Anonymous
Post 12/05/2023 12:48     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
Del Mar is at the Wharf, is very good, fancy, and has reservations for NYE
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2023 11:44     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
Just pick a different restaurant it will be fine.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2023 11:16     Subject: Re:SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
This post reminded me of one of Sietsema's classic reviews. La Vie sits with Founding Farmers as one of the few restaurants to ever earn zero stars.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/la-vie-on-the-wharf-is-so-bad-im-only-writing-about-it-as-a-warning/2018/08/20/6ac7e7ee-98dd-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html

Anonymous
Post 12/04/2023 18:07     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
Anonymous wrote:May we suggest Ruth’s Chris?


Good one
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2023 17:45     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
Honestly you dodged a bullet. No restaurant is as good on a holiday as it is on another day. Usually a set menu that's not as good quality and they rush you more because of all the reservations.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2023 17:42     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
May we suggest Ruth’s Chris?
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2023 17:23     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
NYE is the worst time to go out to dinner. A lot of the nice restaurants do overpriced prix fixe menus and service isn't always very good.

Is it possible to go sometime later in January?
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2023 12:18     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
I’ve never been to La Vie but Del Mar is beautiful.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2023 12:16     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
$13 for bottled water?
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2023 06:51     Subject: SUPER frustrated wit La Vie and need other recs
I have been trying for months to book a dinner for New Years Eve at La Vie for my husband’s 50th. They told me to wait and email for reservations 30 days in advance. So December 1st, I emailed again. Now they are telling me the dining room is closed NYE and gave me a link to book an igloo. When I followed the link, there were sold out. I’m so frustrated as my husband loves La Vie and really wanted to dine there on his 50th.

We don’t get into DC often so I am not familiar with other good restaurants and would love recommendations. I am so upset. He’s a good guy - hard working and a committed husband and father and I just wanted to make this a special evening for him.