PassionFish
11960 Democracy Dr.
Reston, VA 20190
703-230-3474
Neighborhood: Reston/Herndon
Cuisines: Seafood, Modern, American
Opening Hours:
Open Monday through Friday for lunch 11 AM to 2:30 PM. Open Monday and Tuesday for dinner 5:30 PM to 10 PM, Wednesday and Thursday 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM, Friday 5:30 PM to 11 PM, Saturday 5 PM to 11 PM, Sunday 5 PM to 10 PM.
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price Range: Expensive
Noise Level: Chatty
Reservations: Recommended
Website: http://www.passionfishreston.com
Best Dishes:
Clams casino; fried clams; hamachi crudo with grapefruit and jalapeño; eight-piece “kamikaze roll” of tempura prawns, avocado, and spicy tuna; red Thai curry lobster; crabcakes; whole-roasted branzino; freshly fried doughnut holes.
Price Details:
Appetizers $5 to $18, main courses $19 to $29.
Special Features: Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly
The best restaurant in Reston Town Center is also one of Washington's best seafood palaces. Jeff Tunks's kitchen does well with raw-bar towers, jazzed-up sushi rolls, and an atlas's worth of appetizers and entrées, from Thai red-curry lobster to cioppino.
Lots of techies, Chardonnay-drinking fortysomethings, and neighborhood families converge at the bilevel space, a sedate antidote to the surrounding chains. Many dishes are inspired by Passion Food Hospitality's other restaurants, all in downtown DC: Seafood gumbo comes from Acadiana, mushroom-crusted halibut is a staple at DC Coast, and a Yucatán shrimp cocktail is Ceiba all the way.
What to get: Shrimp-tempura-filled Captain Crunch Roll; fried oysters and fried clams; crab-and-shrimp spring rolls; clams-casino-inspired dip; whole crispy flounder with two fabulous dipping sauces; doughnut holes.
Open Monday through Friday for lunch and dinner, Saturday and Sunday for dinner. Expensive.