The Board Room VA

925 N Garfield St, Arlington - 22201
180 reviews
Cocktail Bar Tabletop Games
(703) 248-9439

Just here for a quick one on way thru town. Love it and lots of board games to play. Great Double IPA.

Fun spot to snack and pass the time. Great beers on tap.Really cool concept.Highlight memory - my husbands first double three card run in cribbage.

Great concept and cool games. Ridiculously inattentive bartenders. Seriously only 2 of us at the bar on a Sunday with 2 bartenders who only cared about their phones. Walked past our empty glasses no less than 4 times before we had to ask for another drink. Shame really. We will def not be back.

Absolute worst bartender I've ever interacted with. She acted like she had 20 different people hounding her for orders when really it was just me and 2 of my friends waiting at the bar. It's like she's never interacted with another living person before. Absolutely rude and messed up my order. I ordered a Salmon burger and an appetizer, but she only charged me the burger. She then went ahead and charged me for the burger and the appetizer on another transaction, so now I got charged twice for my burger. Why not just charge me for the appetizer only on the second transaction? I should've known better to get food else where after asking her the first time around for beer. I asked her "what do you recommend on tap?" I got an unfriendly response of "Just scan the QR code." Luckily, the guy at the bar was nice enough to give a friendly suggestion, or I would've just left.The people that gather there are great and they create a an awesome atmosphere, but the actual establishment and employees were a shame. Don't recommend this place, and they definitely lost my business for sure. Here is a recommendation to the owner, find some people to man your bar that actually have social skills.

The Board Room is a bar that has a beautiful private party room that is perfect for intimate sit down parties/events. All inclusive - you order food, desserts and cocktails. The manager and staff are very attentive. I highly recommend.

Cool place and fun trivia. Just terrible service. Expect to have your table checked on every 45 mins. If you want drinks, you’ll have to walk to the bar (usually crowded) and order there. The wait staff sits around and watches TV/gossips instead of doing their jobs

Board game selection was adequate with multiple copies of the favorites like Catan. Food was very average pub fare and nothing to write home about, but the beer is their own brew and it is pretty good. Atmosphere was fun with everyone playing different games.

Bummer of a visit on St. Patrick's day (early - 4:30 pm). less than 20 folks in the place but plenty of staff. first drink order went 'fairly' quickly, however, ball was dropped after that. we wanted to order food and another beer (we were dry) but they never came back. Instead they all huddled together chatting while one person squeezed orange juice in the machine.Belgian beer was 'ok' but the line wasn't clean enough and the beer was flat. Can't speak about the food as we checked out when someone finally did come back to wait on us.

This place was extremely RACIST! I went for a friend birthday and of course I wore my mask; I went into the restroom where later two white women made RACIST remarks to me which made me feel very uncomfortable. I came back out to the table and the waitress which I didn’t catch a name started acting extremely weird towards me and kind of loudly talking when asking her a question; at this point I’m ready to leave. I also had my purse in a chair where a white young lady comes over and wants the chair but there’s a completely empty chair next to her at her table which no one is sitting in. We then place a order for fries 3 orders to be exact and a few other things which never came out but yet the waiter confirmed the order. I looked around and there was literally 5 black people threw in my group and two in another group! I will never come to this RACIST establishment again!

Super crowded on a Saturday afternoon, but folks were willing to share a table. Lots of groups did not appear to be playing games, which was a bit frustrating. The food was surprisingly good!