7.5Food
8Ambience
8.5Value
The Room
Rumba opened on Pike Street in 2012 — a serious rum-and-tiki bar dedicated to the proposition that Capitol Hill needed a working rum-temple destination. The James Beard Foundation has shortlisted Rumba for Outstanding Bar Program.
The dining room is intentionally cinematic-tropical.
The Food
The rum programme runs over 600 bottlings. The cocktail bench runs classic-tiki and serious classic-rum cocktails.
The small-bites kitchen runs Caribbean-influenced. Service is informed and warm.
Best Occasion Fit
First Date: The bar at Rumba is one of Capitol Hill's casual first-date seats.
Solo Dining: The bar at Rumba is one of America's better rum-led solo-dining seats.
Birthday: Birthdays at Rumba are rum-led, tiki-friendly affairs the bar handles with thirteen years of practice.