Experts' Choice Award Obelisk
12 expert reviews
“In an intimate brownstone, foodie destination for 20-plus years. Daily five-course prix fixe by James Beard nominee Peter Pastan. Reservations recommended. Tues.-Sat. 6-10 p.m.”
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Frommer's "Obelisk is one the city's most consistently excellent restaurants. Service and food are simply superb." Full review
Travel + Leisure "One of the D.C. area’s go-to destinations for Italian cuisine, Obelisk offers diners authentic Italian fare in a five course, prix fixe format." Full review
Zagat ""Simple but expertly prepared food served by pros", which, along with "superb" wines, is "worth every euro"." Full review
BlackBook "Five courses transform storybook ingredients and into a culinary high mass of precious proportion."
Gayot15.0
"This top DC Italian restaurant is run by a modest chef who sails below the radar and does not seek the limelight or TV cameras to confirm his skills." Full review
DK Eyewitness "A five-course fixed-price menu is offered at $75, featuring classic Italian cuisine, but with a contemporary twist."
Time Out "The menu changes constantly at Peter Pastan’s prix-fixe-only, reservations-required townhouse, depending on what’s fresh and what catches the chef’s fancy." Full review
Not For Tourists "Put your reservation in now for next March."
Fodor's "Come here for eclectic Italian cuisine in a setting so quietly stunning you'll remember it for years." Full review
Lonely Planet "Oh the pleasure of dining at Obelisk. You need only do it once, but you need to do it, especially if you’re a fan of pushing the boundaries of what can be done in an Italian cucina." Full review
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