Tucked away in the alley behind the Main Street nw in Georgetown, we got there right around 5 when…read morethey open, and watched it turn from a quiet restaurant to a thriving and lively place. Excellent service, the food was great and not outrageously priced (considering the area), and looked amazing inside! The decor and the lighting is makes it a cozy and intimate place but also great for a large party as well We booked our experience during restaurant week, we love trying out new places and their restaurant week menu offered a little bit of everything. We got some champagne to start, ordered some cocktails after, and the food started rolling in. We started with a caviar bump, and moved into the beetroot salad (which was amazing and so flavorful, we both wanted more), had the Tataki/carpaccio style followed by the nigiri/sashimi, then for the main course - the winner/volcano lobster roll. We didn't want our night to end there, there were so many great options in the menu so we opted to hold off on our desert and ordered some more food We got the sushi dinner dish to share along with the lavender smoked salmon Tataki style. Definitely could've eaten more after but decided to end our night after that, and had our ice cream to finish the night (matcha ice cream and raspberry sorbet) The service was 11/10, our waiter was extremely knowledgeable and all of the other waitstaff was extremely kind and was more than willing to help us with any questions or things we needed. The restaurant was very clean and they had nice bathrooms. The quality of the food was amazing and every dish had us hungry for more. This is definitely a place we'll be coming to again and will be recommending to everyone

It was pretty good, but just pretty good. Half of their food are just qualified, but not excellent…read more The counter seats you can see chefs working on Sushi, omakasi, but their chef counter was not very nice. The sauces bottles they use, some red/yellow plastic bottles looked the same as Subway's. Made their chef counter looked cheap...

Third time is the charm, excellent service and such a romantic place. Upstairs is quiet and fresh,…read morewith the breeze coming in on a hot day. Get away from the riff raff of M street to this sweet jewel. The blue fin is shipped in from Spain, excellent baked salmon roll! Excellent avocado salad and of course a perfect Edemame. So much care is evident!

Seaweed salad? Fye. Best spicy scallop roll I've had in a…read morewhiiiiiiile. Service? Kind. Atmosphere/ ambiance? Quaint and comfy. Kirin bottles popped in my presence. First meal with Gabs back in the US We up

Umai Nori is a great little sushi bar with amazing food at affordable prices! The quality is always…read moreexcellent, and the staff is super friendly and provides outstanding service. Definitely recommend!

Service was great! Staff were very welcoming when we first arrived. A nice and intimate sushi bar…read morewhere the chefs prepared the food right in front of us!

My wife and I went for our anniversary dinner. The restaurant is in the basement of a row house…read morebut open to a nice patio. The atmosphere was low key and very pleasant. Most importantly the food was delicious! Everything we ordered was delicious, but especially the fatty tuna, which was amazing! The service was low key and responsive. A wonderful experience!

New place that my daughter and o found walking in Georgetown. Great atmosphere and very…read moreauthenticate. Service was top notch.

Lunch review: Spicy ramen and sushi lunch special were…read morefresh and full of flavor. You get two rolls for $14 which is a steal in that area. My ramen bowl was full to the brim! I felt that this was one of the best values in the area for what you get. Wings & spicy shrimp were also a highlight. The service was quick and friendly. Very accommodating. Learned they will have an upstairs soon so looking forward to that expansion! Not great for big parties as it is a small space. But perfect for couples, smaller groups and solo dining.

If you are in the D.C area either visiting or if you live there this is your sushi spot that you…read moremust try. Everything we had was so fresh full of flavor and delicious. The customer service was great also. The decoration in the restaurant made you feel as if you were at a restaurant in Japan. We had the steamed pork dumplings, hamachi crudo, spicy mango roll, pink & rose roll, and Chesapeake roll. And everything was so good and did not disappoint. This restaurant also offers reservations and to go orders. I can't wait to go back and try something else. Kusshi PLEASE OPEN A LOCATION IN FL.

If you're just looking for an inexpensive, no-frills option and don't have high expectations,…read moreKhin's might work. For anyone seeking actual good sushi, I'd recommend looking elsewhere in Georgetown. The service was polite and the location was great, but that just can't make up for the food. The fish lacked the freshness and quality I'd expect even at a casual spot. The rice was bland and the rolls felt more like basic grocery-store sushi than something made with care. Portions were OK for the price, but the ambience was spartan and the overall experience fell short. I don't like being negative or writing bad reviews but Khin's truly is average at best. It might be okay for a college student looking for something quick and cheap, but it is not a legitimate sushi restaurant in the traditional sense.

When we found out Green Almond Pantry was closed for the summer, we pivoted here because our…read moreeight-year-old daughter loves sushi. The mural-decorated building sealed the deal for her. The space is small with a few indoor tables and a few outdoor ones along the sidewalk. We ordered two sushi plates a person and it personally wasn't enough for me. Despite this, it tasted good- the shrimp tempura roll and spicy shrimp one. If you go, note that it took a very long time to get our sushi. Two people were working and they had lots of online orders on a Sunday in August.

