Ronald Reagan Building

Forever Young Café is a hidden gem in the food court and has the BEST smoothies in town. They are cheap, only $ 5 for a small size and $ 6 for a large which REAL YOGURT. You go up the street and Jrink charges $ 10 for juice while Fruitive charges $ 13– $ 16. Both are not nearly as good as Forever Young. I highly recommend Mango Madness. It’s refreshing, light, but also filling.
One tip: It gets crowded during the summer time — it becomes a tourist hot spot especially on the weekdays after work. So, just be aware. The review is short of a full 5 stars due to customer service. When it gets busy, the staff gets overwhelmed and tends to be very rude. They make faces and want you to stick with your order, otherwise will shout out «Next». I’ve only experienced this once, so I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
When it’s hot outside and you’re walking around the national mall, I recommend cooling off with a smoothie.

HORRIBLE! If horrible service and commonly stolen items are on your plate this is the place for you. I had recently visited the establishment and was treated with large amounts of disrespect ranging from other customers to employees of the food court /​security team. When greeted at the door an older women was giving people hard times for not having bags of in time metal detector workers were disrespectful to property /​bags and a friend’s item had been stuck in the machine were it could easily been takin out but was refused to be given back. After entering the building I had takin the escalator down stairs to where a stepped the wrong here way and was harassed by a worker for going the wrong way. In the food court the workers where ignorant and didn’t make correct orders and seemingly to me I think they didn’t even speak English. Over all I recommend anywhere BUT here!

Attended an awards banquet here and the facility was absolutely beautiful. It was a short walking distance from our hotel, the JW Marriott. This proved convenient to get ready and then be 5 minutes away from our event. The space was open and the food was great. This is a great place to host an event!

When we went here, we only want for the food court, and it was pretty good… Plenty of options to choose from and including healthy and unhealthy choices… Usually during lunchtime there are long lines that you could be standing in for about 15 minutes. Overall very good

A great building with fantastic events and an expensive parking lot:) I went to Winternational 4^th annual embassy showcase. It was busy, fun, tasty, … so many things to say but I can’t wait for the next one.
Metro: Easy access. You don’t need to worry about rain.
Parking: $ 20! Expensive but no so many spots left. One of my friends were driving in the parking lot longer than 15mnts to find a space. Because of this popular event…
Restroom:Average.
Customer service: Nicish. Many friendly guards.

Awesome place to hold an international awards ceremony!
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Question: where do hardworking people go to meet other hardworking people to unwind and have a good time?
Answer: at an international awards ceremony, of course!
This was the first time I’ve been inside the Ronald Regan building — and let me tell you, it’s certainly impressive!
Marble, glass, colored lights abound. I admit this is a generic-​sounding description for any quasi-​governmental building, but let me tell you, first impressions count, and I was impressed! (Maybe that was the Cabernet talking…)
Anyway, it’s awesome to see thought leaders & innovators in your field all meet and celebrate each other’s accomplishments for one night. Just like an academy awards ceremony!
(It’s even more awesome when, a few nights later, you spy one of them roaming the streets of DC at 3am, with someone half her age. LOL!)

A trade and government building with a number of offices, large parking garage downstairs (cheaper on the weekends) and security that covers the front entry.
Inside, large atrium and colored lights around it that highlight the open air, and festivals and other convention-​like events will also be located here.

This place can be really awesome if you research and come at the right time. The building is beautiful. It can also be confusing, due to the size. The guards and information services staff can guide you to your destination (inside or outside of the building). Hubby likes the Woodrow Wilson Exhibit. I like the Berlin Wall. The Reagan Building is a wonderful venue. If you park inside the building, take anything extra out of your trunk to make the security check easier. Each elevator has a card listing your location. I always take the card and write my parking spot number on it. Parking can be expensive but convenience trumps sometimes.
The food court is convenient, if you are already sight seeing downtown. Be aware of the endless cattle of students on tours. I believe they stop at 7pm. The contrast between loud, impolite kids running around to well heeled, polite event attendees is amazing.
If you enter through the street level (as opposed to the parking garage) you are required to show your identification and go through a security screening.

I came here to register for TSA Pre-​check/​Global Entry for an upcoming trip to Japan. It seems totally worth it and my AMEX card covers the fee too. We arrived early and we are able to enter the building security seamlessly. All of the staff here was friendly and helped us find the office. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has a small exhibit of the different items they have seized from smugglers. It totally reminded me of an episode of Weeds where she starts smuggling between Mexico and the U.S. The Global Entry process was also very quick and efficient and they took us earlier than our appointment. The building is conveniently located on 13^th St and Pennsylvania close to Federal Triangle Metro, but you could also walk from Metro Center.

I am here for a government conference. The auditorium space is cramped… Lord help you if someone needs to get past you to access a seat… dont get too comfy because you will have to stand up. I am not tall (5’7″) and my knees are almost touching the seat in front of me… I feel sorry for tall people. Also no eating or drinking in the meeting rooms. I guess I can understand the eating part but drinking? No morning coffee during the meeting? Boo! The temperature in here is either too hot or meat locker-​ish. Right now the man in front of me is sweating. Good grief. Not the best experience.

SUCH an amazing building. I can’t believe how hard it is to navigate. I can’t imagine actually working here. The CBP Global Travelers program is located here in the Basement (B1) it was really complicated and long time to get there if you come through the penn ave entrance. But all the guards are so nice and willing to direct you.

