are distinct and delish (the Salmon Bowl). The Fried Chicken Sandwich had a huge piece of fried bird and wonderful homemade pickles (as did the Burger). The sauce was sort of a cross between remoulade and cajun, quite tasty, but a bit too heavy. The accompanying fries for both the burger and chicken sandwiches were a bit too soggy and cool for my taste, so maybe -1 a point for that. The burger was actually 2 patties of tender Waygu beef with fixings (the sauce was very good), cheese, carmelized onions and those house made bread & butter pickles.The Shrimp Louie Salad and There's Salmon for Everyone Bowl were the stars at our table. The salad had plenty of medium-sized shrimp, each carefully halved and prepped so no work in consuming these; it also had plentiful avocado, egg, cucumbers, and croutons to round out a very fresh lettuce base. The Salmon Bowl (cute name) had a decent sized piece of salmon, roasted corn and black beans and adorned with a creamy avocado dollop. Both were very tasty!Hummingbird, I'm sorry it's been so long since we were in. In nicer weather we'll be back so that when we park four or five blocks away, we won't have to navigate remnants of snow and cold.

We made a 5:30 PM reservation on Resy and arrived to a quiet restaurant with plenty of open tables, allowing us to choose our preferred seating. We were offered the Restaurant Week Prix Fixe Menu ($50 + add-ons), which had a fantastic selection. We started with the Crab & Artichoke Dip and the Shrimp Louie, both were excellent. For our mains, we opted for the Whole Branzino ($10 add-on) and the Lobster Lemon Linguine, and every dish was amazing. Our waiter was extremely helpful in guiding our choices. By the time we finished, the restaurant was nearly full. Great experience overall!

We took a chance on the Hummingbird the morning after our overnight stay at the Indigo Hotel in Alexandria, VA. We arrived about 10:30 AM to try their breakfast. We were greeted promptly and escorted to our table. There were only a handful of others in the entire restaurant. The host then left us with the menus to review. Of course, there were traditional standards of eggs, omelet, bacon, etc. They also had French Toast (I ordered), and a "Continental Breakfast" of yogurt parfait, toast, and "fresh" seasonal fruit (she ordered). The person who seated us came back and took our order. I had ordered coffee, and was told to walk over to the bar where I could serve myself. The server didn't offer to bring us water, so we had to ask for water. We were also told the juice at the bar was "not included." I took that as a hint. The food was brought out within a few minutes. From a distance, everything looked okay. However, the glistening of my french toast indicated that I was in for an oily mess which, unfortunately, I was correct. It was tolerable, but there was consistently building film of oil on my tongue that slowly developed that made the entire thing less appetizing after each bite. The bacon I ordered on the side was equally unappetizing and dry. Her parfait was actually rather good, but the side of "fresh fruit" was likely fresh several days ago. It had since become a translucent array of honey dew and cantaloupe that had lost any semblance of flavor long ago. We finished a bit after 11 AM. By that time, they had removed the coffee, and refills of our water weren't exactly offered. It was time to go. I received the bill that had been miscalculated and overcharged for the bacon I had ordered. The server promptly corrected this, and returned the bill. Upon review, I also found that a 20% gratuity was automatically added. I was stunned. Mostly because I didn't feel this server had done anything remotely outside of taking our order and bringing us the water we had to ask for. The food was brought out by someone else. Never once checked on us during the whole time. Crazy.So, in a nutshell, unless you are desperate for a meal and really in a pinch for time, there are far better venues within walking distance to have your breakfast at. Perhaps their lunch and dinner is an entirely different story, but our experience was certainly not worthy of a repeat visit despite the fact that we love the Indigo Hotel there.

Wonderful service, good food!I was in town visiting family during restaurant week so we decided to try somewhere new. The special included three courses for each person (appetizer, entree, & dessert).I went with the fried oysters for my appetizer, salmon bucatini (gluten free style) for my entree, and flourless chocolate cake to finish it off. My dad got the crab & corn fritters, meatloaf and lemon cake. We loved the appetizers and my pasta was very delicious. The meatloaf was just okay and the presentation was not the best. The flourless cake is apparently a restaurant week special and it good but nothing to write home about. The lemon cake was good but the presentation left much to be desired. Overall, the ambiance is nice, the servers are good and the food is decent so maybe I'd try it again.

Great service and good food. Lovely view of the water. They kindly adapted their food to avoid causing food allergies and made the meals very tasty. Servers are good natured, very friendly and helpful. Made it a great Christmas for us.

Beautiful setting and location brunch with a view! I was looking forward to the lobster salad with fried green tomatoes that I had seen in reviews online, but it's not on the menu anymore. So we got Avocado Toast, Lobster Benedict and Vegetable Frittata. Very nicely displayed and tasted yummy too! The Lobster Benedict with fruit instead of potatoes or greens is a great option! It was so perfectly done and yummy!!The staff were super attentive even though they were busy and all tables were taken and they had a baby shower event going on too.

While the service was great, the food was absolutely mediocre. We had been to Hummingbird at least twice before, but the meal we had confirmed that we would never return. Plus, judging by the inferior quality of the food, the prices are way out of line.Appetizers: The Shrimp Louie salad had very defrosted tasting shrimp which had been cut into thin slivers with watery avocado and tomato sauces on the salad.Entrees:The chicken milenese was tough and dry and about 1/8 of an inch thick. The fisherman's pie was more like soup and very unappetizing.Desserts:The selection of three sorbets were very small and still frozen.The brownie sundae had a brownie on the bottom that was so dry and hard that the only way to eat it was by chopping it with a knife. There were chunks of ice in the ice cream.

We were a Group of 6, Three of the six had a good food experience, not so for the other three.Steak was the very Fatty, The Beef Ragu tasted like the beef came out of a freezer bag and the Cod with Goat cheese Polenta was extremely salty .The main issue however was the mice running around on the floor. The manager on duty after we pointed out the issue with photos included could only tell us that they come in through the floor drain and that they have a weekly exterminator service.He then apologized and made a cringing face and walked away.The bill arrived and our waiter apologized and said that the manager took 20% off the bill.... Wow really!After a conversation with manager my Stepson was able to convince him that we were all locals and dine out often, so he gave us 50% off, he could do nothing else because the owner wouldn't allow it