Morton's of Chicago

Pros: Great Steaks, Great Environment, and Broccolli the Size of Texas
Cons: Service is sub par for the price.

The Morton's in Tyson's Corner is not my Choice for Washington's upper escalon of dining which includes the Captiol Hill Club (my favorite if you can get in); The Palm; the Caucus Room; Citronelle; 1789; Nick and Stef's and many others. Though if you are...

Pros: The steak--itself-- was good enough.
Cons: No real cooking, no creativity.Price totally out of line with the product.

Title says it all. This is nothing but a chain steak restaurant. It can broil a good steak perfectly well-- so can a trained monkey-- and seems to thrive off a faux "clubby" image created by good ads. Wine list narrow, boring and even more overpriced-- focus seems to be on selling "impressive" bottles with well-known names, even if not yet drinkable. If your clients will actually be favorably impressed by your springing for a good $28 cabernet but paying $85 for it,as opposed to thinking you're sort of a clueless dope, by all means go ahead. Service is adequate but clearly untrained and inconsistent (sloshing water on the table w/o apology; clearing some used silver, but not others; passing plates directly over the top of diners' heads). Washington has so many other restaurants its a shame this sort of second-rate throwback to the 50's continues to prosper. But it seems to.