Food

Read Our Reviews of DC Restaurant Week 2012 Participants

Here are more than 100 critical writeups to guide you through the week of dining deals.

Restaurant Week offers an opportunity to sample artful cuisine—like this red beet tortelli dish—at Italian destination Elisir. Photograph by Kyle Gustafson.

With such a long list of participating places, DC Restaurant Week can be overwhelming. Where to eat? What to eat when you get there? Since our food critics have reviewed so many of the restaurants doing dining deals right now, we decided to compile said reviews into a handy list. Use it to guide your picks this week—then come back and let us know how it all turned out. Happy dining.

Adour at the St. Regis

Againn

Ardeo + Bardeo

Argia’s

Art and Soul

Assaggi Osteria

Bandolero

Bar Pilar

Bastille

Beacon Bar and Grill

Belga Café

Bezu

Bibiana

Birch & Barley

Bistro Bis

Bistro Cacao

Bistro D’oc

Bistro Français

Bistrot Lepic and Wine Bar

BlackSalt Fish Market and Restaurant

Bobby Van’s Grill

Bobby Van’s Steakhouse

Café Berlin

Café du Parc

Café Milano

Café Saint-Ex

Carmine’s Family Style Italian

Casa Oaxaca

Cedar Restaurant

Ceiba

Charlie Palmer Steak

Chef Geoff’s (Downtown, New Mexico Ave.,Tysons)

Circle Bistro

Co Co. Sala and Lounge

Columbia Firehouse

Cuba Libre Restaurant and Rum Bar

DC Coast

Dino

District Chophouse & Brewery

District Commons

District Kitchen

Eatonville

El Centro D.F.

Elisir

Evo Bistro

Fiola

Firefly

Fogo de Chao

Ford’s Fish Shack

Georgia Brown’s

Graffiato

Hill Country Barbecue Market

Ici Urban Bistro

Indigo Landing

Indique

J&G Steakhouse

Jackson 20

Jaleo (Bethesda, Crystal City, downtown)

Joe’s Amazing Burgers

Johnny’s Half Shell

Kaz Sushi Bistro

Kellari Taverna

Kinkead’s

Kora Restaurant/Farrah Olivia by Morou

La Bergerie

La Chaumière

La Forchetta

La Sandia

La Tasca (Clarendon, Gallery Place, Old Town, Rockville)

Legal Sea Foods

Lia’s

Liberty Tavern

Logan Tavern

Lost Society

Lyon Hall

Masa 14

Matchbox

Me Jana

Mie N Yu

Mintwood Place

Mio

Montmartre

Napoleon Bistro & Lounge

Newton’s Table

Notti Bianche

Oceanaire Seafood Room

Oya

Oyamel

PassionFish

Perrys

Pizzeria Orso

Poste Moderne Brasserie

The Prime Rib

PS 7’s

Pulpo

Rasika

Rasika West End

Redwood

RIS

Rosa Mexicano

Sea Catch Restaurant & Raw Bar

Sei

Siroc

Smith & Wollensky

Smith Commons

Sonoma Restaurant + Wine Bar

Sushi Taro

Tabaq Bistro

Taberna del Alabardero

Tallula

Teatro Goldoni

The Bombay Club

The Capital Grille (Chevy Chase, Washington, Tysons)

The Grill From Ipanema

The Grille at Morrison House

The Hamilton

The Occidental

The Oval Room

The Palm Restaurant DC

Todd Gray’s Watershed

Tosca

Trummer’s on Main

Ulah Bistro

Unum

Urbana

Vermilion

Vidalia

Vinoteca Wine Bar & Bistro

Westend Bistro by Eric Ripert

Wildfire

Willow Restaurant

Zaytinya

Zengo Restaurant