100 Very Best Restaurants 2026

Washingtonian · 2026 · 71 restaurants. Read the original list.

Restaurants on this list

• 2 Amys — Cathedral Heights, Washington, DC
• 2Fifty BBQ — Riverdale Park
• A&J Restaurant — Rockville
• Afghania — Georgetown, Washington, DC
• Albi — Navy Yard, Washington, DC
• All-Purpose & AP Pizza Shop — Shaw, Washington, DC
• Annabelle — Kalorama, Washington, DC
• Aracosia — McLean
• Aventino — Downtown Bethesda, Bethesda
• Bar del Monte — Mount Pleasant, Washington, DC
• Beteseb — Downtown Silver Spring, Silver Spring
• Bistro Aracosia — Palisades, Washington, DC
• Brasserie Royale — Sterling
• Bresca — 14th Street corridor, Washington, DC
• Café Colline — Cherrydale, Arlington, VA
• Caruso's Grocery — Pike & Rose, North Bethesda
• Chez Billy Sud — Georgetown, Washington, DC
• Cucina Morini — Mount Vernon Triangle, Washington, DC
• Dōgon — Southwest Waterfront, Washington, DC
• El Viejo Central American Kitchen — Downtown Silver Spring, Silver Spring
• Ellē — Mount Pleasant, Washington, DC
• Ellie Bird — Falls Church
• Fava Pot — Falls Church
• Fiola — Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
• Gemini — Dupont Circle, Washington, DC
• Gravitas — Ivy City, Washington, DC
• Green Almond Pantry — Georgetown, Washington, DC
• Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana — Darnestown, Gaithersburg
• Jônt — 14th Street corridor, Washington, DC
• Joon — Tysons, Vienna
• Kema by Kenaki — Potomac
• Kinship — Shaw, Washington, DC
• L'Ardente — Judiciary Square, Washington, DC
• L'Auberge Chez François — Great Falls
• La Tingeria — Falls Church
• La' Shukran — Union Market District, Washington, DC
• Lapis — Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
• Le Diplomate — Logan Circle, Washington, DC
• Letena — Columbia Heights, Washington, DC
• Lutèce — Georgetown, Washington, DC
• Mama Chang — Fairfax, VA
• Martha Dear — Mount Pleasant, Washington, DC
• Maydan — 14th Street corridor, Washington, DC
• Melina — Pike & Rose, North Bethesda
• minibar by José Andrés — Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
• Moon Rabbit — Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
• Nasime — Old Town, Alexandria
• NiHao — Crystal City, Arlington, VA
• Northwest Chinese Food — College Park
• NUE: Elegantly Vietnamese — Falls Church
• Oyster Oyster — Shaw, Washington, DC
• Padaek — Seven Corners, Falls Church
• Pascual — H Street corridor, Washington, DC
• Pineapple and Pearls — Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
• Preserve — Downtown, Annapolis
• Queen's English — Columbia Heights, Washington, DC
• Rasika — Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
• Reveler's Hour — Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
• Rice Paper — Eden Center, Falls Church
• Rose's Luxury — Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
• Ruthie's All-Day — Penrose, Arlington, VA
• Southeast Impression — Fairfax, VA
• Taqueria Sabor Mixteco — Wheaton, Silver Spring
• The Dabney — Shaw, Washington, DC
• The Inn at Little Washington — Washington, VA
• The Red Hen — Bloomingdale, Washington, DC
• Thip Khao — Columbia Heights, Washington, DC
• Thompson Italian — Old Town, Alexandria
• Tiffin Hut — Herndon
• Truong Tien — Eden Center, Falls Church
• Yellow — Union Market, Washington, DC

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