I went with 2 friends for dinner on Fri Oct 30th. It was our second time there and we LOVE Elizabeth's Gone Raw. We will definitely make it a point to visit every time we're in DC! When we arrived we sat at the bar for a little and enjoyed some mixed drinks. As always, they were very creative and delicious without being overly sweet. Can't remember the name but the one I ordered featured sesame and ginger flavors. The ginger was pleasant but not overpowering. Overall the drinks at Elizabeth's are excellent and totally worth the ~$15 The 1st course was a hempseed cracker with avocado mousse and dehydrated grapes. The cracker was very savory and had nutritional yeast in it, giving it a slight cheesy flavor. The mousse had a creamy consistency and the grapes provided sweetness. It was a great combination of flavors to get started. The 2nd course was a butternut squash soup with macadamia sage cheese and D'Anjou pear foam. It was a pretty generous portion for a tasting menu which was great! The soup was a delicious seasonal dish without being overpowering. It was also slightly sweet, seemed like they may have added some coconut or almond milk. The macadamia cheese was a great accompaniment since it was very hearty and flavorful. The 3rd course was orange carpaccio with cherry tomatoes, baby kohlrabi and pickled red onions. I wasn't expecting much from this dish but it defied my expectations and was spectacular!! The thinly sliced oranges provided sweetness and the accompanying sauce added a slightly spicy taste. The tomatoes had been dehydrated and the skins were removed. Our one friend who is on record as being totally nauseated by tomatoes actually ate it and liked it! The pickled onions were really flavorful. Somehow this dish composed of extremely simple elements was able to hit most of the major tastes in a way that melded well and didn't cause clashes. The wine pairing was a dry Riesling which had great synergy and also contrast with the flavors of the dish -- even though I know nearly nothing about wine, I could tell this was expertly paired. The 4th course (palate cleanser) was a cranberry sorbet with olive oil and sel gris (a type of granulated salt). Unlike most cranberry dishes, it wasn't overly sweet. They simply blended beets and cranberries to make the sorbet -- there are no other ingredients. The beets added a beautiful color and mellowed the flavor but weren't overpowering. The 5th course (entree) was a tree-nut tenderloin with garam masala carrots, porcini creme, fennel, and caraway seeds. The nuts are soaked in water, finely ground, shaped into a loaf and dehydrated to solidify it. The tenderloin is a definite contender for most delicious thing I've eaten in my life! It was packed with deliciousness and melted in your mouth. The accompanying porcini mushrooms, creme, and carrots were tasty and completed the dish. Everyone at the table was shocked by how good this entree was. The 6th course (dessert) was a ginger semifreddo, an Italian dessert meaning "half-frozen." It was topped with a cookie and a raspberry sauce. This dish was the only one we found disappointing. While traditionally, semifreddo are made of ice cream and whipped cream, with a mousse-like textue, this one was very icy in texture. The cookie on top was nearly impossible to eat in a civilized manner because it was very hard to break with just a spoon. However, the cookie tasted good. The ginger flavor was biting and overpowering, which wasn't helped by the accompanying dessert wine, whose bubbles seemed to only further abuse my tongue. None of the three of us like it. However, since the other courses were so amazing, this was still definitely a 5-star experience! Looking forward to coming back in February! read more

Hands down my favorite restaurant in DC (and I'm not even vegan). My boyfriend takes me every year for my birthday. It is such a unique and delicious dining experience! read more

I came in on my birthday and was blown away. I still look at the photos of what I ate and remember the delicious flavors. It is pricey for the seven courses plus kale chips, but I was soooo full when I left (in a good way) and I know well that a lot of love and time goes into preparing these courses. Portions are perfect and it was a delightful experience. My server did say at the time they were about 90% raw, 10% cooked; and they were thinking of shifting towards more cooked in the future. I would love for them to stay raw or mostly raw. This is the only fine dining raw vegan restaurant I've ever been to and I would love for that not to change. It makes this place very unique. Planning to try their aphrodisiac menu in February! So if you are into trying something new, bring your date, girlfriends, family, or solo, you will not regret this amazing dining experience. read more

