Great cocktails, great wine, including an affordable, satisfying Barolo! Ravioli is delicious. Yummy squash blossoms. Avoid the veal chop, not sure what was served.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ravioli, Branzino, Prosciutto
James Xi
Our go to spot for Italian food. Pasta is fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tortelli, Ravioli
All American
We chose this place because of the stars..we are new to the area. The portion sizes for the price..wow…wow…not a good wow, terrible. Not worth the money. $26 for 10 ravioli?? $22 for bread with oil to dip in and 2oz meat? We spent $120 on dinner..waited 45 min for food that took 5 min to eat. I had to order a pizza for delivery on the way home for dinner since my dinner was appetizer size . Cool restaurant, but for the money…without a doubt, don’t come hungry.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Brian M. Carney
Tightly packed. Great food, great service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Thad
Wonderful food, and amazing staff. Caesar salad was a bit watery but I did not try it, as that was mostly a comment from a friend. Also amazing bread for the table.
We lost our server mid meal, but the manager did a beautiful job taking care of us, and the food was wonderful! She did a great job making a bad situation better, and we appreciated her efforts. We'll definitely be back.
Ali Meighani
Very delicious Italian food. A little on the pricy side but definitely worth it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eric Holtzman
Checked out San Lorenzo for the first time the other night - I have been in DC for years, but just recently moved to the Shaw neighborhood and had heard good things about this spot. Christina the GM was super friendly and helpful, making me feel very welcome and the bartender I spoke to, Efron, gave some great menu recommendations. The Seafood Linguine was fantastic! Will absolutely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
sarahq71
Waited 40 minutes for our table on a Friday night even though we had a reservation and had shown up on time. Other parties who arrived after us were seated before us. Food was tasty but portions were too small.
My family (11 of us) came here to celebrate my mother's 80th birthday. Christina was very helpful in planning the menu. The first two courses were served family style. For appetizers we had the calamari, prosciutto, and bruschetta. For the pasta course we shared the ravioli, mushroom tortellini, and the seafood pasta. Everyone chose their own main dishes: pork, steak, or the fish (branzini). Every single dish was a hit. So delicious. I think this was the best meal I have ever had in DC. The restaurant itself is lovely and the service was impeccable. What a lovely and special evening:)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Abdul Esreb
One and done!Very bad experience , food really cold and bad service.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
reema esreb
Went to dinner for the first time order the appetizer then we wait for meal it was late then came and our meet came really cold but the server said just came from the oven with a rude way asked for the manager and the said she is busy the worst experience ever we supposed to celebrate our anniversary but ended leaving.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Mohamed Abdelwahab
Came into an empty restaurant with a reservation but somehow they are “overbooked” and I can only get the worst table in the house. So I got up and left.Edit after owners response: lol it’s funny you don’t know what a bad table is and you own a restaurant. Typically, anything by the bathroom, or kitchen, o ENTRANCE (where I was) in the WINTER can be a disturbance. Especially with the cold or everyone needing to walk past you as they come and go. I also did ask to be reseated like you mentioned, but was told by the server and host that you were “overbooked” even though you had only 4 tables being occupied?The better question is: why, with almost an empty restaurant, did you have a problem seating me where I preferred? I wasn’t stopping you from losing business, but you lost my business.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
David Hughes
Just my experience, but sadly wasn't as good as what seems to be what most people get.We came out with some friends and explored a few spots, we found this place and it seemed cool so we decided to give it a go.We ordered our drinks and I really wish I could say they were better in some way but 4 out of 4 drinks were pretty rough. Low end liquor w/ bad mix.The food was definitely a let down. My friends steak was soaked in balsamic vinegar and he ordered medium and what was given to him was definitely not medium and this could be just me but steak soaked in balsamic vinegar isn't exactly, for me, good. The linguini and ravioli were sub par, couldn't finish mine. I heard the lobster risotto was descent.Service was pretty slow. Bar wasn't busy but we definitely waited as if was.Overall our experience was a poor experience but obviously not the same as what others seemed to have.
