🍽️ Best Fine Dining in Washington DC
31 fine dining spots in Washington DC, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Fine Dining Spots
1
Albi
Michael Rafidi's wood-fired Palestinian restaurant in Navy Yard — albi means 'my heart' in Arabic, and the whole place runs on live fire. Crispy kibbeh, hummus under smoked lamb and date molasses, cha...
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2
minibar by José Andrés
José Andrés's avant-garde tasting counter seats a small group for a multi-course progression that pushes the technical limits of cooking. Each course is built to surprise, drawing on the modernist tec...
95
3
Jônt
Ryan Ratino's 17-seat chef's-counter tasting room on 14th Street in Logan Circle, established in 2020 and sitting directly above his bistro Bresca. The single multi-course menu is ingredient-driven an...
95
4
Dōgon by Kwame Onwuachi
Kwame Onwuachi's return to DC, inside the Salamander hotel on the Southwest waterfront. The concept nods to surveyor Benjamin Banneker and Onwuachi's West African roots, running Gulf and Caribbean fla...
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5
The Dabney
Jeremiah Langhorne's Mid-Atlantic restaurant in Shaw's Blagden Alley, open since 2015 and built around a ten-foot wood-burning hearth you can see from the room. The kitchen cooks regional ingredients ...
93
6
The Inn at Little Washington
Patrick O'Connell's destination in Washington, Virginia — the little one, about 90 minutes from DC — has held three Michelin stars and been a fixture of American fine dining since 1978. The seasonal t...
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7
Moon Rabbit
Kevin Tien's modern Vietnamese, reborn in 2024 in a 50-seat Penn Quarter room. The kitchen reinterprets Vietnamese flavor through barbecue-spiced cod in tom yum coconut broth, a lemongrass pork chop w...
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8
Rasika
The Penn Quarter modern-Indian room that raised the bar for the genre nationally, opened in 2005 by Ashok Bajaj with chef Vikram Sunderam. The palak chaat — crispy fried baby spinach with sweet yogurt...
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9
Fiola
Fabio Trabocchi's Italian flagship anchors a corner of Penn Quarter with a refined dining room built around seasonal, regional cooking. Diners choose among themed prix-fixe menus — the Pascoli for mea...
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10
Sushi Nakazawa
The DC outpost of Daisuke Nakazawa's sushi house sits at the back of the Waldorf Astoria, an intimate room of dark wood and gold. The format is a multi-course omakase of nigiri set by the chef, who tr...
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All 31 Fine Dining Spots in Washington DC
Rania
91
Causa
91
Oyster Oyster
91
Omakase @ Barracks Row
91
Little Pearl
91
Pineapple & Pearls
91
Elcielo Washington DC
91
Masseria
91
Bresca
91
Mita
91
Imperfecto: The Chef's Table
91
Rooster & Owl
91
Xiquet by Danny Lledó
91
Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana
88
Lutèce
86
Das Ethiopian
84
1789 Restaurant & Bar
84
Maru San
84
Shia
84
Anju
84
San Lorenzo
84
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