Visited here last Friday. Had been on my bucket list for a couple years and finally made it happen and glad that I did. The entire evening was great from start to finish. The environment is elegant yet comfortable. The staff is very professional yet friendly and welcoming. Every staff member waited on us in some way. I was so amazed at the layers upon layers of creativity that went into each dish. The flavors were incredible and the presentation was like art. Kudos to Chef Francisco. And those kale chips..... :) We haven't been out to a meal like this ever! It felt really special and we enjoyed every minute of it. Already making plans to visit again during a different season to see what they are able to create with another season's fresh vegetables! Make a reservation today! read more

I would like to update a review I wrote two years ago. Two important points: I discovered today an email from Elizabeth's apologizing for the misunderstanding with my bill and the call. Unfortunately, I don't often log into yelp, which is why I didn't acknowledge the call or update my review sooner. I accept the apology! And thank you! Second, my wife and I have returned to Elizabeth's, and the food and service were exceptional!! We did not identify ourselves to anyone, which made the superior service all the more genuine. I highly recommend Elizabeth's! read more

Overall, good experience and interesting food. I found the food very beautiful and flavor array to be complex. I especially liked the main course's spinach and shallot spaetzle. For a full review and photos from the meal, see my blog: http://perfectlysauced.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/elizabeths-gone-raw-washington-dc/ read more

I really had no idea what to expect here -- I am not vegan nor have I eaten much "raw" cuisine. But my wife and I loved it. The food was delicious, creative, and sometimes shockingly good. Our favorites were the onion rings and the broccoli with "bacon" (actually coconut but not sure how). The food was a pleasure by any measure vegan / raw / or not. And it is that much more pleasurable knowing it is healthy. The servers were so pleasant it felt that each and every one of them was the owner. That is just how they acted. We are already planning our return visit for our next special event (wedding anniversary). read more

Very fancy and the service was great! The food however was hit or miss for me. Out of the 5 or 6 courses we had, I only enjoyed 2 courses (first meal and dessert). Super pricy to not have very enjoyable food, but overall our experience wasn't bad - but would hesitate to come back depending on the menu. read more

Amazing service, sommelier and elegant food. Worth it! They out s lot of thought, time and care into each course. Cocktails are creative and delicious. Endless basket of kale chips are to live for! read more

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If there were ten stars, the sun and the moon, I would give it to Elizabeth's Gone Raw. We had the five-course wine paired dinner and every second of every minute and every swish of my tongue and gentle movement of my mouth cherished each of the five courses. My mouth didn't want to swallow but my stomach said you must let go. The staff were simply amazing and this place doesn't belong on this earth. It was how I would imagine being a character in Alice In Wonderland and Dining with she and the Mad Hatter. This is hands down the best meal I've ever had and I've dined out a lot for decades all over the United States. I will fly to Washington, D.C. From Los Angeles To dine here again. It's worth the trip. #beenthiswaybefore read more

Elizabeth's - Vegan Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

My mouth can not explain what it just experienced. Everything was perfectly paced, prepared, plated, and presented. The combinations, the pairings was simply perfect. Extra to note: Elizabeth is just as gracious as one would imagine. Ask her about the pictures. read more

Elizabeth's Gone Raw is a fantastic experience. Overall more of a production, performance with a food experience. The building alone is alive and amazing. Lush decorations. Clean beyond current expectations. Traveling to another era. The service is high class. The food is inventive and original. The price matches a Las Vegas Cirque show with all the drama. Watching Elizabeth keep everything going and pitching in was inspirational. The sommelier Phil Heyser was spot on and worked the room adding to everyone's enjoyment. I would highly recommend getting the wine flight. I felt like a member of some of the more elite clubs I have had the honor to attend. Grosse Point Yacht Club, The Cricket Club in Singapore, and those posh London Clubs have all met their match with Elizabeth. I found the price fixed menu takes all the stress out of ordering Vegan Raw foods adding to the feeling of being taken care of in a private club. Knowing the strong staffing brought to the night I felt the price was a little low relative to the event. We stayed about 2 hours for the whole production and could not do anything in Washington DC afterwards to match. Thanks Elizabeth read more

