Soho Cafe

I frequent Soho often with friends for lunch. The fare is very diverse– you could go there 5 days a week and get COMPLETELY different meals.
The buffet has many offerings but can get expensive, as it is priced by weight. The sandwiches are pretty good and are a better deal.
Overall, Soho isn’t amazing, but I prefer it to other alternatives (Subway, Potbelly) and the food is very consistent. A solid lunch spot that keeps me coming back!

I used to enjoy their avocado salad and a number of other items, but I understand this location is closed as of around 10/​31/​2014.

Looks like this place is permanently closed, which just happened in the last week or so. The gates are pulled, and the old seating area across the way has drapes around it now. It’s a shame, since they had decent sushi and nice lunch sandwich specials.

I actually think, if you are willing to strategize how you build it, the 10.99 Mongolian grill is a great deal. I had a very satisfying meal, and everything else looked great, too. I will say when making the sauce for your Mongolian food– the soy sauce appears to be full sodium (salt overload! Aaagh!), but that was my fault, not theirs. I would go back when I get bored with my usual haunts. The place is clean, and I felt that the staff was very friendly.

Stumbled upon this place while trying to find a new lunch option and was pleasantly surprised. Soho offers a variety of options, hot sandwiches, cold sandwiches, buffet offerings and even sushi.
Prices are comparable to most buffets in the area where they weigh it by the pound, hot sandwiches are also affordable.
I ordered a chicken cheesesteak but the lady cooking my food, gave me the regular steak version. I wasn’t upset as I was debating hard in my mind prior to ordering which version I wanted. Steak and cheese was good, well prepared, nice flavor and decent size, accompanying fries were also well prepared, crisp and tasty.
All in all as I have been working in the same area for many years it is always good to find a new place for lunch especially one that provides good food at a quality price.

This review is for the sushi buffet, however my coworkers rave about the Mongolian grill.
The sushi is sold by weight, which I love because you’re not constrained to ordering an entire tuna roll, for example. You can get a piece of tuna, one dragon roll piece, one piece of salmon nigiri. you get the idea. And it’s great way to try new rolls since you only have to commit to one piece.
I find everything is very fresh and the buffet is replenished often. You can see the chefs making the sushi behind the buffet and adding fresh rolls. So if you go at 1, you won’t be eating sushi that has been sitting out for 2 hours.
The sushi buffet also has edamame (I always add some pods to my box) and tempura and usually some fish dish. The sushi itself is not the best I’ve ever had, but for the price, variety, and proximity to my office I go here for lunch pretty often.
I can usually get a meal for under $ 10. And if you spend $ 8.95+ you get a free miso soup! Yes plz!

Soho is a cool spot to grab lunch. They charge by the pound and even have a Mongolian section in the back. They have everything from salad, pasta salad, jello, salmon, different kinds of chicken, mushrooms, brown/​white rice, Singapore noodles the list could go on. I also noticed that they have a sushi spot. I didn’t check that out but I hear that it’s really good.
Overall the food is fresh, customer service is good and I can get in and out quickly. I will definitely return.

Loved the self-​serve sushi when I came here a couple of times for lunch while working a few blocks away. So many options to choose from, from regular tuna rolls to fancy multi-​ingredient volcano rolls, among many others.
With a purchase above $ 8.95 (?) you get a free bowl of miso soup. Besides sushi they also have other stuff like seaweed and tofu that you can pick up and weigh yourself. A meal normally costs no more than $ 12 and will get you full.

I am a fan of this place.
My favs: 1. Egg & Cheese Sandwiches on Butter Croissant
2. The mongolian grill
Large selection of food for lunch. I will definitely recommend everyone to check it out. You have to like something here !

