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No reservations for Restaurant Week? There’s still time to get one at these great restaurants


No reservations for Restaurant Week? There’s still time to get one at these great restaurants

Ellie Bird’s birdcage-like cabins. Photo by Andrew Noh.

Sunday is the end of Restaurant Week (well, mostly—many places extend the promotion), and if you fancy a three-course lunch, brunch or dinner, you still have time to make reservations at many great restaurants.

This year, there wasn’t the mad scramble for reservations that used to accompany the biannual event. That’s probably because prices have gone up. Before the pandemic, three-course dinners during Restaurant Week cost $35; now they range from $40 to $65—which, at some restaurants, is the amount you’d spend on a regular night there. However, RW menus have gotten better, offering far more choices than the green salad or soup offerings of the past.

Here are a number of good restaurants that still have space available (at reasonable times on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday – no 4pm dinner reservations here). At least for now.

*Star-awarded restaurants are on our list of the 100 very best restaurants of 2024.

2941 Fairview Park Dr, Falls Church

Bertrand Chemel’s goal for special occasions is a $65 dinner menu.

1250 Ninth Street, NW; 79 Potomac Ave., SE

Both the Shaw and Navy Yard locations of this popular pizzeria serve brunches for $35 and dinners for $40.

465 K St., NW; 2911 District Ave., Fairfax

The Mount Vernon Triangle branch of Michael Schlow’s cozy Italian eatery serves dinner for $40; the Mosaic District counterpart offers a dinner menu for $55.

2132 Florida Ave., NW

Former Palena (and White House) chef Frank Ruta heads the kitchen at this elegant Dupont restaurant, which serves a $65 dinner menu.

1940 N St., NW

The hot new Greek restaurant in Dupont serves lunch specials for $35 and dinner specials for $65.

250 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Johnny Spero’s ode to Basque seafood is served as a dinner menu for $65.

2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

This Indian small plates restaurant in Foggy Bottom serves lunch specials for $25 and $35 and a dinner special for $40.

11820 Trade St., North Bethesda

The Pike and Rose branch of this old-fashioned Italian hotspot serves brunch for $25 and dinner menus for $40.

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

The bistro (and favorite of politicians), founded by the late, great Michel Richard, serves dinner menus for $35 and $55.

9811 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg

Jackie Greenbaum’s casual lakefront steakhouse serves lunch and brunch menus for $25 and dinner for $40 and $55.

1331 Fourth Street, SE

The eclectic Navy Yard restaurant serves brunch for $35 and dinner menus for $65.

801 E St., NW

French restaurant Cedric Maupilliers in Shaw serves a dinner menu for $55.

724 Ninth St., NW

This Spanish/Japanese dining room in the Penn Quarter serves a lunch menu for $35 and a dinner menu for $65.

901 Fourth St., NW

The Sicilian-inspired newcomer in the Mount Vernon Triangle serves a $25 brunch and a $40 dinner menu.

791 Wharf St., SW

The Wharf’s glamorous Spanish dining room serves lunch for $25, brunch for $35 and dinner menus for $65.

300 Seventh Street, SE

This modern American dining room near Eastern Market serves dinner menus for $35 and $65.

1255 Union St., NE

Stephen Starr’s hip Mexico City-style spot serves brunch and lunch menus for $35 and dinner for $55.

3221 Mount Pleasant St., NW

Mount Pleasant’s premier daytime hangout and dinner spot serves lunch specials for $35 and dinner specials for $65.

125 Founders Ave., Falls Church

This playful dining room from the owners of Rooster & Owl serves a dinner menu for $65.

3050 K St., NW

This stylish seafood restaurant in Georgetown serves lunch specials for $25 and dinner specials for $65.

1250 H St., NE

This modern Filipino cafe and tasting room serves lunch and brunch menus for $25 and dinner for $65.

8369 Leesburg Pike, Vienna

The upscale Korean barbecue restaurant serves a dinner menu for $65.

8045 Leesburg Pike, Vienna

This upscale Persian eatery in Tysons serves lunch and brunch menus for $35 and dinner for $65.

2911 District Ave., Fairfax

Maydan’s sister restaurant in the Mosaic District serves lunch for $25, brunch for $35 and dinner menus for $40.

2813 M St., NW

The rustic French institution in Georgetown serves a dinner menu for $65.

3400 11th Street, NW

This Malaysian eatery in Columbia Heights serves a dinner menu for $55.

1351 H St., NE

The Cambodian/Taiwanese eatery on H Street serves lunch specials for $25 and dinner specials for $40.

1337 14th Street, NW

The newest addition to Logan Circle is this upscale Southern dining room, which serves a dinner menu for $55.

1630 Columbia Rd., NW

The best place to sit at this Adams Morgan mezze spot is on the leafy patio, serving dinner menus for $40 and $55.

804 V St., NW

The draw of this Shaw newcomer is its plant-based tasting menus—try a shortened version for $65.

1337 11th Street, NW

The popular casual-chic spot in Shaw serves brunch and dinner menus for $35 and $55.

944 W. Broad St., Falls Church

This flower-filled, modern Vietnamese restaurant serves dinner menus for $55 and $65.

5534 Connecticut Ave., NW

Nina May’s breezy sibling Chevy Chase serves brunch menus for $35 and dinner menus for $55.

1323 Fourth St., NE

The trendy New York export serves brunch and lunch menus for $35 and dinner for $55.

1612 14th Street, NW

Logan Circle’s longtime oyster bar/brunch spot serves brunch menus for $35 and dinner menus for $40.

1027 Seventh Street, NW

Shaw’s lovely French eatery is run by Dabney’s chef and owner Jeremiah Langhorne and serves lunch and brunch menus for $35 and dinner for $55.

427 11th Street, NW

The chic Indian dining room in downtown DC serves lunch and brunch menus for $25 and dinner for $65.

1775 Columbia Rd., NW

This wine and pasta spot in Adams Morgan serves a dinner menu for $65.

3411 Fifth St., S., Arlington

This folksy, meat-focused eatery in Arlington serves a lunch menu for $25 and dinners for $40 and $55.

2017 14th Street, NW

Jeanine Prime’s modern Caribbean restaurant serves lunch specials for $35 and dinner specials for $55.

707 Sixth Street, NW

This Japanese-Italian hybrid behind the Capital One Arena serves dinner menus for $55 and $65.

1207 Ninth St., NW

The quirky French-American dining room in Shaw serves a $40 dinner.

701 Ninth St., NW

The up-and-coming mezze spot in the Penn Quarter serves lunch specials for $35 and dinner specials for $55.

Ann LimpertAnn Limpert

Senior Food Editor/Critic

Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian End of 2003. Before that she was editorial assistant at Weekly entertainment and cook in New York restaurant kitchens. She is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.

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