This place was amazing! I went here tonight for my anniversary the food quality blew me away! It is an expensive restaurant but it is worth it because of the experience. I would definitely recommend anybody to come here and I will come here again myself! Thank you for a lovely dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
허영주
It was a pity that it was too salty overall. The dishes were pretty and the service was good. It’s a great place for a date!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Davon Fryar-Frazier
Great place to eat and a wonderful wine list!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
George Dalakishvili
It is nice fine dining restaurant. I enjoyed wagyu beef steak.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Wagyu Beef
Nicolai Gomez
You might be wondering why I gave high stars in all sub categories but 2 stars overall. Well I’ll tell you.
First, the pros.
The food is outstanding. Incredible. Some of the best food I’ve eaten in my life. The white asparagus was cooked to perfection. The lamb ragu… give me a bowl of that and the focaccia and I’m good to go. Really, the food is fabulous. It’s also a lot. These 8 courses aren’t “bites” you will come across at El Cielo or Minibar, these are COURSES. We had to box our final savory up because we just couldn’t do it. So bang for your buck? Check. The service was adequate. Our main server was lovely, albeit a little busy. This is an all hands type restaurant so we had lots of people participate in the experience. It was all fine, but for a restaurant this caliber, it was missing…. Something. Maybe a little more personalization or Intimacy wouldn’t go amiss.
The cons.
Oh boy the cons. IMO this is a make or break for me. Cleanliness and hygiene. You can have the best restaurant in the world, but if you aren’t clean, it means nothing. We sat at the chefs counter and throughout our experience, the head chef (he was controlling the window) was not only sneezing and coughing directly into his hand, but he skipped the wash and went and handled plated food. No joke. Sneezed directly into his ungloved hand and then used his whole hand to finish plate presentation.
This wasn’t it. The same chef, twice, dropped his plate towel on the ground and then picked it back up and WIPED PLATES READY TO GO OUT.
Still not it. He kept running his hands through his hair, licking his fingers to touch paper and I don’t think this man washed his hands once. Insane.
But the real cherry on the cake was, on more than one instance, he licked spoons clean and then… PUT THEM BACK IN PANS and handed back to his sous chefs who just refilled with more mashed potatoes. He did this several times and just reused those same spoons.
Sir this is an open… Michelin star restaurant. People are watching you. I’m so shocked this is happening.
Other than that, it was a perfectly lovely night, probably won’t return given the above issues. Clean the BOH up.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Odongua Chuluunsaikhan
Dinner for 2 people was almost $1000, not worth the money and experience. Felt rushed, our dishes were just average.. another overrated restaurant in DC. Wouldn’t recommend!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Gili Ganot
A bit of disappointment.Food and service was ok.Didnt meet the expectations.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Greg Meyer
Incredible food, service was top notch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Breast
K K
Food was good but the experience was ruined by the terrible service. I dined here in December for my sisters birthday and the experience was far better.
4 months ago we had a beautiful experience here but this week the experience was horrible. The service was no where near what it was during our first experience. It was sloppy and careless. The manager didn't seem to care at all and the staff seemed as if they were more interested in chatting than working. Very disappointing change from a few months ago. Won't be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
jhon fino
We were 5 people and unfortunately we could not have the experience since we decided to leave the place after a Salvadoran employee who served us and in the end we did not know if he was a manager or a waiter was drunk and gave us terrible service being very rude, we asked him for several times that he guided us a little through the menu and recommendations for ordering but it was not possible... we hope at some point to return and change the concept with which we left...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Skyler “Sky” Shuler
In the words of Lady Gaga: Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before.Absolutely adored this dinner, the experience, the service and won’t ever forget it.Masseria is no joke!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Risotto
Eric Ditrich
Call me Jon Snow cuz I know nothing but food flavor profile was not worth the price. We felt only one or two of the courses had unique flavors and the recommended wine was not recommendable. The service was truly great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Branden Bateman
Was a bit disappointed by the overall experience here since me and my partner ended up “regurgitating” outside because of my duck entree, especially since our bill was $850 (included a $90 caviar add on for a course). Overall, would not recommend at current price points.The pasta dishes and antipasti courses were quite tasty and innovative. Unfortunately, the “Cons” outweighed the “Pros” here.Couple of the cons:• Based on the other cons, the $850 bill was very high. I don’t think the price aligns with the experience. The menu pushes so many add ons and has ridiculously priced items (e.g., a $70 French 75 cocktail) that it feels like a restaurant who was purchased by a VC / PE firm.• My salad antipasti had so much vinegar it hurt my mouth• Dove sole course was served as a roulade and ended up being dry and very firm, rather than light and flaky. We regretted doing the caviar add on for this course• Was ill after eating my duck, although I appreciated them adapting the course for non-beef eaters. My partner also got sick a bit after we left — he tried a piece.Couple of pros• Service was generally very good. They had great pacing and werent overbearing. The restaurant Operations are a well oiled machine.• Pasta courses• I really liked their plating and the dishware was nice
This place was amazing! I went here tonight for my anniversary the food quality blew me away! It is an expensive restaurant but it is worth it because of the experience. I would definitely recommend anybody to come here and I will come here again myself! Thank you for a lovely dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It was a pity that it was too salty overall. The dishes were pretty and the service was good. It’s a great place for a date!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great place to eat and a wonderful wine list!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It is nice fine dining restaurant. I enjoyed wagyu beef steak.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Wagyu Beef
You might be wondering why I gave high stars in all sub categories but 2 stars overall. Well I’ll tell you.
