Terrain Cafe Bethesda

We have eaten at Terrain Cafe twice; our first experience was amazing. However, our second experience wasn’t as good. I made a reservation, arrived five minutes early, and we were seated across from the noisy kitchen. We waited over 10 minutes before a server came to our table and only because I said something. I ordered an orange juice with my brunch and it took them another 10 minutes to come back to tell me they were out of orange juice I could have grown and squeezed orange juice in less time; how do you not have orange juice on hand for Sunday brunch?! Our orders were prepared wrong, the server never came to check on us, and they attempted to charge us for the orange juice!?! Everything about this restaurant is great with the exception of the Sunday hostess and select members of their wait staff. It’s simply not worth the aggravation.

Awesome brunch and great service. Highly recommend and will definitely go back!

Service great, food good, ambiance good, too noisy to talk comfortably

Server was outstanding. Salad was nice. Frittata was reheated and rubbery. Good espresso. Decaf coffee undrinkable. Very hit or miss.

Truly a bizarre experience. It felt like they had just opened that day and no one was trained. I had a 7pm dinner reservation, arrived a little early at 6:50pm. The hostess said she had other reservations ahead of us and would get us a table when one was available. I thought that was weird. We got seated just after 7pm and ordered a cheese board. It had the smallest potion of cheese I’ve ever seen. Entrees were good, we got the pork and chicken. We never got the potted bread, which was disappointing. The manager was running around trying to look busy but seemed clueless. Cute ambiance but the vibe of the staff was off. Will not go back.