Neighborhood Eats: Sorriso

Reviewed by Ann Limpert , Cynthia Hacinli , Sara Levine

Sorriso

3518 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202.537.4800

Cuisines:
Pizza, Italian

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
Cleveland Park

Price Range:
Moderate

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Recommended

Special Features:
Kid Friendly

Website:
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Best Dishes
Pappardelle with mushrooms and white-truffle oil; rigatoni Bolognese; lasagna di crespelle; Margherita pizza.

Price Details:
Starters, $7 to $11; main courses, $13 to $23.


 

Reader's Rating:
1 out of 5

Chef/owner Pietro Polles pops into the dining room to air-kiss regulars at this snug restaurant where pasta is al dente and sparingly sauced in the Roman style. Standouts are pappardelle with mushrooms and white-truffle oil, rigatoni Bolognese, and lasagna di crespelle, in which an Italian-style crepe fills in for noodles. And though the thin-crusted wood-oven pizza Margherita may have a tad more cheese than those scantily clad Neapolitan pies, it’s satisfying nevertheless.

-March, 2008 

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Terrible DO NOT EAT HERE!
daniellaC — April 29, 2009 6:00 PM
Unless you feel it acceptable for the owner of a restaurant to assault his customers, do not eat here.

After learning about a secretive un-posted policy that you cannot split a check without $20 on each card at this restaurant, my boyfriend and I More ...
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