First, the pros.
The food is outstanding. Incredible. Some of the best food I’ve eaten in my life. The white asparagus was cooked to perfection. The lamb ragu… give me a bowl of that and the focaccia and I’m good to go. Really, the food is fabulous. It’s also a lot. These 8 courses aren’t “bites” you will come across at El Cielo or Minibar, these are COURSES. We had to box our final savory up because we just couldn’t do it. So bang for your buck? Check. The service was adequate. Our main server was lovely, albeit a little busy. This is an all hands type restaurant so we had lots of people participate in the experience. It was all fine, but for a restaurant this caliber, it was missing…. Something. Maybe a little more personalization or Intimacy wouldn’t go amiss.
The cons.
Oh boy the cons. IMO this is a make or break for me. Cleanliness and hygiene. You can have the best restaurant in the world, but if you aren’t clean, it means nothing. We sat at the chefs counter and throughout our experience, the head chef (he was controlling the window) was not only sneezing and coughing directly into his hand, but he skipped the wash and went and handled plated food. No joke. Sneezed directly into his ungloved hand and then used his whole hand to finish plate presentation.
This wasn’t it. The same chef, twice, dropped his plate towel on the ground and then picked it back up and WIPED PLATES READY TO GO OUT.
Still not it. He kept running his hands through his hair, licking his fingers to touch paper and I don’t think this man washed his hands once. Insane.
But the real cherry on the cake was, on more than one instance, he licked spoons clean and then… PUT THEM BACK IN PANS and handed back to his sous chefs who just refilled with more mashed potatoes. He did this several times and just reused those same spoons.
Sir this is an open… Michelin star restaurant. People are watching you. I’m so shocked this is happening.
Other than that, it was a perfectly lovely night, probably won’t return given the above issues. Clean the BOH up.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Dinner for 2 people was almost $1000, not worth the money and experience. Felt rushed, our dishes were just average.. another overrated restaurant in DC. Wouldn’t recommend!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
A bit of disappointment.Food and service was ok.Didnt meet the expectations.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Incredible food, service was top notch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Breast
Food was good but the experience was ruined by the terrible service. I dined here in December for my sisters birthday and the experience was far better.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Expensive...$850 for two people, but worth it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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4 months ago we had a beautiful experience here but this week the experience was horrible. The service was no where near what it was during our first experience. It was sloppy and careless. The manager didn't seem to care at all and the staff seemed as if they were more interested in chatting than working. Very disappointing change from a few months ago. Won't be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
We were 5 people and unfortunately we could not have the experience since we decided to leave the place after a Salvadoran employee who served us and in the end we did not know if he was a manager or a waiter was drunk and gave us terrible service being very rude, we asked him for several times that he guided us a little through the menu and recommendations for ordering but it was not possible... we hope at some point to return and change the concept with which we left...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
In the words of Lady Gaga: Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before.Absolutely adored this dinner, the experience, the service and won’t ever forget it.Masseria is no joke!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Risotto
Call me Jon Snow cuz I know nothing but food flavor profile was not worth the price. We felt only one or two of the courses had unique flavors and the recommended wine was not recommendable. The service was truly great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Was a bit disappointed by the overall experience here since me and my partner ended up “regurgitating” outside because of my duck entree, especially since our bill was $850 (included a $90 caviar add on for a course). Overall, would not recommend at current price points.The pasta dishes and antipasti courses were quite tasty and innovative. Unfortunately, the “Cons” outweighed the “Pros” here.Couple of the cons:• Based on the other cons, the $850 bill was very high. I don’t think the price aligns with the experience. The menu pushes so many add ons and has ridiculously priced items (e.g., a $70 French 75 cocktail) that it feels like a restaurant who was purchased by a VC / PE firm.• My salad antipasti had so much vinegar it hurt my mouth• Dove sole course was served as a roulade and ended up being dry and very firm, rather than light and flaky. We regretted doing the caviar add on for this course• Was ill after eating my duck, although I appreciated them adapting the course for non-beef eaters. My partner also got sick a bit after we left — he tried a piece.Couple of pros• Service was generally very good. They had great pacing and werent overbearing. The restaurant Operations are a well oiled machine.• Pasta courses• I really liked their plating and the dishware was nice
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
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