Great cocktails, great wine, including an affordable, satisfying Barolo! Ravioli is delicious. Yummy squash blossoms. Avoid the veal chop, not sure what was served.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ravioli, Branzino, Prosciutto
Our go to spot for Italian food. Pasta is fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tortelli, Ravioli
We chose this place because of the stars..we are new to the area. The portion sizes for the price..wow…wow…not a good wow, terrible. Not worth the money. $26 for 10 ravioli?? $22 for bread with oil to dip in and 2oz meat? We spent $120 on dinner..waited 45 min for food that took 5 min to eat. I had to order a pizza for delivery on the way home for dinner since my dinner was appetizer size . Cool restaurant, but for the money…without a doubt, don’t come hungry.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Tightly packed. Great food, great service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful food, and amazing staff. Caesar salad was a bit watery but I did not try it, as that was mostly a comment from a friend. Also amazing bread for the table.
We lost our server mid meal, but the manager did a beautiful job taking care of us, and the food was wonderful! She did a great job making a bad situation better, and we appreciated her efforts. We'll definitely be back.
Very delicious Italian food. A little on the pricy side but definitely worth it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Checked out San Lorenzo for the first time the other night - I have been in DC for years, but just recently moved to the Shaw neighborhood and had heard good things about this spot. Christina the GM was super friendly and helpful, making me feel very welcome and the bartender I spoke to, Efron, gave some great menu recommendations. The Seafood Linguine was fantastic! Will absolutely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Waited 40 minutes for our table on a Friday night even though we had a reservation and had shown up on time. Other parties who arrived after us were seated before us. Food was tasty but portions were too small.
Great food...simply put.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
My family (11 of us) came here to celebrate my mother's 80th birthday. Christina was very helpful in planning the menu. The first two courses were served family style. For appetizers we had the calamari, prosciutto, and bruschetta. For the pasta course we shared the ravioli, mushroom tortellini, and the seafood pasta. Everyone chose their own main dishes: pork, steak, or the fish (branzini). Every single dish was a hit. So delicious. I think this was the best meal I have ever had in DC. The restaurant itself is lovely and the service was impeccable. What a lovely and special evening:)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One and done!Very bad experience , food really cold and bad service.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Went to dinner for the first time order the appetizer then we wait for meal it was late then came and our meet came really cold but the server said just came from the oven with a rude way asked for the manager and the said she is busy the worst experience ever we supposed to celebrate our anniversary but ended leaving.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Came into an empty restaurant with a reservation but somehow they are “overbooked” and I can only get the worst table in the house. So I got up and left.Edit after owners response: lol it’s funny you don’t know what a bad table is and you own a restaurant. Typically, anything by the bathroom, or kitchen, o ENTRANCE (where I was) in the WINTER can be a disturbance. Especially with the cold or everyone needing to walk past you as they come and go. I also did ask to be reseated like you mentioned, but was told by the server and host that you were “overbooked” even though you had only 4 tables being occupied?The better question is: why, with almost an empty restaurant, did you have a problem seating me where I preferred? I wasn’t stopping you from losing business, but you lost my business.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Just my experience, but sadly wasn't as good as what seems to be what most people get.We came out with some friends and explored a few spots, we found this place and it seemed cool so we decided to give it a go.We ordered our drinks and I really wish I could say they were better in some way but 4 out of 4 drinks were pretty rough. Low end liquor w/ bad mix.The food was definitely a let down. My friends steak was soaked in balsamic vinegar and he ordered medium and what was given to him was definitely not medium and this could be just me but steak soaked in balsamic vinegar isn't exactly, for me, good. The linguini and ravioli were sub par, couldn't finish mine. I heard the lobster risotto was descent.Service was pretty slow. Bar wasn't busy but we definitely waited as if was.Overall our experience was a poor experience but obviously not the same as what others seemed to have.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1