Rose's Luxury

"The Michelin-starred mainstay plays to its strengths with dishes so popular they’ve been on the menu since day one — like the pork lychee salad. This is an excellent spot to book for shared plates, with a rooftop garden to boot. Each diner picks a “choose your own adventure” approach with two dishes to share for the table. For something super fancy, consider its two-Michelin-starred sibling Pineapple & Pearls on the same strip." - Tim Ebner, Missy Frederick, Tierney Plumb

"String lights, romantic brick walls, and a menu designed to share have made Rose’s Luxury the ultimate date-night spot in the neighborhood. It’s been years since it opened—and now, there are a few more options in the area—but Rose’s is still reliable for nights when you want something elevated but easy. Dinner is a set price menu of $118 per person, with perplexing (and delicious) combinations like simmered Korean rice cakes with Italian red sauce, and mole ice cream." - madeline weinfield

"You know it. Obama knows it. Rose’s Luxury is a DC classic. It’s another one that you’ll have to wait outside for, and it’s not uncommon for there to be well over 100 people waiting by the time the doors open on a Friday or Saturday." - zach nerenberg, chris stang

"Want the great food, popular music, and engaging staff that you’ll find at Pineapple & Pearls, but not the price tag? Head to its sister restaurant, Rose’s Luxury. The Capitol Hill American spot is in the rowhouse right next door to the other, but its choose your own adventure tasting menu is $115—and the food is, dare we say, even a little better. The seasonal menu rotates, but the pork and lychee salad has been around since the restaurant opened in 2013 and is mindblowing. It’s sweet and salty and spicy and crunchy and soft, so basically any (good) flavor or texture you can imagine. Try to get a table in the back half of the ground floor, which feels a little like an outdoor cafe with string lights and plants, though it’s indoors." - tristiana hinton

"Rose’s Luxury made a huge splash when it hit the DC scene in 2013, and while some of the fabled lore of presidential dinners and 100-person lines down 8th St. have subsided, it’s still one of the District’s most visited restaurants. The playful American food at this Barracks Row restaurant mostly hits (and occasionally misses), but we never turn down an invitation to come here because it’s always a good time. The main downstairs dining room holds some of that rowhouse living room spirit, but there’s also a smaller, more intimate dining room upstairs and a covered patio on the ground floor. Wherever you land, get the pork and lychee salad—it’s the best thing on the menu and the only thing that’s stayed on it since it opened." - omnia saed, tristiana hinton