7 Responses

• I have to agree with your reviews. Bombay Gaylord (umm does anyone know what a Gaylord is? Does it have anything to do with Michael Flatley?) is good eating and very tasty for the price.
  My question is on buffet tipping ettiquite. If I am only drinking water I normally will tip $1. Should I be tipping more? Sometimes they are all over their refilling duties, but other times I feel like my glass is being neglected and I wonder if the shabby water service even warrants a dollar.
  It is well established that a server at a sit down joint who takes your order and brings you your food should get 15-20%, but is there a set rule for a buffet with drink service?

• Peggy Post of Good Housekeeping says:
  “At a buffet, ten percent of the bill is customary. But as with tipping in general, stick to the formula only if the waiter is attentive, appearing promptly when you need him. If he provides extra-good service, then you could tip him more. But if he neglects to refill your water glass or is missing in action when you’re ready for the check, feel free to give less.”
  http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/etiquette/peggy/qas/0,,284566_291653,00.html

• Skip Langano and go straight to Addis Ababa. Do not pass Georgia, do not collect $200.
  I’m planning waaay to many theoretical features for DCist, and one of them is an ingera taste off focused on the jillion restaurants between 9th & 12th NW. Who wants in?

• I am, clearly. I’ve been to Addis, but don’t know their lunch options.

• I dunno about Lagano, but definately stay away from Roger Miller’s on Bonifant St. It is West African food and very crappy too. The help is not helpful, the food is bad, the service sucks. For this place to still be there I’m convinced it’s a front for some kind of illegal operation (gambling maybe?).

• langano is way better than addis, or any other ethiopian restaurant in adams morgan. I haven’t been to the lunch buffet, but ethiopian doesn’t get better than this. every time i’ve been there, it has been full of ethiopian patrons, which to me is the mark of a good ethnic restaurant. try the lamb with tomatoes and onions, and the vegetarian combo-you’ll stuff yourself until your pants buttons pop. enjoy!

• I never tried Addis, but I’ve been to Langano twice: First time for a full dinner (unfortunately unable to sample the coffee), and second time for the lunch buffet. That stuff is really exquisite.