Old Ebbitt Grill

Old Ebbitt Grill is a Restaurant in Washington, DC, located at 675 15th St NW. Established in 1856, it is Washington's oldest saloon and operates as part of the Clyde's Restaurant Group. The business holds a rating of 4.60 based on customer reviews.

The restaurant was founded by innkeeper William E. Ebbitt bought a boarding house on the edge of present-day Chinatown. It became Washington's first known saloon and moved to the National Press Building in the early 20th Century, where two saloons coexisted before combining into a single grill in the 1920s. In 1970, Stuart Davidson and John Laytham acquired the business at auction, adding it to their collection of antique beer steins and memorabilia. The restaurant moved to its current location in 1983, occupying the Beaux-Arts building that was once the old B. F. Keith's Theater. The interior features a Victorian design evoking Washington saloons at the turn of the century and includes a collection of antiques such as beer steins, animal heads, and wooden bears.

The menu offers a raw bar with daily happy hour discounts and oysters including Crassostrea virginica from Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada, and Wine Harbor, Nova Scotia. Dishes include 8-oz. NY strip steak from Cedar River Farms, 6-oz. sirloin steak, jumbo lump crab cake, and North Carolina butter garlic shrimp. Vegetarian options feature pee wee potatoes, heirloom carrots, french green lentils, and various salads with ingredients like arcadian lettuce, jasper hill alpine cheese, and goat cheese. The restaurant also hosts private events.

The business maintains a positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it.

Old Ebbitt Grill combines its historic 1856 heritage and Victorian atmosphere with a diverse menu in the heart of Washington, DC.

The restaurant sits on 15th St NW, just steps from the Liberty Bell Memorial and within a tenth of a mile of the Albert Gallatin Statue and the United States Department of the Treasury.

BizScoreAI awarded the business a Discoverability score of 100 out of 100, ensuring AI crawlers can find every page so assistants can recommend the establishment. A Technical score of 92 out of 100 confirms the website is secure and indexable, allowing search engines to read it without errors. The business ranks number 3 of 32 Restaurant businesses that BizScoreAI has scored in Washington.