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My wife and I come here 2-3x a month. Healthy delicious and customer service is extremely good. Elizabeth is personally there overseeing everything. They're extremely accommodating too. The music vibes are chill, the food is great, the drinks are fantastic, as are the decorations. I highly recommend coming here. Emma was very kind and courteous. Best, Ryan read more

Someone turned 50 and our cooking group celebrated at Elizabeth's Gone Raw. The setting was an original roadhouse now nestled between modern buildings at 1341 L St., NW. The stately entrance includes an elaborate side table in Baroque style and many large old portraits or aristocratic looking men and women. Ben at the bar served unique cocktails influenced by hot and/or spicy plants. Mine was tart with a poblano finish. The dining room is reached atop a long and broad staircase in beautiful original condition. More portraits filled the walls, giving the feel of being in the city home of landed aristocrat or yore.. We were seated and the amazing prix fixe feast began, perfectly paced with impeccable service. I was rather dazzled by the presentations, beautiful and fascinating to behold, but even more interesting to me was the description of ingredients and preparations of things like vegan caviar and vegan cheeses, which were optional hors d'oeuvres to the multi- course dinner and were amazing treats. After a wonderful parsnip cup appetizer, Somalier Justin helped with the selection of a fantastic Sauvignon Blanc that accented the flavors of the food rather nicely. He was attentive and gracious all evening as was the entire staff, which appeared ensemble as a serving team for each course which I found very fun. They of course had no idea that we all cook our own delicious foods and share them regularly in mini Thanksgiving feast style. So we were extra delighted by the experience. read more

This place was my favorite restaurant because the food is healthy, the ambiance is lovely and it makes the dining experience a true adventure. We went here last night and this time there was three of us who all had the 6 course meal and two of us who also had the wine pairing. The food is good and artistically placed, the servers are pleasant/polite/accommodating.. but the only downside to our experience last night was the length of time in between courses. We were sat at 8pm and at our 4th course around 10pm we had to ask them to speed things up a bit simply because I was getting uncomfortable sitting in the chair for so long and we were all getting tired. The server was nice and receptive to our request to speed things up, and the owner came over to make sure we were ok. We ended up leaving at 11pm so we were there for a total of 3 hours and probably would have been there for 4 or 4.5 hours if we didn't ask to speed things up. The max I really want to stay at a restaurant is 2 or 2.5 hours which is why I only gave 4 stars here. Otherwise the service, food and experience is well worth the trip. read more

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I came here for a date night and was not disappointed. My girlfriend was skeptical about how good raw food would taste, but I can say with certainty that I didn't miss the cooking at all. We got the set menu and ordered a drink each. We had a super late reservation time so the restaurant wasn't as bustling at it could have been. The Dining Room was beautiful with portraits everywhere and the tables weren't all squished together so tables had some private space between them. The set menu was great, my favorite the gnocchi that wasn't cooked was magic. It was light fluffy and it was amazing that it was uncooked and vegan. The dinner was great and the pace of each course wasn't too fast or not too slow. It was just a fantastic meal. read more

I hesitate to recommend only because after dining at Elizebeth's your future dining experiences will be drab and disappointing. This is the definition of what the culinary arts are all about as its as if you walked into the Louvre or the National Gallery of Art and spent your evening immersed in the impressionists wing. As a life-long animal eater, its vegetarian theme is simply just an interesting footnote to one of the finest and filling meals you will enjoy. Each dish is described on the menu with interesting and impressively fresh ingredients, but that general summary is followed by a five minute description and listing of what really underlies that single dish by your server. The flavors are so complex you have to plan each bite to maximize your palette's ability to take it all in. Plan on a minimum stay of two hours and enjoy! read more

