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DCA Food, Shops, Services DISCUSSION

Debbie Smith 12/12/2017
can you go from terminal to terminal without special transportation and without going outside
ncm 08/14/2017
Are there any restaurants in terminal B that are before the security check?
KCG 10/12/2017
The national hall where all the ticketing for some air carriers. has shops and restaurants while waiting for a flight, picking someone up etc plenty of seats some with power so you can charge phone or laptop while waiting.
travlr 04/07/2017
If I have a layover in terminal A, will I be able to get food from a shop in terminal B or C, or do I need a ticket for a flight there to get past security?
ZAP 04/08/2017
Terminal A isn't connected to anything else inside security. In fact even in Terminal B and C, different concourses aren't connected inside security.
KCG 10/12/2017
MWAA is also planning a new "Secure National Hall" project. Currently, National Hall is before security, with a separate security screening area for each of the three concourses.

Since Terminal B and C were designed pre-9/11, the security screening areas are cramped and congested. Further, passengers cannot access the concessions and restaurants of National Hall after they go through security, and going from one concourse to another requires re-screening, or, in certain situations, taking a bus between concourses.

MWAA will build two new screening areas that will place all of National Hall (and the concourses connected by National Hall, including the new regional jet terminal) after security. This will allow passengers to easily connect between all the existing and future gates of Terminal B and C, and to access many more concessions after passing through security
Peggy B. 02/27/2017
Hi; does anyone know if the chapel at DCA gives out ashes throughout the day?
ZAP 02/28/2017
It is an interfaith chapel, not a Catholic or Orthodox church, so no, they do not.
LM 09/28/2016
Don't ever eat here, the food is terrible, tthe vegetable "panini" is two pieces of toast with lots of raw onion, tomato, squash and peppers, they don't add cheese or mayo and don't even put it on the panini press, no flavor to it a 5 yr old can put that together and they charge $13, what a joke! Will never be back to Cibo.
Amiller 07/20/2016
Is there any place to get a massage at DCA?
*** 06/02/2016
Terminal b needs a decent coffee bar...seriously.
paulocal 04/04/2014
Don't allow the fancy tablecloths and wine selections fool you, the food here is uniformly horrible -- even by airport food standards.
BB 07/23/2013
Fabulously Fresh in Terminal A: The only vegetarian option offered in Terminal A is a wrap at this place and it is always soggy and falls apart upon opening the box. Does anyone there actually eat what they sell? Rhetorical question, obviously, because if they did, they would know that they are failing to offer customers healthy food that is also edible in the conditions of an airport. Super frustrating!!!

The Euro Cafe in the middle is no better. They place all the food under the register so anyone that wants to buy it has to wait until someone is pushing them to pay -- no time to see options and select anything before getting to the register. Very few vegetarian options, and the entire process just to buy something is almost not worth bothering.

If it weren't for my frequent, distant trips, I would never buy anything. Both these businesses are examples of poorly run operations, offering customers less than acceptable service, and products as inidicia of decision makers who don't understand customers even remotely.

I seriously HATE vendors in Terminal A at DCA, and the only positive thing I can say is that I'm glad there is something, even if completely frustrating time after time after time.....
Humblest 06/15/2013
Every few months I come back to Jet Rock Bar & Grill near gate 30, because it is the only restaurant with service in that part of the airport. They never disappoint. If you like apathetic waitresses, agonizingly slow service and dry food, you will Love this place.