Dining in Georgetown — from neighborhood institutions to special-occasion tables.
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A Wisconsin Avenue American restaurant and bar at 1310 Wisconsin NW, serving the Georgetown neighborhood with a menu of seasonal American dishes, weekend brunch, and a full cocktail program in a relaxed dining room setting.
A Federal townhouse on 36th Street that has been one of Washington's most serious fine-dining destinations since 1962, named for the year Georgetown University was chartered.
A Wisconsin Avenue burger shop at 1424 Wisconsin NW, part of the DC-based 7th Street Burger concept that focuses on smash burgers, crispy fries, and the unadorned but well-executed American burger format.
A Wisconsin Avenue Neapolitan pizza shop at 1077 Wisconsin NW, cooking in the high-temperature wood-fired tradition that produces the thin, charred, and fast-cooked personal pies that the eponymous name refers to.
An Italian restaurant at 1677 Wisconsin Avenue NW at the top of the Georgetown Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor, serving the Italian culinary tradition in the address that marks the transition from the Georgetown commercial district to the Glover Park residential neighborhood.
An Afghan restaurant at 2811 M Street NW, serving the aromatic rice dishes, kebabs, and slow-cooked meat preparations of Afghan cuisine in the heart of Georgetown's M Street corridor.
Restaurateur Hakan Ilhan's modern Mediterranean restaurant at 1303 Wisconsin Avenue NW, opened February 2025 in the former Paolo's space, offering Turkish, Greek, and Levantine cuisine from beet labneh and braised lamb shank to the full mezze repertoire.
An Italian restaurant at 2934 M Street NW offering handmade pasta, pizza, and the Italian dining tradition in the corner location on M Street that the name references.
A Wisconsin Avenue wine bar and cellar at 1635 Wisconsin NW, serving Georgetown's wine community with a Mediterranean-influenced kitchen and a wine selection that gives a neighborhood bar the depth of a serious wine program.
The Korean-inspired fast casual bowl chain at 2805 M Street NW, where customers build bibimbap-style rice bowls with vegetables, protein, and the gochujang and sesame-based sauces that the Korean table organizes around.
A bar and restaurant at 3277 M Street NW with an approachable menu of American food and a full bar in the upper M Street location that serves the Georgetown evening crowd.
A longtime, candlelit French bistro with classic cuisine and wine.
A sushi restaurant on the Georgetown canal towpath at 3073 Canal Towpath NW, offering the Japanese sushi tradition in a setting that puts diners alongside the C and O Canal's historic waterway with views of the canal locks and the Georgetown boathouse.
A Spanish tapas restaurant and lounge at 3116 M Street NW, serving the small plates of the Spanish bar tradition alongside Spanish wines and cocktails in a Georgetown M Street setting.
Michael Mina's steakhouse at the Four Seasons Hotel at 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, where dry-aged prime beef is poached in clarified butter before finishing on the grill, producing the most technically elaborate steakhouse experience in Georgetown.
An Italian sandwich and grocery shop at 3000 K Street NW in the Georgetown Waterfront complex, serving the Italian hoagie tradition with quality cold cuts and the kind of sandwich that a good Italian deli produces in the canal-level Georgetown waterfront setting.
Alex Resnik and Tato Giovannoni's Argentine live-fire restaurant in a converted Georgetown firehouse at 1066 Wisconsin Avenue NW, opened October 2025 with Executive Chef Manuela Carbone at the grill and a hidden Florería Atlántico bar downstairs.
A French brasserie at 3251 Prospect Street NW in the Prospect Street dining cluster, offering the bistro classics of onion soup, steak frites, and duck confit in a Georgetown setting that has become one of the neighborhood's most reliable French restaurants.
Georgetown's most glamorous Italian restaurant at 3251 Prospect Street NW, where the Georgetown power set and visiting heads of state have been photographed at outdoor tables since 1992, and where the pasta and the people-watching are both among the best in the city.
A vegetarian taco restaurant on Grace Street at 3207 Grace NW, where farm-to-table fillings from seasonal vegetables and local farms fill warm tortillas in a format that has made Chaia one of the most celebrated restaurant concepts in Georgetown since opening in 2013.
Executive Chef Brendan L'Etoile's Southern French restaurant at 1039 31st Street NW, offering Provençal classics like duck à l'orange and trout with lemon and capers alongside the Bar à Vin wine bar next door for Georgetown's best French evening.