I'm not a vegetarian, vegan or even a conscious organic produce shopper, but as another review put it "the ability to enjoy a meal prepared with love and consideration for my health... is priceless". Every course was delicious and had I not remembered it was raw and vegan, I could have totally forgotten. The creativity of ingredients and preparation was downright inspiring. The only beyond my limit moment was mushrooms used for buns on the mini sliders, but a fork and knife made them doable. I appreciate Elizabeth's care, consideration and determination and hope to be back in DC soon to enjoy again. read more

This is a true dining experience. The building, the ambiance, the creativity of the food, and of course, trying things you have never tried before - and liking it. My favorite was a cauliflower soup with a parmesan-like foam in a cappuccino cup. I also appreciate that they offer original, non-alcoholic cocktails so that non-drinkers can also have a special drink with their meal. It is a fixed menu so everyone gets the same, with dietary considerations taken into account. They had a menu on the table so that you can read about and anticipate your food. Only suggestion is that they have one for each person. I went with two girlfriends for a fancy ladies' night out and would highly recommend it. read more

Our third time dining with them and each time has been an amazing experience! Hostess are always attentive, service impecable, decor and ambiance are great! I wish I could give this place more stars! The dedication chef puts in his plates is noticeable is done by a truly professional Thank you so much for such a great experience! read more

This place can def turn a meat eater vegan. My boyfriend is now a vegetarian and I decided to bring him here for his birthday. I still eat meat but this place would turn me into a vegan! Everything was delicious and well crafted, the flavors went together really well and the service was amazing. They did not disappoint on this special day and even gave us a bag of kale chips since we enjoyed it so much. They went above and beyond and I def will be returning so my friends can try all the amazing foods and flavors they put together. There's usually always one or two dishes on a prix fixe menu that I'm not in love with but honestly cannot say that about this menu. Also they seemed to be very safe about Covid and the tables were very nicely spread out with plenty of room to social distance. I felt very comfortable eating inside, which normally makes me very anxious. Truly enjoyed our experience. Thank you! read more

This place is worth the high price. It's only for special occasions, but it never disappoints. It's incredible how much detail goes into every dish. One of the dishes, we were explained, was dehydrated for 24 hours; it was an artichoke ravioli with a side of macadamia & truffle stuffed squash blossom. That was the star of the night! The desserts are always so tasty! We had a trio of ice creams. I just wish I could have gotten more of the peach ice cream. read more

Food quality is amazing. Service great. Downstairs bar drinks are a must. But for $450 for 2 (7 tastings and wine pairings) it's a little steep for raw veggies.... they must have the highest profit margin in town on food You leave full and feeling healthy.... not overstuffed like a pig on Xmas. It's a 3x per year place to me. read more

LIFE CHANGING. I was skeptical when my husband told me this is what he had booked for my birthday dinner, I am vegan, but more of a junk food vegan so I questioned if raw gourmet was actually good. *Spoiler* it is here. We did the tasting menu and wine pairing and it was all delicious. The staff was knowledgeable, best service bay far. I think negative is my taste in wine has changed. After that night I can no longer stomach my cheap Trader Joe's Chardonnay, now that I've tasted good wine I don't think I can ever go back. Highly recommend, to vegans and meat eater alike. read more

Wow! This place was amazing. To be honest, I've only had a few vegan tasting menus in my life (they're pricey!) but this one is head and shoulders above the rest. All the fine dining places I've been to have had great service, beautifully presented dishes, and nice wine pairings, and Elizabeth's Gone Raw is no different. However, this place really distinguishes itself with its flavors, which for me is paramount. At other places, I have sometimes left the restaurant feeling like the meal was missing something or that the different vegetable dishes started to blend together. That was not a problem here. We had an amazing array of dishes, each different from the previous one, yet all were bursting with a variety of colors, flavors, and textures. If you're celebrating a special occasion in DC, I'd definitely recommend trying EGR. read more

Definitely worth the money. The experience was fulfilling, innovative and entertaining. I felt more thrilled and satisfied with every bite. Plus, service is what you would expect for $80 per person, with manual crumb removal and a constant reminder that the water has a pH of 9.4. Don't forget to ask to get the kale chips to go! read more

