Manoli Canoli
8540 Connecticut Ave, Chevy Chase
(301) 951-1818
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The food was good but not hot enough. Tasty food and great menu. Most of staff seemed inexperienced so it took time to get our water and bread. We had plenty of time to chat with our friends. It is a small restaurant so I suggest reservations and be prepared to wait.
Our experience here was mixed. Our waiter seemed completely overwhelmed and it took several requests to get napkins and silverware, he never brought the salad we ordered and he just didn't seem to have time to attend to all his tables. The food was good but not what you'd expect. For example - the pesto pasta was a very heavy pesto cream sauce. The bolognese sauce was also more like a creamy meat sauce but not really a typical bolognese. Both fine - but not really what we wanted or expected. The three other dishes were good. The bruschetta was more like cheese toast with a little tomato; again that's fine but it wasn't what we really wanted and was unexpected - it was bread with a lot of melted mozzarella and a little tomato.
We recently moved to the neighborhood and decided to try ordering from this restaurant before going in person. We received two pizzas that were honestly pretty floppy and substandard for the enormous price ($4.00 to add spinach??), and our pasta didn’t arrive at all. When we called to ask on behalf of a hungry kid, the very flippant person at the restaurant said he had no idea whose fault it was that we didn’t receive the pasta, but we should just get a refund from Postmates. No apology or real concern about how an order went wrong - even if they couldn’t redeliver, the attitude was just incredibly poor. We reordered from one of our (excellent) DC go-to pizza places and will not bother with this restaurant again.
Food: 3
Service: 1
Always a great place to go with family, and always great food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rude staff, pasta tasted reheated not fresh
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
The food was very good, and reasonably priced. The server was nice but she was very overwhelmed and we waited a really long time for our food, a longer time for our check, and it made for a really really long night. They're short staffed. We will return on a weeknight to see if it's better.
Waste of money
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Parking: Fee parking around back
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Avgolemono Soup, Spanakopita, Caprese Salad
Love this place. Staff is friendly. Highly recommend eating in (vs. takeaway) for pizza and fried calamari. It just doesn't taste as good when you bring it home! Pizza is average, sandwiches/hoagies are pretty awful, but this place shines for its Greek and Italian dishes. Pastas and gyros and skewered meats are all really good at pretty decent prices. Always people coming in and out from back door as there is ample parking to pick up your order. It's a favorite among the locals.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Best little hidden secret right off of the beltway on Connecticut Ave., near Starbucks. Great homemade food!
Parking: Parking behind building access from Manor Road.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eggplant Parmesan, Spanakopita, Manoli Salad
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The Italian is not very good. I’m sure other plates are b better. Staff was pretty rude as well. I won’t bother coming back
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Great place to get a slice of lasagna for lunch. There’s parking nearby and the food and service was always great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eggplant Parmesan
10/10 - Hidden gem with fresh mutz and flavorful grilled chicken.I had the antipasto with olives tomato prosciutto and fresh mutz which was homemade and made me think about Hoboken NJ! I added the grilled chicken which was thin and well seasoned. The avgolemono soup to start was delish.Great service and easy parking in the back.Iced tea was perfect.I’ll be going back to try other specials and take some mutz home!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Manoli Salad
Small Italian Greek restaurant with fresh mozzarella, EVOO and Italian bread. I got the bruschetta and Gyro and it was exceptional! My husband and I lived in Europe for 3 years and this food is definitely hand crafted and some of the best European style food we’ve had in America.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Overpriced and
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Chicago Style Pizza, Caprese Salad
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