Policy

We went to Policy recently for my best friend's birthday and had a fantastic time! We waited at the bar before being seated where the bartenders concocted some delicious drinks for our group. We were then seated as soon as our whole party was there, and dinner was nothing less than incredible, from the food to the service. The small plates style meal allows everyone to try multiple dishes, which you will definitely want to do because everything is delicious! Some of our favorites were the sweet potato gnocchi and the crispy duck spring rolls, but literally everything was good. Then, upon the suggestion of our server, we headed upstairs to dance the night away in their graffiti-laden club. The music was incredible - a great mix of 90's pop and current stuff that the mid-20's clientele fully enjoys. Decent prices on drinks upstairs as well, which we really appreciated. This is the perfect place to come for dinner and stay the whole night. I will definitely be back soon!

Offering both a quality restaurant and a trendy upstairs lounge, Policy is ideal for grabbing a drink with co-workers or for dancing with your friends on a Friday night. Policy looks like a standard chic restaurant and bar from its exterior on 14th street. With its white building, large glass windows, tin ceiling and warm interior, it’s easy to see why foodies and the after-work crowd head here for happy hour and dinner. Offering an array of shared plates featuring seasonal and local ingredients for reasonable prices, many couples and young professionals grab a seat in one of their red leather booths and select one of their expertly mixed cocktails. What is surprising is that the real gem is its lounge upstairs. With a large bar, chandeliers, and graffitied walls, it looks like an entirely different club. With DJs spinning Top 40 on weekends and a new “Throwback Thursday” night, the lounge is usually packed, so much so that it can be hard at times to try out your moves. However, there are VIP areas located above the fray with bottle service if you have some extra cash to burn. Policy is the best of both worlds-a great restaurant with classic cocktails and a rowdy fun bar for young professionals. Either way-be sure to dress to impress. Although students and hipsters mingle together, the crowd is definitely on the trendy side.

This is a review for Sunday brunch at Policy. This place is a mess. We had the livingsocial coupon for 2 plates, seasonal bread basket, and bottomless mimosas/bloody marys. We walk in, and awkward hostess greets us. We tell her we're in for brunch, and she looks uncomfortable when she gathers that we have livingsocial coupon. She proceeds to tell us that they're "really busy" and that she has to see whether she can seat us. I peek head in, and there are LITERALLY 5 people seated inside. I start preparing speech in my head about how she can't discriminate against couponers, and how they need to honor their deals. But, no need, she grabs menus and seats us. We wait about 5 minutes for our waiter to show up. Subsequently, we wait 10 minutes for mimosas to show up. And another 5 for them to bring out the bread basket. Quick stop for commentary here. I had been envisioning the "bread basket" to be a basket filled with all sorts of bread...raisin bread, bread with nuts, wheat bread, white bread, garlic bread...you know, BREAD. No, the bread basket is neither bread, nor basket. They brought out a tiny plate, with 8 equally tiny muffins on it. The minimuffins were great, dont get me wrong, but I was waiting for bread basket. I ordered the pork belly skillet and friend ordered corned beef hash. Pork belly skillet had 4 very small pieces of pork belly, on top of 2 eggs over easy and a mix of vegetables. Truth be told, it tasted pretty good, but the serving was minimal (waiter told us it was tapas style). However, for that price ($11, I believe) it was WAAAAAAAY too expensive. Don't know much about corned beef hash, but im assuming it was satisfactory as i didnt hear complaints. Waiter kept disappearing. We had to look for him and call him over to get more mimosas. We had to call him over several times, and eventually came to conclusion that this was their way of saving on mimosas. We were there for about 1.5 hours and only got two refills on the mimosas. Amazing! The bottomless mimosas are $18 for each person, which is PRETTY RIDICULOUS since we only got 3 glasses each. Had we paid full price, I would have lost it on the waiter (the amazing Houdini with his disappearing act). Decor: I have never seen anything more hideous. The light fixtures are just simply terrible. There is no cohesive look to the place, and everything just looked slapped together without much thought. I really didn't like Policy. The food wasn't great, the service was terrible, and the decor worse.