This place in my opinion was not spectacular as I had expected. I was so hyped up about this place because of other yelper's reviews, which is why I am so disappointed. The amuse which was the white mulberry and fennel was very bland but the mulberry made it a bit better. The roasted white asparagus appetizer was very mediocre. There was not much flavor and I felt i was just eating bitter greens. I didn't particularly enjoy the beet risotto either. It had fennel, cabbage, brussels sprouts and date in the dish, but all i tasted was undressed raw beets. The kale chips are very good though, so i guess that was worth the experience of going to elizabeth gone raw. I did enjoy the smallest portion of the porcini mushroom soup and the lemon chamomile sorbet and the dessert which was not the one listed on the menu (changed at last minute). The place is extremely expensive for the type of food and amount of food. This place is as expensive as my favorite restaurant in DC (Cityzen), but by far not as good. I do, however, respect that there's a vegan/raw food place in DC. read more

This food is poetry I have never tasted before. The tasting menu we enjoyed today was actually the first day the menu was featured. How lucky we were to have it on its debut day! The menu unfolded slowly, and enlivened our senses progressively...completely light, but strangely and beautifully rich, with depth and complexity. I particularly enjoyed the yellow watermelon tartare, and crispy cassava roulade--flavors danced on the tongue. On the eve of my big birthday, I wanted to understand and taste what high-end vegetables tasted like. I feel like the best- of-the-best cuts of meat (pork, beef and seafood included) are understandable...best cuts with the best chef make for, most probably, a very sublime meal. But what about high-end vegan? It seems way more complicated to make vegetables taste amazing. read more

I wanted to give less stars but that is not an option so one will have to do. This was the worst restaurant experience I have ever had and it cost $350 dollars for three people with two drinks. We booked the reservation weeks in advance, because we were told nothing was available before then. So Friday night at 20.45 and the place is more than half empty.... Over the top "service" - The restaurant was cold so I wanted to keep my coat on and was asked more than four times by different staff just on the way to my table if they could take it from me. Often the waiters would stand next to me for an uncomfortable moment, until I realized I needed to put my, not even half empty, glass down so they could refill it. I was pretty much ready to leave after course two. The food was either inedible or barely tolerable. They painfully make you wait over 20 minutes between each course. Although I shouldn't say course because it is not filling. They will serve unlimited mediocre kale chips and you can stock up on those to compensate for hunger but you probably won't feel good after. What bothered me most, more than the hovering staff, more than the constant up-selling, was the disregard for our dissatisfaction. I had several dishes I didn't even touch more than the first bite. And when clearing, my waitress asked "are you finished enjoying that" Although the table near us got asked several times how they enjoyed their meal. We didn't get asked once. After paying the outrageous bill and standing away from our table, the owner did sort of ask us about it and seemed unconcerned with our dissatisfied reaction. I was insulted because she implied we must not understand raw vegan food. I have never been to a restaurant that seems to avoid dealing with customers who do not enjoy the food. My regret is not walking out after the second course. THIS PLACE STEALS YOUR MONEY. raw vegan can be incredible- but that's not what you get when you pay these prices for this phony place. read more

Now this is what I call exciting food. My boyfriend surprised me by taking me here and I couldn't have been more excited. We got the earliest reservation which allowed us to sit at the bar and talk to the bartender Max. He was so nice and not only that you could tell he loved working there. Walking upstairs the place was beautiful, very old and almost museum looking. There were 7 courses plus the kale chips that we had two bowls of. I don't want to spoil any of the courses but the food was beautiful and delicious. They use unique sauces and lots of nutritional yeast to create exciting flavors that vegans and non vegans can love. Even the dessert is amazing the chocolate ice cream with a chip made of dehydrated cucumber pulp. For those of you who left hungry have to understand that this is a lifestyle as much as a restaurant. We don't need to eat all of the food we eat each day. As humans we over eat. This place teaches a lesson in nature beauty and health and I was SO impressed. read more

Absolutely the most decadent dining experience I've ever had. The food, the room, the music.. I took myself out to dinner here while in town to see some music.. definitely the highlight of my weekend! read more