I like this location better than the one near my work. It is a little hard to find located at the back of a busy food court, and the layout of the restaurant is confusing. We had trouble locating the sushi bar and mongolian grill once inside. But they have slightly different food options than the one on K street — better ones. Their seating area is a little run down and has unusual antique-​looking chairs.
The problem I have with these SoHo places is that they are so expensive. In my box I had mostly spinach salad and eggs, 2 slices of tomato, 2 kiwi slices, a tiny portion of pasta and a tiny portion of beef and broccoli. By tiny I mean they fit perfectly into the 2 mini partitions of the box. It really wasn’t very much, and the ingredients didnt seem that heavy. Yet, the total came out to around $ 14.
I think the trick here is to go for the mongolian barbeque. We skipped that because we thought it woudl be too expensive at $ 10.99. Yet that is a set price, not measured by weight. We probably could have gotten more food and paid less had we done that instead. It is almost impossible to keep the weight below $ 10 worth.
For the «overpricedness» of the place, I would usually give 2 stars, but the food is good and there is a wide selection. I really like the fruit and salad bars. If it wasn’t so expensive I would eat there much more frequently.

Let me start by saying, «Soho, you Sosuck.»
I’ve been to good Sohos, and this one is not one of them. The buffet food is always lukewarm. I’ve tried going in near the food time hours… the food is still not hot.
The end result: the food some times taste a rubbery and stale. (Especially the french toast sticks, which generally I really like.) Also sometimes the food is over cooked here.
The saving grace of this place is there is lots of variety. The fruit and salad bars are good. Also it has a great array of bottled beverages, which is important now that D.C. tap water has hexavalent chromium in it. (Great. just when I was starting to feel safe again.)
I go here when I forget to bring my lunch and don’t want to go out in the cold. I just hate the disappointmet of «meh» food.

Yay sushi! If I’m feeling like being marginally healthier than mongolian bbq, I hit Soho’s sushi bar! The line is always small, and they have tongs in water for you to grab your sushi.
They freshly make the nigiri, so it doesn’t sit out for too long. I always grab tuna, salmon, eel, white fish, white tuna, and occasionally switch in octopus and blue mackeral.
They have some fried options as well for sushi, for those of you who aren’t feeling the raw fish. Make sure to ask what it is, since I think they switch up what’s inside the fried rolls. They have some stuff that’s wrapped too… I got lucky one day and got a soft shelled crab and they always have a tempura shrimp roll. Good times!
I especially enjoy the tempura (broccoli and green beans are my fave) and seaweed salad. They also have a good squid (?) salad. I’ve never tried the teriyaki salmon or anything further down in the cooked line… I’m here for the sushi dude.
They do get docked for occassionally having some ice in their seaweed salad, and for counting ginger and wasabi in their poundage.
You’re looking at approx $ 10/​lb (aka $ 11/​lb because of taxes), and you can get a substantial amount for that. I usually spend between $ 9-​$ 12, depending on how hungry I am.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Mongolian BBQ place in the DC Food Court downtown (it’s a part of Soho Café). I decided to head down with two co-​workers (also Mongolian virgins). The Mongolian place itself is a part of the larger deli and sushi bar at the west end of the food court (people oftentimes miss this, opting instead for the Five Guys or the half-​dozen restaurants in the pavilion).
I’ve never ordered Mongolian BBQ before, but I’ve been to plenty of buffets. The prices were fixed around $ 8.00 per bowl (and not per pound). I assumed an understanding that I was not to overload my bowl. After all, why game a hardworking chef?
Oh Lord, I was wrong.
I piled maybe a pound of raw steak, salmon, lamb, and chicken into my bowl (I passed over the vegetables, but opted for some lo mein). I passed the bowl to the chef, who then threw the pile onto the grill. The customer behind me made his way to the counter.
The gentlemen put on the counter what can only be described as a miniature slaughterhouse. We’re talking maybe three pounds of meat. The chef, without batting an eye, dropped whatever it was he was holding (because moving the meat bowl from the counter to the grill took two hands), and threw the contents of The Animal Kingdom onto the fire. As a final touch, the customer asked for the bowl, and re-​filled it with sauces and spices (the bar has an excellent spice rack, by the way).
So, I’ve got a lot to learn. The food is delicious (and filling). I don’t see the need to get a ton of food, but apparently it’s common practice. Going back to work, other co-​workers admitted to loading up (one even copped to getting one bowl with enough food to feed two people).
Now I know.