Best Restaurants for Foodies in McLean

Came for the AYCE to celebrate my husband’s birthday. We arrived early and let the host know that we were fine waiting for our reservation time. Staff was lovely and greeted us immediately, sat us before our reservation time and made sure to tell my husband happy birthday. They auto include a 20% gratuity/service charge which gets split by all the servers. I loved that. It promotes a great workplace of cohesive customer first teamwork and makes sure servers get sufficient tips. All the servers work really well together helping all tables, but our main server Adrian was phenomenal. Because of that, the 20% seems almost low because of the great service, so we chose to include an additional tip as well. On to the food, we ate so much and it was all delicious. I loved the smaller portions of additional items during the AYCE because not only did it help eliminate waste but it allowed us to try so many items off the menu. Gumbo, snow crab, shrimp and Australian king prawns, crawfish, mussels, ribeye, all fantastic. We chose different heats and flavor combos and enjoyed all of them, our least favorite being the pineapple chili one and our favorite being the medium and hot heat Oh Dang flavor. Can’t wait to go back.

Exquisite afghan cuisine with knowledgeable caring waiter. Always a nice evening of good food and friends and comfort

Great service. The sea bass was delicious! Everyone enjoyed their meal.

Wonderful, fresh, inventive seafood dishes for very enjoyable evening out while traveling. We will definitely be back. Kenny was a very attentive server without excessive hovering. Lots of locals were there for happy hour. Their happy hour offerings must be very good! We were reserved for the dining room, and the service was wonderful even though we were on the early side of dinner. Loved the daily specials that seemed super fresh. Red Snapper tartare was amazing. The ahi tuna and crab cakes entrees were also fantastic. Drinks were well prepared and portioned. The cranberry orange crème brulee had a refreshing flavor and was just the right touch for a shared dessert. Thank you.

Hidden GEM. We love it here so much, amazing food and drinks.