The fast-casual Mexican chain at 3255 M Street NW, where the assembly-line burrito and bowl format built on whole ingredients, responsibly raised meat, and no artificial flavors has made Chipotle one of the most influential restaurant chains in American food history.
The original Clyde's, open on M Street since 1963, where Stuart Davidson and John Laytham built a Georgetown institution around reliable American food, a serious bar, and Sunday brunch that fills the room for hours.
An Ethiopian restaurant at 1529 Wisconsin Avenue NW serving the spice-rich stews, injera, and communal sharing plates of Ethiopian cuisine to Georgetown's diverse dining community.
Austrian-born celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck's fine dining steakhouse at 1050 31st Street NW in the Rosewood Washington DC hotel, where prime and wagyu beef is prepared with the same technical precision that Puck applied to California cuisine at Spago.
An Ethiopian restaurant at 1201 28th Street NW, offering the injera-based communal plates of Ethiopian cuisine in the residential Georgetown address that the 28th Street block provides.
A neighborhood restaurant at 3145 Dumbarton Street NW serving the Dumbarton Street residential Georgetown block with a casual menu of American and international dishes.
An Indian street food restaurant at 1560 Wisconsin Avenue NW, bringing the flavors of Delhi's chaat stalls, kathi rolls, and the informal eating culture of the subcontinent to the upper Wisconsin commercial block.
A New York-born fast-casual bringing farm-sourced seasonal bowls, focaccia, and scratch-cooked vegetables to 1301 Wisconsin Avenue.
A social enterprise falafel restaurant at 1210 Potomac Street NW, founded by Ahmad Ashkar to employ and empower Syrian and Afghan refugees in Washington through the chickpea-based street food that has been a staple of the Levantine table for centuries.
A Georgetown Italian institution at 1063 Wisconsin Avenue NW since 1983, where pasta is made by hand in the front window and the dining room's holiday decorations have been described as elaborate beyond any reasonable measure.
Chef Fabio Trabocchi's Michelin-starred Italian seafood restaurant at 3050 K Street NW on the Georgetown waterfront, overlooking the Potomac River from the Washington Harbour complex.
An Italian restaurant and bar at 1073 31st Street NW serving fresh pasta, wood-fired preparations, and the Italian aperitivo tradition in the 31st Street block between the canal and M Street.
The Georgetown waterfront location of the DC-based Founding Farmers restaurant group at 3000 K Street NW, serving farm-to-table American food, baked-in-house breads, and the fresh-caught seafood program that the expanded Fishers & Bakers format adds to the flagship concept.
A falafel and Middle Eastern sandwich restaurant at 1205 28th Street NW, serving Georgetown's neighborhood community with quick and satisfying falafel wraps, shawarma, and the informal Middle Eastern street food format.
A neighborhood pizza restaurant at 3208 O Street NW, serving the residential O Street block of Georgetown with pizza and grilled dishes in the format that the surrounding residential neighborhood requires.
A seafood restaurant at 1211 Potomac Street NW near the C and O Canal, serving the Chesapeake Bay seafood tradition of crab cakes, oysters, and fresh fish in the canal-adjacent Georgetown neighborhood.
Top Chef contestant Spike Mendelsohn's burger restaurant at 3291 M Street NW, where the hand-formed patties, craft milkshakes, and the inventive topping combinations that Mendelsohn developed have made this one of Georgetown's most popular fast-casual addresses.
A Mediterranean and Greek fast casual restaurant at 1335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, serving gyros, grain bowls, and the fresh, herb-forward preparations of Greek street food to the Wisconsin Avenue corridor.
A Georgetown sushi and poke bowl restaurant serving the Japanese-Hawaiian fusion format of fresh raw fish over rice with the sauces and toppings that the poke bowl tradition developed from Hawaiian plate lunch culture.
A Mexican restaurant at 3050 K Street NW in the Georgetown waterfront development, serving the Tex-Mex and traditional Mexican formats that have made Guapo's a consistent Georgetown waterfront dining destination since opening.
A vegetarian Indian restaurant at 1639 Wisconsin Avenue NW, serving the rich subcontinental tradition of meatless cooking that includes paneer preparations, dal, chana masala, and the full range of Indian cuisine that is naturally plant-based.
A certified Neapolitan pizzeria at 1065 31st Street NW holding the VPN Americas certificate from the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, where the dough is slow-fermented for 24 hours and the 900-degree wood-fired oven produces the authentic Neapolitan blistered crust.
