Trattoria Da Franco

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   barb VIP

   Washington DC8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Nice ambiance. Warm, cozy, quiet. Like being in a neighborhood restaurant in Italy.
   

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   Julio

   Baltimore3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Outstanding service, food to die for! I had the Terra-mare, and my wife had the pappardelle, both were delicious! The staff made us feel right at home. This is our second visit to this cozy, homey place, and we hope to keep coming back!
   

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   Syed

   Unspecified1 review

   1.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   was patient enough to wait 25 minutes and give them time to come take our order but they completely ignored us. we eventually got up and left. the reviews talking about the abysmal wait times are 100% correct
   

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   Brady

   San Francisco1 review

   1.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Was hands down the worst dining experience I’ve ever encountered. $300 for the slowest service on earth, a loud pianist, mediocre food, and incorrect dishes being served to us. It was truly terrible.
   

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   Tina

   Washington DC3 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   We were very disappointed. Tables were way too close together. The food was average except for the tiramisu which was very good. Our server was very nice but not very attentive. Tables were so close together that the servers were walking sideways to move through and when the lady at the next table went to use the restroom, she apologized for having to shimmy past our table. The noise level made it hard to hear each other and the meal was too expensive for what it was.
   

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   Gillian

   San Francisco1 review

   2.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Our overall rating for this restaurant (as well as most of the categories) was fair because we came to the restaurant and were seated for 40 minutes, but did not end up eating. Therefore, we don’t really have much to go on for most of the categories. My wife and I reserved a table here for our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple. The night started fine enough. We were seated quickly. About 10 minutes after being seated, we got complimentary Prosecco as part of the Valentine’s prix fixe menu. However, no one touched our table for the next 30-40 minutes, at which point we decided to leave. To be fair, we’re giving food a fair rating since we didn’t get to eat and price a fair rating since the price for the menu was not listed and was never explained to us. Atmosphere was good, cozy with a piano musician, but a bit too quiet when she wasn’t playing. Service gets a poor rating since we didn’t really get any service at all except for the complimentary drink pour. Hopefully this was just one bad night.
   

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   Austin

   Washington DC1 review

   1.0

   Dined on February 14, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Went for Valentine’s Day.. food was awful and tasteless. Service was incredibly slow, asked 4 times to order a glass of wine. Food was incredibly overpriced and tasted like it was made in a cafeteria a week before.
   

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   max

   Denver1 review

   1.0

   Dined on February 14, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   My fiance and I came here for Valentine’s Day and had a very poor experience. We sat down at 6:30, and didn’t see a server for 30 minutes. Only after a table next to us was seated (30 minutes after us), I went to find a server at 7:00, we finally got our order taken. We ordered our entres at 7:40. Shortly after that we asked to order a cocktail but were told that the bartender was done making drinks, and it wasn’t even 8pm yet. Our server felt bad, and made us a drink, after we brought up how weird that was. We sat down at 6:30, and left at 9:20, and not because we wanted to wait that long. They were clearly understaffed, and confused on who was covering what tables. We paid $82 a person (which was not advertised on the menu or on the reservation) for a small appetizer, mediocre entre and desert. The drinks and food did not match the price point. If you want a better experience I recommend The Warehouse, The Wharf, Josephine, or really any other spot in old town. We won’t be coming back.
   

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   John

   Philadelphia2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 14, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was mediocre. Service was horrendous. The seafood was all overcooked. Scallops and shrimp were terrible. Soup was bland and needed more seasoning. Desserts were decent.
   

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    Haleigh VIP

    Washington DC1 review

    1.0

    Dined on February 14, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3

    We were so excited to come here, but I’m sad to say we were very disappointed. Starting off, the menu was pre-fixe. Which is fine, but it was not advertised as this. There was also no pricing on the menu. Our server came to us less than a minute after we sat down and asked for our order, and was visibly annoyed when we weren’t ready. After ordering, my salad had no dressing and my pasta was actually decent! I asked for a box for my pasta and the waitress said “I don’t know, we’re busy” and disappeared again. With the pre fixe menu we were supposed to get a dessert. Over 40 minutes after she took our main food away they then brought us our dessert. We asked for it multiple times and eventually just asked for our check. The dessert was not bad. We got our check before our desert came. In total we paid $115 per person. The food was 6/10, the service was 4.5/10. We’ve tried this place a few times because we wanted to like a small business like this, but they have consistently let us down sadly.
    

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