Lavandou

Reviewed by Thomas Head

Robust Provence-style cooking.

Lavandou

3321 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202.966.3003

Cuisines:
French

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
Cleveland Park
Van Ness-UDC

Price Range:
Moderate

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Recommended

Special Features:
Party Space

Website:
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Best Dishes
Snails baked in eggplant; charcuterie platter; lamb stew; daube of beef; bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin; red-wine-stewed figs with vanilla ice cream.

Price Details:
Lunch appetizers, $5.50 to $7.50; entrees, $11.50 to $17.50.
Dinner appetizers, $6 to $8.95; entrees, $14.50 to $23.
Three-course prix fixe menus (between 5 and 6:45 PM), $17.50 to $31.50.

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Reader's Rating:
5 out of 5

From January 2005 100 Very Best Restaurants

This attractive and dependable Cleveland Park bistro specializes in the robust, soul-satisfying cooking of Provence. Good starters include a delicious variation on the usual snails in garlic butter, here baked in eggplant. A very good charcuterie platter, listed under "salads" on the menu, includes a coarsely ground country pâté, a rich and smooth duck-liver terrine, smoked duck breast, garlic sausage, dry-cured ham, and a salad of green beans and walnuts. It's plenty for two to share as an appetizer.

Among the main courses, it's always tempting on a winter evening to go for the hearty stews--lamb with artichokes and tomatoes or a robust daube of beef. Another good bet is the pork tenderloin wrapped in bacon. The dessert on a recent visit was a very good dish of fresh figs stewed in red wine and spices and served over vanilla ice cream.

Reader ReviewsWrite your own review
 
Excellent We will be back
bakou — April 1, 2009 6:35 AM
My wife and I went to the Lavandou to celebrate our anniversary, it was a delightful experience. The food was sublime, especially the monk fish stuffed with shrimp and wrapped with eggplant. Our waiter, an elderly gentleman, with an amazing wine More ...
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Excellent well done
ccpy — March 26, 2009 10:33 AM
Food is excellent, our monkfish and lamb dishes were cooked to perfection, we started with the escargots, very nice too. The place is relaxing, we both had a marvellous time
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