Slow-simmered broths and handcrafted noodles on upper Wisconsin Avenue
An Afghan restaurant at 2801 M Street NW serving Georgetown's M Street corridor with the kebabs, rice dishes, and spiced meat preparations of Kabul's restaurant tradition in a casual dining format.
A Viennese cafe and restaurant at 3315 Cady's Alley NW, Georgetown's most atmospheric dining address, where Austrian cuisine from Wiener Schnitzel to Topfenstrudel is served in a light-filled room that has made the Cady's Alley cafe a Georgetown institution since opening in 2004.
A sushi restaurant at 1069 Wisconsin Avenue NW on the lower Wisconsin block, serving the Japanese sushi tradition with nigiri, maki, and the specialty rolls that American sushi culture has added to the menu.
A Japanese home-style cooking restaurant at 1608 Wisconsin Avenue NW, serving the intimate small-plates format of koryouri dining in the upper Wisconsin residential block.
A Japanese restaurant in Cady's Alley at 3315 NW, in Georgetown's most architecturally distinctive dining corridor, serving the Japanese culinary tradition in the converted industrial setting that the Cady's Alley address provides.
A French restaurant at 2917 M Street NW serving classical French cuisine in the M Street Georgetown context, offering the bistro preparations that the French culinary tradition has made the standard for European restaurant dining.
A French restaurant and bar at 2915 M Street NW adjacent to L'Annexe, offering a contemporary French approach that adds cocktail creativity and a more modern menu to the M Street French dining address.
A 20-seat upstairs tasting-menu room above Apéro on P Street, where the menu, cocktails, wine, and décor all rotate around a new cultural theme every few months
A French bistro and wine bar at 3265 Prospect Street NW in the Prospect Street dining cluster, serving Parisian bistro food and natural wine in a relaxed Georgetown setting.
A French country restaurant at 2813 M Street NW that has served Georgetown's most discerning diners since 1976 with Norman and Burgundian preparations including cassoulet, sole meunière, and the country French cooking that the fireplace dining room has made into a Georgetown institution.
A Mexican restaurant at 1564 Wisconsin Avenue NW on the upper Wisconsin block, serving traditional Mexican preparations in the neighborhood above the main Georgetown commercial district.
A French restaurant at 1522 Wisconsin Avenue NW named after the legendary New York institution that André Soltner ran from 1961 to 1994, bringing the spirit of classical French fine dining to the upper Wisconsin Georgetown block.
A Thai restaurant in the Prospect Street dining cluster at 3251 NW, offering the curries, stir-fries, and aromatic soups of the Thai culinary tradition in one of Georgetown's most concentrated fine dining addresses.
A pizza and delivery restaurant at 1641 Wisconsin Avenue NW serving the upper Georgetown residential block with pizza, wings, and the neighborhood delivery service that the residential Wisconsin Avenue community relies on.
Georgetown's oldest restaurant, open since 1933, where JFK proposed in Booth 3 and four generations of the Martin family have served every president from Truman to George W. Bush.
An Indian street food restaurant at 3206 O Street NW, serving the chaat, kati rolls, and the informal street food format of India's urban eating culture to Georgetown's residential O Street block.
A restaurant at 1033 31st Street NW serving the 31st Street Georgetown dining block adjacent to Bar à Vin and Chez Billy Sud with international cuisine in a neighborhood dining room setting.
The DC-area Persian kabob chain's Georgetown address at 1070 31st Street NW, where the koobideh, barg, and joojeh kabobs of the Iranian tradition are served with saffron rice and the soft flatbread that the Persian table requires.
A Middle Eastern quick-service restaurant at 1071 Wisconsin Avenue NW serving falafel, shawarma, and the casual Middle Eastern street food format in the lower Wisconsin commercial block.
A waterfront American grill at 3050 K Street NW Suite 70 in the Georgetown waterfront complex, offering casual American food and the Potomac River views that make the K Street Georgetown waterfront dining a seasonal destination.
A ramen and sake bar at 1614 Wisconsin Avenue NW on the upper Wisconsin commercial block, serving Japanese ramen in the serious broth tradition alongside a sake selection that gives Georgetown a dedicated sake drinking destination.
Chef Nancy Silverton's elevated Italian dining, with handmade pastas and wine.
A Middle Eastern restaurant at 3279 M Street NW serving the Georgetown M Street corridor with kebabs, mezze, and the cuisines of the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkish tradition.
A bowling and bocce restaurant at 1064 Wisconsin Avenue NW where upscale American food, a full bar, and lanes for bowling and bocce combine into the social dining and entertainment format that the Georgetown waterfront address supports.
