Most overrated restaurant you've eaten at recently

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Anonymous wrote:Maydan[/quote

The flavor was too dense and too much for me.
Food was all delicious but you feel like you not get a rest from "the taste".
Everything is seasoning heavily, the most ligter part was water.

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Anonymous wrote:Whoever thinks the DC area has good restaurants hasn't travelled at all.

[phone]. lol!

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Ruth's Chris in Tysons

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Rose's Luxury. We had to go back because a "foodie" friend was in town. He did the line wait and we arrived to meet him about 10 minutes before our grand admittance. Even without waiting I still don't get it. The food was okay, the service was fine if a little "hey, look at me" and people seemed happy but none of it seemed to live up to the hype. I want to like the place but it just doesn't work for me.

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I'm not a "foodie" but this thread is interesting to me. I can't imagine any meal that would be worth waiting in line for 5 hours? Or I'd be so hungry that it would be delicious by default?

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Anonymous wrote:Zaytinya, hands down.

Bland (except for overly salty falafel), non-authentic and really just underwhelming. Mediocre ambiance and service.

OMG yes. My husband is always recommending it to visitors because he can walk there for lunch. I always glare at him and mouth “stop. Just stop.” It’s only good if you are visiting from Ohio and think it’s exotic.

Interesting. We have had a great experience there and this is after having lived in the Middle East for five years.

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Rooster and Owl
RUDE-ster and owl more like it

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Mirabelle -- way overpriced for meh food.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zaytinya, hands down.

Bland (except for overly salty falafel), non-authentic and really just underwhelming. Mediocre ambiance and service.

OMG yes. My husband is always recommending it to visitors because he can walk there for lunch. I always glare at him and mouth “stop. Just stop.” It’s only good if you are visiting from Ohio and think it’s exotic.

Interesting. We have had a great experience there and this is after having lived in the Middle East for five years.

My Lebanese in-laws love it. I do too but I’m not Middle Eastern.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zaytinya, hands down.

Bland (except for overly salty falafel), non-authentic and really just underwhelming. Mediocre ambiance and service.

OMG yes. My husband is always recommending it to visitors because he can walk there for lunch. I always glare at him and mouth “stop. Just stop.” It’s only good if you are visiting from Ohio and think it’s exotic.

Interesting. We have had a great experience there and this is after having lived in the Middle East for five years.

My Lebanese in-laws love it. I do too but I’m not Middle Eastern.

The place is awful, I end up going with others frequently and just order drinks at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:To the people who didn't like Le Diplomat: was it more the service, the hype and crowds, or the food? Don't they do any good french bistro basics, like steak frites and salade lyonaisse? Or is it so crowded and obnoxious that I'd be better off just going to Bistro du Coin?

I was going to post that for a basic French bistro meal, I think the food at bistro du coin is consistently better and better priced. Bistro sun pin actually has a very good wine list, too.

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Anonymous wrote:To the people who didn't like Le Diplomat: was it more the service, the hype and crowds, or the food? Don't they do any good french bistro basics, like steak frites and salade lyonaisse? Or is it so crowded and obnoxious that I'd be better off just going to Bistro du Coin?

I was going to post that for a basic French bistro meal, I think the food at bistro du coin is consistently better and better priced. Bistro sun pin actually has a very good wine list, too.

DP. Good to know, thank you!

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I also found the Inn at Little Washington hugely overrated. We love fine dining and have eaten at great restaurants all over the world (we're not American and only recently moved here). The Inn was by far our most expensive meal - $950 for tasting menu with matching wines. It was nice but unmemorable. Which is outrageous for that price!

We love Little Serow!

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Anonymous wrote:I also found the Inn at Little Washington hugely overrated. We love fine dining and have eaten at great restaurants all over the world (we're not American and only recently moved here). The Inn was by far our most expensive meal - $950 for tasting menu with matching wines. It was nice but unmemorable. Which is outrageous for that price!

We love Little Serow!

I didn't like Little Serow at all. High end ingredients but all the seasoning seemed so inauthentic to me (I've traveled in Thailand quite a bit.)

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Anonymous wrote:Maydan[/quote

The flavor was too dense and too much for me.
Food was all delicious but you feel like you not get a rest from "the taste".
Everything is seasoning heavily, the most ligter part was water.

I love Maydan- I just went last night. I'd say it is my favorite DC restaurant.