Restaurants near Lee Heights Shopping Center

I was not that enthusiastic about going to this place, but as it turned out, it was fabulous. The oysters were amazing. They called them European oysters, but they were from Maine and they were big and juicy and delicious. The coconut lentil soup was also pretty amazing. Service was great and the ambience overall was very very good. I would say they’re raw bar is the most appealing part of the restaurant pretty good wine list also overall service beverage ambience food everything five stars 

I have eaten at this wonderful DC eatery for breakfast before and looked forward to today. Though the restaurant was very busy we were seated fifteen minutes early! Attentive waiter, for sure and plate of biscuits soon emerged. We then had to wait an hour and ten minutes for our brunch. As I was facing the street I could see many many outgoing orders fly out the door during our wait and it was obvious where the kitchen’s efforts went. Quite inexcusable. We had 2:15 hours before our train and we barely made it there in time. Did we eat? Yes; make our train, indeed but it didn’t have to be this way. 1:10 for French Toast and 3 egg dishes doesn’t have to take the time it did. Beware.

Our food and ambiance was wonderful. Our server was good until she asked if we wanted dessert, then informed us we had to be out of our table in 10 minutes for another party. If we had a heads up, we would have gladly rushed along, but every step of the way the server told us “take your time, enjoy”. We got booted promptly at 7:00 and brought our drinks that we had ordered before we knew we had 10 minute to order/drink them/order dessert/be gone, to the bar. The entire time we sat at the bar, the bartender was giving us unsettling looks/gesturing to another server their confusion as to why we were sitting at the bar DRINKING COCKTAILS. Once we finished our drinks and started to get our coats on, one bar stool was not completely pushed in under the bar, and our waitress physically kicked it under the bar with anger and said something under her breath. SO BIZARRE! The evening was great until it wasn’t. I have never experienced something like this and left feeling very disappointed and unsettled. Please do better.

The selling points of this place are many: seasonal decorations, food is exceptional, and service is professional at the highest levels. Serving sizes are large for entrees, so be prepared for leftovers, or split a dish with another person. I like their rigatoni with red sauce and sausage a lot.

Took my wife here for her 30th birthday. Food was great as well as the service. They also had the Christmas decorations up which looked great. In and out in 90 minutes. Would definitely recommend and plan on going back when we come back to DC