Great vegetarian & vegan food. I could not even tell the food was raw. Reservations are hard to come by as you can only dine there several days a month. The food is very creative & tasty. read more

Amazing. Any other words I could use to try to describe it to you will be sorely inadequate - just go. It's perfect for any special occasion - birthday, anniversary, new job, happy to be alive. You will never forget the experience. read more

For its vegan, raw cuisine, it deserves 4 stars for creativity. For pure taste, it deserves 3. For value, it deserves 2. I'll settle on 3 stars as the average. Overall, it's the little things that eat away (no pun intended) at the restaurant's polish. The hosts, waiters/waitresses, and the owner are all wonderfully kind people, but they are largely absent for much of the meal. Paired wines and dishes are served with neither fanfare nor explanation, and one cannot rely on one's guess to attempt to identify how the chef has transformed the raw ingredients into dishes that appear to contain meat or dairy (but do not). The dishes, likewise, are hit or miss. Kale chips (which take the place of a bread) are pretty good, but relatively bland and could be spiced better. Our initial course, a shaved fennel and spinach tartlet with truffle cream and balsamic sauce, is fine; the truffle cream is quite rich, however, and the best part of the dish -- fascinating that it is made without dairy. Our next course was, sadly, my favorite: a simple salad of red grapefruit, avocado, and baby arugula, with a basil and ginger vinaigrette. The ingredients were simple, fresh, and thoughtfully paired. Yet it is telling when a salad is the best dish of a meal. Our main was easily my least favorite course. We received a wild mushroom "napoleon" with a parsley salad and pistachio pesto. My qualms about transporting the napoleon concept to non-dessert settings (as chefs do far too often in shows like Chopped) aside, this napoleon simply did not work. Napoleons are theoretically effective because they allow the person eating to take a fork through multiple distinct layers and appreciate the melding of the flavors in one's mouth. If you cannot do that, or if the flavors are all the same, the dish fails. This dish failed on both counts. First, the mushroom "filling" was identical across the layers, and though I love wild mushrooms, these were not nearly as flavorful as I would have expected at a restaurant touting fresh ingredients. Second, the separating layers between the mushroom filling were hard and nut-based, almost like a granola bar. Unfortunately, that meant I had to separate the dish into its distinct components in order to eat it. And while the pesto was good, it lacked the typical richness of pesto and there was not nearly enough of it to save an otherwise intensely dry dish. I believe we enjoyed a intermezzo of some sort of sorbet, which was simple and fresh. Finally, our dessert was quite good, though a tad heavy for me: a pineapple carpaccio with coconut creme. One last, very minor, gripe: most restaurants that serve tasting menus provide you with a copy of the menu when you leave so you can remember your meal; here, no such luck. I had to take a picture of mine to recall what we ate. All in all, it was an interesting and creative meal, though not one that blew me away or compels me to go back. Still, if one is limited to a vegan or raw diet, this is easily as good as it gets in DC. (An aside for those unfamiliar with "raw" food: the day after, you may not feel wonderful; I've eaten street food in Brazil, Turkey, Egypt, and other places, yet this was the food that set my stomach doing somersaults the next day) I think EGR excelled when it let the ingredients do the talking, without too much dehydrating or recrafting or transforming. Indeed, at l'Arpege in Paris I had one of the best meals of my life eating predominently fruits and vegetables. read more

