The Westlawn Inn

Went to the Westlawn Inn for a celebratory dinner with my fiancee and had a fantastic experience. The owner was very personable and stopped by to check in on us multiple times. The live music was excellent. The food was fresh and delicious. The crab soup and the crab and avocado appetizer were our favorites.

Along with an earlier reviewer, we made the mistake of hoping that things had improved from a very lousy brunch experience 5 years ago (yes, it takes me that long to forget about something that bad).   Under encouragement from friends to try something new, we ventured back hoping for vast improvement.   Unfortunately, it was only worse than the prior visit.   The food is expensive and tasteless to the point of being inedible, the service was lackluster -- slow and non-apologetic.   Agree with Laurie C -- we were victims of a similar evening.   I won't be making this mistake again ever.  Adding it also to our Southern MD boycott list.

The food as Westlawn is always great- as good as I've had at restaurants in D.C., and sometimes better.  The prices are on the higher end for the area ($22-28 range).  I would go more often if the prices were less D.C., and more Calvert County.