Been here a few times & while the variety is great, food is always hot & the salad bar is fantastic. Some of the food has been high in salt. However, overall, it's a great place for a quick lunch.

Restaurants are few and far between in the Foggy Bottom area of Washington near the State Department and Lincoln Memorial. Thankfully, there's Sizzling Express, which offers a self-service, cafeteria-style alternative for workers and tourists alike. I am a devotee of SizzEx's salad bar, which offers just about any ingredient one could imagine putting in a salad. The ingredients...

This is a great way to do fast food - select your choices salad bar / cafeteria style, weigh and pay. There are also freshly made sandwiches, a bar, and sushi choices. Fresh fruit, salads, many vegetarian and non-vegetarian options for main course. Acoustically quieter than many restaurants so you can carry on a conversation. Open breakfast, lunch, dinner. We were there for din...

I'm a picky eater, so I like a restaurant not only with a lot of choices, but one that lets me roam around and make my own decisions. Sizzling Express was a perfect fit for me. A long row of fix your own salads and fruits, all freshly cut, nothing out of a can, that I could tell. The breakfast had a lot of egg and meat selections, especially turkey sausage and bacon. The aftern...