Kyirisan

This French fusion restaurant is just off the U street strip and is a personal candidate for a hidden gem. A friend from out of town and I went for an early dinner on a Friday and the place was empty and we decided to sit at the bar. This was a great choice because before it turns to real dinner time you can grab a happy hour dinner special which allows you to get two dishes of anything on their menu for $27 (~2/3 portions). So we ordered 4 total dishes and dug in. We had the...read full review

Huge shame this place will be closing down forever next week. I had never been before and regretting it now. We made reservations for Off menu week. They were nice enough to let us keep our reservation despite being 30 minutes late. Parking is terrible around that area but that's no fault to the restaurant. The portions are large! Well, they are large when compared to other shared meal dinners in DC. For two people, we were full with 3 shared dishes. We ordered the fried okra...read full review

Very cool and unique place with small but interesting brunch menu. Dishes are all pretty standard for brunch, but with fun twists that add a lot of flavor. Blueberry pancakes and the pork belly hash were fantastic and the Lobster Benedict looked delicious.