We went to 8 restaurants in a 2 week time frame and had lots of good meals.
None of them necessarily stand out as the best because all of the food was great. Also the food at 4 of them were pretty similar (Modern American) so it is hard to call any of those the best. The Pump Room, Sepia, Naha and Vie all kind of have a similar type of Modern American cuisine. The other 4 stand out a little more - Capital Grille is a steakhouse, Nacional 27 is Latin American, Nana is organic farm to table and more casual than the Modern American restaurants, and Tortoise Club is a supper club with elements of classic American dishes.
But the one that does stand out as a place we will not return to is the Pump Room. Yes the food was good but they really didn't embrace the Restaurant week concept of a value priced 3 or 4 course meal. The portions were so small that we really did leave feeling a bit hungry. The funny thing is that this could have been partially solved by just bringing out a bread basket. Most of the other restaurants brought bread out before the appetizers so by the end of the meal we felt full (at the super generous places) or at least satisfied.
This restaurant week concept is supposed to hook you into liking a place so that you would return. The other 7 restaurants were good enough that we would do that. Albeit we don't often repeat restaurants so it might be a long time before we return. There are just a lot of restaurants around here and we keep learning about more that sound fun to try.
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