If I could have given lower I would. I'm a vegan. I eat a whole-food plant based diet. No fake meats. I love veggies. Give me some lentils or split peas and I'm happy. Elizabeth's did not make me happy. Wife and I went there and though I was skeptical I had an open mind. Started with alkaline water which I was not familiar with. I would rather not be served something of questionable health value without my approval. But it was the best tasting item on the menu, which was good as I consumed 9 glasses to kill the flavors of the dinner. Starter was some kind of slimy mushroom thing. Foamy and unpleasant. There was a soup that was pretty good except for a bizarre and overpowering smoke flavor. Fake scallops had an unpleasant texture and odd aroma. A celery apple sorbet left me speechless. The main course was cold squash pasta with fake cheese chips and rather pedestrian sauce. At some point the manager came over and interrupted our meal to apologize that I wasn't having a good time, presumably as He observed that I wasn't really eating much. To the contrary, manager dude. I WAS having a great evening despite the lousy food until you insinuated yourself into the situation and called me out. The dessert was actually good, a very decadent chocolate tart with some fruit sorbet. Too rich to eat much of it but good. In short, I don't get it. The food ranged from inedible to meh, and I felt like the chef didn't care about the vegetables, just this odd culinary exercise of smooshing flavors together. Perhaps I am just not a raw food guy, but as a vegan, I eat really well. People should not confuse this restaurant with vegan cuisine. It's raw which means cold and texturally offputting. Sorry, but I thought this was overpriced and not good, service was fine except for manager dude. You can get better vegan food from a food truck for $8. Next time, I'll do that. And finally, if you plan to give me water with potential side effects, please let me know so I won't drink it. Wife and I both felt awful, and since we didn't eat much, I'm going to blame the water read more

I am a long-time vegetarian (darn close to vegan) so let's be real: my food standards are not particularly high. If it wasn't killed, I'll probably eat it and be happy. Even thrilled. Unfortunately, despite having waited years to go to this restaurant, I found the food to be so unappetizing that I can't figure out how all the 5-star reviews made it in here. To even the scales, I am writing this review. The service was superb; there is no doubt about it. Ambiance, quite lovely. The food itself was flatly unpalatable. There was a cold pureed cauliflower soup of some sort, I believe, to start, that tasted so bad but I didn't want to tell my date because it was Valentine's Day. On to the papaya-wrapped something or other that was (not kidding) SLIMY. Oh God. The microscopic portions kept coming and I was mortified that everything was slowly killing my tongue, but it really was. The dessert, thank goodness, was chocolatey and delicious, and I could have had more. Phew. On reflection, I might even give EGR three stars for the dessert except for the inexplicably monstrous bill for two people. I do not say this for exaggeration for my Yelp review, but the portions were so tiny that we came home and had a snack. For over $200 for two people, I can't justify three stars. Sadly, we will never be going back. read more

Had dinner here the last Friday in June. The place is in a nice venue. The food was not good at all. I typically very much enjoy raw vegan. But this dinner was almost $200 per person (including wine pairing) and nothing tasted good. The best courses were the tiny amuse which was a cashew cheese and the sorbet. Other than that just kind of OK. SOOO not worth the price . There was an abundance of coconut throughout the meal. The courses came out painfully slow. It seemed like it took forever. The wine was good but lost on me with the food being so bad. It seemed like the food was well plated as the courses looked nice. The staff were a little stuffy but that was fine. Overall save your money - it just isn't worth it read more

I came here for happy hour and the food was amazing! The menu had two cocktails for $10 with a ton of ingredients and the food averaged at $10 as well. It was just so creative what they can do with food! The service from my waitress was fantastic! She was thoroughly knowledgeable about the menu. read more

DC, you have no idea how privileged you are to have Elizabeth's Gone Raw in your neighborhood. Regardless of your dietary preferences, it would be impossible for your visit to be anything short of pleasurable to all your senses. The food is so flavorful--it awakens all of your senses and leaves you wanting for more. It is nothing short of magical. And in addition to the outstanding food, the service is both welcoming, beautifully orchestrated, and highly educational--ask any question and it will be answered. I am cheap by nature and this was the most I have ever spent on a meal--but I assure you, it was worth every penny and then some. I would pay money to see the symphony played out in the kitchen as I have no doubt it is as impressive as the food and service. Go and eat at Elizabeth's Gone Raw, it will likely be the best money you ever spent on an outstanding meal. read more

This place is faaaancy! My family took me here to celebrate my finding a new job, and it is definitely a place for special occasions--not one of those regular vegan spots for recent college grads. We all did the wine pairing and were blown away by the Cava paired with the main course. The kale chips are very tasty and full of crunch (hands down, I prefer my own kale chips but Elizabeth knows what she's doing)! We all left with full bellies and smiles on our faces. read more