Food court review
It’s a nightmare during the day during the summer. Don’t go. Just don’t. It is a large food court crawling with school children running amok. Go to a food cart before coming here.

Cool! I had walked past this place too many times to count in my nearly 3 years in the city and decided to randomly walk in! Guard tells me «Welcome, NOW COVER YOUR EARS» and I do so while looking around in confusion. Only to see… ROCKET MAN blasting up into the sky in the atrium (at least 15 – 20 feet or so). It lasted just a few short seconds and was indeed loud. But boy was that cool. Not quite sure what the event was (May 17) but some dude and his personal rocket thing wowed me. The building is interesting. Modern architecture from the inside, looks more classical from the outside. Cool to walk around for 15 minutes or so.

Thos is a nice building. I am here for a workshop. The place is next to a metro and it goes inside. There is a lot of security.

We just came here for the food court. It is huge!!! There is so many places to choose from! From your regular Subways to desserts to pizza and even sushi!
This place seems pretty clean but it’s a food court so our food attracted some unwanted visitors.
There are lots of seating!
Too bad most of the restaurants were still closed when we came here.
Other than that, this place looks awesome! Walking through the building was pretty cool because they were holding a convention in one of their atriums. And we wanted to eat their food!!!

Shout out to Kimberly S. for making the tickets to the Master Class accessible to all of us! I know for a fact that next year, we will make it a point to purchase these tickets in advance; it may be better than the wine festival itself. The class was the perfect size, around 40 people, and each attendee had 10 wine glasses pre-​filled with 5 Rieslings and 5 Shirazs in front of them, along with some crackers and some Evian water. All of the wines were from Peter Lehmann in Australia and I must say that I absolutely cannot wait to find the brand in DC.
The master speaker (of course I forget his name) was from Australia and KNEW his stuff, which is always awesome to see. He got everyone in the room fully excited and even more awesome was that my boyfriend and I now have a LOVE for Riesling. There was a full on cheese bar in the back and we were even able to try a Pinot Noir, so it was a WONDERFUL evening and event! It was scheduled for 4:30 –6, but we did not end up leaving due to good conversation, cheese and wine until 7:30 at the earliest. Well done! We bought the Shiraz last night and it was as good as it was on Saturday. Thanks Unilocal and thanks Kimberly S. Can’t wait for the next event!

Great building for everything! Food, conferences, working, wedding and anything else you can think of.
I used to work in this building. I also ate many meals here.
The Ronald Reagan building serves many purposes. It houses the University of Maryland– Robert Smith Business School, as well as another college.
The food court in this building is amazing as well. Plenty of options. There was a Sbarro pizza in this building at one point, but closed due to a fire and never reopened. It’s been a couple years now.

I’ve been here for a few things but primarily for parking, so I’ll start there. The location of this immense parking garage is convenient to numerous places and the prices are decent for downtown. The guards are friendly and thorough during the search of car, which doesn’t take a significant amount of time but it’s useful to be aware of this when you’re pondering timing. Once you’re inside, the garage is somewhat of a maze — definitely pick up the parking location cards available at all the elevator banks to remind you where you parked, and pay attention to where you come out of the stairs and elevators when you reach the ground floor so you remember which of the many entrances to the building is most convenient for you or which elevator to look for if you enter someplace else.
I was here in the winter for a wedding. The wedding location itself — a beautiful and fun ceremony, although I don’t know if the Reagan Building event planners were involved in that part — was a hall that felt strongly like a conference room or small banquet room. It was pretty and bright though, with high ceilings and lots of light grey and light brown throughout; however, it was also a bit odd with the coat rack behind an opaque wall at front end of room and with a few instrument cabinets slightly ajar in a couple places toward the ceiling. The reception though… WOW. The reception was held in the Reagan Building’s Rotunda, which is absolutely beautiful. It’s a large, airy, high-​ceilinged room, reached by a wide, curving staircase. There are loads of windows, covering maybe a 100-​degree angle on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the building; doors on that side open onto a somewhat narrow balcony that provides wonderful views from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and the White House to the Old Post Office Pavilion Tower and the FBI building. The food was very good as well, but there were some unique aspects to the couple who were getting married and I don’t know whether all of it was handled by Reagan Building chefs.
I’ve also been here for The Capitol Steps, but it’s been long enough since then that I have nothing useful to pass on other than that I still remember it as being very entertaining.

3.5 rating
Voted as the best DC food court by Frommers. We stumbled our way here on the way to the Metro station.
Located on the concourse level you will need to pass security first. We were asked for ID so we provided our state issued driver licenses.
Scoped out the eateries and decided on «Quick Pita». Combo lunch $ 7.85 included gyro, fries, and a soda dispensed. Very satisfying
Lots of tables and because we were here during spring break, lots of kids.

First visit to Ronald Reagan building and International wine and food festival.
I thought it would be great place for conferences and expositions. Modern and spacious enough but not too big like DC Convention center.
now International food and wine festival.
If you are a hardcore oenophile, this might be one of wine events you want to attend. All vendors were so friendly and social. Just eat something before you attend unless you have additional ticket to food pavilion or you love cheese-​cubes. I wished there were more food accompanying glorious wine but oh well.
PS: next time I am going to take a large cheese pizza with me. They don’t have a sign ‘No outside food’.