From the owner of Buck's Fishing & Camping, this funky pizzeria serves personal pies in a ping pong-themed setting.
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The place looks great and has a nice atmosphere and for us it is one of the only places within walking distance but that is about the extent of my praise for it. Others have already touched on the mostly aloof service and I will second the problem of leaving hungry but what has really irritated me on a couple of visits is they have been out of things on what is a very short menu. Usually they don't have at least one of the pizzas on the menu available and in August they were out of tomatoes -at 530PM on a Saturday! The pizzas are not bad but they are not good enough to justify spending $70 for two (with drinks) and leaving hungry and getting treated poorly. Maybe someone new can takeover this great space and improve on everything else.
We were excited to try some of Comet's interesting pizza toppings, but the final product did not impress. The pizzas were very greasy, the crust was nothing special, and they were pricey for their size.
Great is the word for this place. Atmosphere, beer, pizza, appetizers, dessert. All is great. It takes you away from your daily problems, it makes you feel home. It's the place where i go when i want to feel loved.
This is a neighborhood joint for us so we are excited about the changes coming to Bucks and Comet. The first (and last) time we went to Comet my husband and a friend went next door to pick up a pizza from pizza Bolis after an unsatisfying meal at Comet.
Comet's not for everyone but I'm just me. You won't find Aunt Bea seating you but the staff is friendly albeit hip; they still recognize my friends and I even though we go less frequently these days, and they have a kind word when they see us. The pizza is pricey but no more than anywhere else in the neighborhood. Boutique is what you ought to expect from the single-person pies you order, and on that count they deliver. It's a little crowded, service and tables (pong or otherwise) take a few minutes to get when it's jumping, but it's a very fun place with a small but well chosen line-up of beers on tap and some of the better bartenders in the District. Take the kids for some pong, the buddies for a beer, or the new fling for a date.
I like Comet and I go there every so often for beer and pong. But seriously, the pizza's not good. I could totally see Comet making a list for kid-friendly place or just a fun place to go. But the pizza? C'mon...
Maybe the food here is good, who knows? We walked out after the pseudo-hipster host ignored us for a bit, gave us attitude, and then told us the wait would be 30 minutes (even though there were empty tables). Sorry guys, this isn't Brooklyn, it's DC, and Van Ness at that. You're possers.
Same service as Blacksalt and Bucks - you feel like you're crashing a private party. Everyone seems to be pals with the bartender and hostess except you so you get the bum's rush. Worst is that while you're waiting you can't get the bartender's attention to save your life. Sorry, give me Pizza Paradiso, Kavanaughs, Armands, or Two Amy's. As we say back home, all hat, no cattle. PS - Another example of Sietsama pushing his buddies restaraunts. Ever wonder why top rated Zagat joints like Kincaid's and Makoto don't make Sietsama's list? Sorry, Tom, you got not credibility.
I, too, had an awful experience with the host - amazingly long wait and people who came in after me kept getting seated before I did. They were not apologetic at all for this unfair seating system...never going back here again.
We waited over an hour for a table, with a 45 minute proposed wait time. When they told us we were the next up, the manager seated his friends who just arrived. They just shrugged when we asked why someone got seated before us. Awful service and not worth the wait. We ended up getting great $20 pizza next door at Besta Pizza and took it home. Never going back to Comet with their pretentious and lousy customer service.
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