Best Contemporary Italian Restaurants in Brookland / Brentwood

Excellent food, sevice, and atmosphere, as usual! Great meal.

Heading to a concert at the Kennedy Center (it's a very easy approach to Foggy Bottom), we tried Claudio's Table out for the first time. We ate early and got to watch the restaurant fill up with a broad range of families and couples from the neighborhood and elsewhere, bringing a real nice ambience. The food was fabulous: fried artichoke with a green salad started things off beautifully, like being in Rome. The linguini with lobster tail, on a light red lobster infused sauce (a special) is among the best dishes in Washington (et Voila's Norwegian sole is another). Our other dish was the linguini with clams. My wife and I shifted our platters back and forth, with help from staff when they saw us treeing to balance the dishes. Wine was lovely and the lemon cake dessert was a brilliant combination of layers. The portions were also perfect (not too big, nor too little) and we stayed awake through our concert.

We came relatively early (6:30) and the place was reasonably quiet, but by the time we left the noise level made it very difficult to talk/understand each other. The food was good, but not outstanding. Service friendly. It took over 20 minutes for our food to be delivered. Don't know why.

Excellent, neighborhood Italian, very reminiscent of local ristorante in Rome or New York. Very good service, great vibe and decor, strong wine list—an enjoyable spot for dinner.

Incredible experience-food &service both flawless!!!