Best Fun Restaurants in Foggy Bottom

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Cuisine

AmericanItalianMexicanJapanesePizzeriaTapas / Small Plates

Regions

District of ColumbiaMaryland - DC SuburbsVirginia - DC Suburbs

Areas

AlexandriaArlingtonDowntownDupont CircleGeorgetownNavy Yard

Top Rated

CharmingFancyGood for business mealsGood for groupsGood for special occasionsGreat for fine wines

Dining Options

All dining options

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Takeaway only

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BarCounterStandardHigh TopOutdoor

Accessibility

Gender-neutral toiletWheelchair access

16 restaurants available nearby

A photo of North Italia - Washington DC restaurant

1. North Italia - Washington DC

4.4

Awesome(1730)

££££Price: Moderate

• Italian • West End

Booked 56 times today

At North, we focus on what we do best: Italian from scratch. Enjoy any of our handmade pastas and pizzas, created with seasonal ingredients and inventive flavors. Or, try a different signature dish, prepared with our fresh flavors from the garden, farm, and sea. We’ve hand crafted seasonal cocktails that pair great with our food, creating a real modern Italia experiences perfect for any occasion.

2. i Ricchi

4.5

Awesome(3770)

££££Price: Expensive

• Italian • Dupont Circle

Booked 5 times today

A restaurant specializing in the preparation of Cucina Rustica Tuscan country-style, scratch cooking. Attentive service from experienced and caring staff. Italian wine list. Outdoor dining on the Piazza. Valet parking Friday and Saturday. The Cafe / Patio is open with Tents, Heaters and Blankets featuring warm specialty drinks for your Winter pleasure. Open Tuesday thru Sunday. Curb side pick up thru www.iricchifoodclub.com. See our Sunday Specials!!

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3. Filomena Ristorante

4.8

Exceptional(17367)

££££Price: Expensive

• Italian • Georgetown

Booked 192 times today

Filomena Now over 40 Years and counting!Filomena is a Washington DC landmark restaurant now with over 40 years of serving some of the finest Italian food you can enjoy. Our Pasta is fresh made by hand just like it was done for centuries in Italy. Our bakery is in-house, and we make over 20 different desserts to choose from. During Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas you can experience some of the most incredible decorations you can find! Four decades of making not just a great dining experience but a memorable one. Filomena has recently introduced a full line of homemade pasta, sauces, desserts that can be shipped nationwide too!

A photo of DAIKAYA 2F THE IZAKAYA restaurant

4. DAIKAYA 2F THE IZAKAYA

4.5

Awesome(2134)

££££Price: Expensive

• Japanese • Penn Quarter

Booked 25 times today

DAIKAYA 2F THE IZAKAYA is a fun restaurant because of its unique Izakaya style, offering a diverse selection of bar offerings to accompany Japanese comfort food. The food is described as 'interesting', 'creative', and 'delicious', and the atmosphere is vibrant and energetic. One reviewer highlighted the 'great selection of cocktails and beer' and another appreciated the 'live music sets'. The restaurant is great for 'after work', 'before a big night out', or 'late-night bites with friends', indicating it's a fun place to hang out.

5. MXDC

4.7

Exceptional(2498)

££££Price: Moderate

• Mexican • Downtown

Booked 29 times today

🎉🌮 Exciting News Alert! 🌮🎉We are thrilled to announce that MXDC is officially OPEN at our new location at 1610 14th St NW, Washington DC! 🎉✨ Come join us for an unforgettable dining, lounge, and bar experience filled with delicious tacos, refreshing drinks, and fantastic vibes. 🍹🌶️We can't wait to welcome you to our new home and create many more memorable moments together! See you soon at MXDC!With love and tacos,The MXDC Team ❤️🌮❤️

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6. Gordon Ramsay Street Pizza - Washington DC

3.9

Excellent(58)

££££Price: Expensive

• Pizza Bar • Penn Quarter

Booked 20 times today

Street Pizza is the ultimate destination for drool-inducing food, live sports and banging tunes - with iconic DJs, game days and unforgettable nights, with pizza by your side.At Street Pizza we run our own race; we're uncompromising on our exceptional food, we've created iconic restaurants where you can kick back, shoot pool, flex your arcade muscles, thrash your best mates all the way to the top of the leaderboards, watch your fave sports teams become legendary, or simply sass around in a photobooth.Quite simply, it's pizza without rules. And quite frankly, it's legendary.

