27 Best Pre-Theater Restaurants in Mount Vernon Square

27 restaurants available nearby

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1. Central Michel Richard

4.7

Exceptional(7474)

$$$$

• American • Penn Quarter

Booked 51 times today

Great food and service, as always! Thanks so much!

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2. Clyde's of Gallery Place

4.5

Awesome(7762)

$$$$

• American • Downtown

Booked 79 times today

Always excellent dinner at Clyde’s. Kudos to our server WILL! Excellent friendly service in an especially busy post-CAPS game environment.

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3. Zaytinya by José Andrés

4.6

Exceptional(20652)

$$$$

• Mediterranean • Penn Quarter

Booked 288 times today

Absolutely my favorite restaurant for superb food, outstanding cocktails and exceptional service. Love, Love, Love Zaytinya.

4. Umaya

4.2

Awesome(891)

$$$$

• Japanese • Penn Quarter

Booked 2 times today

Great food, great service and good value. We enjoyed Umaya a lot.

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5. Jaleo by José Andrés

4.7

Exceptional(11676)

$$$$

• Spanish • Penn Quarter

Booked 138 times today

We splurged for the chef’s “Experience” Tasting menu and it was terrific. We had our favorites of garlic shrimp and hanger steak, but also added so many items that we had never tried before including a board with 2 types of the special Iberia cured sausage, the marinated Spanish olive and Manchego cheese, the tomato bread, chicken fritters, cod & potato fitters, wonderful roasted potatoes, an endive appetizer with orange slices and almonds, a wonderful cone with goat cheese and tomato marmalade, and spinach with apple, fig and pine nuts that was excellent. we topped it off with two desserts (a traditional flan and then a very chocolate ball with a cheese/ice cream ball and olive oil drizzle. Everything was excellent and the amount of food very generous! Felt like we had things we may not have otherwise ordered but will now order again!

6. The Henri

4.7

Exceptional(355)

$$$$

• Contemporary European • Penn Quarter

Booked 23 times today

Great pre theatre dinner. Provided gluten free options

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7. Elephant & Castle - DC Pennsylvania Ave.

4.3

Awesome(918)

$$$$

• American • Penn Quarter

Booked 21 times today

Great meals at a reasonable price and the wait staff is always friendly and helpful. Food is provided promptly so is a great place to get a nice lunch on a workday.

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8. Oyamel Cocina Mexicana

4.6

Exceptional(9957)

$$$$

• Mexican • Penn Quarter

Booked 131 times today

Loved our waitress Melissa !!! She was wonderful !

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9. Truluck's - Ocean's Finest Seafood & Crab - Washington, D.C.

4.7

Exceptional(2496)

$$$$

• Seafood • Mount Vernon Square

Booked 26 times today

The crab rice was delicious. I enjoyed the voila recommended by Lindsey.

10. Café Fiorello DC

4.7

Exceptional(374)

$$$$

• Italian • Penn Quarter

Food and services were excellent. Only issue is they don’t have a regular coat check. They put the coats it seems where ever they could find space. When it came time to leave they couldn’t find my coat. Eventually they found it but it took a while.

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27 restaurants available nearby

1. Central Michel Richard

2. Clyde's of Gallery Place

3. Zaytinya by José Andrés

4. Umaya

5. Jaleo by José Andrés

6. The Henri

7. Elephant & Castle - DC Pennsylvania Ave.

8. Oyamel Cocina Mexicana

9. Truluck's - Ocean's Finest Seafood & Crab - Washington, D.C.

10. Café Fiorello DC

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