Maxwell Park Navy Yard

Non T-Swift fans beware… this place will destroy you. For the t swift fans, you’ll love it. Overall, a cute bar but as some of the other reviews say it’s very, very small. We had to wait outside for about twenty minutes, but the staff did bring us drinks while we were in line and setup a gas heater. Good options are minimal, but there are plenty of cocktails to choose from.

Went here on a Tuesday. Didn't really enjoy my time here. It's very small and on this day very warm and dry in the bar. Service was fine but drinks weren't that good. Ordered the grilled cheese and it wasn't good at all especially in comparison to the Maxwell in Shaw. It's the holidays so the decor was cool and nice to have around but we ended up not staying too long to try and find something that was a bit more fitting.

This festively decorated bar features Taylor Swift music and delicious holiday beverages. From an old fashioned to a peppermint rumchata shooter, to fancy Champagne, you can get it here. They have light fare like grilled cheese, bread, and charcuterie as well. Not a large venue but staff were efficient and entry was controlled so it never felt too cramped. There was a bit of a wait but they have gas heat lamp things and you can order drinks in line! Old fashioned was yummy though very orange forward. You have to get the peppermint shooters, actually delicious and a portion of each purchase goes to a good cause. Very fun.

Cute decoration… but the long line outside in the cold, paper cups for mulled wine, and room temperature/bland crab dip that we ate with our fingers (no silverware) was all very under whelming. We laughed it off and took a picture, then left to get better drinks/food.

3.5 Nothing wrong with this place. This is a review for their Christmas/Taylor Swift 2022 popup. This was a clever theme to get the swifties to come to Navy Yard. The staff were very nice and drinks came out quickly. I loved that they renamed classic cocktails to match Swift song titles. They also had some food/snacks options and plenty of wine and beer. It's a small venue and decorated loosely based on the theme. Obviously meant to pack in as many one time fans as possible for the season. There was a line outside the door when we left.