I came in for my first time on Thursday for the happy hour. I was unaware it was their r&b night…read more Music started really going around 6. I must say, it was really good. The lighting is dim. I was happy the menu was digital or I would've looked like an old lady with a flashlight trying to read the menu. The happy hour was menu had lots of options. I got the tuna tatami and Amazonica roll. Both were delicious. For the drinks they only had 3 options and a selection of wine or beer. The drinks were a pisco sour, a lychee martini, and a japenese whiskey drink called the umami. I lived the pisco sour. The lychee martini was also tasty and was a popular by most of the patrons at the bar. Now I will talk about service before I skip to dinner. The bar staff was not very friendly. It is a small bar but the beginning of happy hour was pretty slow. I got there around 5. They make great drinks and when the kitchen brought out the wrong thing they did correct it but it's not a staff I would strike up a conversation with. They get the job done. Being seated was very difficult. The bar is so tiny, the host were pretty rude about where you could drink your happy hour drink. Even going so far as to tell a group of ladies they had to literally stand behind the people sitting at the bar. It was just very awkward and uneccesary. We also closed our tab with the bar but they refused to seat us and made us stand by the door and finish our full glasses before they seated us. I just have never experienced that. Dinner was tasty. I highly recommend the churasco roll. We had the salmon squares, hamachi yellowtail, another amazonico roll, and the ceviche Mercado. The ceviche is also delicious, highly recommend. Alll the fish was very fresh. The flavors were unique and the dishes were so interesting. I would definitely still recommend this place. I think it's great for a date night and if you can get to happy hour early enough to grab a seat. Grab your friends and try to make it to their R&B night too. The hosts if the night introduced themselves at every table and were walking around checking on everyone.

This place feels like it tried to be a hit in the 90s and failed. The sushi just isn't that good,…read morethe whole menu is white washed mid sushi at high prices. The ceviches and crudos and such are all fine, but they're not good. It makes it hard to want to enjoy them at all. Service is nice and friendly, but understaffed. Everything took incredibly long. Why are they understaffing this place?!? Especially at the prices. The cocktails are actually pretty good, though the wine list is uninteresting. It's a fine spot if you're looking for a quick meal in Georgetown, but it's not a destination spot by any means.

Cute Thai spot in Georgetown! Came here on a rainy Tuesday evening and enjoyed their holiday decor…read moreand lively atmosphere. My friend and I split the Drunken Noodles medium spicy. It was flavorful, but a bit on the colder side. The vegetables were crisp and fresh. The medium spice was rather wild - I would definitely do spicier the next time I visit. The service was speedy and the server was very accommodating. Great spot when you are craving your Thai favorites!

Really enjoyed the ambience and tasty food at Mai Tai! Came…read morehere for a wonderful lunch, we all went home with doggie bags because the portions are plentiful. I ordered a Gingertini which was delicious and refreshing. Our table ordered appetizers: Curry puffs: thought these would be airy but more fried, still a good taste. Steamed dumplings: yummy with a good sauce Mango salad: yummmy! Refreshing with a little kick Everyone enjoyed their meals: Peanut sauce chicken with broccoli Pad Thai with chicken Curry noodles Spicy eggplant with chicken - comes with rice Service was good, multiple waiters assisting with our table. Will definitely come back to try more!!

It was a very rainy and chilly fall day and all I wanted was something warm and cozy for lunch…read more I'd walked by Onggi a million times, but never checked it out. I remembered a review in the WaPo when it opened said that Onggi had a spa like atmosphere -- I was in! Onggi provided the exact amount of cozy I was looking for, the pink salt slab seat was heated (I'll be back in January!). The lunch menu has several options, but it appeared everyone in the dining room had the lunch combo for $38. I was craving soup, so I got the short rib soup, but my dining partner got the combo. Both were large portions served with rice, and given the neighborhood, I felt they were worth the price. If you use inKind they are currently listed there. Onggi is a great neighborhood Korean restaurant for when you want something slightly more upscale. I'll return!

**GLUTEN-FREE REVIEW** Onggi has these marvelous heated salt benches that glow and warm you…read morethroughout dinner. I've never seen anything like it! However, dinner caused me some issues: I got glutened. My partner and I went for my birthday dinner. I had been wanting to try Onggi because I love Korean food and their menu says that it's been crafted to avoid gluten. They say that only the asterisked dishes are not gluten free. But I got glutened. Even though we didn't order anything asterisked and I let the server know that I have celiac. My partner has been trying to reach the manager to find out what had gluten in it. But even with multiple calls, he can't reach them. (Not a good sign.) We wanted to be able to say in the review which dish had hidden gluten, but since we can't have a conversation with anyone there, all I can say is stay away. If you do try it- and I understand why you'd want to- avoid the vegan bulgogi. I just have a sneaking suspicion that's what did me in. But the menu said it was gluten free, so--?? Also, go sometime when they aren't too busy. We were there on a Saturday night and I think they might have only had two servers on (with multiple table support staff). There was at least one large party, plus the regular tables, and two servers were not enough. It was very difficult to flag someone down and double check our meals or ask our server anything after they started to get busy.