Sweetwater Tavern

30MAY2025 Me and my mates first time here and what a wonderful choice. I had the rockfish on polenta special. The rockfish was prepared to perfection as it was resting on the most buttery, delicious polenta I’ve ever had. Service was an awesome tag team of outstanding staff. This place was jumping and humming during the late ⏰ lunch hour. The parking lot was full. As soon as me and my mate walked in we were greeted and seated immediately. We sat down and menus appeared instantaneously(staff was prompt)we ordered our drinks(not a long wait on that)ordered our food and seems as a blink of our eyes, our foods was being served. My pics will speak to you. There are 3 locations of Sweetwater Tavern, check them out.

This was one of my favorites when I lived in NOVA, as it just brings back nostalgic memories of my friends and the service is consistently phenomenal. Naturally, I brought my mom here during my visit home. We got the crab cakes and steak combination, special of the day (red snapper), sangria, and sides of broccolini and loaded potato. All were great, but mom is older and complained that it was too salty. I thought so too. SIT INDOORS. My biggest complaint is the environment, as they sat us outdoors despite our preference and we got bitten all night by mosquitoes. It’s a nice outdoor space, but it requires some sort of bug repellant. I feel like I shouldn’t have visited, as I stare at my swollen, polka dotted legs. Ugh!

Tonights meal was spectacular! My bartender was Aaron, and he was top-notch through his attentiveness and positivity. My mixed greens salad, filet mignon, grilled broccolini and the corn, tomato, cucumber salad were all so fresh and perfectly prepared. Kudos to the kitchen staff!

The food was excellent the special fried oyster salad starter was so tasty! I had the gluten free jambalaya and i couldn't believe how good it was! The pasta was still actually aldente AND hot! I dont always expect good gluten free pasta and this was a real treat! Our server Grace was very nice and attentive without being overbearing. And she took 2 old men who couldn't hear very patiently. Which is probably why she talked us into having the chocolate mousse, which was to die for!! It was a little noisy which I didn't expect. But I didn't know it was that large of a place either. All in all a great experience!! Especially for the price. We did quite well!!

Everything was nice, food and atmosphere. Enjoyed having my dinner here. It has a roomy and big indoors i liked it.

Hadn’t been to Sweetwater in years, so it was great to see another Great American restaurant still around. The food was amazing, compliments to the chef whoever made my salmon I asked for medium rare it came as such & was fabulous would highly recommend. We also got the oyster salad special they had and we tried the crabcake special that they had, all very savory and good. Shout out to our server Phil, who took care of us the entire time and of course gotta give out a shout out to the Augy rolls that we love the most. Great visit back to a DMV staple.

First time visit. If you have a shrimp allergy let them know at the beginning. Per wait staff they are a seafood restaurant and there are many items you cannot have. Lobster Bisque which I love they put shrimp in it. Most fried foods are fried in one basket so the Southwestern Egg Rolls were out. I could have fries because they do fry those in a separate basket. The bread and rolls with honeybutter were delicious! I had a bbq bacon burger and matchstick fries. Both were good. I would go again just because of the nice atmosphere. I also liked that they have outdoor seating on a covered patio with an outdoor entrance. They have a lovely statue in front and if you drive to the rear near the patio entrance there is two magical cascading waterfalls that were so peaceful and serene. I was amazed at how beautiful it was, like an oasis tucked in the corner! There was a nice breeze going on and even if for a few minutes I was in a happy place!!! The waitress was in training but she still did a great job. She was quite attentive and checked back in often. Everyone else was also helpful and aa soon as a dish was done someone from the wait staff approached and asked if it was okay to remove the dish. Great visit! You should check them out!