A pizza delivery and carryout restaurant at 1618 Wisconsin Avenue NW in the upper Georgetown block, serving the delivery needs of the Georgetown and Glover Park residential communities with pizza, wings, and the fast delivery format.
A Georgetown pizza institution at 3282 M Street NW since 1991, where the wood-fired oven, the Italian-style thin crust, and the quality toppings have made Pizzeria Paradiso one of the most consistently praised pizza restaurants in Washington for more than three decades.
A Japanese ramen restaurant at 3210 Grace Street NW in the Grace Street Georgetown block, serving the slow-simmered broth ramen tradition in the residential street that has become one of Georgetown's more distinctive dining addresses.
A ramen and cocktail bar at 1073 Wisconsin Avenue NW in the lower Wisconsin waterfront block, serving Japanese lamen in the creative preparation that the bar dimension of the concept extends with a cocktail program.
A Southeast Asian restaurant at 1039 33rd Street NW serving the Thai, Vietnamese, and Southeast Asian culinary traditions in the residential Georgetown address of the 33rd Street block.
A restaurant and event venue at 3000 K Street NW in the Georgetown waterfront development, serving the waterfront dining market with American food and the Potomac River views that the Georgetown Harbour complex provides.
The Four Seasons Georgetown's signature restaurant at 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, serving American cuisine in the formal hotel dining room setting that has been the backdrop for Georgetown's most significant business meals and celebratory dinners since 1979.
A waterfront American restaurant at 3000 K Street NW in the Georgetown Harbour development with sweeping views of the Potomac River, the Key Bridge, and the Virginia shore that make it one of the most scenically positioned restaurants in Washington.
A Vietnamese banh mi and quick-service restaurant at 1624 Wisconsin Avenue NW, serving the Vietnamese baguette sandwich tradition that the French colonial period introduced to Vietnam and that has become one of the world's most celebrated street food formats.
A compact, fully gluten-free fast-casual on upper Wisconsin Avenue where bone broths simmer for up to 36 hours and every bowl is built from grass-fed meat and organic vegetables.
A sushi restaurant at 3101 K Street NW in the Georgetown canal-level commercial cluster, serving the Japanese sushi tradition in the waterfront setting that K Street's position between the C and O Canal and the Potomac River provides.
A Japanese sushi restaurant at 1338 Wisconsin Avenue NW on the mid-Wisconsin Georgetown commercial block, serving traditional sushi preparations and Japanese cuisine in the boutique commercial section of Wisconsin Avenue.
The DC-born fast casual salad chain's Georgetown address at 1044 Wisconsin Avenue NW, where the warm bowls, salads, and seasonal menu that Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet, and Nathaniel Ru launched from Georgetown University in 2007 continue to serve the neighborhood.
An Indian restaurant at 2809 M Street NW serving the Georgetown M Street commercial corridor with the subcontinental culinary tradition, from the clay-oven tandoor preparations through the rich curry sauces that Indian restaurant cooking has established as its most recognized forms.
A restaurant and gathering space at 1660 33rd Street NW in a Georgetown residential address, serving the neighborhood dining community with the casual food and bar program that the residential 33rd Street setting supports.
A restaurant and bar at 1218 Wisconsin Avenue NW in the mid-Wisconsin Georgetown commercial block, offering the neighborhood dining and bar experience that the Wisconsin Avenue residential-commercial section between the boutique cluster and the upper Georgetown commercial district supports.
A burger bar and grill at 3056 M Street NW in the Georgetown commercial corridor, serving hand-formed burgers, craft beer, and the American comfort food format that M Street's commercial foot traffic generates consistent demand for.
A Georgetown waterfront institution at 3000 K Street NW Suite 10 since 1991, where the Potomac River views, the Chesapeake Bay seafood, and the outdoor terrace dining have made Tony and Joe's one of the most recognizable names in Georgetown's waterfront dining landscape.
Bill and Suzy Menard's Italian market, wine shop, restaurant, and cooking school at 1525 Wisconsin Avenue, a Georgetown institution that opened in 2015 and brought the full culture of the Umbrian countryside to upper Wisconsin Avenue.
A Mediterranean restaurant at 2815 M Street NW in the lower Georgetown M Street commercial block, serving the Lebanese and broader Mediterranean culinary tradition with the mezze, grilled meats, and wine program that the Eastern Mediterranean kitchen provides.
A Georgetown counter-service wing spot on O Street with 25+ sauces, open since the early 2000s and back after a 2018 fire closed it for nearly six years.