"TL;DR: Come for drinks and dessert with excellent service, pass on appetizers. Expensive for what you get. We came here for dinner prior to a show at the Kennedy Center. It 's a convenient walking distance. The restaurant is small and located in the lobby of a hotel, but not cramped. We both ordered the prix fixe menu. First and foremost- the service here is absolutely stellar. I really cannot say enough good things about the server, the manager, and the chef- all of whom we met over the course of dinner. Lovely people and extremely attentive. They 're the main reason I 'd recommend coming here. Appetizers- I ordered a mixed salad and I 'd rate it a solid meh . Pears weren 't in season and didn 't add anything to the dish. My partner got the calamari, which while the squid itself was fresh, the breading left a lot to be desired. Entrees- I ordered the steak frites, which was a little tough to cut but well-seasoned and not hard to chew, oddly enough. Overall, I enjoyed it. My partner had the pasta with chicken, which he thought was quite good. Dessert- Best part of the meal, hands down. Wherever they get their strawberries from, it 's a great source. I had the gala apple beignet. I 'll admit, my expectations were low. It was EXCELLENT. Out of the two, it was the better dessert. The only thing I 'll say about it (and this is because I 'm an idiot and didn 't think to ask), was that it does have ice cream on it. It 's great ice cream, but I can 't eat it. It wasn 't listed on the menu as part of the dish. I let them know, and I 'm 99% they probably had it fixed by the next morning. My partner had the banana bread pudding and loved it. IMO it was pretty tasty. Overall, the price tag for the meal didn 't quite jive with what we ended up getting. For a prix fixe, of course it 's a deal, but the tab came out to $110 before tip- and we don 't drink alcohol. I had a soda and tea with dessert, and my partner got coffee. Wine runs about $15/glass."
