Officina

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1120 Maine Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024

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(202) 747-5222

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Website

officinadc.com

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Description

Multilevel venue featuring a bright, modern Italian trattoria, a specialty market & a rooftop bar.

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Jeannie

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Jeannie

130

My first time dining here which was by suggestion and invitation of friends who were 30 minutes late. I was 20 minutes early which gave me net of 50 minutes to check out bar(s). I had a Negroni at the main floor bar that was well crafted using my recipe (1 shot gin; 3/4 shot Compari and 1/8 shot sweet vermouth). Negroni was perfect but aloof, sullen service from the bartender. Cost of Negroni $16.00 plus $1.60 tax putting cost at $17.60 plus tip makes it more than a $20.00 drink. Keep in mind I asked for rail gin, nothing from the shelf. Finishing the drink I learned the other 2 levels have bars and dinner reservation was for second floor seating. My second Negroni at second level bar was equally as good and identically costly. Two bartenders were affable and in good spirits though. My friends arrived and and we were seated for dinner. The center cut, bone-in, pork chop I ordered was terrific. Perfectly grilled and flavorful. Ciabatta bread was outstanding and shared calamari appetizer delicious. I enjoyed house selection of Chianti with dinner. Chianti at $16.00 glass like the Negroni, $17.60. Oh yeah, the great center cut, bone in chop was only $25.00 (I do not know plus tax cost. My friends paid dinner bill). So, I had $52.80 of drinks and $25.00 entree. My question is do I have a drinking problem or is Officina pricing out of line?

Harley Stine

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Poor service, especially for its price point and expectations, overshadows a nice ambiance and solid food. --- A good friend and I came here on a Thursday night for Winter Restaurant Week. Masseria is still on my bucket list, but I was eager to try this offering on The Wharf by Chef Stefanelli. While I appreciate the relative financial value and deals during Restaurant Week, I also understand they are typically more crowded and service may be a bit slower than normal. The interior of the two-story restaurant is very nice, and the large interior windows allow you to look outside to the river for a scenic view while you eat on the second floor. The service, however, was very rough. While the greeting and seating was smooth, the rest of the night had several unfortunate incidents. Our server took our order for the 3-courses, and we each got a drink pairing (I went with the wine, my friends with the cocktails). The tl'dr is that although the restaurant was a bit busy, they were not understaffed. It just seemed like they were not well managed or good at remembering orders... I'll speak in detail to the service by course before getting to the food itself. For the first-course, all our food came out at separate times. The meatballs I ordered and our drinks came out first, and then shortly after the complimentary bread. I was given the wrong wine to pair with the meatball, but was fine as it technically paired with the bread my friend had ordered. After we had finished the meatballs the waitress asked if we had ordered all out food (we said no), and then had to ask us for our entire order again. She came back 15 minutes later to confirm it again. For the entrees, the food came out together and promptly. However, we did not get our drinks for at least 15 minutes. We couldn't grab out waitresses attention, but there were several employees hanging out at the bar, so we called one over and asked for our drinks. They then eventually came. Dessert course was fine, although drink pairing did come about 5 minutes after the food. Because I talked too much on service, I'll rapid fire on food: - The complimentary bread was dry and plain - very disappointing - The meatballs as an appetizer were good, although simple - The sourdough with ricotta was OK, again the bread seemed a bit plain - My entree of Rigatoni w/ Goat Rogu was good, although not out of this world. Certainly did not make up for the poor service. The wine pairing with it was OK - although not a must-have by any means. - The tiramisu was good, and paired well with the lambrusco to end the night. There are many great Italian restaurants in the area at lower price points, thus I don't feel compelled to come here again.

Arie Polycarpou

00

APPETIZERS: Fritto Misto $18 Crispy Calamari. Shrimp. Broccoli. Red Onion. Cherry peppers. Oregano. Saffron. good variety, wish the shrimp didn't have the shell on it, didn't really taste any saffron just yellow mustard Choice of Formaggi, Salumi & Crostini, pick 3 for $23 accompanied by homemade Giardiniera, jam and grilled Casareccio Sourdough. Parmigiano Reggiano - 4 tiny pieces Prosciutto di Parma - 3 slices Spicy Soppressata - 5 slices overall pretty small portion, jam was pretty thick and gooey no idea what it was perhaps figs, homemade giardiniera was flavorless, would not get this again PASTA: Spaghetti al Limone $27 Spaghetti alla Chitarra. Prawn. Bottarga. Lemon. spaghetti alla chitarra is like a two sided spaghetti almost like a linguine noodle but not as thick, prawns were like baby shrimp and inconsistently sized which I found very bizarre and there wasn't a bowl provided for the shells, so since this pasta was served in a bowl I had to work around the shells, also it was not wiped it was presented splattered which surprised me because I can't even tell you the last time I was presented food in that manner Orrechiette $25 Hand Rolled Pasta. Fennel Sausage. Broccoli Rabe. Pecorino. pasta had a nice chew, negligible amount of sausage and I really mean little baby bits, the entire dish lacked seasoning, if there was more sausage then it would've added the right amount of salt but because there was so little of it, I'd suggest asking for salt, pepper and their pantry DESSERT: Tiramisu $9 Coffee Soaked Sponge. Marsala Mascarpone. Cocoa *presentation was pretty, flavor did not match, the mascarpone was dense and not fluffy or creamy and barely any sponge, this was not sweet or even semi-sweet, don't recommend SERVICE: It was ok.

Mandy M

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I came to this restaurant on a Saturday evening with a few friends. The service started off great, it was restaurant week so we all ordered from the specialized menu. We had a few drinks as we waited for our meal, the drinks were good. When our food arrived everything was mediocre at best. The pasta was extremely al dente. It actually seemed a bit undercooked, and the food was very bland. We didn’t think too much of it though, and continued on with our evening until we were offered bread (which we were offered toward the end of our email mind you not when we initially sat down). We noticed some dark specs on our bread. Being that the establishment is very dimly lit it was hard to tell what the dark marks were on the bread. When we asked the server they said that it was peppercorn and spices that they use when making the focaccia. But something just didn’t seem right, so I took out my flashlight on my phone to take a closer look, and as you can see from the photo, it was MOLD! We were floored! Keep in mind that only one piece of bread is photographed, the entire basket of bread had mold on it. The server immediately sent over the manager, who apologized and offered to only comp our drinks, but couldn’t do anything for our meal. Excuse us? We had all just eaten moldy bread at their establishment. As far as we were concerned, dinner was over. We went back-and-forth with the manager who had to consult with the chef and ultimately comped our meal, which only seemed right considering. All in all, I would not recommend this establishment most definitely because of the way that the mold situation was handled but also because the food is bland and definitely not worth $50-$100 per person.

Allena Alexander

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