Best restaurants in Washington

Selection of the top 5 restaurants in Washington

1. Komi

The incredible chef Johnny Monis' passion for his Greek origin changed a little restaurant in the Dupont Circle in the most intimate and cosy area's place.

The dinner is a delicious experience that begins with an appetizer called mezzethakia and continues with the famous raw fish selection of the Komi. You can also eat delicious mixed plates with meat and fish that brings to mind a seaside Greek restaurant.

The atmosphere in the Komi is cosy and with a Spartan furniture that gives you a comfortable feeling that doesn't distract from the food delicacies.

2. Citronelle

The French cuisine original interpretation of Michel Richard make the kitchen a different location.

He cooks with a heart, fun and using an incredible technique, creating a great restaurant and a great experience.

The open kitchen is the focal point of a multi-area space that gives the customers the feeling to be in a characteristic European restaurant.

Click here to take a look at the website of the fabulous Citronelle French Cuisine Restaurant.

3. Minibar

At The Minibar you can find some of the most revolutionary and rewarding dishes of the American nation.

The three cookers invented a restaurant/laboratory that can serve completely new dishes, never tasted before, like a compressed frozen popcorn square using liquid nitrogen that when you eat it the smoke goes out from your nose, or brioche filled with caviar.

Click here to visit the official website of the Minibar Restaurant in Washington DC.

4. CityZen

In this restaurant, the CityZen, you can discover amazing but uncommon dishes like the liver slices of frog, and enjoy some of the best American dishes like cow meat version "beef on week" or some classic French dishes.

Everything is cooked by the chef Eric Ziebold and his exceptional cookers team.

The dining room is located in the Mandarian Oriental Hotel and the first impression is that someone opened an opulent restaurant in a palace corridor.

5. The Source

This restaurant is inspired by the fusion cuisine of Wolfgang Puck and from the Asiatic cuisine>

this means bold dishes that you would think to have found in an Asiatic restaurant, cooked with a cleverness that would let you think that the master himself was in the kitchen.

The dishes served in this exquisite restaurant are from a very high quality. If you are ready to taste something completely different, then you should definetly visit The Source restaurant in Washington DC.

Other good restaurants in Washington

Vidalia

The "Shrimp 'n' grits" and the "Pecan pie" are still on the menu of the Vidalia in Washington, the bread basket, moreover, is the best in this part of the Mason Dixon Line, but call it a "Southern Restaurant" is not correct. In fact the fantasy and the initiative of the awards chef R.J. Cooper's Cooking winner give to its dishes an unbelievable flavour and taste.

A masterly French technique, ingredients from all over the world and an restless need to experiment (last summer he used icecream as seasoning) are all he needs for serve some extraordinary dishes.

Palena and Palena Cafe

At the Palena and Palena Cafe you can find both rustic and refined dishes like perfect pate, complex soup and exceptional pasta are being served. Everything cooked by the chef/owner Frank Ruta, a laborious man that refuged the publicity and never worked in the dinning room, but is always in the kitchen under the ground to improve its dishes.

The part of the restaurant dedicated to the bar is very informal, you can go there in jeans and tshirt, the dinning room gives the sensation to be in a completely different kind of place: elegant, dark, serious and very formal.

The Oval Room

At the Oval Room the chef is Tony Conte.

Flavours are mixed in a surprising way. Who knew that the beetroot taste, passion fruit, would match so good with the horseradish? Conte doesn't save butter and cream, and he also likes to use cherry or smoked vinegar in his dishes.

It hasn't the Palm's swagger, but the lunch, served in the nice dinning room, usually has the presence of some VIPs. During the night the place becomes quiet, with couples and quartets that share the delicious menu and a glass of good wine.

BLT Steak

The American chef Laurent Tourondel mixes the steakhouse cliché with a convincing imitation of the French cuisine.

The wine flows and the wallet burns. The background music varies from jazz to rock, but probably you won't notice it because of the surrounding conversations in the dinning room.

The BLT Steak restaurant is a very good restaurant to eat steak in a way you have never eaten it before!

We hope our restaurant guide through Washington was helpful for you and you try one or two of these delicious restaurants yourself! Convince yourself of these extraordinary restaurants in Washington! Enjoy your holidays in Washington and do not waste your time, money and health by eating American fast food!