7. Haikan

4.5

Awesome(660)

££££Price: Moderate

• Ramen • Shaw

Booked 20 times today

Haikan is our second Sapporo Ramen shop in DC after Daikaya. Haikan means, “pipe works” in Japanese, an ode to Atlantic Plumbing Building where we are located. At Haikan, we focused on creating the taste of ramen from the showa period, the golden age of ramen in Japan. There are over 1000 ramen shops in the city of Sapporo alone, and we are excited to share a completely new line-up of traditional Sapporo style ramen in DC. In addition to ramen, we are serving a playful selection of Japanese-inspired kozara (small plates) to share, or to start with, or to make a whole meal of by picking a few of them. Haikan's bar serves a collection of Japanese-inspired cocktails, and a concentrated selection of Japanese sake, shochu, beer, whisky, and more.

8. Gute Leute

4.9

Exceptional(74)

££££Price: Expensive

• Cafe Dining • Arlington

Booked 6 times today

Gute Leute Coffee Bar is one of the most popular coffee bars in Korea,known for its own unique signature coffee creations.In German, gute Leute means "good people"and it is with this idea that gute Leute strives to create a spacein which good people can enjoy good company.Our logo is inspired by the pine treebecause it stays green all year long like our enthusiasm for coffee.Every branch in Seoul has its own signature menu created by baristas.We also present seasonal coffee courses that are constructed with theirown stories.Instagram : gute_leute_usa

9. Sports & Social DC

4.4

Awesome(24)

££££Price: Moderate

• Unspecified • U Street Corridor

Booked 9 times today

Sports & Social is DC's newest premier sports watching destination. This one-of-a-kind sports bar boasts a 25-foot LED media wall, and over a dozen HDTVs, it’s the next best thing to watching the game at the stadium. Sports & Social offers guests an elevated dining and beverage experience including made-from-scratch menu items and curated cocktails.

10. Palette 22

4.7

Exceptional(3158)

££££Price: Moderate

• Tapas / Small Plates • Arlington

Booked 93 times today

Located in the Village at Shirlington, Palette 22 is a small-plates, tapas-style restaurant focused on food, art and fun. The open kitchen produces shareable, flavor-forward dishes, which pair perfectly with a pitcher of house-made signature sangria. Enjoy watching live entertainment and artists practicing their craft throughout the restaurant, including painters, jewelry-makers and sculptor. All art on the walls is for sale. Open for lunch, dinner and bottomless weekend brunch.

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DavidVIP
Washington, D.C. Area •40 reviews
5.0
Dined 1 day ago
Wonderful birthday celebration! And our waitress was extraordinary - we had a fantastic time & look forward to coming again soon!
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MXDCPrice: Moderate• Mexican• Downtown
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4.7
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OpenTable Diner
St. Louis •1 review
5.0
Dined 1 day ago
Very welcoming staff, terrific service from all, especially our waiter Mike. Apps (meatballs), salad and entrees were great! I had the Bronzino, my wife had breaded veal cutlet. Both were very good. Fish was prepared perfectly. Veal was thin and flavorful. Because it was breaded I thought it called for a little marinara (or some other sauce) but still very good. Wine selection excellent. We will be back
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i RicchiPrice: Expensive• Italian• Dupont Circle
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4.5
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chelsea
Washington, D.C. Area •1 review
5.0
Dined 2 days ago
Filomena is fabulous! My daughter has quite a few complicated allergies- corn and gluten, which can be hard to accommodate! The staff at Filomena were amazing and ordered special pasta just for my daughter so she could celebrate with her friends! We will be regulars going forward!
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Filomena RistorantePrice: Expensive• Italian• Georgetown
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4.8
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco Bay Area •4 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
Always a good experience. It was my Friend's first time there and he liked it
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North Italia - Washington DCPrice: Moderate• Italian• West End
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4.4
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Jennifer
New York City •7 reviews
5.0
Dined on 21 Feb 2025
Delicious fresh inventive meal! Loved the cuke salad, fresh sushi, and dessert was sublime!
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DAIKAYA 2F THE IZAKAYAPrice: Expensive• Japanese• Penn Quarter
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4.5

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